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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.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Antony & Cleopatra |
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UK 2018, 206 min (with one intermission). Directed by Simon Godwin. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Sophie Okonedo, Tim McMullan. Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power. Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war. Director Simon Godwin returns to National Theatre Live screens with this hotly anticipated production, following previous broadcasts of Twelfth Night, Man and Superman and The Beaux’ Stratagem. Watch online here.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Don Quixote |
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Ballet to music by Ludwig Minkus. Russia 2015, 164 min (with two intermissions). Choreography: Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky. Starring: Ekaterina Krysanova, Semyon Chudin, Aleksey Loparevich. Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus is a masterpiece of classical ballet, created at the Bolshoy in the XIX century by the great choreographer Marius Petipa. It’s a classic example of the Moscow style, with its virtuosity, technical bravura, characteristic movement and prominent parts. A production of long and bountiful history that managed to outlive many others, Don Quixote perseveres today in a classical version with additional choreography by Alexey Fadeyechev. Watch online here.
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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.
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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.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: L’Amour de Loin |
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USA 2016, 166 min (with intermission). Directed by Robert Lepage. Starring: Susanna Phillips, Eric Owens, Tamara Mumford. In French. Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s breakthrough opera premieres on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in a dazzling production by Robert Lepage. This show features glimmering ribbons of LED lights that extend across the length of the stage and over the orchestra pit. Eric Owens is the knight on a quest of love and Susanna Phillips is his lover on the other side of the sea. Conductor Susanna Mälkki makes her Met debut. Watch online here.
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