A special evening is planned to celebrate the great British artist Francis Bacon, currently in retrospective at Tate Modern till Jan 4th 2009.
The event includes the RTS Arts Award winning “The Strange World of Barry Who?” directed by Margy Kinmonth, featuring Harold Pinter, Gore Vidal and Franco Zeferelli.
Producer/Director Margy Kinmonth & Executive Producer Maureen Murray are delighted to announce that the Barbican Cinema, London, will present Mariinsky Theatre on the big screen at 5pm on Sunday 1st February 2009: “The film was originally conceived as a sumptuous theatrical experience and watching the film in the cinema makes you feel as if you are actually there, in the audience of the Mariinsky itself!”
Mariinsky fans are in for a double treat, as Maestro Valery Gergiev will conduct the London Premiere of the Mariinsky Theatre’s “Brothers Karamazov” later that same evening.
For more details and seat availability click here to visit the Barbican website.
Mariinsky Theatre, produced & directed by Margy Kinmonth, received its UK television premiere on Sunday 7 December as the final “South Bank Show” film of 2008, edited and presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Executive Produced by Maureen Murray, the film has been praised by the critics.
…Margy Kinmonth’s sumptuous insight into St Petersburg MariinskyTheatre…luxury of full access to vast archives…
Sunday Telegraph
…unprecedented access to the archives, esteemed documentary maker Margy Kinmonth shows us what makes this lot so special…
Culture Critic
…fabulous series finale…breathtaking archive and behind the scenes material…
Mail on Sunday: ****4 star rating
…This South Bank Show…looks at the Mariinsky’s traditions and recalls how it survived a series of crises – revolution, war, defecting dancers…before being revitalized by Valery Gergiev…interviewees include three ballerinas of different eras…
Sunday Times: Critics Choice of the Day
…tribute…seeped in history….a testament to the necessity of art…
The Times
….rewarding film…a unique portrait and insight…
Observer
…extraordinary story of an institution as important as it is apparently indestructible…staggering array of names…this excellent film illuminates the Mariinsky’s present along with its past…
Guardian
For further reviews please click here.
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Fri 30 Jan – Sun 1 Feb 2009
Mariinsky Theatre and Valery Gergiev perform three Russian operas at the Barbican.
www.barbican.org.uk/mariinsky
MARIINSKY THEATRE anniversary film directed by Margy Kinmonth will be shown on December 7th on the South Bank Show ITV 22.45 presented and edited by Melvyn Bragg.
A Foxtrot Films Production Co-produced with The Valery Gergiev Foundation in association with ITV Productions and Granada International.
MARIINSKY THEATRE will be available on DVD before Christmas with a galaxy of performance extras by the stars of the Mariinsky.
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