RSC TO SCREEN DEREK JARMAN'S CARAVAGGIO
A special one-off screening of Derek Jarman's 1986 film, Caravaggio
Saturday 19 November, 8pm, The Studio Theatre, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon
Tickets: £8 from www.rsc.org.uk, 01789 403493
Ahead of Anders Lustgarten’s new play for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), The Seven Acts of Mercy - which combines the story of 16th/17th Century Italian painter, Caravaggio, with events in present-day Bootle - the RSC presents a special one-off screening Caravaggio, Derek Jarman's profound, unsettling and astonishing film on art, sexuality and identity.
The screening will take place on Saturday 19 November at 8pm in The Studio Theatre, Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon. Tickets are £8. Cert: 15
‘Hugely significant to Jarman, his biopic of the Italian Baroque painter with whom he strongly identified was developed over many years. Shot on 35mm film, it looks incredible: the tableaux and sets project rich, painterly depth, brightness and colour. Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton deliver fine performances as the model and partner caught up in a complex love triangle with the famous artist, as Caravaggio struggles to reconcile the demands of authority (in the form of his patrons) with his own artistic and sexual needs – a tension then very close to Jarman’s heart.' William Fowler, BFI Curator
The Seven Acts of Mercy runs in the Swan Theatre between 24 November 2016 – 10 February 2017. The play is named after Caravaggio’s 1607 painting, and takes place across a gap of 400 years, between the creation of the masterpiece in Naples in 1606, and present-day Bootle, where a retired dock worker attempts to teach his grandson about the life awaiting him.
Those purchasing a ticket to see the screening of Caravaggio can redeem the cost of the ticket against a ticket for any performance of The Seven Acts of Mercy in December. (Terms and conditions apply, cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Subject to availability. Not available online. Offer does not apply to tickets already purchased).
For more press information, please contact:
Dean Asker
RSC Press Office
01789 412660
dean.asker@rsc.org.uk