Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
#film #nyc #philosophy #amazing #sophiefiennes
Sophie Fiennes and I will be together for an event in NYC soon and I hope you can come. it would be so wonderful to see you in person! Here's the invite below sent from the Juno film company. Please forward this to any theater nerds you know in NYC who would appreciate this rare event.
You can watch the trailer here and purchase tickets here: quadcinema.com/film/acting
And do let me know if I can help you in any way.
Warmly, Andrea
⭐️ I am pleased to share that Sophie Fiennes’ latest documentary ACTING will premiere April 11th at the Quad Cinema (West Village, NYC) and run for a week-long run. (Sophie's amazing list of films include those of Slavoy Zizek, Grace Jones, Anselm Kiefer: full list here)
I've been asked to participate in the Saturday evening April 11th Q&A with Sophie and we would love to see you there if you are anywhere near NYC that weekend!
You can get the tickets for April 11th at 6:45pm NYC directly here and here. And below I'll post some information about the event. If you happen to know about Cheek by Jowl and the incredible Declan Donnellan (Jeremy Strong's favorite teacher)
ACTING
Describing an actor’s process is notoriously tricky; Acting instantly soars to the top of the class. Fionnuala Halligan, ScreenDaily.com
Sophie Fiennes’ immersive film offers privileged access to the experience of making theatre with pioneering practitioners, Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod of Cheek By Jowl.
In a derelict Gothic mansion on the outskirts of London, we join eight actors – four Macbeths and four Lady Macbeths – for eleven days with Cheek By Jowl. Working in pairs, they investigate key scenes and soliloquies from Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy.
But this film is not about the play.
It’s about being offered a different position from which to view acting and theatre – of seeing text newly animated in ways more subtle, surprising, revelatory and various than even the most dedicated theatre-goers might have considered possible. Within the labyrinthine remains of the building, we watch with increasing fascination as actors and spaces combine to give Shakespeare’s words seemingly infinite new lives. The film is entirely observational.
It is shot by Sophie Fiennes, who operates as a single shooter from inside the ensemble, and its narrative construction flows along the narrative lines of the play. Throughout, Donnellan’s interactions with the actors serve simultaneously as a guide for the film’s audience, using humor, insight and challenge to open our eyes to fresh possibilities.
You can watch the trailer here and purchase tickets here: quadcinema.com/film/acting
Directed by Sophie Fiennes, English, 2024, UK, 145 minutes
I hope to see you at the theater on April 11th to discuss this riveting film together
00:00 Quad NYC April 11th Live Sophie Fiennes and Andrea Hiott
#film #nyc #philosophy #amazing #sophiefiennes
Sophie Fiennes and I will be together for an event in NYC soon and I hope you can come. it would be so wonderful to see you in person! Here's the invite below sent from the Juno film company. Please forward this to any theater nerds you know in NYC who would appreciate this rare event.
You can watch the trailer here and purchase tickets here: quadcinema.com/film/acting
And do let me know if I can help you in any way.
Warmly, Andrea
⭐️ I am pleased to share that Sophie Fiennes’ latest documentary ACTING will premiere April 11th at the Quad Cinema (West Village, NYC) and run for a week-long run. (Sophie's amazing list of films include those of Slavoy Zizek, Grace Jones, Anselm Kiefer: full list here)
I've been asked to participate in the Saturday evening April 11th Q&A with Sophie and we would love to see you there if you are anywhere near NYC that weekend!
You can get the tickets for April 11th at 6:45pm NYC directly here and here. And below I'll post some information about the event. If you happen to know about Cheek by Jowl and the incredible Declan Donnellan (Jeremy Strong's favorite teacher)
ACTING
Describing an actor’s process is notoriously tricky; Acting instantly soars to the top of the class. Fionnuala Halligan, ScreenDaily.com
Sophie Fiennes’ immersive film offers privileged access to the experience of making theatre with pioneering practitioners, Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod of Cheek By Jowl.
In a derelict Gothic mansion on the outskirts of London, we join eight actors – four Macbeths and four Lady Macbeths – for eleven days with Cheek By Jowl. Working in pairs, they investigate key scenes and soliloquies from Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy.
But this film is not about the play.
It’s about being offered a different position from which to view acting and theatre – of seeing text newly animated in ways more subtle, surprising, revelatory and various than even the most dedicated theatre-goers might have considered possible. Within the labyrinthine remains of the building, we watch with increasing fascination as actors and spaces combine to give Shakespeare’s words seemingly infinite new lives. The film is entirely observational.
It is shot by Sophie Fiennes, who operates as a single shooter from inside the ensemble, and its narrative construction flows along the narrative lines of the play. Throughout, Donnellan’s interactions with the actors serve simultaneously as a guide for the film’s audience, using humor, insight and challenge to open our eyes to fresh possibilities.
You can watch the trailer here and purchase tickets here: quadcinema.com/film/acting
Directed by Sophie Fiennes, English, 2024, UK, 145 minutes
I hope to see you at the theater on April 11th to discuss this riveting film together
00:00 Quad NYC April 11th Live Sophie Fiennes and Andrea Hiott
