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Must-See Performances
Written By: Mary Adair Trumbly - Highlands PAC | Issue: 2016/12 - December
Visit the Met Opera in New York City and the National Theatre of London via satellite this month.
The National Theatre of London offers “The Deep Blue Sea” at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, December 3. Helen McCrory returns to the National Theatre in Terence Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece, playing one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama. Tom Burke also stars in Carrie Cracknell’s critically-acclaimed new production.
It’s West London in 1952. When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbors in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness, and long-repressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.
The Performing Arts Center offers the Met Opera’s production of Kaija Saariaho’s “L’Amour de Loin” at 12:55 P.M. Saturday, December 10. Commissioned by the Salzburg Festival in 2000, this breakthrough opera finally has its Metropolitan Opera premiere in a dazzling and glimmering new production by Robert Lepage. Eric Owens is the knight on a quest of love and Susanna Phillips is his lover on the other side of the sea. Conductor Susanna Mälkki makes her Met debut. A pre-opera discussion lead by Beverly Wichman begins at 12:30 P.M.
In two screenings at 1:00 and 7:00 P.M. Saturday, December 17, the National Theatre will present the encore performance of “War Horse.” Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, “War Horse” is the powerful story of a young boy called Albert and his beloved horse, Joey, who has been requisitioned to fight for the British in World War I. Caught in enemy crossfire, Joey ends up serving on both sides, while Albert embarks on a treacherous mission to find his horse and bring him home. A remarkable tale of courage, loyalty and friendship, “War Horse” features ground-breaking puppetry work by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, which brings breathing and galloping horses to life on stage.
Tickets are available online at highlandspac.org, at the door, or by calling (828) 526-9047. Highlands Performing Arts Center is located at 507 Chestnut Street.
