Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet

On Saturday, November 7th at 2:00 p.m. in the Estep.

Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.

Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production live to cinemas.

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

Click here for more information about the production.

Everyman at ECU

On Friday, October 2nd at 6:30 p.m. in the Estep.

BAFTA winner and Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) takes the title role in this dynamic new production of one of English drama’s oldest plays, directed by the National Theatre’s new Director Rufus Norris (Broken, London Road).

Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. He is forced to abandon the life he has built and embark on a last, frantic search to recruit a friend, anyone, to speak in his defence. But Death is close behind, and time is running out.

One of the great primal, spiritual myths, Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives. A cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century, it now explodes onto the stage in a startling production with words by Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, and movement by Javier De Frutos.
Click here for more information about the production.

Spring 2016 Schedule

All eight films will be screened in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center located inside the Bill S. Cole University Center (near the corner of E. 13th Street and South Francis) on the campus of East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma.

Tickets are available at the door for $10 per person or $5 for students (with ID) unless otherwise noted.

Friday, January 8th at 7 pm

"CORIOLANUS." Donmar Warehouse’s production of Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, Coriolanus features an Evening Standard Award-winning performance from Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, War Horse (film), BBC's The Hollow Crown) in the title role.

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people.

ECU's Foreign Film Festival (Free Foreign Films on Fridays in February at Four)
Friday, February 5th at 4 pm
"MY PERESTROIKA" (Russia). This documentary follows five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times – from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia.




Friday, February 12th at 4 pm
"PHOENIX" (Germany).  After undergoing reconstructive surgery, a concentration camp survivor (Nina Hoss) tries to find out if her husband (Ronald Zehrfeld) betrayed her to the Nazis. Directed by Christian Petzold.

Before the screening, come the University Center at 3 p.m. for a German cabaret experience featuring German sweets and song provided by faculty and students from ECU's Music department.

Friday, February 19th at 4 pm
"PK." (India). An alien from another planet who lands in India in begins asking questions no one has asked before. Challenging religious prejudices of all kinds, the controversial new comedy is now highest-grossing film in Indian film history. From the makers of the sensation of ECU's 2015 Foreign Film Festival: "The Three Idiots." Directed by Rajkumar Hirani.

Friday, February 26th at 4 pm
"WILD TALES." (Argentina). This Academy-Award nominated black comedy features six hard-hitting shorts exploring themes of revenge. Directed by Damian Szifron.

Sunday, February 14th at 2 pm

"THE BEAUX STRATAGEM."Simon Godwin (Man and Superman) directs George Farquhar's wild comedy of love and cash.

The ‘Beaux’: Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their ‘Stratagem’: to marry for money.

Lodged at the local inn, posing as master and servant, they encounter a teeming variety of human obstacles: a crooked landlord, a fearsome highwayman, a fervent French Count, a maid on the make, a drunken husband, a furious butler, a natural healer and a strange, turbulent priest.

But their greatest obstacle is love. When the Beaux meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered.

Saturday, March 26 at 2 pm

"JANE EYRE." Almost 170 years on, Charlotte Brontë’s story of the trailblazing Jane is as inspiring as ever. This bold and dynamic production uncovers one woman’s fight for freedom and fulfilment on her own terms.

From her beginnings as a destitute orphan, Jane Eyre’s spirited heroine faces life’s obstacles head-on, surviving poverty, injustice and the discovery of bitter betrayal before taking the ultimate decision to follow her heart.

This acclaimed re-imagining of Brontë's masterpiece was first staged by Bristol Old Vic last year, when the story was performed over two evenings. Director Sally Cookson now brings her celebrated production to the National, presented as a single, exhilarating performance.

Saturday, April 23 at 2 pm

"AS YOU LIKE IT." Shakespeare’s glorious comedy of love and change comes to the National Theatre for the first time in over 30 years, with Rosalie Craig (London Road) as Rosalind.

With her father the Duke banished and in exile, Rosalind and her cousin Celia leave their lives in the court behind them and journey into the Forest of Arden.

There, released from convention, Rosalind experiences the liberating rush of transformation. Disguising herself as a boy, she embraces a different way of living and falls spectacularly in love.

Birthday Plans for Helen

Helen Mirren turns 70 on July 26th, and ECU SCREENS is celebrating the occasion with birthday cake and a recorded-live screening of her award-winning performance in the Royal National Theatre of London's production of "The Audience." Be a part of our audience and hers at 2 p.m. on the 26th.

Fall 2015 Schedule

All films will be screened in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center located inside the Bill S. Cole University Center (near the corner of E. 13th Street and South Francis) on the campus of East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma.

Tickets are available at the door for $10 per person or $5 for students (with ID) unless otherwise noted.

Friday, October 2 at 6:30 p.m.
"EVERYMAN." Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Saturday, November 7 at 2:00 p.m.
"HAMLET." A Royal National Theatre production starring Benedict Cumberbatch

November 16 at 2:00 p.m.
"THE HARD PROBLEM."

Man and Superman Land at ECU This Saturday

No, not that Superman. This one:
At 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 20th in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center.
Admission is $10 for the general public, $5 for students.

Summer 2015 Schedule

All three films will be screened in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center located inside the Bill S. Cole University Center (near the corner of E. 13th Street and South Francis) on the campus of East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma.

Tickets are available at the door for $10 per person or $5 for students (with ID) unless otherwise noted.

May 11 at 12:00 p.m.
"A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE." The 2015 Olivier-Award winner for Best Revival, Best Director (Ivo Von Hove), and Best Actor (Mark Strong).

June 20 at 2:00 p.m.
"MAN AND SUPERMAN." A Royal National Theatre production of George Bernard Shaw's classic. Starring Ralph Fiennes.

July 26 at 2:00 p.m.
"THE AUDIENCE." A Royal National Theatre production starring Helen Mirren.