Samuel West gives a compelling performance on the stage of the Theatre Royal in Brighton for this short film, directed by Jonathan Stow and written by Lucy Nordberg. The film explores the universal idea of homecoming through the myth of Odysseus, who found that after Trojan war and an epic journey home, his trials were far from over.
Renowned actor Greta Scacchi narrates this atmospheric poem telling the story of a gladiator fighting in the arena, while his mother watches on, unable to protect him. After looking away to distract herself from the danger he is in, she is reminded of happier times when he was a child, free of responsibility.
This filmed poem is recited by the Lady of a country house, over a hundred years ago, as she looks into her dressing table mirror. A slightly unsettling and literal reflection on the passing of time, the film stems from the idea that over the years, many people would have used the mirror to view and assess their reflections. But unlike a portrait or a photograph, its blank surface offers us no clues as to their identities.
A narrated poem recited as the last lighthouse keeper prepares to take final his journey back to shore, this short film looks at one of the most legendary occupations to be replaced by automation.
Written in a mix of accessible modern blank verse and prose, King Arthur is an ambitious production of an exciting new play, moulding the Shakespearean form for our time.
First performed in 1610, Ben Jonson’s the Alchemist is a farcical comedy with a sharply satirical tone depicting the still-relevant characteristics of chaotic, wheeler-dealing city life.
One of the greatest dramatists from the Ming Dynasty, Tang Xianzu wrote the Peony Pavilion in 1598 as an elegy to true love at a time of ritualistic, repressed behaviour.
Middleton’s raucous city comedy is a timely exploration of gender roles, based on the real-life Moll Cutpurse, a musical performer and notorious thief who dressed in men’s clothes.
Media tycoon John is looking deal with his legacy, and asks his younger brother to write his biography. Long-buried tensions between them threaten to derail John’s schemes, which involve everyone in his life from his former actress wife to a pair of film director brothers. Can John keep control of the players in his game?