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October 14, 2010
Lensic Presents the second season of National Theatre Live

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Lensic Performing Arts Center
Presents
The National Theatre’s Second NT LIVE Season
Opening October 14
Titles include Hamlet, Frankenstein, Fela!, The Cherry Orchard & A Disappearing Number.

Santa Fe, NM, Sept. 1 -- The Lensic Performing Arts Center is proud to present the second season of National Theatre Live (NT LIVE), a successful new initiative to broadcast live performances from the National’s stages to cinemas worldwide.

“We couldn’t have foreseen that the experimental NT Live season would be such a hit with audiences around the world, who are hungry to see our work in their local cinema,” said Nicholas Hytner, Director of the National Theatre. “We’re delighted that we can confidently build on its success with a second season of broadcasts.”

Season two titles include: Hamlet, Frankenstein, Fela!, The Cherry Orchard and A Disappearing Number. All live performances will be filmed in high definition and broadcast from the National Theatre, except for the October 14th performance from the Plymouth Theatre Royal, marking the first time an NT Live performance will originate outside London.

October 14, 2010
Complicite’s A Disappearing Number, directed by Simon McBurney. Awards include the Olivier Award for Best New Play (2008), the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play (2007) and The Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play (2007).

December 17, 2010*
Shakespeare’s HAMLET, directed by Nicholas Hytner, featuring cast Rory Kinnear in the title role, David Calder as Polonius, Clare Higgins as Gertrude, Patrick Malahide as Claudius and Ruth Negga as Ophelia. *HAMLET will be shown on Dec. 17 instead of its original broadcast date Dec. 9.

January 13, 2011
Currently playing on Broadway, the Tony winning musical Fela! comes to the National with Sahr Ngaujah as Fela Anikulpao-Kuti.

February 3, 2011
The Donmar Warehouse production of William Shakespeare's "King Lear" starring Derek Jacobi.

March 17, 2011
Danny Boyle’s production of FRANKENSTEIN, a play by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley.

June 30, 2011
Also in the new season will be Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, directed by NT Associate Director Howard Davies, whose recent productions of Russian plays (including Philistines, Burnt by the Sun and The White Guard) have earned huge critical acclaim. Zoë Wanamaker will play Madame Ranevskaya.

To learn more, visit www.ntlive.com.

NT Live is distributed internationally (ex-UK) by New York-based BY Experience: www.byexperience.net

Event Details: The Lensic presents the second season of the National Theatre’s broadcast series NT Live. Tickets are on sale now for all of the screenings except The Cherry Orchard, which will be on sale by September 3.

Tickets: $22 / $15 Lensic members and students. Tickets are available at www.Lensic.org, at Tickets Santa Fe at The Lensic at 988-1234 or in person at 211 W. San Francisco St.

About The Lensic Artistic Presentations
Since 2001, the nonprofit Lensic Performing Arts Center has presented and produced artistic performances. The Lensic’s year-round programming is integral to fulfilling the organizational mission to present local, national and international artists in diversified, cross-cultural performances. Since its opening, The Lensic has increased its independent production and presentation schedule, which includes the Lensic Presents Series, a year-round effort to present diverse programming that showcases national talent.

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