National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove

Making all the characters about 60% gayer than they were in the original film was a strong choice

Joe Sutherland

When my girlfriend and I moved into our flat, on like day three during the morning we were making out and we heard a very loud and very clear Elvis Presley “Uh-huh” from the corridor. We do not know what caused that noise. It has since become a running joke between us that…

anna-may marenghi 🛸✨

Steve Coogan has the most incredible wig changes I've ever seen in a production

Cai

it's just different innit

pearl

Mr Coogan, throughout the play your hair changes drastically from short to long, long to short - do you vear vigz?

Jack

I didn't expect them to preserve the audience coughs in surround sound.

Tommmyy

The whole point of a sneak attack is that it is sneaky

Jack Boag

If Dr Strangelove can stop himself from saluting then i’m sure there’s another modern day political figure who could do the same… “it was a terrible business… hated it.”

Cam 🪨☀️

Steve Coogan in an Ianucci-penned adaptation of Dr. Strangelove sounds like it should be a home run, but what becomes quickly apparent is that even comedic geniuses of our time would be hard-pressed to add anything much of value to what can be found in the 1964 original.…

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