Cinema

Performance Screenings
Live from the
Bolshoi:
Romeo and Juliet
Sun 12 May, 16:00
The rivalry between the Capulets and
the Montagues brings bloodshed to
the city of Verona. Romeo, the heir of
the Montagues, is distraught
because his love for Rosaline is not
requited. To console him, his friend
Mercutio persuades him to attend
the ball that Capulet has organised
to find suitors for his daughter Juliet.
Romeo attends the ball in disguise,
and when he meets Juliet the two
instantly fall in love. When they
discover they belong to the two rival
families they are overwhelmed.
Prokofiev’s ballet is one of his most
esteemed works thanks to its
inspired melodies, variety of rhythms
and memorable characters.
Approximate running time: 3h
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National Theatre
Live: This House
Thu 16 May, 19:00
It’s 1974 and the corridors of
Westminster ring with the sound of
infighting and backbiting as Britain’s
political parties battle to change the
future of the nation, whatever it
takes. In this hung parliament, the
ruling party holds on by a thread.
Votes are won and lost by one, fist
fights erupt in the bars, and ill MPs
are hauled in to cast their votes.
James Graham’s biting, energetic
and critically-acclaimed new play
strips politics down to the practical
realities of those behind the scenes
who manoeuvre a diverse and
conflicting chorus of MPs within the
Mother of all Parliaments.
Approximate running time: 3h15m
Bolshoi Ballet £12.50 (£10 under 21s), or buy four tickets for £37.50
National Theatre Live £14 (£12 under 21s)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera £18 (£13 under 15s), or book all six screenings for £90
Pompeii Live £12
Glyndebourne:
Ariadne Auf Naxos
Tue 4 June, 19:00
The 2013 Glyndebourne Festival
opens with a new production of this
compelling and intricately crafted
collaboration between composer
Richard Strauss and writer Hugo von
Hofmannsthal. After the enormous
success of Der Rosenkavalier, the
two men conceived the idea of a
light entertainment to amuse and
divert the public. The opera opens
in a wealthy house, where a serious
opera and a commedia dell'arte
group are both preparing for
performances. When they're told to
combine the two to save time the
composer reluctantly agrees, and
the performance begins. In it,
Ariadne is heartbroken by her
abandonment by her lover Theseus.
A troop of dancers tries to cheer her
up, but to no avail: until a stranger
arrives.
Approximate running time: 3h