An 18th Century theatre in Yorkshire, which describes itself as the oldest theatre in its original form in Britain, is launching a fundraising campaign to save it from closure.
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The trailer, for "Gangster Squad, " a period crime film, had played before some "Dark Knight" screenings, but not in the Aurora Century 16 Theatre where the shooting took place.
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While the final act must still play out in a Russian courtroom, the story opens in the nearly two-century-old Bolshoi Theatre.
Mirrored walls reflect the imposing 19th-century edifice of the National Theatre.
"We are delighted that HLF has joined the growing number of organisations and individuals which are supporting the Guild of Players in our project to transform the historic Theatre Royal into a theatre fit for the 21st Century, " he said.
An edgy, sometimes harrowing new adaptation by Mike Poulton, presented by the always-adventurous Red Bull Theater, opened Thursday night off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, where the 19th-century marital battles are as resonant onstage as ever.
Contrast that with the extensive ruins of the city of Miletus, with remains of baths, temples and a theatre, some dating back to the 16th Century BC, and the giant columns at the sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma.
Many have been in existence for close to a century and have functioned as haunts for celebrated figures of film, theatre, literature, politics and the arts.
The Liceu had long been Spain's grandest and most respected opera house, especially during the 70-odd years of this century when Madrid's Teatro Real was not functioning as a theatre.
For half the 20th century the Arctic, as the shortest route between Russia and America, was the likeliest theatre for a nuclear war, and some see potential for fresh conflict in its opening.
Kabuki is a Japanese traditional theatre form, which originated in the Edo period at the beginning of the seventeenth century and was particularly popular among townspeople.
And, finally, Don Giovanni, which Kinmonth has re-situated in 18th-century Venice, home to Casanova and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, whose roots in Venetian street theatre would have given the opera's original productions an abrasive topical edge as recognizable to contemporary audiences as Shakespeare's words were to the crowds at the Globe.
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The new Mariinsky Theatre is scheduled to open in 2012 and immediately after the original and classic Mariinsky Theatre (currently celebrating its 150th anniversary) will be renovated to bring its staging facilities to 21st century standards.
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