National Theatre Live screening of 'Golden Boy', the play about ambition and boxing in 1930s New York, with a live string quartet.
National Theatre Live is bringing Golden Boy to ODEON Stoke on Thursday 5 November, with a second showing on Sunday 8 November. It's a filmed production of the play, which ran at the Almeida Theatre in London, so you're seeing the full stage show on the big screen rather than a cut-down version.
Golden Boy is set in 1930s New York at the height of the Depression. It follows Joe Bonaparte, a gifted young violinist whose chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing. It's a story about ambition, identity, and the high price of success, and it works as much as a character study as a drama. Josh O'Connor takes the lead, and Sam Yates directed the production.
One thing that sets this apart from a standard NT Live screening is the music. The play was staged with a live string quartet, and that quartet is part of the screening too. It's not just a recording playing in the background; the live strings are there in the room, so the music you hear on screen is being played right in front of you. Given that the main character is a violinist, it's a part of the story rather than just an accompaniment.
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There are two screenings on Thursday 5 November, at 15:15 and 19:00, and a matinee on Sunday 8 November at 14:15. All three are at ODEON Stoke, Etruria Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5SN.
