ALL SHOWS PRESENTED AT THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
HD Screenings
Present Laughter
January 1, 2019 | 3 PM
January 14, 2019 | 3 PM
February 16, 2020 | 3 PM
February 22, 2020 | 3 PM
By: Noël Coward
Directed by: Matthew Warchus
Starring: Andrew Scott
As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine colorful life is in danger of spiraling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.
Antony and Cleopatra
January 6, 2019 | 3 PM
January 12, 2019 | 3 PM
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Simon Godwin
Starring: Sophie Okonedo, Ralph Fiennes
Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony (Ralph Fiennes) now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra (Sophie Okonedo) and Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.
King Lear
January 13, 2019 | 3 PM
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Jonathan Munby
Starring: Ian McKellen
Chichester Festival Theatre’s production received five-star reviews for its sell-out run, and transfers to the West End for a limited season. Jonathan Munby directs Ian McKellen in this ‘nuanced and powerful’ (The Times) contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play.
I'm Not Running
February 24, 2019 | 3 PM
By: David Hare
Directed by: Neil Armfield
Starring: Siân Brooke
Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics, she’s faced with an agonizing decision in this explosive new drama by David Hare.
All About Eve
April 28, 2019 | 3 PM
May 4, 2019 | 3 PM
June 23, 2019 | 3 PM
By: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Adapted and Directed by: Ivo van Hove
Starring: Lily James, Gillian Anderson
Lifting the curtain on a world of jealousy and ambition, this new production, from one of the world's most innovative theatre directors, Ivo van Hove, asks why our fascination with celebrity, youth and identity never seems to get old. Starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James.
Small Island
July 13, 2019 | 3 PM
Adapted by: Helen Edmundson
Based on the Novel by: Andrea Levy
Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England.
The Audience
July 14, 2019 | 3 PM
By: Peter Morgan
Directed by: Stephan Daldry
Starring: Helen Mirren
From the old warrior Winston Churchill, to the Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair right up to today’s meetings with the current incumbent David Cameron, the Queen advises her Prime Ministers on all matters both public and personal. Through these private audiences, we see glimpses of the woman behind the crown and witness the moments that shaped a monarch.
Hamlet
July 21, 2019 | 3 PM
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Lyndsey Turner
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
The Lehman Trilogy
July 27, 2019 | 3 PM
July 28, 2019 | 3 PM
August 4, 2019 | 3 PM
August 25, 2019 | 3 PM
September 8, 2019 | 3 PM
November 23, 2019 | 3 PM
November 30, 2019 | 3 PM
February 1, 2020 | 3 PM
By: Stefano Massini
Adapted by: Ben Power
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (The Ferryman) directs Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles who play the Lehman Brothers, their sons and grandsons. On a cold September morning in 1844 a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins.
Fleabag
September 27, 2019 | 3 PM
September 28, 2019 | 3 PM & 6 PM
October 11, 2019 | 3 PM
October 12, 2019 | 12 PM, 3 PM & 6 PM
November 2, 2019 | 12 PM, 3 PM & 6 PM
November 9, 2019 | 12 PM, 3 PM & 6 PM
December 15, 2019 | 12 PM, 3 PM & 6 PM
February 15, 2020 | 12 PM, 3 PM & 6 PM
By: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Directed by: Vicky Jones
Starring: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.
One Man, Two Guvnors
October 13, 2019 | 3 PM
By: Richard Bean
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: James Corden
Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from the The Late Late Show's James Corden, this West End and Broadway hit returns to cinemas. Fired from his skiffle band, Francis becomes minder to a small time East End hood. Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
October 27, 2019 | 3 PM
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Gwendoline Christie
A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives leading to love triangles, mistaken identities and transformations. Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth from Game of Thrones) leads the cast as the fairy queen Titania.
Hansard
November 24, 2019 | 3 PM
By: Simon Woods
Directed by: Simon Godwin
Starring: Lindsay Duncan, Alex Jennings
It’s a summer’s morning in 1988 and Tory politician Robin Hesketh has returned home to the house he shares with his wife of 30 years, Diana. But all is not as blissful as it seems. Diana has a stinking hangover, a fox is destroying the garden, and secrets are being dug up all over the place. What starts as gentle ribbing and the familiar rhythms of marital scrapping quickly turns to blood-sport.
All My Sons
February 8, 2020 | 3 PM
By: Arthur Miller
Directed by: Jeremy Herrin, Ross MacGibbon
Starring: Sally Field, Bill Pullman
America, 1947, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. But their contented lives are about to shatter. A figure from the past forces long buried truths to the surface lying bare the price of their American dream.