West End production starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II will be streamed to cinemas around the world on 13 June
Helen Mirren's return to the role of Queen Elizabeth II has already made The Audience one of the most eagerly anticipated West End events of the year. Now, a global audience will get to see Peter Morgan's new play when it is live-broadcast to cinemas as part of National Theatre Live.
The Audience will be the third non-National theatre production to be broadcast under its Nt Live scheme, following similar showings of the Donmar Warehouse's production of King Lear and Complicite's A Disappearing Number. It will be shown in cinemas in the UK and around the world on 13 June, live from the Gielgud theatre in London, with further international and repeat screenings planned throughout the summer.
Morgan's play, which opens on 5 March, shows a series of the Queen's...
Helen Mirren's return to the role of Queen Elizabeth II has already made The Audience one of the most eagerly anticipated West End events of the year. Now, a global audience will get to see Peter Morgan's new play when it is live-broadcast to cinemas as part of National Theatre Live.
The Audience will be the third non-National theatre production to be broadcast under its Nt Live scheme, following similar showings of the Donmar Warehouse's production of King Lear and Complicite's A Disappearing Number. It will be shown in cinemas in the UK and around the world on 13 June, live from the Gielgud theatre in London, with further international and repeat screenings planned throughout the summer.
Morgan's play, which opens on 5 March, shows a series of the Queen's...
- 2/22/2013
- by Matt Trueman
- The Guardian - Film News
Steppenwolf Theatre is pleased to present the exclusive Chicago screening of the National Theatre of London's performance of PHÈDRE starring Helen Mirren, Dominic Cooper and Margaret Tyzack on Monday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St. PHÈDRE is written by Jean Racine, adapted by Ted Hughes and directed by National Theatre Director Nicholas Hytner. The filmed version of this classic play will also include a behind-the-scenes feature at the National Theatre.
- 6/11/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Mirren Returns To Stage
Dame Helen Mirren is set to return to the stage for the first time in six years.
The Oscar winner will star in a three-month run of Jean Racine's 17th-century drama, Phèdre, at London's National Theatre.
The actress has been in talks with the theatre's director, Nicholas Hytner, for months after expressing an interest in starring in a theatre production.
Mirren will play the wife of Theseus, King of Athens, in the Greek tragedy.
The Oscar winner will star in a three-month run of Jean Racine's 17th-century drama, Phèdre, at London's National Theatre.
The actress has been in talks with the theatre's director, Nicholas Hytner, for months after expressing an interest in starring in a theatre production.
Mirren will play the wife of Theseus, King of Athens, in the Greek tragedy.
- 9/18/2008
- WENN
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