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This Winter at PAC
Written By: Jeanne Piazza, Executive Director, Highlands PAC | Issue: Winter 2025
There’s passion aplenty when Highlands Performing Arts Center stages live performances of The National Theatre and the PET Opera during the winter. All screenings will be in the Martin-Lispcomb Theater.
Aida by Verdi
The National Theatre and the MET Opera will offer four screening of live performances in January and February at the Highlands Performing Arts Center, 507 Chestnut Street.
Thursday, January 23 at 5:00 P.M. The National Theatre will present Dear England, a new play by James Graham. The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game? With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt to take team and country back to the promised land. Gareth Southgate has brought hope back to the England squad but with the nation’s expectations upon his shoulders, what happens when football doesn’t come home?
Saturday, January 25 at 1:00 P.M. The MET Opera will present live from NYC Aida by Verdi. American soprano Angel Blue headlines as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country in a new production of Verdi’s Aida by Michael Mayer that brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations.
Thursday, February 6, at 5:00 P.M.: The National Theatre will present The Motive & the Cue. Why would the most famous movie star in the world choose to do a play which everyone already knows? And what lures us back to the same plays, year after year? This fierce and funny new play by Jack Thorne offers a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity.
Thursday, February 27, at 5:00 P.M. The National Theatre will present The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde. It’s a trivial comedy for serious people. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.
All screenings will be in the Martin-Lispcomb Theater. Tickets are available at HighlandsPerformingArts.com.
