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The Stratford Festival’s On Demand selection adds two new titles this month with Macbeth and Love’s Labour’s Lost.
The Festival now has eight titles available on demand: King Lear, King John, Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Adventures of Pericles, Macbeth and Love’s Labour’s Lost.
The films can be downloaded through iTunes in Canada and the U.S.; Amazon in the U.S. and the U.K.; and Google Play in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. Details can be found at www.stratfordfestival.ca/OnDemand
The Festival is currently producing two new offerings, with Romeo and Juliet and Timon of Athens set to hit the big screen this spring.
Macbeth
Antoni Cimolino’s chilling production of Macbeth takes you back to the stark reality of the 11th century, when the murderous king clawed his way to power. It has been praised as “a thrilling terror,” (Globe and Mail) “a bold and brutal take on the Scottish King’s tragic tale” (Toronto Star), and “a brilliant, terrifying show” that leaves people “gasping in the dark” (Chicago Tribune). Starring Ian Lake in “a galvanizing performance as an unusually young and sexually magnetic Macbeth” (New York Times) and Krystin Pellerin as “a standout Lady Macbeth … at once adorable yet devious” (Postmedia), this is a production that will haunt your dreams and leave you tingling. The production was directed for the screen by Shelagh O’Brien and produced by Barry Avrich.
MELBAR ENTERTAINMENT GROUP IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STRATFORD FESTIVAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ANTONI CIMOLINO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANITA GAFFNEY
PRESENT A BARRY AVRICH PRODUCTION OF MACBETH
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
PRODUCER SUSAN EDWARDS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JOE INTERISANO EDITED BY GEORGE ROULSTON
DIRECTED FOR THE STAGE BY Antoni Cimolino DIRECTED FOR THE SCREEN BY SHELAGH O’BRIEN
PRODUCED BY BARRY AVRICH
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Shakespeare’s most poetic love story comes to vivid life in this Stratford Festival production, helmed by Tony and Olivier award-winning director John Caird. A coming-of-age story unlike any other, Love’s Labour’s Lost dwells sweetly on the naiveté of youth while leading its protagonists to understand the true meaning – and cost – of love. This “sublime” (Toronto Star) “masterpiece” (National Post) was called “the most vibrant production of the play I’ve ever seen” (am New York). Starring Ruby Joy, Mike Shara, Sarah Afful, Juan Chioran, Josue Laboucane, Tom Rooney and Sanjay Talwar, “it’s impossible to say who gives the most delicious performance in this comic feast” (Torontoist). The production was directed for the screen and produced by Barry Avrich.
MELBAR ENTERTAINMENT GROUP IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STRATFORD FESTIVAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ANTONI CIMOLINO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANITA GAFFNEY
PRESENT A BARRY AVRICH PRODUCTION OF LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
PRODUCER SUSAN EDWARDS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JOE INTERISANO EDITED BY GEORGE ROULSTON
DIRECTED FOR THE STAGE BY JOHN CAIRD DIRECTED FOR THE SCREEN BY BARRY AVRICH
PRODUCED BY BARRY AVRICH
Photo: Ian Lake as Macbeth. ©2015 Don Dixon.
2017-11-06
Stratford: Stratford Festival expands On Demand offerings