Harold Pinter Revival Boasts McKellen and Stewart at Guild Hall Saturday

From the National Theatre Live series, Guild Hall will present an encore screening of the London revival of Harold Pinter’s 1975 play “No Man’s Land” on Saturday at 7 p.m. The production, which was broadcast live from Wyndham’s Theatre on Dec. 15, stars two of the pillars of English theater, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart.

The play brings together two aging writers, Hirst and Spooner, in a Hampstead pub, from which they repair to Hirst’s stately house for a few more rounds. Their increasingly drunken conversation turns into a revealing power game that is further complicated by the return home of two sinister young men. 

The Sunday Times called the play “perfect Pinter. A true masterpiece.” Tickets are $18, $16 for members.

The next Guild Gathering, an ongoing series of conversations with creative East Enders, will take place next Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Titled “Structure,” the program will feature Maziar Behrooz, an architect; Casey Dalene, founder of artunprimed.com, an online gallery; Jess Frost, a curator and archivist, and Raye Levine, a set designer, architect, and actor.

The artists’ presentations will be followed by a reception. The program is free, but reservations are required.