UCCA Beijing Open Today, 10:00-19:00 (Final entry: 18:30)
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UCCA Edge Closed Today,
UCCA Beijing
National Theatre Live
2016.3.6 - 2016.4.10
"National Theatre Live" is jointly staged by the National Theatre of China and the Royal National Theatre. The program brings top productions from the stages of London and New York to Beijing and UCCA via high-definition screenings. The use of slide rails, close-ups, and other features offers audiences a detailed audiovisual experience that heightens the unique charms of the theater. This series in 2016, we tend to present 3 theatres by William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear.
Ticketing：
Tickets can be purchased in packages of three for RMB 300 (discount of RMB 60).
*Collect your ticket from reception 30 minutes before the event begins.
* Please no late entry.
Note：
*UCCA Members please call +86 10 5780 0291 from Tuesday to Friday 11:00-18:00 to book.
(RMB 80 / UCCA Member)
About the Film
Hamlet
Director: Lyndsey Turner
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch
Runtime: 220 min.
Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC's Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare's great tragedy, directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
Othello
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Adrian Lester, Rory Kinnear
Runtime: 212 min.
Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester (Henry V at the National Theatre, BBC's Hustle) takes the title role.
Playing opposite him as the duplicitous Iago is fellow Olivier Award-winner Rory Kinnear (The Last of the Haussmans, James Bond: Skyfall), who is reunited with director Nicholas Hytner (Timon of Athens, One Man, Two Guvnors) following their acclaimed collaboration on the National Theatre's recent production of Hamlet.
Othello, newly married to Desdemona – who is half his age – is appointed leader of a major military operation. Iago, passed over for promotion by Othello in favour of the young Cassio, persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair.
King Lear
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Simon Russell Beale
Runtime: 216 min.
Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes (James Bond: Skyfall, American Beauty) returns to the National Theatre to direct Simon Russell Beale (Timon of Athens, Collaborators) in the title role of Shakespeare's tragedy. An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Lear’s world descends into chaos.
Collaborators
National Theatre of China
Royal National Theatre
Beijing ATW Culture Media Co. Ltd.
British Council
IELTS
Projection Support
BARCO
UCCA Beijing
Open Today, 10:00-19:00 (Final entry: 18:30)
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Tel: +86 10 5780 0200
Fax: +86 10 5780 0200
UCCA Dune
Open Today, 9:30-19:30 (Final entry: 19:00)
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Closed Today, 10:00-19:00
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