The MAC to Present National Theatre Live's ONE MAN, WHO GUVNORS Encore & More

New for its 2016-2017 Season: McAninch Arts Center (MAC) located at 425 Fawell Blvd. at College of DuPage presents encore broadcasts of National Theatre Live's International Series, part of the U.K.'s National Theatre's groundbreaking project a selection of world class, award-winning British Theater Productions to local venues around the world.

Tickets are $20 and are on sale now in person at the box office or by phone (630.942.4000). Tickets may be purchased online beginning Sunday, Aug. 7. Seating is general admission and the house opens a half-hour prior to broadcast. Concessions and bar service will be available in the MAC lobby. For more information visit AtTheMAC.org.

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The schedule of broadcasts in the MAC in the Belushi Performance Hall are as follows:

* Sunday, Aug. 14, 2 p.m. and Thursday, Aug. 18, 7 p.m.
"One Man, Two Guvnors" by Richard Bean
James Corden, host of the "The Late Late Show with James Corden," is featured in his Tony Award-winning performance as Francis Henshall in this riotously funny play that was a runaway hit in London's West End and on Broadway. Fired from his skiffle band, Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect money from his fiancée's dad. But Roscoe is really Roscoe's sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who has been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Holed up in a hotel, the permanently ravenous Henshall spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two "guvnors" apart.

* Sunday, Sept. 11, 2 p.m. and Thursday, Sept. 15, 7 p.m.
"The Audience" by Peter Morgan
Winner of three Tony Awards® and two Olivier Awards, National Theatre Live's smash-hit broadcast of the original West End production of "The Audience" features Helen Mirren's multi-award-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth II. For 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II has met with each of her 12 Prime Ministers in a private weekly meeting known as "The Audience." These dramatized meetings provide glimpses of the woman behind the crown and the moments that shaped a monarch. Written by Peter Morgan and directed by two-time Tony Award® winner and Academy Award®-nominated director Stephen Daldry ("Billy Elliot," "The Hours"), these screenings include a Q&A with Helen Mirren and director Stephen Daldry.

* Sunday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m. and Thursday, Sept. 29, 2 p.m.
"View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller
It is 1950s America and longshoreman Eddie Carbone who lives in an Italian American neighborhood near New York's Brooklyn Bridge welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom and opportunity. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, it triggers a jealous mistrust in Carbone that ultimately leads to betrayal and tragedy. This production of Miller's masterpiece won 2014 Olivier Awards for Best Revival, Best Actor for Mark Strong ("The Imitation Game; ""Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy") and Best Director for Obie Award-winning, Belgian-born director Ivo van Hove.

* Saturday, Nov. 5, 7 p.m. and Thursday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m.
"Frankenstein" by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley
Childlike in innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Encountering cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless creature grows increasingly desperate, vengeful and determined to track down his creator to put an end to his torment. Concerns of parental and scientific responsibility and the nature of good and evil are incorporated in this classic gothic tale. Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle ("Trainspotting," "Slumdog Millionaire," "Steve Jobs"), this production featuresBenedict Cumberbatch ("The Imitation Game;" BBC's "Sherlock,") and Jonny Lee Miller ("Trainspotting;" CBS's "Elementary") alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and the creature. U.K.'s National Theatre's 2011 production enjoyed a sold-out run and the National Theatre Live broadcast has since become an international sensation.

* Thursday, Nov. 17, 3 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 20, 2 p.m.
"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Imitation Game;" BBC's "Sherlock") takes on the title role in Shakespeare's great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, the original 2015 broadcast was seen by more than a half a million people worldwide.

* Thursday, Jan. 5, 7 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 8, 2 p.m.
"War Horse" based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford
"War Horse" takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon, England to the trenches of WWI France as it tells the tale of about a Devonshire farm boy and his prize horse who become separated by events in Europe. The New York Times hails "War Horse" as "a cultural phenomenon" and Curtain Up calls it "a truly unique theater piece with a heart-tugging, imagination stirring hero unlike any other." At its heart are astonishing life-size puppets by South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage. A smash hit from its first performance at the National Theatre in 2007, "War Horse" went on to win five 2011 Tony Awards including "Best Play and was adapted into a 2011 Academy Award nominated film by Stephen Spielberg.

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National Theatre Live launched in June 2009 with a broadcast of the National Theatre production of "Phèdre" starring Helen Mirren. Since then, National Theatre Live has broadcast more than 40 other productions from both the National Theatre and other theaters in the U.K. Each broadcast is filmed in front of a live theater audience and broadcast live via satellite to cinemas throughout the U.K., as well as many European venues. In 2014 the National Theatre recorded its first production on Broadway, "Of Mice and Men" with James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, captured at the Longacre Theatre. To date broadcasts have been experienced by more than 5.5 million people in more than 2,000 venues around the world, including over 650 venues in the U.K. alone.

McAninch Arts Center (MAC) located at 425 Fawell Blvd. at College of DuPage presents broadcasts of the six National Theatre Live's International Encore Series Aug. 14-Jan. 8. Tickets are $20 and are on sale now in person at the box office or by phone (630.942.4000). Tickets may be purchased online beginning Sunday, Aug. 7. Seating is general admission and the house opens a half-hour prior to broadcast. Concessions and bar service will be available in the MAC lobby. For more information visit AtTheMAC.org.

McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at College of DuPage is located 25 miles west of Chicago near I-88 and I-355, and houses three performance spaces (the 780-seat proscenium Belushi Performance Hall; the 236-seat soft-thrust Playhouse Theatre; and the versatile black box Studio Theatre), plus the Cleve Carney Art Gallery, classrooms for the college's academic programming and the Lakeside Pavilion. The MAC has presented theater, music, dance and visual art to more than 1.5 million people since its opening in 1986 and typically welcomes more than 75,000 patrons from the greater Chicago area to more than 230 performances each season.

The mission of the MAC is to foster enlightened educational and performance opportunities, which encourage artistic expression, establish a lasting relationship between people and art, and enrich the cultural vitality of the community. For more information about the MAC, visit AtTheMAC.org, facebook.com/AtTheMAC or twitter.com/AtTheMAC.

*Events, dates, artists and prices subject to change.

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