Popular theatre production Driving Miss Daisy, starring Angela Lansbury – who is renowned for her role in Bed Knobs and Broomsticks and the TV series Murder, She Wrote, where she played the part of Jessica Fletcher – will be screened live at the Eden Cinemas.
Lansbury has also won numerous awards for her theatre performances, including a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in the 2009 Broadway revival of Blithe Spirit.
Alongside Lansbury is James Earl Jones, who won a Tony Award for his stage performance in Broadway production of The Great White Hope. Also starring in Driving Miss Daisy is Boyd Gaines, whose performance in Journey’s End on Broadway led to a Tony Award nomination.
The screening of the play will be followed by a special Q&A with Angela Lansbury, which is being broadcast live via satellite from the British Film Institute (BFI) in London.
The Q&A gives audiences insight into the actress’s motivations for doing the play as well as a look back at her incredible career in film and on the stage.
Filmed at The Comedy Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, Driving Miss Daisy tells the affecting story of the decades-long relationship between Daisy Werthan, a stubborn Southern matriarch, and Hoke Colburn, her compassionate chauffeur.
A tale of pride, changing times and the transformative power of friendship, the play has warmed the hearts of millions of theatregoers worldwide.
Driving Miss Daisy shows next Sunday at 6.30pm at the Eden Cinemas, St Julian’s.
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