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Travelling Light
by Nicholas Wright
February 12, 2012 through February 25, 2012
Sunday February 12 at 1pm & 5pm; Saturday February 25 at 2pm & 7pm
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How had a twenty–two–year–old pretentious layabout made a discovery that would elude every other cinematic pioneer for years to come?
In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father's cinematograph. Bankrolled by Jacob, the ebullient local timber merchant, and inspired by Anna, the girl sent to help him make moving pictures of their village, he stumbles on a revolutionary way of story-telling. Forty years on, Motl – now a famed American film director – looks back on his early life and confronts the cost of fulfilling his dreams.
Following Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter, Nicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age. The award-winning Antony Sher – whose previous work with the National Theatre includes Primo and Stanley – returns to play Jacob.
Adults and Seniors $20; Students $15; Group rates available
Location
World Trade Center Theater
121 SW Salmon Street
Portland, OR 97204
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Cast:
Antony Sher
Mark Extance
Colin Haigh
Paul Jesson
Sue Kelvin
Abigail McKern
Damien Molony
Lauren O’Neil
Karl Theobald
Alexis Zegerman
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Director: Nicholas Hytner
Set Designer: Bob Crowley
Costume Designer: Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer: Bruno Poet
Music: Grant Olding
Video/Projection Designer:
Jon Driscoll
Sound Designer: Rich Walsh
| Reviews:
In Travelling Light [Nicholas Wright] has come up with a love-letter to the movies and an appealingly intelligent evocation of the Jewish folk culture that formed the basis of American cinema. The Guardian A commanding performance from Antony Sher Evening Standard |
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The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare; directed by Dominic Cooke
March 3, 2012 through March 11, 2012
Saturday, March 3 at 2pm & 7pm; Sunday, March 11 at 1pm & 5pm
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In its first two seasons, National Theatre Live has presented vibrant, transformative, and accessible productions of All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, and King Lear. This season the tradition continues with this production of Shakespeare’s classic comedy of twins, reunions, and mistaken identity.
I in earth, in heaven, or in hell?
Sleeping or waking? mad or well advised?
Known unto these, and to myself disguised!
Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. And for no one more so than Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio who, in search of their brothers, arrive in a land entirely foreign to their distant home. A buzzing metropolis, to the outsiders it appears a place of wonderment and terror, where baffling gifts and unexplained hostilities abound.
Do you know me, sir? Am I Dromio? Am I your man? Am I myself?
Consistently recognized by strangers, the visitors question their very selves as the turmoil escalates. Meanwhile, Aegeon, father to the Antipholus twins, has been captured searching for his sons and, as an illegal immigrant, is sentenced to death at sunset. Shakespeare’s furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time.
The production marks the return of Lenny Henry, one of Britain’s most respected comedians, to the Shakespearean stage (as Antipholus of Syracuse). He will be directed by the Artistic Director of the Royal Court, Dominic Cooke.
Adults and Seniors $20; Students $15; Group rates available
Location
World Trade Center Theater
121 SW Salmon Street
Portland, OR 97204
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Cast:
Lenny Henry
et alia
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Director: Dominic Cooke
| Reviews:
[This show has not yet opened in London and so has not been reviewed.] |
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She Stoops to Conquer
by Oliver Goldsmith
March 31, 2012 through April 15, 2012
Saturday, March 31 at 2pm & 7pm; Sunday, April 15 at 1pm & 5pm
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To come to my house, to call for what he likes, to turn me out of my own chair, to insult the family, to order his servants to get drunk, and then to tell me, "This house is mine, sir". By all that’s impudent it makes me laugh.
Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old pal's son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he's mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he's a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastle's indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle's appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues.
This little barmaid though runs in my head most strangely, and drives out the absurdities of all the rest of the family. She's mine, she must be mine, or I'm greatly mistaken.
One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family.
Adults and Seniors $20; Students $15; Group rates available
Location
World Trade Center Theater
121 SW Salmon Street
Portland, OR 97204
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Cast:
Katherine Kelly
Steve Pemberton
Sophie Thompson
et alia
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[This show has not yet opened in London and so has not been reviewed.] |
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poster design by
Stump'd Design
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Penelope
by Enda Walsh
June 1, 2012 through June 17, 2012
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm
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A beautiful woman, an empty swimming pool, four middle-aged men in Speedos, and a returning warrior. The hourglass is almost empty, and waiting to die has never been this entertaining. Inspired by Homer's The Odyssey, Irish sensation Enda Walsh brings the goods in this brazen tale of truth, love, and the epic quest for victory.
Single tickets $29.50-$38.50, Students $14.50 (includes ticketing fees)
Location
Winningstad Theatre
1111 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205
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