Britain TNT Theatre - Romeo and Juliet

Published on Mar 31, 2014

Britain TNT Theatre - Romeo and Juliet

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Genre: Drama

Dates: April 28-30, 2014

Venue: TNT Theatre ( Nine Theatre )

Prices: 120, 180, 280, 380


Features: The internationally acclaimed Shakespearean theatre company, TNT Theatre Britain, is returning to Beijing and presents the classics play Romeo and Juliet at the Nine theatre from April 28th-30th.


BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Britain TNT theatre was founded in 1980 in Britain and since has established itself as one of the most popular international touring theatre companies in the world. TNT Theatre has developed an international reputation for presenting dynamic, exciting and direct productions of Shakespeare's major works. Live music on renaissance instruments, powerful choreography and a simple performance style allow a modern audience to experience Shakespeare's great love story as an Elizabethan audience might have done a London theatre some four hundred years ago.


Romeo and Juliet Director Paul Stebbings explores the depths of this tragedy and its central conflict between love and death.


Director’s note:
'West Side Story' and Leonardo di Caprio's recent gangster version cast long shadows on this delicate play. But this is not a play about poor urban street fighters, nor a play about racial conflict. The Capulets and Montagues are of the same caste and share the same values. Their retainers fight on the streets. Shakespeare is criticising their joint values, which are those of powerful families. This is, of course, the stuff of tragedy: when the mighty sin the state trembles. The "star crossed lovers" deaths expose the follies of the vicious clan warfare that their families perpetuate. Those families are reformed and reconciled. None of this makes any sense if Romeo is some broke and hip street kid. The Montagues and Capulets are two sides of the same coin.


They are also Italian. And so one starting point of our production is to stay with Shakespeare's torrid Latin setting. We choose to locate the production in Baroque Italy - the world of Casanova, Don Juan, Vivaldi and Bernini Italy, where clan violence, dignity, aristocracy, Catholicism, arranged marriages and chaste love are all imaginable. A world where the symbolic becomes real is a myriad statues and paintings that flit between love and death - Eros and Thanatos - the tension at the heart of this bloody romance.


The play is highly stylised, masked balls and ritual violence form set pieces. We employed stylised choreography and once again commissioned a live musical score from a leading composer. While establishing a rich theatrical environment we also strived to maintain a shakespearian style that relies on the actor's skills and audience's imagination rather than complex settings and design. "Romeo and Juliet" is one of the most popular plays ever written, we aim to present it with its poetry and romance intact, while delivering a powerful, stylised drama.


Tickets for Britain TNT Theatre - Romeo and Juliet are Available now!

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BOOKING INFORMATION

Booking From: Monday, Mar 31, 2014

Booking Until: Monday, Apr 28, 2014

Show Time: Apr 28-30, 2014

Running Time: 1 hours 50 minutes

TICKET PRICES

  • 120
  • 180
  • 280
  • 380

Prices are in RMB (“×” Sold Tickets), Include Booking Fees

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