29 Oct

NT Live: Frankenstein

Event Date
7:00 pm

Estep Room located in the University Center 

October 29 at 7 p.m. and October 30 at 7 p.m.  NT Live: FRANKENSTEIN  (Two versions:  Cumberbatch as Creature and Miller as Creature) presented by ECU SCREENS and Sigma Tau Delta 

Frankenstein enjoyed a sell-out run at the National Theatre, and went on to win awards including the 2012 Olivier Award for Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller. 

Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) directs a sensational production with Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek: Into Darkness, BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting, CBS’s Elementary) alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and his creation. 

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. 

Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale. 

Estimated run time: 2 hours, 20 minutes 

08 Oct

NT Live: Medea

Event Date
1:00 pm

Here’s a description of Medea:

Helen McCrory (The Last of the Haussmans) returns to the National Theatre to take the title role in Euripides’ powerful tragedy, in a new version by Ben Power, directed by Carrie Cracknell.

Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace.

It’s time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.

Estimated run time: 2 hours, 30 minutes

 

It will be October 8, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m. located in the Estep Room at the University Center.

20 Sep

NT Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Event Date
6:30 pm

Estep Room of the Bill S. Cole University Center

NT Live: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME presented by ECU SCREENS and Sigma Tau Delta 

Following its smash-hit live broadcast in 2012, the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time returns to cinemas. Based on the acclaimed novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has been hailed by The Times as ‘a phenomenal combination of storytelling and spectacle’. Winner of 7 Olivier Awards in 2013, including Best New Play. 

Plot: 
Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs. Shears' dog Wellington, he records each fact about the event in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of the murder. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.

Estimated run time: 3 hours