Theater Picks: Julian Sands’ ‘A Celebration of Harold Pinter’
British actor Julian Sands (“A Room With A View” and TV’s “24”) comes to Duke’s Baldwin Auditorium Friday night for the one-man show, “A Celebration of Harold Pinter.”
Sands portrays the prickly poet-playwright with humor and poignancy as he recites from his works and looks back on his life.
$32-$38 (ages 30 and under $15). 919-684-4444 or dukeperformances.duke.edu.
Other highlights
- Broadway Series South offers Brent Harris in a one-man show version of C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters” in Raleigh’s Fletcher Opera Theater for four performances this weekend. Details at dukeenergycenterraleigh.com.
- Actors Comedy Lab and Raleigh Little Theatre stage Richard Sheridan’s “The Rivals,” the 18th-century romantic comedy whose character, Mrs. Malaprop, caused a new word to be coined. Details at raleighlittletheatre.org.
- Deep Dish Theater’s production of Chekhov’s classic, “The Cherry Orchard,” begins its run tonight, one of two plays that will finish out its 14-year residency at Chapel Hill’s University Mall (now University Place). Details at deepdishtheater.org.
This story was originally published October 1, 2015 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Theater Picks: Julian Sands’ ‘A Celebration of Harold Pinter’."