Shakespeare films in NZ cinemas from June 1

GLOBE ON SCREEN

WITH MARK RYLANCE & STEPHEN FRY

Hot on the heels of Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand’s National University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival, and with Rawiri Paratene currently in the Globe’s touring season of King Lear, films from Shakespeare’s Globe 2012 season will be shown on screens around New Zealand.

NEW ZEALAND SCREENING DATES:

• HENRY V: From June 1

• TWELFTH NIGHT: From June 22

• THE TAMING OF THE SHREW: From July 6

In cinemas in Auckland, Howick, Tauranga, Hawke’s Bay, Wanganui, Wellington region and Nelson.

Shakespeare's Globe, in partnership with Arts Alliance Media, is bringing three blockbusters from its award-winning 2012 theatre season to cinemas around the world over the next three months. The 2013 Globe on Screen season will feature Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew and Olivier-nominated Twelfth Night .

Audiences will have the opportunity to experience Shakespeare’s Globe as if they were there in person – all three performances have been captured in high definition and will be broadcast in their entirety in pristine digital cinema quality, with full 5.1 surround sound.

Globe on Screen offers audiences internationally a chance to see the Globe’s sensational Twelfth Night, which critics described as “sensational...pure comic delight”. Mark Rylance, winner of multiple Olivier and Tony Awards, and Stephen Fry star in the production, directed by Tim Carroll. Twelfth Night was one of London theatres’ biggest hits in 2012, completely selling out all of its performances at the Globe and creating queues around the block in the West End. Critics raved that Mark Rylance’s “dazzling performances” lifted the production “into the sublime”. Stephen Fry’s turn as Malvolio – his first return to the stage in 17 years – won him huge acclaim from critics and audiences and a WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Actor, voted for by 60,000 members of the public. The all-star cast also includes the multi-talented Johnny Flynn, a successful singer-songwriter and a talented actor who was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in the smash hit Jerusalem, and Roger Lloyd Pack, who played Barty Crouch in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Twelfth Night is an all-male Globe 'Original Practices' production that aims to replicate as closely as possible the music, costumes, dance and scenery of Shakespeare’s time.

Henry V, Shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace, is directed by the Globe’s Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole. A perennial favourite at the Globe, the play is a profound and compelling exploration of what it means to be English with the persona of the charismatic but conflicted king at its heart. Jamie Parker returns to the Globe after his star turn as Prince Hal in Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 (featured in the Globe on Screen season in 2011) to complete Henry’s journey from youth to adulthood. Jamie also starred in the stage and film versions of Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, seen live in New Zealand during the NZ International Arts Festival in 2010.

The season concludes with The Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare's notorious battle of the sexes gives us one of theatre's great screwball double-acts in the shape of Katherina and Petruchio – a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to the play's controversial conclusion. Director Toby Frow gives us “a riotous mixture of verbal dexterity and slapstick” in an exhilarating production which delighted audiences at the Globe. Katherina is played by the Olivier Award-winning Samantha Spiro, who returns to the Globe as Lady Macbeth this year.

The Globe on Screen website, with cinema listings, trailer and links to book tickets, can be found at www.globeonscreen.com. Seasons are short, so book now!

YouTube trailer link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcMA1Z7Shxk

Book tickets: http://onscreen.shakespearesglobe.com/#/findvenue

ENDS

Auckland - Monterey Howick

HENRY V
Book Tickets

1 JUN 13:00 / 6 JUN 13:00
TWELFTH NIGHT
Book Tickets

22 JUN 13:00 / 27 JUN 13:00
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Book Tickets

20 JUL 13:00 / 25 JUL 13:00
Auckland - The Bridgeway

HENRY V
Coming Soon

1 JUN / 6 JUN
TWELFTH NIGHT
Coming Soon

22 JUN / 27 JUN
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Coming Soon

20 JUL / 25 JUL
Havelock North - Cinema Gold Havelock North

HENRY V
Book Tickets

9 JUN 13:00 / 11 JUN 18:00
TWELFTH NIGHT
Book Tickets

29 JUN 13:00 / 2 JUL 18:00
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Book Tickets

7 JUL 13:00 / 9 JUL 18:00
Nelson - Suter Cinema Nelson

HENRY V
Book Tickets

6 JUL 19:00 / 7 JUL 15:00
10 JUL 11:00
TWELFTH NIGHT
Book Tickets

13 JUL 19:00 / 14 JUL 15:00
17 JUL 11:00
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Book Tickets

20 JUL 19:00 / 21 JUL 15:00
24 JUL 11:00
Palmerston North - Cinema Gold Palmerston North

HENRY V
Book Tickets

9 JUN 13:00
TWELFTH NIGHT
Book Tickets

29 JUN 13:00 / 2 JUL 18:00
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Book Tickets

7 JUL 13:00 / 9 JUL 18:00
Paraparaumu - Downtown Cinemas Coastlands

HENRY V
Book Tickets

9 JUN 13:00 / 11 JUN 18:00
TWELFTH NIGHT
Book Tickets

29 JUN 13:00 / 2 JUL 18:00
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Book Tickets

7 JUL 13:00 / 9 JUL 18:00
Pauatahanui - Lighthouse Pauatahanui

HENRY V
Book Tickets

8 JUN / 9 JUN
TWELFTH NIGHT
Book Tickets

28 JUN / 29 JUN
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Book Tickets

6 JUL / 7 JUL
Petone - Lighthouse Petone

HENRY V
Book Tickets

8 JUN / 9 JUN
TWELFTH NIGHT
Book Tickets

28 JUN / 29 JUN
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Book Tickets

6 JUL / 7 JUL
Tauranga - Bay City Cinemas Tauranga

HENRY V
Book Tickets

8 JUN 13:00 / 9 JUN 13:00
TWELFTH NIGHT
Book Tickets

29 JUN 13:00 / 30 JUN 13:00
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Book Tickets

6 JUL 13:00 / 7 JUL 13:00
Wanganui - Whanganui Regional Museum

HENRY V
Coming Soon

28 JUN / 29 JUN
TWELFTH NIGHT
Coming Soon

12 JUL / 13 JUL
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Coming Soon

26 JUL / 27 JUL
Wellington - Lighthouse Cuba

HENRY V
Book Tickets

8 JUN / 9 JUN
TWELFTH NIGHT
Book Tickets

28 JUN / 29 JUN
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Book Tickets

6 JUL / 7 JUL
Wellington - Paramount Wellington

HENRY V
Coming Soon

13 JUN / 16 JUN
TWELFTH NIGHT
Coming Soon

28 JUN / 29 JUN
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Coming Soon

6 JUL / 7 JUL
Wellington - Penthouse Cinema

HENRY V
Book Tickets

15 JUN 13:00 / 16 JUN 16:00
TWELFTH NIGHT
Book Tickets

29 JUN 10:00 / 30 JUN 18:00
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Book Tickets

6 JUL 10:00 / 7 JUL 18:00

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