Dominika Egorova è una prima ballerina, che viene reclutata nella "Sparrow School", un servizio di intelligence russo dove viene educata a diventare una letale amante e seduttrice. La sua prima missione ha come obiettivo Nathaniel Nash un ufficiale della CIA che monitora le infiltrazioni dei servizi segreti della Russia.
Quando un incapace tecno-dipendente arriva a gestire un campo estivo teatrale, gli insegnanti si uniscono al resto del personale e degli studenti per mettere in scena un capolavoro e salvare l'amato campo.
Lucien è un giovane poeta in cerca di fortuna. Nutre grandi speranze per il suo futuro ed è deciso a prendere le redini del proprio destino abbandonando la tipografia di famiglia e tentando la sorte a Parigi sotto l’ala protettrice della sua mecenate. Rifiutato dalla società aristocratica parigina per le sue umili origini e la sua relazione pericolosa con la baronessa, si ritrova solo, senza un soldo, affamato e umiliato e cerca vendetta scrivendo articoli controversi. All'interno della Parigi tanto ambita, trova un mondo cinico dove tutto – e tutti – possono essere comprati e venduti.
In 1934 London, Jimmy Erskine, the most feared drama critic in town, finds himself in the crosshairs of his newspaper's new owner. Nina Land, the actress determined to win his favor, becomes entangled in a dangerous web of blackmail, deceit and murder.
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men.
Martin Clément, alla nascita Marvin Bijou, è fuggito. È fuggito da un piccolo villaggio di campagna. È sfuggito alla sua famiglia, alla tirannia del padre e alla rassegnazione della madre. È sfuggito all’intolleranza, al rifiuto e al bullismo che l’ha escluso e marchiato come “diverso”. Contro ogni previsione, trova degli alleati. Dapprima Madeleine Clément, la preside della scuola media che lo introduce al teatro, e il cui cognome adotterà in seguito come simbolo della sua salvezza. Successivamente Abel Pinto, suo mentore e modello di riferimento, lo incoraggerà a raccontare la sua storia sul palcoscenico. Infine, Isabelle Huppert (nella parte di se stessa) lo aiuterà a produrre e a mettere in scena il suo spettacolo. Marvin/Martin rischierà tutto per creare questo spettacolo che, spingendosi ben oltre il concetto di successo, rappresenta il cammino verso la realizzazione di sé.
An actress commits suicide in a theatre full of people. Now she haunts the venue and those who visit.
The painter Lili Elbe was the first person to have gender confirmation surgery in the 1930s. The homonymous opera is a glimpse into the life of Lili Elbe and her wife Gerda Wegener (also a famous painter) through Lili's transition at a time when such surgery was still completely uncharted territory.
When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.
Dr Frankenstein obsesses over his creation in Blackeyed Theatre’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece, in which The Creature is brought to life through puppetry. Captured live at Wilde Theatre, Bracknell, in 2022, this production features ensemble storytelling, multi-roling and live music and explores themes of revenge, prejudice and ambition.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best British actors for a unique evening of unforgettable performances, broadcast live from London to cinemas around the world.
From Boris Karloff to Mel Brooks - Frankenstein has fired the imagination of generations of artists who have created their own interpretation of this Gothic masterpiece. Frankenstein: A Modern Myth looks at some of these depictions, including Danny Boyle's sell-out hit at the National Theatre. The film has exclusive access to rehearsals and interviews with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller - who alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature - and with Danny Boyle. It also features cult film director John Waters: "I'm sympathetic to monsters, and this was the first one I came across as a child".
Movie of the stage play McQueen (written by British playwright James Phillips), at the St James Theatre, London, in May 2015 Featuring: Stephen Wight as Lee Dianna Agron as Dahlia, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Laura Lees and David Shaw-Parker
Anya is a wide-eyed uncorrupted understudy who has to replace the actress she idealises in the role of Medea, as she navigates within a morally distorted theatre company.
The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater at the end of the year. The troupe "Kumo no Ue Dangoro" continues to tour from town to village. The small cast of the troupe includes its leader (Kenichi Enomoto), Norizo (Norihei Miki) and Taizo (Mutoshi Happa), who play female roles - they are all super actors, each of whom plays five roles. Dan Goro dreams of performing in a major theater and tries to put on a big show with a young man he meets in Shikoku named Sakai (Frankie Sakai), but...
This touching documentary follows a cast of blind and visually impaired actors as they prepare Dancing to Beethoven, a play about blindness. The film takes us deep into the lives of the actors. We hear stories of their shock and disbelief at first losing sight and of their struggles coping with a life without it. We hear them talk about grieving and pining for the visual world. They tell the moving story of how this play is itself a victory, a type of salvation, for each of them. By opening night, at the renowned Place des Arts in Montreal, they are a close-knit cast, well-honed and ready to step out of the wings and into the light.
In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited the new professor and his wife to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a moment of devastating truth-telling.