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©2014 ROH/ Catherine Ashmore TUESDAY 16 JANUARY 2018 7.15PM / LIVE SCREENING ROYAL OPERA HOUSE RIGOLETTO The corruption of innocence is at the heart of Verdi’s potent tragedy in David McVicar’s production for The Royal Opera. Rigoletto, court jester to the libertine Duke of Mantua, is cursed by the father of one of the Duke’s victims for his irreverent laughter. When the Duke seduces Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda, it seems the curse is taking effect. TICKETS: £12 TICKETS: £15 (£10 CONCESSIONS) £12.50 CONCESSIONS ©Catherine Ashmore/ROH 2011 ©Catherine Ashmore/ROH FRIDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2018 7.15PM / ENCORE SCREENING ROYAL OPERA HOUSE TOSCA Jonathan Kent’s production for The Royal Opera captures the dangerous political turbulence of Rome in 1800. The Chief of Police, Scarpia – one of the most malevolent villains in opera – ruthlessly pursues and tortures enemies of the state. Giacomo Puccini’s dramatic work was a hit with audiences on its 1900 premiere and it remains one of the most performed of all operas – with its gripping plot and glorious music, it’s easy to see why. TICKETS: £15 £12.50 CONCESSIONS THURSDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2018 7PM / ENCORE SCREENING NT LIVE CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is set on a steamy night in Mississippi. A Southern family gather at their cotton plantation to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday. The scorching heat is almost as oppressive as the lies they tell. Brick and Maggie dance round the secrets and sexual tensions that threaten to destroy their marriage. With the future of the family at stake, which version of the truth is real? TICKETS: £12 £10 CONCESSIONS.

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