Shakespeare’s PERICLES, Prince of Tyre – FILM SCREENING during York International Shakespeare Festival
Riding Lights is proudly screening their film of Shakespeare’s PERICLES as part of York International Shakespeare Festival 2023.
RUNNING TIME: Approx 80 mins
TICKETS: Adults £8* | Concessions £6* (*Plus booking fee)
DATES:
Sat 22 April, 6pm
Sun 23 April, 7.30pm
Sun 30 April, 5pm
In a stunning, stripped-back version of a rarely performed adventure, Pericles is reborn, full of passion and laced with comedy. Brilliantly designed, brought to life and shot in an innovative theatre-on-film style born out of the necessities of our times. Catch this astonishing 80 minutes of highly accessible story-telling: Pericles as you’ve never seen it before.
Riding Lights, a York company with a reputation for breathing fresh energy into Shakespeare’s later comedies, has clearly been on a creative voyage themselves to deliver this captivating re-telling.
‘Such a good play – so many strong themes told as a series of intimate human stories. A great achievement.’ York International Shakespeare Festival 2021.
by William Shakespeare
with additional material by Nigel Forde
Directed by Paul Burbridge
Designed by Sean Cavanagh
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