Travelling Light (NTLive)
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For the first time on an NT broadcast, the National Theatre will be hosting a live Q&A, directly following the performance, hosted by Emma Freud with director Nicholas Hytner and invited guests. The Q&A will discuss themes explored in the play and the history and emergence of film. Audiences can submit questions in advance by posting them on FACEBOOK NTLive or through Twitter @ntlive. |
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TRAVELLING LIGHT, a new play by Nicholas Wright, a renowned U.K. playwright, and directed by Nicholas Hytner. It is a fascinating and funny tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood's golden age, featuring the award-winning actor, Antony Sher.
How had a twenty-two-year-old pretentious layabout made a discovery that would elude everyother cinematic pioneer for years to come? In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father's cinematograph. Bankrolled by Jacob, the ebullient local timber merchant, and inspired by Anna, the girl sent to help him make moving pictures of their village, he stumbles on a revolutionary way of story-telling. Forty years on, Motl - now a famed American film director - looks back on his early life and confronts the cost of fulfilling his dreams. Following Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter, Nicholas Wright's new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood's golden age. The award-winning Antony Sher - whose previous work with the National Theatre includes Primo and Stanley - returns to play Jacob. |
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