National Theatre Live screening of Clifford Odets' drama 'Golden Boy', the play about a struggling musician who turns to boxing.
Curzon Oxford is screening Golden Boy on Thursday 5 November, as part of the National Theatre Live season. It's a production of Clifford Odets' drama, and as with everything in the NT Live programme, it's a professional stage performance captured and broadcast to cinemas rather than a film made for the screen.
The story follows a struggling musician who turns to boxing, and it's Odets' particular kind of drama — the sort that sits somewhere between a character study and a social commentary. It's not a light evening, but that's what makes it work; it's about the trade-offs and the compromises that come with trying to make a living when your first choice isn't paying the bills. If you've never seen an Odets play, this is a good place to start, and if you're not usually one for the theatre, seeing it in a cinema is a low-pressure way to get into it.
Watching a play on screen is a different experience from seeing it in the room. You get the close-ups that you'd miss from the back of a theatre, so you can see the actors' faces and the smaller moments that might get lost in a larger space. It's a good way to catch a production that's playing far away — in this case, a National Theatre show brought to Oxford — without having to make the trip to London.
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It's on at Curzon Oxford on Thursday 5 November. If you're fancying a night at the cinema that's a bit different from the usual, this is a solid shout.
