Following the successful screening in 2013 of two of William Shakespeare’s most celebrated works, Othello and Macbeth as part of National Theatre Live , Cinema Nouveau announces the release of  Coriolanus, Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge.

Staged at the Donmar Warehouse in the heart of Covent Garden in London’s West End, this exciting new interpretation will be broadcast by National Theatre Live onto Cinema Nouveau’s digital screens and at Ster-Kinekor Blue Route in Tokai, Cape Town, from Saturday, 01 March, for four screenings only.

Featuring Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, War Horse (film), BBC’s The Hollow Crown) in the title role and Mark Gatiss (Season’s Greetings at the National Theatre, BBC Entertainment’s Sherlock) as Menenius, the production is directed by the Donmar’s artistic director, Josie Rourke.

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people.

Watch the Coriolanus trailer here –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqm3-lTVuTs&feature=youtu.be

Supporting Hiddleston and Gatiss are Jacqueline Boatswain, Peter De Jersey, Alfred Enoch, Deborah Findlay, Hadley Fraser, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Elliot Levey, Rochenda Sandall, Helen Schlesinger, Mark Stanley and Dwane Walcott. The production is designed by Lucy Osborne with lighting design by Mark Henderson, sound design by Emma Laxton, music composed by Michael Bruce and fight direction by Richard Ryan.

Tom Hiddleston (playing Coriolanus) has previously performed for the Donmar in Othello andIvanov (Donmar at Wyndham’s). In recent years he has gained international acclaim for his roles in feature films such as The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Thor, The Deep Blue Sea, War Horse andMidnight in Paris. In 2012 he played the title role in Shakespeare’s Henry V in the BBC’s series The Hollow Crown.

Mark Gatiss (playing Menenius) performed at the Donmar in Josie Rourke’s 2012 production ofThe Recruiting Officer. Other theatre credits include 55 Days (Hampstead Theatre), Season’s Greetings (National Theatre) and All About My Mother (Old Vic). Recently he has played Mycroft Holmes in the BBC Entertainment series Sherlock and was co-creator and star of The League of Gentlemen.

Deborah Findlay (playing Volumnia) has previously appeared at the Donmar in Madame de Sade (Donmar at Wyndham’s), John Gabriel Borkman, The Cut and The Vortex. Other theatre credits include Timon of Athens (National Theatre), The Glass Menagerie (Young Vic), Separate Tables (Chichester Festival Theatre), The House of Bernarda Alba and The Mandate (National Theatre).

Josie Rourke (Director) is Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse. Since her appointment in 2012 she has directed The Weir, Berenice, The Physicists and The Recruiting Officer. Her 2010 production of Men Should Weep by Ena Lamont Stewart ran in the Lyttelton at the National Theatre. In 2011 her production of Much Ado About Nothing, starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, ran in the West End at Wyndham’s Theatre and received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Revival.

Coriolanus releases on South African screens on Saturday, 01 March, for four screenings only – on 01, 05 and 06 March at 19:30 and on 02 March at 14:30 – at Cinema Nouveau theatres in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town, and at Ster-Kinekor Blue Route Mall. The running time of this production is 2hrs, 40mins.

For booking information on Coriolanus, visit www.cinemanouveau.co.za or sterkinekor.mobi, or call our Ticketline on 082 16789. Follow us on Twitter @nouveaubuzz.  You can also download the Ster-Kinekor App on any Nokia, Samsung Android, iPhone and Blackberry handset for updates, news and to book from your mobile.

National Theatre Live enables audiences to experience the best of British theatre throughout the year, as the NT brings cameras into the auditorium to broadcast performances live from stage to screen. The 2013 broadcast of The Audience with Helen Mirren took the combined total audience for the NT’s series of live broadcasts past 2 million people. National Theatre Live events are distributed outside the U.K. through New York-based BY Experience, the pioneer of global live “alternative content” digital cinema events.