Ongoing special events include:
National Theatre of London 2010/2011 Schedule of Plays
Sale date of tickets will be announced at a later time. Adult $22, Senior $20, Student/Child $16.
A Disappearing Number
Directed by Simon McBurney
October 30 & November 6, 11:00 a.m.
Estimated running time: 1 hr, 45 min., no intermission
This groundbreaking work embraces the universal relevance of math, which often permeates the most unlikely of scenarios. A Disappearing Number, which won the Laurence Oliver Award for best new play (2008), the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play (2007) and the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play (2007), revolves around the mathematical and spiritual nature of infinity, which becomes the link between two mathematicians: one an established Cambridge professor and the other a young, autodidactic genius from India.
Hamlet
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
December 26 & January 2, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
Estimated running time: 3 hrs., one intermission
Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Nicholas Hytner, features Rory Kinnear in the title role, David Calder as Polonius, Clare Higgins as Gertrude, Patrick Malahide as Claudius and Ruth Negga as Ophelia.
Fela!
Directed and choreographed by Bill T. Jones
January 29 & February 5, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
Estimated running time: 2 hrs., 45 min., one intermission
Fela! is a new musical directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones, in which audiences are welcome into the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti. Currently playing on Broadway, the Tony-winning musical Fela! comes to the National with Sahr Ngaujah as Fela Anikulpao-Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), Fela! explores Kuti's controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician.
Play to be Announced
February 19 & 27, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
Frankenstein
Directed by Danny Boyle
April 2 & 3, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
Estimated running time: 2 hrs, 30 min., one intermission
Danny Boyle's production of Frankenstein is based on the novel by Mary Shelley.
The Cherry Orchard
Directed by Howard Davies
Dates to be announced
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Tony-Award Winning FELA! Coming in January 2011
Audiences around the world will be able to experience FELA! the Tony® Award winning hit Broadway musical about the life and music of legendary Nigerian performer and political activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, when it is broadcast in January 2011 on movie screens around the globe as part of NT Live. FELA! is a triumphant tale of courage, passion and love, featuring Kuti's captivating music and the visionary direction and choreography of Tony® Award-winner Bill T. Jones.
The Broadway production of FELA! is produced by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. The musical opened on Broadway to rave reviews on November 23, 2009 and went on to receive more Tony nominations than any new musical of the season, winning three at this year's Tony celebration.
Other shows confirmed for the second NT Live include Hamlet, directed by Nicholas Hytner, and Danny Boyle's production of Frankenstein, based on the novel by Mary Shelley.
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2010 Global Lens Film Series Presented by the Port Townsend Film Festival
The very popular Global Lens Film Series has resumed for 2010. Admission is $5 for adults and students with current ASB cards are admitted free. All showings are in the Rosebud Cinema, and begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. each Saturday. If you have questions, please call the film festival office at 360.379.1333.
September 18
Masquerades (Algeria, 2008) After working for much of his life as a gardener in his dusty Algerian village, Mounir dreams of improving his family's fortune and gaining a measure of respect by marrying off his narcoleptic sister, Rym, to a "real gentleman." However, Rym has other plans -- she dreams of marrying Mounir's best friend, Khliffa, who has secretly courted her for years.
October 2
My Tehran for Sale (Iran, 2009) In this riveting, insider's perspective on life in Iran's capital city, Marzieh -- a terminally ill actress -- wearily relates her desperate quest for political asylum through a series of interviews with an unsympathetic government official. Beginning with details of her doomed relationship with an Iranian-born Australian and their plan to relocate to Adelaide, she recounts her struggle to work as an actress under Iran's current regime, her hope for a future ultimately dashed by the devastating discovery of her illness, and her need to "escape" the only home she has ever known.
October 9
Ocean of an Old Man (India, 2008) In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and amid the stunning natural beauty of India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, an elderly British teacher struggles to run a small primary school despite the loss of many of the islands' children to the recent tragedy. Ignoring the overwhelming grief that washes over the islands, he continues to teach his few remaining students until a government official delivers a relocation order to all residents, causing him to embark on a heartbreaking search for his missing students, convinced they must still be alive.
October 16
Ordinary People (Serbia, 2009) On a seemingly average day, a busload of young soldiers is sent to a remote location in the countryside and given a macabre task: the execution of a number of Croatian civilians. Dzoni, a green recruit, initially objects, but as he moves from one killing to the next, he is swept up by the specter of military authority, and quickly becomes desensitized by the apparently routine nature of his task. As he nears the end of his assignment, the quiet horror of the day slowly begins to affect him, forcing a painful reconciliation with his actions.
October 23
The Shaft (China, 2008) In a poor mining town in western China, the stories of a father and his two children intersect and intertwine, illuminating complicated relationships hidden beneath the community's hardened exterior. Accused of an affair with her manager, the attractive daughter of the household finds herself spurned by her boyfriend and forced to accept an arranged marriage. Her brother dreams of being a singer, but after an unforeseen stint in prison, reluctantly heads into the mines like his father, who spends his days searching for the wife who left him many years ago.
November 6
Shirley Adams (South Africa, 2009) In this deeply affecting portrait of ordinary courage in present-day South Africa, a single mother -- Shirley Adams -- struggles to care for her paraplegic teenage son, Donovan, in a depressed district on the outskirts of Cape Town. Wearied but resolute, she desperately clings to him as he withdraws from the world following a suicide attempt, and is hopeful when his spirits are momentarily lifted by the appearance of Tamsin, a pretty but overeager social worker.
Shown previously:
April 17
Adrift (Vietnam, 2009) Soon after her wedding, newlywed Duyen's excitement begins to fade as she realizes her young husband is more interested in his job, and doting mother, than his new wife. As her marriage goes unconsummated and her emotional isolation grows, she reaches out to her closest girlfriend, Cam, who secretly desires her, but pushes her into the arms of a dangerous provocative suitor.
May 1
Becloud (Mexico, 2009) On a dry lake bed in 1964, a trucker and his companion find a baby at the dry breast of its dead mother. Years later the trucker operates an ice factory in a poor urban district with his son, José, who dreams of one day striking out on his own. Neighbor Felipe, meanwhile, works at an Internet café and another neighbor, Andrés, lives with is alcoholic father but spends his free time studying Mexico's pre-Columbian golden age.
May 8
Gods (Peru, 2008) In director Josué Méndez's stylishly composed second feature, Elisa -- the soon-to-be-wife of a wealthy industrialist -- is eager to shed her working-class background in favor of the opulence of her fiance's elite lifestyle. To her dismay, she soon realizes her hopes to slip into magazine-ready images of domestic splendor must also include her future stepchildren: Diego, who is hounded by his overbearing father, and Andrea, diego's party-girl sister and the object of both his desire and disgust.
May 22
Leo's Room (Uruguay, 2009) In the heart of Montevideo, the affable but secretly troubled Leo wraps himself in the comfort of his small rented room, unmotivated to finish his college thesis or find a job, and content with infrequent visits from his girlfriend. After their six-month relationship ends, Leo begins to break out of his shell by cruising the Internet for a new companion, enlisting the aid of a sympathetic therapist along the way. However, it isn't until he has a chance reunion with a classmate that he is forced to consider the true meaning of his reclusive lifestyle, and a future outside the metaphoric safety of his room.
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