National Theatre Live's One Man, Two Guvnors Garners 7 Tony Award Nominations and Returns to Cinemas for Encore Presentations With Frankenstein at Participating Cineplex Theatres
The Two Productions Were Captured Live in High-Definition
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/02/12 -- Back by popular demand, Cineplex Entertainment (TSX: CGX), via our Front Row Centre Events, the National Theatre London and BY Experience are pleased to announce One Man, Two Guvnors and Frankenstein can once again be seen at participating Cineplex theatres. One Man, Two Guvnors will be presented on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. local time. Frankenstein will be shown on Thursday, June 14 and 21 at 6:45 p.m. local time, (Galaxy Cinemas Chatham will start at 8:00 p.m.) and Saturday, June 16 and 23 at 12:30 p.m. local time.
"We are delighted to provide our guests a second opportunity to enjoy two National Theatre productions that were extremely popular with our guests, selling out when they were first offered in our theatres," said Pat Marshall, Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations, Cineplex Entertainment. "One Man, Two Guvnors, now enjoying a Tony-Award nominated run on Broadway, and Oscar-winner Danny Boyle's production of Frankenstein, both sold-out during their original presentations in our theatres".
One Man, Two Guvnors
The comedy sensation One Man, Two Guvnors, winner of the Evening Standard Award and the Critics' Circle Award stars breakout comic actor James Corden (The History Boys, BBC's "Gavin & Stacey") as Francis Henshall ("One Man"). Always famished and easily confused, Henshall agrees to work for a local gangster as well as a criminal in hiding ("Two Guvnors"), both of whom are linked in a web of schemes, extortions and romantic associations... none of which Francis can keep straight. He then has to do everything in his power to keep his two guvnors from meeting, while trying to eat anything in sight along the way.
Falling trousers, flying fish heads, star-crossed lovers, cross-dressing mobsters and a fabulous on-stage band are just some of what awaits at the most "deliriously funny" (Daily Telegraph) play to cross the pond in decades. Directed by Tony® and Olivier Award winner Nicholas Hytner, Richard Bean's side-splitting comedy has a return engagement, while its hugely popular runs continue in London's West End and on Broadway.
Frankenstein
Oscar winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours and Slumdog Millionaire) returned to the theatre to direct this visionary new production, Frankenstein by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley. Back by popular demand, National Theatre Live will broadcast two separate performances of the production. Throughout the run of Frankenstein at the National Theatre, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternated the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature, jointly winning the Evening Standard and Olivier Awards for Best Actor. Audiences will have the chance to see both combinations, with two broadcasts a week apart. Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature will be shown on Thursday, June 14 and Saturday, June 16. The Thursday, June 21 and Saturday, June 23 presentations of Frankenstein feature Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature.
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.
Advance tickets are now available at participating theatre box offices and online at or our mobile site .
National Theatre Live program are distributed ex-U.K. by US-based alternative content distributor BY Experience .
The National Theatre encore presentations will be offered at the following theatres:
About Cineplex Entertainment
Cineplex Inc. ("Cineplex") is the largest motion picture exhibitor in Canada and owns, leases or has a joint-venture interest in 131 theatres with 1,363 screens serving approximately 66 million guests annually. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex operates theatres from British Columbia to Quebec and is the exclusive provider of UltraAVX™ and the largest exhibitor of digital 3D and IMAX projection technologies in the country. Proudly Canadian and with a workforce of approximately 10,000 employees, the company operates the following top tier brands: Cineplex Odeon, Galaxy, Famous Players, Colossus, Coliseum, SilverCity, Cinema City and Scotiabank Theatres. Cineplex shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "CGX". For more information, visit .
About Front Row Centre Events (FRC)
Brought to you by Cineplex Entertainment, Front Row Centre Events bring world class entertainment to your local Cineplex Entertainment theatre and other participating locations! Presented in high-definition with digital surround sound, guests can experience the best in original one-night only and series-based programming. With the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series, Broadway productions, live broadcasts direct from the stage of London's National Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet performances, classic films, concerts, live sporting events and documentaries, Front Row Centre Events put you in the centre of the action on the big screen!
About BY EXPERIENCE
BY Experience kicked off the digital revolution of live events to movie theaters and other locations globally with David Bowie's 2003 Reality album launch and since then, over 15 million tickets have been sold worldwide for cinema events BY Experience has distributed and/or produced including the Met: Live in HD series, the U.K.'s National Theatre Live series, Leonardo Live (February 2012), the New York Times speaker's series TimesTalks LIVE, the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The Importance of Being Earnest (June 2011), Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm With You (August 2011); The Big Four: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax (June 2010), BBC Electric Proms: Robbie Williams (October 2009), the classic music celebrations BBC Last Night of the Proms (September 2009, 2010, 2011), St. Olaf Christmas Festival (December 2007 and December 2011), David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live from the Royal Albert Hall (September 2007), and the public radio shows A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (February and October 2010) and This American Life - Live! with Ira Glass (April 2008, May 2009 and May 2012). BY Experience distributes to over 50 countries, to 2,000 movie screens. For more information, visit: .
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