from Artha Kass
Thursday, October 24, 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center
Kenneth Branagh in his first Shakespeare performance in over a decade as Macbeth.
On Thursday, October 24 at 7:30 pm at Orcas Center, National Theatre Live will broadcast Manchester International Festival’s production of Macbeth, with Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn, Hamlet) in his first Shakespeare performance in over a decade as Macbeth, and Alex Kingston (Doctor Who, ER) as Lady Macbeth.
Directed by Olivier and Tony Award-winning director, Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, this electrifying new production of Shakespeare’s tragic tale of ambition and treachery unfolds within the walls of an intimate deconsecrated Manchester church.
Experience Kenneth Branagh (Macbeth) in his first Shakespeare role in over a 10 years. His films include Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Thor/Thor 2 (director), My Week With Marilyn, Rabbit Proof Fence, Frankenstein (actor and director), Hamlet (actor and director), Love’s Labour’s Lost (actor and director), As You Like It (actor and director), Henry V (actor and director.
See Alex Kingston (Lady Macbeth) in her first stage role in several years, since she became a regular guest star on Doctor Who. Films: Sweetland, Alpha Dog, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; TV: Doctor Who, ER, Upstairs Downstairs, Marchland, Moll Flanders, Hope Springs, Boudicca.
This immediate, energetic production is very movie-style in presentation running 120 minutes without an intermission. NT Live’s Macbeth is a great entry point for those who haven’t watched Shakespeare before.
Tickets for Macbeth from National Theatre Live: Encore series. are $18 for adults, $13 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 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from noon – 4 pm. For more information about Orcas Center 2013 season events, please visit www.orcascenter.org.
I want to URGE people to take advantage of this world class event and, for most of us, once in a lifetime opportunity to see, for a mere $18.00, or less if you’re a member of Orcas Center, one of the greatest plays in all of Shakespeare and probably the greatest play ever written by anybody, performed by one of the greatest actors of our generation. This is a rare and fabulous opportunity.I say this, not for the benefit of the O. C., but because I feel it would be such a loss for anyone to miss it. The play is highly accessible, the shortest of the tragedies, and edge-of-the-seat thrilling!