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NT Live to Broadcast "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" on March 12, 2015

Last Edit:	Official_Press_Release 04:07 pm EST 01/15/15
Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 11:21 am EST 01/15/15

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE TO BROADCAST BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS BROADCAST TO CINEMAS INTERNATIONALLY ON THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015 TICKETS NOW ON SALE Celebrating its 6th year bringing live theatre to cinema audiences around the world, NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE is pleased to announce an international broadcast of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, a new play by David Hare, based on the book by Katherine Boo, directed by Rufus Norris, live from The National Theatre of Great Britain's Olivier Theatre on Thursday, March 12, 2015. Dates will vary at venues internationally and encore screenings will follow. Tickets are now on sale. For more information, please visit www.NTLive.com. Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo spent three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its residents. From her uncompromising book, winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2012, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on an epic scale. India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he's as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a 'first-class person', while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum's first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighborhood. The cast includes Hiran Abeysekera (Sunil), Esh Alladi (Guard at Dongri / Defender), Nathalie Armin (Poornima), Pal Aron (The Master / Judge CK Dhiran), Tia-Lana Chinapyel (Noori), Vincent Ebrahim (Karam), Sartaj Garewal (Mahadeo / Airport Director), Mariam Haque (Officer Kulkarni / Clerk of the Court), Thusitha Jayasundera (Fatima / Judge PM Chauhan), Muzz Khan (Nagare / Taufeeq), Ranjit Krishnamma (Raja / Abdul), Manjeet Mann (Cynthia), Nikita Mehta (Noori), Anjli Mohindra (Kehkashan), Tia Palamathanan (Noori), Ronak Patani (Mirchi), Bharti Patel (Laxmi), Pehrr Ramrakhyani (Noori), Anneika Rose (Meena), Chook Sibtain (Fishlips / Prosecutor), Gavi Singh Chera (Rahul), Stephanie Street (Asha), Meera Syal (Zehrunisa), Anjana Vasan (Manju), Assad Zaman (Kalu) and Shane Zaza (Abdul). The production features designs by Katrina Lindsay, lighting design by Paule Constable, sound design by Paul Arditti, video design by Jack Henry James and fight direction by Kate Waters. Here's what the critics are saying: ???? "A triumph for David Hare and Meera Syal. THE PLAY LEAVES YOU DEEPLY AFFECTED." - Guardian ???? "COMPELLING. Unforgettably communicates a world in which life is cheap." - Daily Telegraph ???? 'Katrina Lindsay's design is a masterpiece." - Observer "HUMANE, EPIC AND POLITICALLY ALERT." - Financial Times "A BRILLIANT, HORRIBLE AND HEART-BREAKING STORY. A window into the lives of India's poorest." - Time Out "RICHLY DETAILED. An insight into the slums of Mumbai." - Evening Standard Behind the Beautiful Forevers is produced in association with Scott Rudin. This production contains strong language and some scenes of violence. Suitable for 14 years+ About NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE Now celebrating its 6th year broadcasting live performances to cinema screens internationally, National Theatre Live has now been experienced by over 3.5 million people worldwide. The first season began in June 2009 with the acclaimed production of Phédre starring Helen Mirren. Recent broadcasts have included Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy and Matthew Beard in Skylight from the West End, Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster and Vanessa Kirby in A Streetcar Named Desire from the Young Vic, Helen McCrory in Medea, Simon Russell Beale in King Lear, the award-winning original West End production of War Horse, Tom Hiddleston in Coriolanus from the Donmar Warehouse, Benedict Cumberbatch & Jonny Lee Miller in Frankenstein directed by Danny Boyle and the record-breaking and award winning West End production of The Audience starring Helen Mirren as The Queen. For more information, visit www.NTLive.com. ALL UPCOMING BROADCASTS Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Bryony Lavery · Directed by Polly Findlay · Broadcast to cinemas internationally on Thursday, January 22, 2015 (with many encore dates in U.S. cities). · Summary: Robert Louis Stevenson's story of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage adaptation by Bryony Lavery, broadcast live from the National Theatre. It's a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper's granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor's feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in - and her dangerous voyage begins. Please note: TREASURE ISLAND is suitable for ages 10 years +. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by David Hare, based on the book by Katherine Boo · Directed by Rufus Norris · Broadcast to cinemas internationally on Thursday, March 12, 2015 (with many encore dates in U.S. cities). · Summary: India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he's as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a 'first-class person', while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum's first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighborhood. Please note: BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS is suitable for ages 14 years +. The Hard Problem a new play by Tom Stoppard · Directed by Nicholas Hytner · Broadcast to cinemas internationally on Thursday, April 16, 2015 (with many encore dates in U.S. cities). Tickets now on sale. · Summary: The Hard Problem is Tom Stoppard's first play for the stage since Rock 'n' Roll in 2006, and his first for the National since his trilogy, The Coast of Utopia, 2002. Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brain-science institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is 'the hard problem' which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one. Man and Superman by Bernard Shaw · Starring Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes as Jack Tanner in this exhilarating reinvention of Shaw's witty, provocative classic. · Directed by Simon Godwin · Broadcast to cinemas internationally on Thursday, May 14, 2015 (with many encore dates in U.S. cities). Tickets now on sale. · Summary: 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. A romantic comedy, an epic fairytale, a fiery philosophical debate, Man and Superman asks fundamental questions about how we live. Encore screenings are now ongoing for some of National Theatre Live's most acclaimed recent productions. Encore dates and cinema locations are added frequently. Current encores running in the US include: · John - DV8 Physical Theatre; a work conceived and directed by Lloyd Newson; Live from the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre · Skylight - from London's West End; Starring Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy and Matthew Beard · Of Mice And Men- from Broadway's Longacre Theatre; Starring James Franco and Chris O'Dowd

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