Maev Beaty

A brilliant black comedy from director Patricia Rozema, adapted from the play by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava. It follows Cassandra, an aspiring writer who, while struggling to compose a eulogy after the sudden death of her mother, comes to discover that her own rebelliousness is as much a response to the male gaze as her mother's conformity.

When Prince Hamlet's father is poisoned, the deceased king’s ghost commands his son to avenge his murder, setting off a chain of destructive events.

An aging monarch resolves to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, with consequences he little expects. His reason shattered in the storm of violent emotion that ensues, with his very life hanging in the balance, Lear loses everything that has defined him as a king - and thereby discovers the essence of his own humanity.