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| Arts Calendar / June 23 / Film |
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: La Traviata |
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The Metropolitan Opera 2017, 164 min (with intermission). Directed by Willy Decker. Starring: Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Fabiano, Thomas Hampson. In Italian. Sonya Yoncheva sings one of opera’s most beloved heroines, the tragic courtesan Violetta, a role in which she triumphed on the Met stage in 2015, opposite Michael Fabiano as her lover, Alfredo, and Thomas Hampson as his father, Germont. Carmen Giannattasio sings later performances of the title role opposite Atalla Ayan, with the great Plácido Domingo as Germont. Nicola Luisotti conducts. Watch online here. TheatreHD/Play |
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Small Island |
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National Theatre 2019, 198 min (with one interval). Directed by Rufus Norris. Starring: Leah Harvey, Aisling Loftus, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr. In English. Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury. The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK. A company of 40 actors take to the stage of the National Theatre in this timely and moving story. Watch online here. TheatreHD/Play |
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: The Curry House Kid |
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Documentary. UK 2019, 45 min. Directed by Nick Poyntz. Star: Akram Khan. In English with Russian subtitles. At their height there were 12,000 curry houses in Britain, the vast majority run by Bangladeshi immigrants. Akram Khan’s father was one of them, and he expected his son to inherit the family business. But Akram had other ideas: he wanted to dance. Now he’s one of the world’s leading dancers and choreographers. This film sees Akram return to the curry houses of his childhood, meeting the chefs who created this culinary institution in the face of hostility and, often, violent racism. Exploring their stories of immigration, this most effortlessly global of artists comes face-to-face with his own past, his family history, and the reasons he became a dancer. All of this is woven into a poetic new piece of dance that tells a universal story – the immigrant experience in Britain. Watch online here. TheatreHD/Play |
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: The Merry Wives of Windsor |
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Shakespeare's Globe 2019, 156 min (with one interval). Directed by Elle While. Starring: Pearce Quigley, Bryony Hannah, Sarah Finigan. In English. Double-meanings, disguises and dirty laundry abound in The Merry Wives of Windsor as Sir John Falstaff sets about improving his financial situation by wooing Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. But the ‘Merry Wives’ quickly cotton on to his tricks and decide to have a bit of fun of their own at Falstaff’s expense… The Merry Wives of Windsor is the only comedy that Shakespeare set in his native land. Drawing influences from 1930s British fashion, music and dance, this new production from Shakespeare’s Globe celebrates women, and the power and beauty of nature. With its witty mix of verbal and physical humour, the playcelebrates a tradition that reaches right down to the contemporary English sitcom. Directed by Elle While, the production stars Olivier Award-nominated Bryony Hannah (Call the Midwife, The Children’s Hour), Sarah Finigan (Suffragette, Upstart Crow) and Pearce Quigley (Hamlet, As You Like It) as Falstaff. The Merry Wives of Windsor is staged at the beautiful and iconic Globe Theatre in London andwill be broadcast live to cinemas. Watch online here. TheatreHD/Play |
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