THE LAST OF THE HAUSSMANS in NZ Cinemas from 8 November

Media Release: 16 October 2012

Julie Walters in NT Live’s THE LAST OF THE HAUSSMANS in NZ Cinemas from 8 November

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Julie Walters's sense of comic timing is remarkable, a performance that mingles humour with great pathos.' - Daily Express
‘Helen McCrory and Rory Kinnear, two of the finest actors of their generation' - New York Times

Multi-award-winning actress Julie Walters leads the cast in the National Theatre Live’s second offering of the 2012-2013 season, The Last of the Haussmans.

The Last of the Haussmans will play in select cinemas around New Zealand for a limited season from 8 November to 19 November.
Directed by Howard Davies, Stephen Beresford’s new play features Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre actor Rory Kinnear, as well as The Queen’s Helen McCrory.
The Last of the Haussmans examines the fate of the revolutionary generation and offers a funny, touching and at times savage portrait of a family full of longing that is losing its grip.
Anarchic and feisty high society drop-out Judy Haussman (Walters) remains in spirit with the Ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilapidated Art Deco house on the Devon Coast. After an operation, she’s joined by wayward offspring Nick (Kinnear) and Libby (McCrory), sharp-eyed granddaughter Summer, local doctor Peter, and Daniel, a troubled teenager who makes use of the family’s crumbling swimming pool. Together they share a few sweltering months as they alternately cling to and flee this louche and chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure.
The cast also includes Taron Egerton, Isabella Laughland and Matthew Marsh. The designer is Vicki Mortimer, with lighting by Mark Henderson, sound by Christopher Shutt and projection design by Jon Driscoll.
The Last of the Haussmans runs at approximately 2 hours 40 minutes including an interval.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE performances are filmed live in high definition and broadcast via satellite to over 500 cinemas around the world, live in the UK and Europe and time delayed in countries further afield. There are over 160 venues in the UK alongside venues in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Mexico, India, Scandinavia and Europe. The performances at the National are nominated in advance to allow cameras greater freedom in the auditorium.

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