By Rui Hu, EDITOR

The 3rd International Theatre Live Festival kicked off at Palace Cinema (The MixC) on August 15. Since then, 14 pieces of brilliant theatre from Britain, America, France, and Russia are scheduled for a total of 136 shows at outlets of Palace Cinema, Broadway Cinemas, Premier Cinema, and Buff Cinema in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, and Chongqing. The show list includes The Madness of George III, starring Mark Gatiss; Le Misanthrope, a classic of Molière revived by Comédie-Française; The King and I, a classic musical by the duo of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II recorded at the London’s West End; and Hamlet.

The 3rd International Theatre Live Festival

Enjoying high-definition theatre at movie cinemas was not accessible before. However, people now can enjoy Hamlet with Benedict Cumberbatch, famous for his role as a modern Sherlock Holmes in the TV series Sherlock, King Lear with Ian McKellen (best known as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings), and Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary. International Theatre Live Festival, which has been held for three years in a row is growing in scale, proving the attractiveness and strength of broadcasting theatre to cinemas.

Organizers said they tried to show different versions of classics and diversified forms of artistic presentation to the audience.

Source: CQ News
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