The next National Theatre Live broadcast to screen at Cinema Nouveau nationwide is the 2016 National Theatre production of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus starring Fresh Meat’s Adam Gillen and Misfit’s Karla Crome as Mozart and his wife, and Game of Throne’s Lucian Msamati as the composer’s great rival Salieri.
This stage production, directed by Michael Longhurst, was filmed live for broadcast globally at the National Theatre in London, with orchestral accompaniment by the 30-piece Southbank Sinfonia orchestra. It releases at Cinema Nouveau theatres on Saturday, 4 March, 2017 for four screenings only.
Shaffer’s iconic play follows Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Gillen), a rowdy young prodigy, who arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri (Msamati) has the power to promote his talent or destroy his name. Seized by obsessive jealousy, he begins a war with Mozart, with music and, ultimately, with God.
After winning multiple Olivier and Tony Awards when it had its premiere at the National Theatre in 1979, Amadeus was later adapted into an Academy Award-winning film.
“Note-perfect. Fresh, vital and musically inventive.” – Daily Telegraph
“A soaring song of genius and jealousy.” – Evening Standard
Upcoming NT Live screenings at Cinema Nouveau:
Saint Joan (from 18 March, 2017)
The Donmar Warehouse production of Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan is directed by artistic director Josie Rourke and stars Gemma Arterton as Joan of Arc.
Joan: daughter, farm girl, visionary, patriot, king-whisperer, soldier, leader, victor, icon, radical, witch, heretic, saint, martyr, woman. Bernard Shaw’s classic play follows the life and trial of a young country girl who declares a bloody mission to drive the English from France. As one of the first Protestants and nationalists, she threatens the very fabric of feudal society and the Catholic Church across Europe.
Hedda Gabler (from 1 April, 2017)
Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge) returns to NT Live cinema screens with a modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece, with Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair, Jane Eyre) in the title role of a new version by Patrick Marber (Notes on a Scandal, Closer).
Additional NT Live broadcasts in 2017:
Twelfth Night (27 May), starring Tamsin Greig and directed by Simon Godwin;
Rozencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (3 June), with Daniel Radcliffe, Joshua McGuire and David Haig in Tom Stoppard’s brilliantly funny situation comedy, from The Old Vic theatre;
Peter Pan (8 July), captured live at the National Theatre, this performance of JM Barrie’s much-loved tale screens as perfect cinema fare for the mid-year school holidays: All children, except one, grow up…
Salomé (22 July), directed by Yaёl Farber; Marianne Elliott’s production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America – Part I & II (19 Aug & 02 Sept), with Andrew Garfield, Susan Brown, Nathan Lane, James McArdle, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Denise Gough and Russell Tovey; and Yerma (23 Sept), Simon Stone’s radical production of Federico García Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece, with Billie Piper reprising the lead role.
What: Amadeus, Ster-Kinekor: Great Moments at their Greatest
When: Four screenings only- Sat, 4 March, 8, 9 March at 7.30pm, 5 March at 2.30pm
Where: Cinema Nouveau -Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town
Running time: 210 mins, including an interval
Book: www.cinemanouveau.co.za, www.sterkinekor.co.za
Social media: Twitter @nouveaubuzz, Facebook at Cinema Nouveau
Info: Ticketline on 0861 Movies (668 437). Discounts and benefits for SK Club, Discovery Vitality, Edgars Club members apply. Special prices for group bookings on request
Cast interview about performing with Southbank Sinfonia: https://youtu.be/iIown9WPgHQ
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