Thursday, February 4, 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center
— from Artha Kass —
National Theatre Live brings the Donmar Warehouse′s highly anticipated new production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses streaming live to Orcas Center on Thursday, February 4 at 7:30 pm. This is the play that will hook you in to National Theatre Live. Take a chance and experience the thrill of great theatre!
It’s the hottest ticket in London. The exciting, dangerous, provocative, sexy plotline doesn’t require any foreknowledge of the play to understand and enjoy it and the cast is well known, high quality and award-winning including Janet McTeer (The White Queen, Damages) and Dominic West (The Affair, The Wire).
Former lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont now compete in a game of seduction and revenge. Merteuil incites Valmont to corrupt the innocent Cecile de Volanges before her wedding night. While these merciless aristocrats toy with others′ hearts and reputations, their own may prove more fragile than they supposed.
In 1782, Choderlos de Laclos′ novel of sex, intrigue and betrayal in pre-revolutionary France scandalized the world. Two hundred years later, Christopher Hampton′s irresistible adaptation swept the board, winning the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Play. Josie Rourke′s revival now marks the play′s thirty year anniversary.
The Evening Standard says “Theatre at its most seductive.”
It’s “heady and intoxicating. A brilliantly revived adaptation” says the Daily Telegraph.
The Times raves “Janet McTeer is absolutely magnificent.”
Time Out praises West as “great as Valmont, a booming, lusty bounder.”
Tickets for NT Live Les Liaisons Dangereuses are $20, $15 for students, $2 off for Orcas Center members, and may be purchased at www.orcascenter.org or by calling 376-2281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from noon – 2 pm. For more information about Orcas Center’s 2016 season visit www.orcascenter.org.
