SCHEDULE
Today: Sun 5/19

National Theatre of London - NT Live
Live Simulcast: This House

a new play by James Graham

It's 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain's political parties battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes. In this hung parliament, the ruling party holds on by a thread. Votes are won and lost by one, fist fights erupt in the bars, and ill MPs are hauled in to cast their votes.

It's a time when a staggering number of politicians die, and age-old traditions and allegiances are thrown aside in the struggle for power.

James Graham's biting, energetic and critically-acclaimed new play strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes who roll up their sleeves, and on occasion bend the rules, to manoeuvre a diverse and conflicting chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments.

Movie: Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries & Mentors of Ricky Jay

A documentary flm produced and directed by Molly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein. What happens when documentary filmmakers - whose mission is to probe, explore, reveal - take as their subject one of the world's greatest living magicians, whose life and art are basically off limits to probing, exploration, and revelation? More than a decade in the making, Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay is the captivating result of this curious conundrum: a mesmerizing journey into the world of modern magic and the small circle of eccentric geniuses who mastered it. At its center is the multitalented Ricky Jay, a world-renowned magician, author, historian, actor, and a performer who regularly provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. In his extraordinary one-man shows Ricky Jay has proved himself to be the contemporary embodiment of an elite lineage, offering audiences not only exhilarating entertainment, but also a rare glimpse of a secret, lost world.

Movie: Andre Gregory: Before & After Dinner

A witty and often hilariously funny raconteur, Gregory looks back on a career that spanned decades, shattered boundaries and established him as a cultural icon. He recalls the making of My Dinner with Andre, the Louis Malle-directed classic in which he starred and co-wrote, reflects on his pivotal role in American theatre, dishes on his brief sojourn in Hollywood, and talks about the discovery that led him to question his own identity and life's work. Bringing us back and forth in time, Gregory looks not only at his life, but at the nature of art, love and the creative process. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Cindy Kleine (who is also his wife), Andre Gregory is a brilliant portrait of a modern renaissance man.

Exercise: Yoga with Regina

Regina Simmons will teach Yoga classes on Sunday afternoons from 3 - 4 in TSL's youth space. Regina is an excellent teacher. She is full of enthusiasm and love of Yoga. And wants to share to make us all move with ease.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Movie: The Forgotten Space

A film essay by historian and photographer Allan Sekula and film critic Noel Burch. The film explores the sea: that "forgotten space" of our modern times where globalization and the present financial crisis become visible in the most pressing way. At the heart of this space is the container box, which, since its invention in the 1950s, has become one of the most important mechanisms for the global spread of capitalism. The film follows the cargo container as it transforms urban space and countryside, bringing the sea into the interior in search of labour and customers. Is the container a Pandora's Box? Is the revolution in global transport sustainable in the long run? 2012. 112 mins.

National Theatre of London - NT Live
Live Simulcast: The Audience

"The Audience is going to be one of the theatrical highlights of 2013." - Daily Mail

Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the highly-anticipated West End production of The Audience, broadcast as part of National Theatre Live.

For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace - a meeting like no other in British public life - it is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses.

The Audience breaks this contract of silence - and imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen. From Churchill to Cameron, each Prime Minister has used these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional - sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive.

From young mother to grandmother, these private audiences chart the arc of the second Elizabethan Age. Politicians come and go through the revolving door of electoral politics, while she remains constant, waiting to welcome her next Prime Minister.

The Audience reunites writer Peter Morgan and Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren following their collaboration on the critically-acclaimed movie sensation The Queen.

The Audience is directed by Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) and presented in the West End by Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions, Robert Fox and Andy Harries.