BAM presents the US premiere of Almeida Theatre’s acclaimed production of Ibsen’s Ghosts, directed by and featuring a tour-de-force performance by Lesley Manville

"A masterpiece of compassion... Richard Eyre's new version has glories too many to list" —The Times (UK)

“Lesley Manville gives the performance of her life.” —The Sunday Telegraph (UK)

Bloomberg Philanthropies is the 2014—2015 Season Sponsor

Bank of America is the proud sponsor of BAM 2015 Theater

Ghosts Almeida Theatre and Productions By Henrik Ibsen Adapted and directed by Richard Eyre

Design by Tim Hatley Lighting by Peter Mumford Sound by John Leonard

BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton Street) April 5—May 3 (opens April 12) April 5, 12, 19, 26 and May 3 at 3pm; April 7—11; 14—18; 21—25; April 28—May 2 at 7:30pm; April 11, 18, 25 and May 2 at 2pm Tickets start at $30

Talk: Richard Eyre In conjunction with Ghosts April 9 at 6pm BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building (Hillman Attic Studio), 30 Lafayette Ave Tickets: $15 ($7.50 for Friends of BAM)

Brooklyn, NY/February 24, 2015—Featuring an Olivier Award-winning performance by Lesley Manville and illuminated with fresh poetry and dark humor by acclaimed director Richard Eyre, this critically acclaimed production of Ibsen’s Ghosts (2014 Olivier Award for Best Revival), has been heralded as doing “full justice to this thrilling, harrowing play." (Daily Telegraph UK). The full cast includes Billy Howle (Oswald Alving), Will Keen (Pastor Manders), Brian McCardie (Jacob Engstrand), and Charlene McKenna (Regina Engstrand). Ghosts centers on Helene Alving (Manville), a woman who has spent her life suspended in an emotional void after the death of her cruel but outwardly charming husband. Although Captain Alving is long dead, Helene is still haunted by the moral deceptions that propped up their marriage and is determined to escape the past by telling her son Oswald the truth about his father. But on his return from his life as a painter in France, Oswald reveals how he has already inherited the legacy of Alving’s dissolute life to devastating effect. Ghosts originated at the Almeida Theatre and was transferred to the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions.

For press information contact Adriana Leshko at [email protected] or 718.724.8021.

One of Britain’s most respected actresses, Lesley Manville was last seen on stage in Ghosts in the West End and previous to that in the National Theatre’s 2012 production of Grief. Her recent screen credits include Mayday (BBC), ’s film Another Year, for which she won numerous awards, as well as Mr. Turner, the director’s most recent film.

Richard Eyre was director of the National Theatre from 1988—1997 during which time he brought several productions to BAM including Richard III with Ian McKellen in 1992. He has directed many productions on Broadway and in the West End, including his own adaptations of Hedda Gabler and Ghosts. His film credits include Iris and Notes on a Scandal. He recently directed Le Nozze di Figaro for the Met and has received numerous awards."

A small room with an international reputation, the Almeida Theatre began life as a literary and scientific society—complete with library, lecture hall, and laboratory. Today, the Almeida makes bold new work that asks big questions: of plays, of theater, and of how we live. Its mission is to bring together the most exciting artists and inspire them to provoke, inspire, and surprise audiences and to interrogate the present, dig up the past, and imagine the future. The Almeida was last at BAM in 2000 with Richard II and Coriolanus featuring Ralph Fiennes.

Sonia Friedman Productions is a West End and Broadway theater production company which has developed and produced more than 140 new productions and won numerous Olivier and . Ghosts (at both BAM and in the West End) is one of four recent collaborations with the Almeida including King Charles III, 1984, and Chimerica. Forthcoming productions include Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet (Barbican, summer 2015. Sonia Friedman—along with her co-producing partner Colin Callender—will collaborate with J.K. Rowling on a new stage play to be based on the stories. For a full list of SFP’s theater credits, please visit www.soniafriedman.com

Credits Bloomberg Philanthropies is the 2014-2015 Season Sponsor

Bank of America is the proud sponsor of BAM 2015 Theater

Leadership support for BAM’s presentation of Ghosts provided by Betsy and Ed Cohen/Areté Foundation

Leadership support for Scandinavian programming provided by The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation

Pierhouse at Brooklyn Bridge Park is the BAM Harvey Theater Sponsor for the 2015 Winter/Spring Season

Programming in the BAM Harvey Theater is endowed by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Major support for theater at BAM provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust; Stephanie & Timothy Ingrassia; Donald R. Mullen Jr.; The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.; The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund; The Shubert Foundation, Inc.; and The SHS Foundation

BAM 2015 Winter/Spring Season supporters: Frances Bermanzohn & Alan Roseman; Booth Ferris Foundation; Brooklyn Community Foundation; Jessica E. Smith & Kevin R. Brine; William I. Campbell & Christine Wächter- Campbell; Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Estate of Richard B. Fisher; Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman; Ford Foundation; The Howard Gilman Foundation; The Harkness Foundation for Dance; Stephanie & Timothy Ingrassia; Frederick Iseman; Suzie & Bruce Kovner; Leon Levy Foundation; Diane & Adam E. Max; James I. McLaren & Lawton W. Fitt; MetLife Foundation; Donald R. Mullen Jr.; Stavros Niarchos Foundation; The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc.; Rolex SA; Target; Viacom; and The Winston Foundation, Inc.

Delta is the Official Airline of BAM. Pepsi is the official beverage of BAM. Santander is the BAM Marquee sponsor. Yamaha is the official piano for BAM. New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is the official hotel for BAM.

Your tax dollars make BAM programs possible through funding from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts. The BAM facilities are owned by the City of New York and benefit from public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Mayor Bill de Blasio; the New York City Council including Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Finance Committee Chair Julissa Ferreras, Cultural Affairs Committee Chair Jimmy Van Bramer, the Brooklyn Delegation of the Council, and Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo; and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. BAM would like to thank the Brooklyn Delegations of the New York State Assembly, Joseph R. Lentol, Delegation Leader; and New York Senate, Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Delegation Leader.

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