National Theatre Live screening: Man and Superman
Bridport Electric Palace
Thursday, 14 May 2015
Doors 6pm / start 7pm
Tickets £10 + bf/£12 on door
Online ticket link:
https://www.seetickets.com/event/nt-live-man-and-superman/the-electric-palace/854915
Academy Award® nominee Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler’s List; Oedipus at the National Theatre) plays Jack Tanner in this exhilarating reinvention of Shaw’s witty, provocative classic, showing at Bridport Electric Palace in a National Theatre Live screening on Thursday 14 May.
A romantic comedy, an epic fairytale, a fiery philosophical debate, Man and Superman asks fundamental questions about how we live.
Jack Tanner, celebrated radical thinker and rich bachelor, seems an unlikely choice as guardian to the alluring heiress, Ann. But she takes it in her assured stride and, despite the love of a poet, she decides to marry and tame this dazzling revolutionary.
Tanner, appalled by the whiff of domesticity, is tipped off by his chauffeur and flees to Spain, where he is captured by bandits and meets The Devil. An extraordinary dream-debate, heaven versus hell, ensues. Following in hot pursuit, Ann is there when Tanner awakes, as fierce in her certainty as he is in his.
Tickets through Electric Palace Box Office (open Tues–Sat, 10am- 4pm), Bridport TIC (open Mon-Sat 9am-5pm) on 01308 424901 or online via Seetickets.com
