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Matt Rife is a 26 year old veteran of standup comedy. Beginning at the age of 15, Matt has developed an extremely unique perspective on everything from women, self awareness, race,and some of the worlds darker issues. And he delivers these ideas with a quick witted, almost charmingly naive performance that you don't want to miss.
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Valery Ushakov’s endlessly fascinating MÁRQUEZ WITHOUT WORDS is a philosophical parable narrated by the language of the body and music. The protagonist, Aureliano, notices one day that the world around him has turned upside down. To understand what is happening, he turns to a series of boxes that store memories of his past. Opening them one by one, he embarks on a journey through his life, his loves, his losses, his childhood and his regrets,...
5) Hamlet
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A film of the ground-breaking Royal Exchange Theater production of Hamlet, with renowned British actress Maxine Peake in the title role. *"Peake's delicate ferocity, her particular mixture of concentration and lightness, ensure that you to follow her whenever she appears." - Susannah Clapp, **The Guardian***
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Igor Sergeev and Vladimir Kuznetsov’s multi-award nominated production of Ivan Vyrypaev’s thought-provoking and timely “Iran Conference” takes place at a symposium in Denmark where influential public figures and scientists gather to discuss the current clash of modern Western liberal ideology with traditional religious consciousness and way of life. An attempt to present reports prepared by the lecturers quickly transforms into a lively conversation...
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“Fantasy, desire, predation, consent, infamy, vertigo. In this great comedy, what is being played out and where is the truth? In front of the spectacle of this exasperated family that loses its footing, this device of revealed desire/denied pleasure, in the end, it is the audience that is unmasked in its voyeurism and its troubled enjoyment”, says Macha Makeïeff, who seizes the timeless masterpiece denouncing the hypocrisy of society by Molière,...
9) King Lear
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Yury Butusov's brilliant, award-winning staging of KING LEAR tells us a story in which the collapse of a family, the collapse of a country, and the collapse of an individual are all connected to each other. In Shakespeare's classic work, Lear imagined himself to be God's equal - and so he divided his kingdom between his daughters just to see what would happen. Featuring four time Golden Mask Award-winning actor Konstantin Raikin as Lear.
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MATTHEW BOURNE’S THE CAR MAN is one of modern dance’s most thrilling and entertaining shows and a signature production for New Adventures. First seen in 2000, when it won the Evening Standard Award for “Musical Event of the Year”, it has proved to be a smash-hit in the UK and around the world. This recording for Sky Arts was made at Sadler’s Wells during the production’s most recent revival. The show is loosely based on Bizet’s popular...
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From his massive 2012 tour ‘What’s Happening White People?’ join Paul Chowdhry live and uncensored from his huge sell-out show at the legendary Hammersmith Apollo. Paul dissects all the issues of growing up and living in multicultural Britain with his own brand of edgy and highly charged comedy. From reusing margarine tubs to passive racism to breaking down racial barriers, there are no holds barred and nothing is left unturned as Paul tackles...
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From the mind of award-winning director Julie Taymor (The Lion King on Broadway, Frida, Titus) comes a Shakespeare adaptation like none other, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Rich with Taymor's trademark creativity, this immersive and darkly poetic cinematic experience brings the play's iconic fairies, spells and hallucinatory lovers to life. Filmed at her sold-out stage production with cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto (Argo, Frida) and music by Academy...
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MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO + JULIET is a passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s classic story of love and conflict. Set in the not-too-distant future in ‘The Verona Institute’ and mysteriously confined against their will by a society that seeks to divide and crush their youthful spirits, our two young lovers must follow their hearts as they risk everything to be together. A timeless story about repressed emotions and teenage...
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Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, TO YOU, THE BIRDIE! (Phèdre) is The Wooster Group's **OBIE**-winning production of Paul Schmidt's version of Racine's Phèdre, re-set in a mobile modernist landscape of sliding plexiglass panels, omnipresent monitors, and hidden cameras. Winner of 2002 **OBIE** and **BESSIE** awards for Best Production and Best Performer (Kate Valk)! *An "exhilarating dissection of Racine’s tragedy"* - **The New York Times**
19) Writing in Water
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Written and staged by one of the most important directors in Chinese theatre, Stan Lai, with a cast featuring the renowned TV host He Jiong (Happy Camp), WRITING IN WATER follows the story of He Shi, who by sheer chance comes across a mysterious young girl when he’s about to inherit an old beach house from his late mother. Together with the child, He Shi ventures into a world that enables him to experience life on a far more meaningful level.
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