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| Arts Calendar / May 5 / Film |
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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UK 2013, 177 min (with one intermission). Directed by Dominic Dromgoole. Starring: John Light, Michelle Terry, Matthew Tennyson, Olivia Ross. Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius – but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia… When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods and wander into the midst of a dispute between the king and queen of the fairies. Shakespeare put some of his most dazzling dramatic poetry at the service of this teasing, glittering, hilarious and amazingly inventive play, whose seriousness is only fleetingly glimpsed beneath its dreamlike surface. Michelle Terry won the 2011 Olivier Award for her portrayal of Sylvia in Tribes (Royal Court). Michelle returns to the Globe having previously played the Princess of France in Love’s Labours Lost (2007). Watch online here. TheatreHD/Play |
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Frankenstein: Cumberbatch |
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UK 2011, 123 min. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ella Smith, John Killoran, Steven Elliott, Karl Johnson, Daniel Millar, Lizzie Winkler. In English with Russian subtitles. Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature (Lee Miller) is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker (Cumberbatch). Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller shared both the Olivier Award and London Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for their respective performances. The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards' Best Performance by an Actor in a Play was given to Cumberbatch. The play also won the Olivier Award for Best Lighting for the filament light bulb installation designed by Bruno Poet. Watch online here. TheatreHD/Play |
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Frankenstein: Lee Miller |
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UK 2011, 123 min. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ella Smith, John Killoran, Steven Elliott, Karl Johnson, Daniel Millar, Lizzie Winkler. In English with Russian subtitles. Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature (Cumberbatch) is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker (Lee Miller). Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller shared both the Olivier Award and London Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for their respective performances. The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards' Best Performance by an Actor in a Play was given to Cumberbatch. The play also won the Olivier Award for Best Lighting for the filament light bulb installation designed by Bruno Poet. Watch online here. TheatreHD/Play |
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Le Nozze di Figaro |
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USA 1998, 183 min. Directed by Jonathan Miller. Starring: Renée Fleming, Dwayne Croft, Bryn Terfel. The Met assembled a vocal dream team for Jonathan Miller’s stylish production of the eternal Mozart masterpiece: Renée Fleming as the Countess, Cecilia Bartoli as Susanna, and Bryn Terfel as Figaro. With James Levine—one of the world’s great conductors of Mozart—in the pit, Bartoli interpolating two rarely heard alternate arias, and Dwayne Croft as the Count and Susanne Mentzer as Cherubino, this is a performance for the record books. Watch online here. TheatreHD/Play |
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