The Winter’s Tale live cinema broadcast tops UK cinema box office

The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s sold out West End production of The Winter’s Tale topped the UK cinema box office last night as it was broadcast to 520 cinemas across the country in partnership with Picturehouse Entertainment. 

Broadcast live from the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End to cinemas around the world, the production took in excess of £1.1m at the box office in the UK alone, beating The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 to claim the top spot.

The full international box office takings will be calculated soon. Internationally, The Winter’s Tale was broadcast to more than 1,300 cinemas, selling out screenings in countries including Portugal, Spain, Canada, Austria, Malta and Germany.

Rehearsal images released for Kenneth Branagh's Harlequinade & The Winter’s Tale

Rehearsal images for the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s inaugural productions Harlequinade / All On Her Own and The Winter’s Tale have been released. Check out the images below (click picture to enlarge).

The Terence Rattigan double-bill Harlequinade / All On Her Own will play in repertory alongside The Winter’s Tale at the West End's Garrick Theatre from 17th October 2015 until 16th January 2016. 

Harlequinade stars Zoë Wanamaker as Dame Maud and Kenneth Branagh, who is also co-directing the production with Rob Ashford, as Arthur Gosport. In addition, Wanamaker will also perform Rattigan’s dramatic monologue All On Her Own, which has never before played in the West End.