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Written By: Mary Adair Trumbly - Highlands PAC | Issue: 2018/11 - November
The National Theatre of London will present the new production of “Julie” on Saturday, November 3, at 1:00 P.M.
Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late-night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration plays above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean – which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival. This new version of August Strindberg’s play “Miss Julie,” written by Polly Stenham, remains shocking and fiercely relevant in its new setting of contemporary London. This broadcast has a rating of PG-13. Please note that “Julie” will contain strobe lighting.
On Saturday, November 10, at 12:55 P.M. the MET Opera presents “Marnie” by Nico Muhly and Libretto by Nicholas Wright. This is a Met Premiere Production. Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel, set in the 1959, about a beautiful, mysterious young woman who assumes multiple identities. Director Michael Mayer and his creative team have devised a fast-moving, cinematic world for this exhilarating story of denial and deceit, which also inspired a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the enigmatic Marnie, and baritone Christopher Maltman is the man who pursues her – with disastrous results. Robert Spano conducts. There will be a pre-opera discussion beginning at 12:30 P.M.
Saturday, November 17, at 1:00 P.M. the National Theatre of London will present ‘King Lear” by William Shakespeare. Broadcast Live from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s extraordinarily moving portrayal of King Lear. Jonathan Munby directs this contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving, and shocking play. Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, “King Lear” sees two aging fathers – one a king, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.
Tickets are available online at highlandspac.org, at the door or by calling: (828) 526-9047. The Highlands Performing Arts Center is located at 507 Chestnut Street.
