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We've since broadcast more than twenty other productions live from the National Theatre, and on occasion other theatres in the UK.</p> <img src="/web/20140212091449im_/http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/images/about/02.jpg" class="img-separator" alt=""/> <h2 class="break">What we do</h2> <section class="productions four"> <article class="live odd"> <a href="/web/20140212091449/http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/media/video/about/WF3jxfrSkOM" class="fancybox-content"> <div class="image"> <img src="/web/20140212091449im_/http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/images/about/03.jpg" alt=""/> <span class="icon center video"><span><span>Play</span></span></span> </div> </a> <a href="/web/20140212091449/http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/media/video/about/WF3jxfrSkOM" class="fancybox-content"> <div class="meta clearfix"> <div class="wrap"> <h1>Season trailer</h1> <p>Watch the latest trailer</p> <span class="go"><span></span></span> </div> </div> </a> </article> </section> <p>Our broadcasts have now been experienced by over 1.5 million people in 500 venues around the world, including 250 in the UK. Past broadcasts include Danny Boyle's Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, One Man, Two Guvnors with James Corden and The Last of the Haussmans with Julie Walters.</p> <img src="/web/20140212091449im_/http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/images/about/05.jpg" alt=""/> <h2 class="break">How we do it</h2> <p>Though each live broadcast is filmed in front of a live audience in the theatre, cameras are carefully positioned throughout the auditorium to ensure that cinema audiences get the 'best seat in the house' view of each production. Where these cameras are placed is different for each broadcast, to make sure that cinema audiences enjoy the best possible experience every time.</p> <img src="/web/20140212091449im_/http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/images/about/04.jpg" alt=""/> <p>Satellites allow the productions to be broadcast live, without delay, to cinemas throughout the UK as well as many European venues. 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