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The Great Lillian Hall

June 2024 •English

Lillian Hall, a Broadway actress, has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious career. Yet in rehearsals for a new play her confidence is challenged. People and events conspire to take away her ability to do what she loves most.

The Seasons

October 2024 •Polish

Egocentric stage actor Marcin has to face the unexpected breakdown of a long-term relationship. During three different performances, fantasy mixes with the prose of the life of a separating couple.

The Seagull

April 2017 •Russian

What if Konstantin Gavrilovich, from Anton Chekkov's famous play, did not commit suicide and was murdered instead? And who did it? Boris Akunin's take on The Seagull unfolds as a comedic murder mystery.

Black Swan

December 2010 •English

The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica who zealously supports her daughter's professional ambition. When artistic director Thomas Leroy decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice.

Curtains

January 2025 •English

Jealousy overcomes a college freshman as he attempts to sabotage his girlfriend's first stage audition.

The Craft

January 2019 •English

A Hollywood acting guru challenges a young actress to confront her demons in order to maximize her potential.

Iranian Nights

January 1989 •English

A Channel Four special presentation of the Royal Court Theatre 1989 production, London. with Paul Bhattacharjee, Nabil Shaban and Fiona Victory. "Iranian Nights" was a play written and produced as a direct response by writers and artists to the notorious Feb 14 1989 Fatwa (a sentence of death) from Iran's leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, placed on Salman Rushdie for his novel "The Satanic Verses", regarded by fundamentalist Muslims as blasphemous.

The Mime

September 2023 •German

While rehearsing on stage, a mime notices that he can create objects from his past and is therefore confronted with a long-repressed memory.

Razakar

January 2025 •Urdu

"Razakar" is a period drama set in pre-Bangladesh-separation Pakistan, exploring the political tensions of the time. The story follows Jamal, an aspiring Bengali actor, as he grapples with the challenges posed by his uncompromising director, mirroring the larger socio-political conflicts unfolding around them. Through personal struggles and political subtext, the film raises poignant questions about identity and division.

Siapa Dia..

Invalid date •Indonesian

Layar, a popular film star who feels bored with his career wants to make a musical theater set in a family history that is always linked to Indonesian film history.

Phantom

June 2006 •Japanese

2006 Takarazuka Revue Flower Troupe production of Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's "Phantom."

David Garrick

April 1916 •English

The true story of the famed British actor David Garrick and his love for Ada Ingot.

Bicycle Thief

July 2023 •Finnish

A rustic comedy about a small-town bowling alley entrepreneur who learns that being scammed is not the end of the world.

tick, tick... BOOM!

November 2021 •English

On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.

The Understudy

March 2024 •English

An ambitious understudy’s respect grows to obsession.

E o Resto é Silêncio

July 2020 •Portuguese

Ten Minutes to Showtime

July 2024 •English

After passing out, Louise, playing Dorothy in her senior production of The Wizard of Oz, must fight to go on-stage while navigating the selfish interests of her co-stars in this fantastical ode to musical theater.

La Belle Époque

November 2019 •French

Victor, a disillusioned 60-something whose marriage is on the rocks, opts to relive the week of his life when, 40 years earlier, he met his true love through a company that allows customers to return to the time period of their choosing.

Take Me Home

October 1928 •English

Chorus girl Peggy Lane, finds a small part in a new show for David North, a stages-truck country boy. At rehearsal, David meets Delerys Devore, the show's star, and she quickly offers him a larger part in her act. Quite taken with David, Delerys invites him to her home on the pretext that Peggy will be there; when Peggy does not show up, David leaves, infuriating his hostess. Derelys has Peggy fired the next day, and in reprisal Peggy goads her into a Carmenesque fight backstage just before the show. Derelys is unable to go on stage, and Peggy takes her place, becoming the hit of the show. Peggy and David are later married and give up show business, finding contentment living on a farm.

La Flambée

March 1962 •French