Theater comes to the screen
Chinese cinemagoers will soon have diverse offerings that go beyond films.
The new season of the theater live program, New Live in China, announced by Beijing-based company, ATW Culture, on June 20 will bring 58 productions from different genres in the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia and France to cinemas across the country.
The highlights will be William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar featuring British actor Ben Whishaw, filmed by the National Theatre Live at the Bridge Theatre in London; the Olivier Award-winning Royal Court Theatre production of writer-director Martin McDonagh's Hangmen; the Royal Shakespeare Theatre's contemporary production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, featuring British actor Christopher Eccleston in the title role and Irish actress Niamh Cusack as Lady Macbeth; and Stage Russia's production of Chekhov's The Three Sisters with a cast who only communicate in sign language.
