Travelling Light

Feb 12th, 2:00pm & Feb 26th, 1:00pm

TRAVELLING LIGHT LIVE DATE: Thursday, 9 February, 2012 Running Time: 3 hours (estimate) including host introduction and one 20 minute intermission (10 minutes of programming; 10 minutes of countdown clock)

A new play by Nicholas Wright

How had a twentytwoyearold 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 fathers 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 Wrights new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywoods golden age. The award-winning Antony Sher whose previous work with the National Theatre includes Primo and Stanley returns to play Jacob.

$15 General / $13 Senior / $11 Student with $2 for Lincoln Members

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