Angels in America – Part 1, Millennium Approaches (15)

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough, Nathan Lane, James McArdle and Russell Tovey. This new staging of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two-part play is directed by award-winning director Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse).

Running time approx 225mins

Part Two: Perestroika, will also be broadcast live on 27 July.