‘Skylight’

Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan are featured in David Hare’s “Skylight,” directed by Stephen Daldry and broadcast live from London’s West End by National Theater Live. Mulligan is Kyra, a teacher in a low socio-economic area, unprepared for the arrival on her front door of Nighy’s Tom, a wealthy restaurateur, her former boss and her ex-lover. Old wounds are ripped open, political viewpoints are questioned and discarded, and abandoned passions are probed and rekindled. There are genuine laughs together with genuine pathos, with the actors nailing every moment.

Time: 3 p.m., Sept. 12

Tickets: 99 yuan

‘Uncle Vanya’

Sonya (Aimee Lou Wood) and her Uncle Vanya (Toby Jones), while away their time on an isolated estate, are visited occasionally only by the local doctor Astrov (Richard Armitage). However, when Sonya’s father professor Serebryakov (Roger Allam) suddenly returns with his restless, alluring, new wife Yelena (Rosalind Eleazar), polite façades crumble and long repressed feelings start to emerge. As the conflicted family is forced to confront their despair, loneliness and each other, can the beauty of life help them find new hope? Following its critically acclaimed opening in London last year, Sonia Friedman Productions’ stunning production of “Uncle Vanya,” a new adaptation of the Anton Chekhov masterpiece by Conor McPherson, was directed by Ian Rickson. Marrying the intimacy of the screen with the electricity of live performance in an exciting new hybrid of film and theater, this production is full of tumultuous frustration and hidden passions, brimming with hope and optimism for the future.

Time: 3 p.m., Sept. 20

Tickets: 99 yuan

Booking: WeChat account “PingShanTheatre”

Venue: Pingshan Theater, Hekang Road, Pingshan District (坪山区荷康路坪山大剧院)

Transport: Take the high-speed rail from Shenzhen North Station to Pingshan Station and then take a taxi(SD News)