Cyprus Avenue by David Ireland to be Screened at the Barbican Centre in London and the Queen's Film Theatre in Belfast, Both Screenings to be Followed by a Q&A

Cyprus Avenue, David Ireland’s award-winning play directed by Vicky Featherstone, is to be screened at the Barbican Centre in London, to Barbican members and Royal Court Friends, on Sunday 20 October 2019 and at the Queen’s Film Theatre in Belfast on Monday 4 November 2019. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&A.

Commissioned by The Space, this film of Cyprus Avenue mixes live capture of performance from the iconic Royal Court Theatre stage production with location shooting in Belfast.

Screening details

Barbican Centre (Barbican Cinema 2), London
Sunday 20 October 2019, 11am
There will be a short introduction by Sonia Zadurian, the Barbican Centre’s Cinema Curator, before the screening of Cyprus Avenue. The screening will then be followed by a 30 minute Q&A with director Vicky Featherstone and actor Stephen Rea. The event, including the running time of the film and the Q&A, will be 2 hours 10 minutes.
Tickets for this screening can be purchased here.

Please note: This screening is available to book for Barbican Members and Royal Court Friends only.

Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast
Monday 4 November 2019, 6pm
The screening of Cyprus Avenue will be followed by a Q&A with writer David Ireland, director Vicky Featherstone and actor Stephen Rea. The event, including the running time of the film and the Q&A, will be 2 hours 10 minutes.
Tickets for this screening can be purchased here.

Starring Stephen Rea Cyprus Avenue was originally produced at the Royal Court Theatre, London and Abbey Theatre, Dublin before touring to Belfast and the Public Theater in New York.

Full cast include Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, Chris Corrigan, Andrea Irvine, Amy Molloy and Stephen Rea.

Eric Miller is a Belfast Loyalist. He is experiencing a psychotic episode and mistakes his five-week old granddaughter for Gerry Adams. Generations of sectarian trauma convince him that his cultural heritage is under siege. He must act. This hard hitting black comedy Cyprus Avenue tells the story of a man struggling with the past and terrified of the future. It was awarded Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards and the James Tait Black Prize for Drama in 2017. For his portrayal of Eric, Stephen Rea won Best Actor at the Irish Times Theatre Awards 2017..

The adaptation was originally broadcast on Sunday 15 September 2019 on BBC Four. It was commissioned by The Space and produced for BBC Four by the Royal Court Theatre. It was Executive Produced by Lucy Davies, Jane Featherstone, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson.

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