Thursday, April, 21 at 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center
— from Susannah Weaver, Box Office Manager —
Laugh-out-loud funny play, darkly comic with witty dialogue – hugely entertaining but also thought-provoking. Where? NT Live’s Hangmen at Orcas Center Thursday, April, 21 at 7:30 p.m. If you’ve not yet experienced great theatre streaming live from London to Orcas Center this is your opportunity for a gripping and entertaining evening performance viewed from the best seats in the house.
Following a sell-out run at London’s Royal Court Theatre, Olivier and Academy Award® winner Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, The Cripple of Inishmaan, In Bruges) returns to the West End with Matthew Dunster’s award-winning production of his deeply funny new play Hangmen, broadcast live to cinemas by National Theatre Live.
In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry (David Morrissey – The Walking Dead, State of Play) is something of a local celebrity. But what’s the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they’ve abolished hanging?
Amongst the cub reporters and pub regulars dying to hear Harry’s reaction to the news, his old assistant Syd (Andy Nyman – Peaky Blinders, Death at a Funeral) and the peculiar Mooney (Johnny Flynn – Clouds of Sils Maria) lurk with very different motives for their visit.
Daily Telegraph calls this production “the best new play of the year,” while Time Out says Dunster’s work is ”the funniest play in London right now,” and the Independent raves “drop-dead hilarious.” Hangmen is not just for NT Live viewers and theatre fans it has a broad appeal drawing in award film fans, independent film fans and comedy fans, too.
Tickets for NT Live’s Hangmen 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 12-2 pm. $5 subsidized tickets available at the Box Office. For more information about Orcas Center’s 2016 season visit www.orcascenter.org.
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