National Theatre Live launched in June 2009 with a broadcast of Phèdre. Seen by over 50,000 people worldwide, don’t miss your chance to see an Encore screening of this smash hit production at Theatr Mwldan at 7pm on 23rd September.
Helen Mirren takes the title role in this savage play by Jean Racine, translated into muscular free verse by the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes.
Consumed by an uncontrollable passion for her young stepson and believing Theseus, her absent husband, to be dead, Phèdre confesses her darkest desires and enters the world of nightmare. When Theseus returns alive and well, Phèdre, fearing exposure, accuses her stepson of rape.
The result is carnage.
National Theatre Encore is an initiative by the National Theatre to broadcast performances of its plays onto cinema screens, inviting cinema audiences around the world to share the cutting edge work of this world-class theatre company.
Tickets for National Theatre’s Phèdre at Theatr Mwldan on Thursday 23rd September are £10 (£9 concessions). Book online at www.mwldan.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01239 621200.
