SHOWS

Othello by National Theatre Live

Date: Aug 27 - 2 pm

Venue: Shanghai Drama Art Center

The National Theatre presents a major new production of William Shakespeare's celebrated play about the destructive power of jealousy. Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester (Henry V at the National Theatre, BBC's Hustle) takes the title role. Playing opposite him as the duplicitous Iago is fellow Olivier Award-winner Rory Kinnear (The Last of the Haussmans, James Bond: Skyfall), who is reunited with director Nicholas Hytner (Timon of Athens, One Man, Two Guvnors) following their acclaimed collaboration on the National Theatre's recent production of Hamlet. Othello, newly married to Desdemona - who is half his age - is appointed leader of a major military operation. Iago, passed over for promotion by Othello in favor of the young Cassio, persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair. National Theatre Live is the National Theatre's groundbreaking project to broadcast the best of British theater live from the London stage to cinemas across the UK and around the world. Though each live broadcast is filmed in front of a live audience in the theater, cameras are carefully positioned throughout the auditorium to ensure that cinema audiences get the 'best seat in the house' view of each production. Where these cameras are placed is different for each broadcast, to make sure that cinema audiences enjoy the best possible experience every time.

Contact: 400-610-3721

The Vakhtangov Theater Masquerade

Date: Aug 25-27 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 180-680 yuan

The poetic drama by Mikhail Lermontov uncovers the ruthless truth about people and the world they live in, the severe world where the morality teeters on the razor's edge. At the masquerade - a feast with enchanting music, bright costumes, mysterious masks and alluring power of revelry - people make fun, slander and gammon, without being recognized, as they are free from everything including their own selves.

Contact: 400-610-3721