Upcoming Events
March 2019
Royal Shakespeare Company: Love’s Labour’s Won (Much Ado About Nothing)
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Autumn 1918. A group of soldiers return from the trenches. The world-weary Benedick and his friend Claudio find themselves reacquainted with Beatrice and Hero. As memories of conflict give way to a life of parties and masked balls, Claudio and Hero fall madly, deeply in love, while Benedick and Beatrice reignite their own altogether more combative courtship.
Find out more »The Square (Swedish, Danish & English with subtitles)
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A satirical comedy-drama set in Stockholm. A prestigious museum’s chief art curator finds himself in both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit. The aim of the installation is to remind passers-by of altruism and our responsibility to others. But he finds it is not always easy to live up to one’s ideals! Oscar Nominated in 2018 for Best Foreign Language Film. Written and directed by Ruben Östlund and starring Dominic West,Claes Bang and…
Find out more »April 2019
Royal Opera House: La Forza Del Destino
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Leonora falls in love with Don Alvaro, but when her father forbids their marriage, a fatal accident triggers a drama of obsession, vengeance and tragedy.
Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko and Ludovic Tézier star in Verdi’s epic La Forza Del Destino (The Force Of Destiny), an opera which demands the very best of singers for its powerful music and the fullest theatrical treatment for its story of bitter revenge pursued across miles and years.
National Theatre: All About Eve
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All About Eve tells the story of Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, beautiful Eve. The golden girl, the girl next door. But you know all about Eve…don’t you…?
Starring Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again)
Royal Shakespeare Company: As You Like It
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Come into the forest; dare to change your state of mind.
Rosalind is banished, wrestling with her heart and her head. With her cousin by her side, she journeys to a world of exile where barriers are broken down and all can discover their deeper selves.
Director Kimberley Sykes (Dido, Queen of Carthage) directs a riotous, exhilarating version of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy.
Cold War (Polish with subtitles)
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Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times. With beautiful cinematography, haunting and illuminating, Cold War was nominated for several awards including Best Screenplay and Best Film not in the English Language at the 2018 BAFTAs. Also nominated for three Oscars in 2019 including Best Foreign Language Film. Written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski and starring Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot and Borys…
Find out more »Royal Opera House: Faust
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Experience the decadence and elegance of 1870s Paris in David McVicar’s spectacular production of Gounod’s best-loved opera.
There are many versions of the story of Faust, who trades his soul with the Devil for youth and power, but Gounod’s opera remains one of the most constantly enthralling.
May 2019
Double Bill & Meal – Trapeze & The Greatest Showman
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It’s circus time!
Our first film is Trapeze (1956). A crippled circus acrobat, (Burt Lancaster) is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists.
After our meal we will see the highly acclaimed musical drama The Greatest Showman (2017).
Starring Hugh Jackman as PT Barnum, the film traces the ambition and genius of this extraordinary man.
National Theatre: All My Sons
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America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business.
But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives, already shadowed by the loss of their eldest boy to war, are about to shatter. With the return of a figure from the past, long buried truths are forced to the surface and the price of their American dream is laid bare.
Royal Ballet: Within The Golden Hour / World Premier / Flight Pattern
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Two recent works from Christopher Wheeldon and Crystal Pite plus the world premier of a new ballet by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui showcase the contemporary face of The Royal Ballet.
Find out more »Peterloo
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Marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most notorious episodes in British history, Peterloo is an epic portrayal of the events surrounding the massacre where government forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester. It proved to be a defining moment in the development of British democracy and played a significant role in the founding of The Guardian newspaper. Directed by Mike Leigh and starring Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake and Neil Bell . You can watch the official trailer here…
Find out more »June 2019
Royal Shakespeare Company: The Taming Of The Shrew
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In a reimagined 1590, England is a matriarchy. Baptista Minola is seeking to sell off her son Katherine to the highest bidder. Cue an explosive battle of the sexes in this electrically charged love story.
Justin Audibert (Snow in Midsummer, The Jew of Malta) turns Shakespeare’s fierce, energetic comedy of gender and materialism on its head to offer a fresh perspective on its portrayal of hierarchy and power.
Royal Ballet: Romeo And Juliet
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Shakespeare’s enduring love story is known the world over. Since its 1965 premiere with The Royal Ballet, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet has become a modern ballet classic. The choreography captures the emotions of the young couple as they fall in love, despite the barriers that finally bring about the story’s tragic end.
Find out more »Black Panther
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This superhero film is based on the Marvel Comic character and is the first of its kind to have a predominately black cast. Nominated for seven Oscars including Best Motion Picture , the fantasy adventure is the story of the hidden but advanced African kingdom of Wakanda, as its new king T’Challa steps forward to lead his people into a new future. When two foes conspire to destroy the country, Black Panther must team up with a CIA agent and…
Find out more »Globe Theatre: The Merry Wives Of Windsor
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Double-meanings, disguises and dirty laundry abound in The Merry Wives of Windsor as Sir John Falstaff sets about improving his financial situation by wooing Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. But the ‘Merry Wives’ quickly cotton on to his tricks and decide to have a bit of fun of their own at Falstaff’s expense…
Find out more »National Theatre: Small Island
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Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.
The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK.
July 2019
Northern Ballet: Victoria
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We will be showing a recorded performance of Victoria from The Northern Ballet on Thursday 11th July at 7.15pm Queen Victoria’s irrepressible love for Albert sparked a royal dynasty, but his untimely death brought the world’s most powerful woman to her knees with grief. In celebration of her bicentenary year, Northern Ballet (in a co-production with The National Ballet of Canada), famed for their outstanding narrative works, bring the sensational story of Victoria to life in dance. Choreographed by Cathy Marston, creator…
Find out more »Andre Rieu: 2019 Maastricht Concert – ‘Shall We Dance?’
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André Rieu’s annual hometown Maastricht concerts attract fans from all corners of the globe. The medieval town square is transformed into a spectacular backdrop for unforgettable concerts filled with humour, fun and emotion for all ages – and, of course, magnificent music.
Find out more »Neruda (Spanish with subtitles)
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Mixing history with fiction, the film shows the dramatic events of the brutal suppression of communists in Chile in 1948, based around the life of Pablo Neruda, a Senator, former ambassador and well known poet (later being awarded the Nobel Prize). Neruda speaks out against repression and is forced to become a fugitive in his own country, hunted by a police inspector who feels he needs to get to know his prey, so immersing himself in Neruda’s poetry. Directed by Pablo…
Find out more »Royal Shakespeare Company: Measure For Measure
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“To whom should I complain?”
When a young novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official, who offers to save her brother from execution in return for sex, she has no idea where to turn for help. When she threatens to expose him, he tells her that no one would believe her. Shakespeare wrote this play in the early 1600s, yet it remains astonishingly resonant today.
August 2019
Bohemian Rhapsody
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A foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury. They attain unparalleled success, but unexpectedly Mercury, surrounded by darker forces, shuns the band to pursue a solo career. He reunites with them in time to lead Queen into one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music, at the Live Aid Concert (1985), while bravely facing his recent diagnosis of AIDs. Nominated for five Oscars including Best Actor & Best Motion Picture. Starring Rami…
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