In the cinema “Aurora” from 25.06 till 01.07 – In the cinema “Aurora” from 25.06 till 01.07 – Film “Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night» festival organizers – the British Council and the Art Association “CoolConnections” festival conducted in the framework of the Year of the language and literature of Great Britain and Russia in 2016 and the international program “Shakespeare Lives”.
festival guests waiting for a retrospective of internationally renowned films based on the works of Shakespeare, prepared by the British Council and the British Institute of Cinemas.
on June 25 special guest of the festival sir Ian McKellen in the Grand cinema hall in the session at 19:00 will present the film “Richard III» (1995), in which he starred. The actor will share with the audience his rich experience performance Shakespearean character roles: the age of 12 he made his debut in the role of Malvolio and since then has managed to play in a variety of plays of the great classics
The program shows the festival – a unique collection of early film adaptations of Shakespeare’s era of silent movies.. The original interpretation of “Macbeth” (1971), Roman Polanski, “Much Ado About Nothing” (1993) with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in the lead roles, exciting comedy horror “Theatre of Blood” (1973), the protagonist of which without receiving the expected theatrical award, the most famous Shakespeare plays Kill the scene.
also Showtimes cult film “Romeo and Juliet” by Franco Zeffirelli (1968)
audience of St. Petersburg will see as “Henry the V” (1944 g) with Laurence Olivier, which brought the leading actor and part-time choreographer picture honorary “Oscar»
program:.
June 25 at 19.00 Richard III of
June 26 19:00 Theater blood
June 27 19.00 Macbeth
June 28 at 19.00 Collection of silent short films Play On! Silent Shakespeare
29 June at 19.00 Much Ado About Nothing
June 30 at 19.00 Romeo and Juliet
July 1 at 19.00 King Henry V
June 25 at 19.45 Richard III