Ian McKellen in King Lear - National Theatre Live in Cinema at the Lark Theater at Lark Theater

Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production. (Daily Telegraph)Captured live from Londons West End in 2018, see Ian McKellens extraordinarily moving portrayal (Independent) of King Lear in cinemas.Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers one a King, one his courtier reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.Jonathan Munby directs this nuanced and powerful (The Times) contemporary retelling of Shakespeares tender, violent, moving and shocking play.