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Arthurs Cinema - National Theatre Live: King Lear.
Location: Arthurs Cinema
Region: Cromwell
Dates: Tue, 5 February 2019 @ 6pm
Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.
Chichester Festival Theatre’s production received five-star reviews for its sell-out run, and transferred to the West End (where this was filmed) for a limited season. Jonathan Munby directs this contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play. In the acconpanying interview at the beginning, McKellan talks about infusing this final Lear of his with a sense of intimacy, about wanting the audience feeling like they’re being spoken to directly by the king. Director Jonathan Danby has emphasised the personalities and individual struggles of the characters without losing any of the dramatic scope of one of Shakespeare’s hugest plays. King Lear is ever relevant to politics of the present day and contemporary power shifts, chillingly so right now, but Danby’s production gives weight to the human stories.
For further information and to book click HERE.
Location
52 Erris St., Cromwell, Otago 9310
February 2019
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Gallery 33 -' Go Figure'.Fri, 1 February 2019 - Fri, 22 February 2019 @ 10am - 5.30pm Mon to Fri & 10am - 5pm Sat & Sun. | 2 | |||||
Hayes Engineering Works and Homestead 'Live Operating Day'.Sun, 3 February 2019 @ 10am - 5pm | 4 | 5 | Eade Gallery - 'Terrano' by Gretl Barzotto.Sun, 13 January 2019 - Wed, 6 February 2019 @ 10am - 5pm daily | 7 | 8 | 9 |
10 | Showbiz Queenstown, Auditions for 'Avenue Q'.Mon, 11 February 2019 - Tue, 12 February 2019 @ 4pm Daily. | Showbiz Queenstown, Auditions for 'Avenue Q'.Mon, 11 February 2019 - Tue, 12 February 2019 @ 4pm Daily. | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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24 | The Wanaka Arts Charitable Trust Grants Program - Open Now.Mon, 14 January 2019 - Mon, 25 February 2019 | Queenstown Arts Centre - Call for Artworks.Thu, 31 January 2019 - Tue, 26 February 2019 @ Entries Open Now. | 27 | 28 |