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Stage on Screen: The Hard Problem
Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors).
Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.
On-stage performances recorded live for broadcast
Performance Schedule
The Hard Problem, May 15, 2016 at 5:00pm
Coriolanus, Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 5:00pm
Every performance filmed and presented in High Definition with hearing assist available.
Presented by Weber Center for the Performing Arts and By Experience
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Dates
Different Performance Each Night
Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 5:00pm
Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 5:00pm
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Pricing
All Seats Reserved!
Adults: $15
Students: $8
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