Travelling Light February 24, 2012

National Theatre Live &Sharmill Films
Travelling Light

This is a broadcast screening of a live National Theatre performance from London.

How had a twenty-two-year-old pretentious layabout made a discovery that would elude every other cinematic pioneer for years to come?

In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young MotlMendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father's cinematograph. Bankrolled by Jacob, the ebullient local timber merchant, and inspired by Anna, the girl sent to help him make moving pictures of their village, he stumbles on a revolutionary way of story-telling. Forty years on, Motl - now a famed American film director - looks back on his early life and confronts the cost of fulfilling his dreams.

Following Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter, Nicholas Wright's new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood's golden age. The award-winning Antony Sher - whose previous work with the National Theatre includes Primo and Stanley - returns to play Jacob.

Dates & Times:
1pm, Saturday 25 February 2012
1pm, Sunday 26 February 2012

Tickets:
Adult $25, Senior $22, Pensioner $22, F/T Student & Child16&U $15*