The Citizen (Gauteng)

The next production­s from NT Live to be screened at Ster-Kinekor’s Nouveau cinemas include:

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Rozencrant­z & Guildenste­rn are Dead (June 3)

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter, The Woman in Black), Joshua McGuire (The Hour) and David Haig (Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Witness for the

Prosecutio­n) star in Tom Stoppard’s brilliantl­y funny situation comedy, broadcast from The Old Vic theatre in London. David Leveaux’s new production marks the 50th anniversar­y of the play that made a young Tom Stoppard’s name overnight. Against the backdrop of Hamlet, two hapless minor characters, Rosencrant­z and Guildenste­rn, take centre stage. As the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of Shakespear­e’s iconic drama, they become increasing­ly out of their depth as their version of the story unfolds.

Obsession (June 24)

Jude Law (The Young Pope, Closer, The Talented

Mr Ripley) stars in this new stage adaptation of Obsession, broadcast live from the Barbican Theatre in London. Ivo van Hove (NT Live: A View from the Bridge, Hedda Gabler) directs this new version of Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film. Gino is a drifter, down-at-heel and magnetical­ly handsome. At a roadside restaurant he encounters husband and wife, Giuseppe and Giovanna. Irresistib­ly attracted to each other, Gino and Giovanna begin a fiery affair and plot to murder her husband. But, in this chilling tale of passion and destructio­n, the crime only serves to tear them apart.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (July 1)

Imelda Staunton (Gypsy, Vera Drake, Harry Potter films), Conleth Hill (Game Of Thrones, The Producers), Luke Treadaway (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Fortitude, The Hollow

Crown) and Imogen Poots (A Long Way Down, Jane Eyre) star in James Macdonald’s new production of Edward Albee’s landmark play, filmed live at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London. In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasur­e, has invited the new professor and his wife to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a moment of devastatin­g truth-telling.

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