Stuart Neal

A strange new act has arrived at the fairground. Who is Grinpayne and how did he get his hideous smile? Helped by an old man, a lone wolf and a blind girl, his story must be told. The epic tale of an abandoned child with a terrible secret. A disfigured youth who is desperate to hide and a sightless girl who longs to be discovered. Let the darkness seduce you.

A jealous king jeopardizes his family, friendships and succession.

貿易商を営む父親が再婚し、継母とその連れ子である姉妹ドリゼラとアナスタシアと暮らすことになったエラ（リリー・ジェームズ）。だが、父親が不慮の事故で命を落とし、それを機に継母と義理の姉妹からつらく当たられ、召使いのように扱われる毎日を送る。勇気と優しさが魔法の力になるという亡き母の教えを胸にひどい仕打ちに耐えてきたエラだったが、ついにこらえきれずに家を飛び出してしまう。森へと馬を走らせた彼女は、城で働いているという青年キット（リチャード・マッデン）と出会い、心惹（ひ）かれるが……。

The first Broadway production of the Tony Award winning musical Follies was presented during 1971 in New York City. Since its premiere, performances of Follies have been staged across the United States, England, Ireland and Australia. It would take over 40 years for the French premiere of the Stephen Sondheim musical about a Broadway theatre in decline. Performed in Toulon, the French premiere of Follies featured an international cast and was staged at the Toulon Opera House in 2013.

National Theatre Live will broadcast Manchester International Festival’s electrifying production of Macbeth, with Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn, Hamlet) in his first Shakespeare performance in over a decade as Macbeth, and Alex Kingston (Doctor Who, ER) as Lady Macbeth. Directed by Olivier and Tony Award-winner Rob Ashford (Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse, Thoroughly Modern Millie on Broadway) and BAFTA Award-winner Kenneth Branagh, this unique production of Shakespeare’s tragic tale of ambition and treachery unfolds within the walls of an intimate deconsecrated Manchester church.

19世紀のフランス。パンを盗んだ罪で19年間の服役生活を送ったジャン・バルジャンは、ついに仮釈放されたものの、世間の風は冷たく、再び盗みを働いてしまう。しかし、その罪を見逃してくれた司教の温かい真心に触れて、彼は更生を心に誓う。名前もマドレーヌと改めて、こつこつと善行を積み重ねた彼は、やがて世間の人望を集める市長の座にまで上り詰めるが、昔の彼を知るジャベール警部が執拗にその後をつきまとう。