Constance
A mad world of mad kings, teetering on the brink of disaster Richard the Lionheart is dead. His brother John is King of England. Threatened from all sides by Europe, the English noblemen and even his own family, King John will stop at nothing to keep hold of his crown. Shakespeare’s rarely performed tale of a nation in turmoil vibrates with modern resonance in this vivid new production by Director Eleanor Rhode in her debut at the RSC.
Mary
A woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece.
Julie
The story of a first love, an unrequited love and a pregnant boy.
Emily
Set in the 1970s London during the height of the Cold War when a young spy discovers the disturbing truth about his father's complex past. Based on Alan Judd's 2001 novel Legacy, the second in the Thoroughgood series after 1981's A Breed Of Heroes (adapted by the BBC in 1994).
As the three day week, petrol rationing and industrial strife plunge Britain into a state of emergency, MI6 trainee spy Charles Thoroughgood is asked to reconnect with an old university friend, Russian diplomat Viktor Koslov, with a view to 'turning' him. Viktor has his own agenda, though, and reveals a shocking truth about Charles's own family that threatens to derail him, both personally and professionally.
He is catapulted into a dangerous personal odyssey to uncover the truth but finds himself drawn into a lethal KGB plot to mount an attack within the UK. His life is further complicated by a relationship with the wife of another agent, which forces him to realise that betrayal can take many forms.
Female Renter
Mia é testemunha da morte de uma idosa no prédio onde vive. A partir desse momento, algo estranho acontece e ela começa a viajar para diferentes momentos de seu passado para evitar que seu conturbado ex-namorado possa machucá-la.
Catherine Dickens
Charles Dickens burns a lifetime of letters in one night and struggles with a desire that longs to make itself real.
Francesca
Impedida de se casar com Marco Venier (Rufus Sewell) por ser de classe inferior, Veronica Franco (Catherine McCormack) dá o troco transformando-se em uma famosa cortesã da velha Veneza, disputada por reis e poderosos que se sentem completamente seduzidos por sua inteligência, fascínio e sensualidade. Decidida a superar as rígidas barreiras impostas pela sociedade de sua época, Veronica mantém viva sua paixão por Marco. Mas sua grande cultura e seu charme requintado também a tornam temida - e ela tem de enfrentar a justiça de Deus e dos homens em um tribunal. Um relato cruel e apaixonante de uma história verídica, que mostra Veronica Franco como a bela e sedutora cortesã veneziana que causou tremendo impacto não só na vida dos homens que a conheceram e desejaram, mas também na sociedade em que viveu.
