QUAD will be holding a NT Live screening of Jean Racine's Phèdre on Thursday 23rd September at 7:30pm. NT Live Phèdre will be an 'Encore' - a recorded screening of the complete performance, live from the National Theatre, London. Helen Mirren takes the title role in the play by Jean Racine, translated into free verse by the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes.
In the play, Phèdre is consumed by an uncontrollable passion for her young stepson - believing her absent husband Theseus to be dead. Phèdre confesses her darkest desires and enters the world of nightmare. When Theseus returns alive and well, Phèdre, fearing exposure, accuses her stepson of rape. The result is carnage.
Tickets are £10.00, or £9.00 for concessions and QUAD members.
For more information and to book tickets, please call QUAD Box office on 01332 290696 or visit: http://www.derbyquad.co.uk/whats-on/cinema-listings/pg74
QUAD is Derby's centre for art and film, located on the Market Place in Derby city centre. QUAD is a gallery, cinema, café bar and workshop that anyone can use.
QUAD is a partnership between Derby City Council, Arts Council England, EM Media, European Union, East Midlands Development Agency, Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership, Derby City Partnership and Derby Cityscape. See www.derbyquad.co.uk for more information.
