Overview

NT Live

In collaboration with the British Embassy & the British Council in Athens

Live broadcast from the Οlivier Theatre, London

– Follies
 book by James Goldman
 music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

With English subtitles

Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling new production. Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, it’s directed by Dominic Cooke (The Comedy of Errors).

New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.