Listings

A View from the Bridge by National Theater Live

Date: Aug 6－2 pm

Venue: Shanghai Drama Art Center

Price: 100-200 yuan

Following its smash-hit original broadcast, the Young Vic's 'magnetic, electrifying, astonishingly bold' production of A View from the Bridge returns to cinemas due to audience demand. This stunning production of Miller's tragic masterpiece won a trio of 2014 Olivier Awards including Best Revival, Best Actor for Mark Strong (The Imitation Game; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) and Best Director for Ivo van Hove. The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price. Eddie's jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret－one that drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Frankenstein by National Theater Live in Shanghai

Date: Aug 7－7 pm

Venue: Shanghai Drama Art Center

Price: 100-200 yuan

Directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle, this thrilling production features Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and his creation. The production was a sellout hit at the National Theater in 2011, and the broadcast has since become an international sensation, experienced by over half a million people in cinemas around the world. Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered Creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic Gothic tale.

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Ballet Gala of Bolshoi Soloists in Shanghai

Date: Aug 12-13－7:15 pm

Venue: Shanghai Culture Square

Price: 80-680 yuan

Bolshoi Ballet is Russia's first-class professional performing arts group, and is one of the best ballet group in the world. This time, ten chief stars and soloists of Bolshoi Ballet for the first time hold an tour in China to bring you the world-class ballet event.

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