CLEARWATER - “Phèdre” launches NT Live on Friday, July 10, 8 p.m.; and Saturday, July 11, 2 p.m., at Capitol Theatre, in the Cleveland Street District in downtown Clearwater.
The pilot season of NT Live, the new initiative by the UKs National Theatre to broadcast live performances of plays onto cinema screens around the world, will kick off with NT director Nicholas Hytners production of “Phèdre” by Jean Racine, in a version by Ted Hughes, with Helen Mirren in the title role.
The cast also includes Dominic Cooper and Margaret Tyzack. The production contains adult subject material.
NT Live performances will be filmed live at the National Theatre in high definition and broadcast via satellite to performing arts centers around the world.
Tickets are $20 and are available at the Ruth Eckerd Hall box office, 1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater; by calling 791-7400 or online at www.rutheckerdhall.com.
“The NT Live events are designed to bring what we do on the stages of the National to a far greater number of people than we would ever be able to reach otherwise,” said Nicholas Hytner. “Through high definition broadcasts, we have the technology at our disposal to present our productions beyond the four walls of the National, to reach passionate theatre-goers all over the world, and to do it really well.”
