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King Lear
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Royal Shakespeare Company
By William Shakespeare
There are Shakespeare kings, and then there is Lear—rain-raving madman, dad with daughter issues, and a role that actors wait a lifetime to play. In this bold offering from RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran and the Royal Shakespeare Company (King and Country: Shakespeare’s Great Cycle of Kings, 2016 Winter/Spring), inimitable Olivier Award-winning actor Sir Antony Sher (Falstaff in Henry IV, Parts I & II, 2016 Winter/Spring) rises to that teetering throne, giving a career-defining performance as the all-too-trusting monarch in the twilight of his sanity. Beneath a pagan sun that gives way to a bleak winter, Sher’s Lear growls, inhabiting the self-searching conscience of a king who—after unwisely divesting his lands to the wrong people—causes heads to roll.
Directed by Gregory Doran
Set design by Niki Turner
Lighting design by Tim Mitchell
Music by Ilona Sekacz
Sound design by Jonathan Ruddick
Movement by Michael Ashcroft
Fights by Bret Yount
Company members lead a behind-the-scenes look at translating Shakespeare’s text from the rehearsal room to the stage, including the rehearsal of an ensemble scene from King Lear.
Royal Shakespeare Company Assistant Director Anna Girvan leads this hands-on workshop in the mechanics of the famous storm scene from this season’s presentation of King Lear.
Mix and mingle with fellow BAM members over drinks.
Members of the BAM Patron Program are invited to enjoy a complimentary drink after select Winter/Spring performances and mingle with fellow patrons, cast, and crew at these exclusive celebrations.
Meredith Monk and her peerless vocal ensemble present a new work.
Revered South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim commemorates this near-mythical group.