National Theatre Live: King Lear

Presented by:

The Center Presents
National Theatre Live’s broadcast of
King Lear
February 25, 2019
The Center Theater
$20 Adults
$15 Students
(includes $3 processing)

Broadcast live from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s “˜extraordinarily moving portrayal’ (Independent) of King Lear in cinemas.

Chichester Festival Theatre’s production received five-star reviews for its sell-out run, and transfers to the West End for a limited season. Jonathan Munby directs this contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play.

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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSu82KgkIX0&t About National Theatre Live:
Though each broadcast is filmed in front of a live audience in the theatre, cameras are carefully positioned throughout the auditorium to ensure that cinema audiences get the “˜best seat in the house’ view of each production. Where these cameras are placed is different for each broadcast, to make sure that cinema audiences enjoy the best possible experience every time.

Satellites allow the productions to be broadcast live to cinemas throughout the UK, as well as many European venues. Other venues view the broadcasts “˜as live’ according to their time zone, or at a later date.