It’s time to change the game.

The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?

With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt to take team and country back to the promised land.

Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale, The Mother) plays Gareth Southgate in this new play by James Graham (Best of Enemies, Sherwood). Following their acclaimed productions, Tammy Faye and Ink, he reunites with director Rupert Goold (Spring Awakening, Judy) for this gripping examination of both nation and game.

改变的时刻到了！
虽然英格兰曾经推动现代足球运动的诞生，但他们自己的球队已经陷入失利的泥淖，一度创下最差罚球记录。主教练加雷斯·索斯盖特（Gareth Southgate）知道，他需要正视自己职业生涯留下的阴影，也需要破除球队的点球魔咒，在带领“三狮军团”重写神话，重返辉煌的巅峰。
继《塔米·菲》和《笔墨春秋》两部备受好评舞台剧作品之后，奥利弗奖获奖编剧、导演组合——詹姆斯·格雷厄姆（James Graham）与阿尔梅达剧院艺术总监鲁伯特·古尔德（Rupert Goold）再度携手，将英国国民运动搬上舞台。在这部扣人心弦的作品中，格雷厄姆不仅用幽默感人的笔法着力描绘了英格兰队主帅索斯盖特的革新探索，也通过特蕾莎·梅和鲍里斯·约翰逊等的喜剧客串角色带出了足球运动背后的民族精神与国家叙事。
大热剧集《使女的故事》主演约瑟夫·费因斯（Joseph Fiennes）饰演的索斯盖特获得媒体盛赞；奥利弗奖得主艾斯·德芙琳（Es Devlin）的舞美设计与灯光、音响巧妙配合，为英格兰队从萎靡不前到重振旗鼓的戏剧性转变创造了紧张动感。该剧在英国国家剧院奥利弗大剧场的首轮演出一票难求，目前已经移师伦敦西区，继续“三狮军团”未完的征途。

本片基于安德鲁·迈克尔·赫利所著小说，探索在超自然民间传说统治的世界中遗传的创伤和损失，设定在1970年代的英格兰乡村，理查德和朱丽叶夫妇过着田园诗般的家庭生活，这种稳定在他们儿子伊万开始表现出性格失常时陷入混乱，对曾经幸福的夫妻制造了不可逾越的隔阂。
在他们偏远的家乡Starve Acre，考古学家理查德努力探索一个民间传说——他们土地上的古老橡树充满了非凡的力量。当妻子朱丽叶向当地社区寻求某种平静时，理查德痴迷于深入挖掘，一个意想不到的发现很快引起了这对夫妇的注意，而黑暗和险恶的力量在不知不觉中进入家中，为他们之间重新建立联系提供了令人不安的可能性。

所有的黑帮故事似乎都不能摆脱杀戮和复仇的套路，但这部电影却将黑帮的复仇升华为一次追求平等与自由的集体反抗。 　　纽约的黑帮主要由意大利裔的瓦龙领导的意大利派和爱尔兰裔的比尔（丹尼尔•戴-刘易斯 Daniel Day Lewis ）领导爱尔兰派组成。瓦龙被比尔暗杀后，其子阿姆斯特朗（莱昂纳多•迪卡普里奥 Leonardo DiCaprio 饰）被送进监牢。 　　怀着强烈的复仇愿望，阿姆斯特朗熬过了10年牢狱之苦。为了复仇，阿姆斯特朗隐形埋名加入了比尔领导的爱尔兰派黑帮。然而，随着他越接近比尔，就越发觉杀掉比尔并不能使所有迫害的人最终得到解脱，因为黑帮背后还有强大的政治力量支持……

It is a grimly comic play that explores the difficult journey to sobriety. Luka has recently joined Alcoholics Anonymous and is searching for a sponsor. He finds James, an older man who has been in the programme for years. From the outset, James looks like the ideal man to shepherd Luka through each of the twelve steps. However, the road to recovery isn’t that simple, and will force both Luka and James to closely examine their pasts and face their own transgressions.

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A 11-minute film consisting in 5 short stories that reveals the dissident behaviors people adopt to recover from or interact with memories.
#1: A Japanese man who lost his virginity in a baseball field would, with his partner, dress up as baseball player and have sex on a baseball-field-like bed every time.
#2: (Not sure about this, but an old man was led to a wall of many small doors and he used a sheet to open one of them)
#3: A widower whose wife used to use vacuum cleaners to give him pleasure now stand naked before a vacuum cleaner to feel the sensation.
#4: An air hostess who experienced an air accident now stand on a trolley and pretend to distribute drink to empty seats.
#5: To complete a cup of tea, the husband starts to cry when wife plays a raining scene on television. His tears blend into the tea, which the wife drinks afterwards.