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Cineplex Events’ Stage Series Continues with Performances from Jude Law, , Andrew Garfield Broadcast Live to Theatres

Toronto, ON (TSX: CGX), XXX, 2017 – Cineplex Events today announced the addition of critically acclaimed National Theatre performances to its 2017 Stage Series.

The Stage Series provides audiences with the opportunity to watch world-renowned theatre performances featuring highly revered actors from the comfort of their local Cineplex theatre. Broadcast or captured live to 65 theatres across Canada, new Stage Series offerings include:

 David Leveaux’s new production of the brilliantly funny comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead starring Daniel Radcliffe and Josh Haig, broadcast live from  The chilling and passionate Obsession, broadcast live from the Barbican, starring Oscar nominee Jude Law and directed by Ivo van Hove  The suspenseful and devastating Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Olivier award winners and broadcast live from the Theatre  The spellbinding and whimsical production of Peter Pan  The internationally acclaimed theatre director, Yaël Farber’s, hypnotic production of Salomé  One of the most influential and daring plays of the last two decades, Angels in America, starring Academy Award nominee Andrew Garfield as well as , and Russell Tovey  The powerful masterpiece Yerma starring recorded at the

In addition, previously announced productions headed to the big screen include ’s , Stratford Festival’s Love’s Labour’s Lost and an encore presentation of Hedda Gabler, starring Golden Globe winner .

HEDDA GABLER - National Theatre Live April 1, 2017 (Encore) Directed by Patrick Marber; Starring Ruth Wilson

Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free. Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.

Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic Theatre) returns to National Theatre Live screens with a modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece. Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair, Jane Eyre) plays the title role in a new version by Patrick Marber (Notes on a Scandal, Closer).

TWELFTH NIGHT - National Theatre Live April 6, 2017 (Live) and May 20, 2017 Directed by Simon Godwin; Starring

Olivier award winner Tamsin Greig (Episodes) is Malvolia in a new twist on Shakespeare’s classic Formatted: Font color: Auto comedy of mistaken identity. A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she out to explore a new land. So begins a whirlwind of mistaken identity and unrequited love. The nearby households of Olivia and Orsino are overrun with passion. Even Olivia's upright housekeeper Malvolia is swept up in the madness. Where music is the food of love, and nobody is quite what they seem, anything proves possible.

ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD - National Theatre Live from The Old Vic April 20, 2017 (Live), and May 27, 2017 Directed by David Leveaux; Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Joshua McGuire,

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Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter, Equus), Joshua McGuire (The Hour) and David Haig (Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Witness for the Prosecution) star in ’s brilliantly funny situation comedy, broadcast live from The Old Vic theatre in . David Leveaux’s new production marks the 50th anniversary of the play that made a young Tom Stoppard famous overnight.

Set against the backdrop of , two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, take centre stage. As the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of Shakespeare’s iconic drama, they become increasingly out of their depth as their version of the story unfolds.

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST - Stratford Festival April 29, 2017 (Captured live) Directed by John Caird; Starring Ruby Joy, Mike Shara

Shakespeare’s most poetic love story, Love’s Labour’s Lost comes to life in this Stratford Festival production, helmed by Tony and Olivier award-winning director John Caird. A coming-of-age story unlike any other, it dwells sweetly on the naiveté of youth while leading its protagonists to understand the true meaning – and cost – of love. This ‘sublime’ (The Toronto Star) ‘masterpiece’(National Post) was called ‘the most vibrant production of the play I’ve ever seen’ (AM New York).

OBSESSION - National Theatre Live from the Barbican May 11, 2017 (Live) and June 24, 2017 Directed by Ivo van Hove; Starring Jude Law

Based on Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film Obsession tells the story of Gino (Jude Law – The Talented Mr Ripley, Hamlet), a strikingly handsome but down-at-heel drifter and Giovanna, a young woman trapped in her marriage. At a roadside restaurant Gino encounters Giovanna and her husband, Giuseppe. Irresistibly attracted to each other, Gino and Giovanna begin a fiery affair and plot to murder her husband. But, in this chilling tale of passion and destruction, the crime only serves to tear them apart.

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - National Theatre Live from the May 18, 2017 (Captured live) Directed by James Macdonald ; Starring Imelda Staunton, Conleth Hill, , Imogen Formatted: Font: Bold Poots

Sonia Friedman Productions present Imelda Staunton (Gypsy, Vera Drake, the Harry Potter films) and Conleth Hill (, ) along with Luke Treadaway (A Street Cat Named Bob, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Hollow Crown) and Imogen Poots (A Long Way Down, Jane Eyre) in James Macdonald’s critically acclaimed, 5 star production of Edward Albee’s landmark play, broadcast live to cinemas from the Harold Pinter Theatre, London.

In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited the new professor and his wife to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a moment of devastating truth-telling.

PETER PAN - National Theatre Live June 10, 11 & 29, 2017 (Captured live) Directed by Sally Cookson; Starring Paul Hilton, Anna Francolini

All children grow up, except for one! A delight for children and adults alike, Sally Cookson (NT Live: Jane Eyre) directs this wondrously inventive production of JM Barrie’s much-loved tale, a co- production with theatre.

When Peter Pan, leader of the Lost Boys, loses his shadow, headstrong Wendy helps him to reattach it. In return, she is invited to Neverland, where Tinker Bell, Tiger Lily and the vengeful Captain Hook await. A riot of magic, music and make-believe ensues.

SALOMÉ - National Theatre Live June 22, 2017 (Live) and July 15, 2017 Directed by Yaël Farber; Starring Isaballa Niloufar

The story has been told before, but never like this. An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world. This charged retelling turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the centre of a revolution. Internationally acclaimed theatre director Yaël Farber (Les Blancs) draws on multiple accounts to create her urgent, hypnotic production.

ANGELS IN AMERICA - National Theatre Live Part 1: July 20, 2017 (Live) and August 5, 2017 Part 2: July 27, 2017 (Live) and August 12, 2017 Formatted: Font color: Auto Directed by Marianne Elliott; Starring Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Denise Gough and Russell Tovey

Set in the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration of the mid-1980s, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. Andrew Garfield (Spider-man, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Russell Tovey (The Pass). This new staging of ’s multi-award winning two-part play is directed by Tony Olivier and award winning director Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and ).

YERMA - National Theatre Live from The Young Vic September 21 & 23, 2017 (Captured live) Directed by ; Starring Billie Piper Formatted: Font: Bold

A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece. The can’t-miss theatre phenomenon is sold out at the Young Vic and critics are calling it ‘an extraordinary theatrical triumph’ () and ‘stunning, searing, unmissable’ (Mail on Sunday). Billie Piper (Penny Dreadful, Dr. Who)’s lead performance is described as ‘spellbinding’ (The Evening Standard), ‘astonishing’ (iNews) and ‘ devastatingly powerful’ ().

For more information about the series, participating locations and a complete schedule of Cineplex’s Stage Series, visit Cineplex.com/stage.

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About National Theatre Live:

Launched in 2009, National Theatre Live broadcasts have been seen by an audience of over 6.5 million people at 2500 venues in 60 countries. The first season began in June 2009 with the acclaimed production of Phédre starring Oscar winner . Recent broadcasts include Hedda Gabler with Ruth Wilson, Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart in No Man’s Land, in Hamlet, Tom Hiddleston in Coriolanus, in A Streetcar Named Desire, in One Man, Two Guvnors, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Frankenstein and War Horse.