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27 mar - 7 may 2009 Cover image: PARIS 36, screening 10 - 16 April.
INDEX
Archive Screenings......................................................15 Autism-Friendly Screenings......................................10 Benefit Evening: The Turning Point.......................... 2 Big Scream!...................................................................10 China! China! China!.................................................... 13 Cinema Information....................................................18 Cinema Plus..................................................................10 Diary of Films.........................................................16 - 17 Dining Rooms................................................................19 Film Classics................................................................... 11 Film and Panel Discussion: The Age of Stupid....... 9 In the Night Garden.....................................................15 Kids’ Club.......................................................................10
King's College Choir Live............................................ 2 Live Music: Poet in New York.................................... 12 Main Features.......................................................... 3 - 8 Membership...................................................................16 National Theatre Live: Phèdre.................................. 12 New York Met Opera Live........................................... 2 Norfolk and Norwich Festival....................................15 Preview and Satellite Q&A: State of Play............... 12 Popcorn-Free Screenings...........................................10 Royal Opera House Live.............................................. 2 School Holiday Specials.............................................. 9 Silver Screen.................................................................10 Talking Film: Notorious............................................... 13 UEA Presents: Rebecca + Borat................................ 11
Benefit evening: THE TURNING POINT (PG) Thursday 7 May, 7.00 for 7.30 For anyone interested in ballet and dance, Cinema City will be showing THE TURNING POINT, which features wonderful performances from Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft. This screening is a benefit evening on behalf of Dance East, the regional dance agency for the East of England. Tickets are £22 including a glass of champagne on arrival. Please call for further details.
KING’S COLLEGE CHOIR, CAMBRIDGE Sunday 5 April, 7.10 for 7.30
Handel: Messiah
TICKETS AVAILABLE Handel died exactly 250 years ago in April this year. On Palm Sunday the Choir of King’s College under Stephen Cleobury will perform Handel’s Messiah. It will be broadcast live from the magnificent surroundings of King’s College Chapel. The Choir will be joined by soloists from Royal Opera House and the Academy of Ancient Music. Tickets: Full Price £20, Concessions £19, Members £17.50 and under-15s £5
The Metropolitan Opera 2008/09 Season IN HD Saturday 9 May, 5.30
Rossini: La Cenerentola
SOLD OUT - Please enquire about returns Tickets: Full Price £25, Concessions £20, Members and under-15s £17.50
Royal Opera House 2008/09 Season Wednesday 3 June, 7.10
Henze: Ondine TICKETS AVAILABLE
Tuesday 30 June, 6.40
Verdi: La traviata
TICKETS AVAILABLE Tickets: Full Price £20, Concessions £19, Members £17.50, Children £5
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27 - 31 MAR
Main features
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DOUBT (15) Director: John Patrick Shanley. Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams. USA 2008. 104 mins.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
27 - 31 MAR
The winds of change are sweeping through a tight-knit religious community, and charismatic priest Father Flynn is doing his best to adapt by revisiting the school's notoriously strict disciplinary practices. Unfortunately his progressive ideas stand in stark contrast to the longstanding beliefs of Sister Aloysius Beauvie. Into this tempestuous environment appears young Donald Muller, the school’s first black student. When Sister Beauvier hears that Father Flynn and Donald have been spending a lot of time together, she begins a merciless crusade to reveal the clergyman as a child molester. A powerful depiction of persecution.
THE CLASS (15) Director: Laurent Cantet. Starring: Juliette Demaille, François Bégaudeau, Wei Huang, Franck Keita. France 2008. 130 mins. French with English subtitles.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
27 MAR - 2 APR
Based on the bestselling novel Entre les Murs by former teacher François Bégaudeau, the latest film from Cantet demonstrates his social and ethical conscience and his mastery of compelling human dramas. François and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough Paris neighbourhood. Neither stuffy nor severe, his extravagant frankness often takes the students by surprise. But his classroom ethics are put to the test when his students begin to challenge his teaching methods. One of the most deserving Palme d’Or winners in the history of the Cannes Film Festival, THE CLASS gently teases out tensions and issues within the classroom, examining without didacticism and with extreme objectivity the various challenges the pupils and teachers face. Absolutely enthralling and utterly essential.
TWO LOVERS (15) Director: James Gray. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw. USA 2008. 110 mins.
Picturehouse Recommends
27 MAR - 9 APR
Gray’s fourth film takes place in the Brooklyn neighbourhoods that have characterised all of his work, but TWO LOVERS is more intimate than his crime movies such as THE YARDS and WE OWN THE NIGHT. Leonard has moved back in with his parents after a relationship ended in heartbreak. He is depressed and lonely, so his parents try to set him up with Sandra. But when he meets Michelle (Paltrow), a beautiful and volatile woman who has recently moved into the block, his head is turned. As Michelle begins to expose her secrets to him and Sandra reveals hidden depths, Leonard struggles with his conflicting emotions. With TWO LOVERS, Gray has delivered a credible and romantic drama of some distinction. Michael Hayden, The Times BFI London Film Festival
THE DAMNED UNITED (15) Director: Tom Hooper. Starring: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Colm Meaney. UK 2009. 98 mins.
Picturehouse Recommends
Peter Morgan’s (FROST/NIXON) brilliant adaptation of David Peace’s novel tells the confrontational and darkly humorous story of Brian Clough’s doomed 44-day tenure as manager of the reigning champions of English football in the 1970s, Leeds United. Previously managed by his bitter rival Don Revie, and on the back of their most successful period ever, Leeds had an aggressive and cynical style of football. This was anathema to the principled yet flamboyant Brian Clough, who had achieved astonishing success as manager of Hartlepool and Derby County building teams in his own vision with trusty lieutenant Peter Taylor. The performances are riveting, with Sheen and Meaney excellent as Clough and Revie respectively.
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Main features
28 - 30 MAR
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NOTORIOUS (U) Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern. USA 1946. 102 mins.
+ introduced screening 29 mar see page 11 for details.
From 1 Apr
Graced with passionate performances and featuring one of the greatest onscreen kisses in cinema history, this classic romantic espionage thriller is amongst Hitchcock’s very finest. At the end of World War II, American military intelligence drafts the alluring daughter (Bergman) of a convicted Nazi to infiltrate a band of nefarious Germans who have fled to Brazil. She is teamed with a dashing but chilly agent (Grant) with whom she falls deeply in love. Because of her past, however, the rigid and judgmental agent refuses to trust her - and their relationship falls apart completely when she agrees to marry the ringleader of the Germans in order to have better access to information. Suspenseful to the very end, the film has been beautifully restored by the British Film Institute.
THE BOAT THAT ROCKED (15) Director: Richard Curtis. Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost. UK 2009. 132 mins. The new comedy from Curtis (LOVE ACTUALLY), centred on the British pirate radio revolution of the '60s, largely takes place in a rusty fishing trawler moored off the coast of England. In 1966, arguably British pop music's finest era, the BBC played only two hours of rock and roll every week. But pirate radio blasted rock and pop from the high seas 24 hours a day. And 25 million people listened to these pirates every single day. An ensemble comedy in which the romance takes place between young people and pop music, the film also concerns a band of rogue DJs who captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and stood up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz.
3, 4 & 6 - 9 Apr
VALKYRIE (12A) Director: Bryan Singer. Starring: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson. USA/Germany 2008. 121 mins. In a totalitarian state in the grips of evil where justice and honour have been subverted, a group of men inside the highest reaches of power decide to take action. Director Singer (SUPERMAN RETURNS) brings to life the true story of the men who tried to assassinate Hitler. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who serves his country while hoping that someone will stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realising that time is running out, he decides to take action himself and joins the German Resistance. With a cunning strategy to use Hitler’s own emergency plan against him, von Stauffenberg is thrust from being one of many who oppose Hitler to the one who must kill Hitler himself.
3 - 9 Apr
three monkeys (15) Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Starring: Yavuz Bingöl, Hatice Aslan, Ercan Kesal, Yavuz Bingol. Turkey/France/Italy 2008. 109 mins. Turkish with English subtitles. THREE MONKEYS is a gripping and tightly wound psychological drama. Politician Servet has caused a car accident, and he persuades his driver, Eyüp, to assume responsibility in return for a considerable sum. While Eyüp is in prison, his wife becomes involved with Servet, and the couple’s teenage son must carry the weight of their secret. Eyüp’s release functions as an unleashing of past indiscretions and various family deceits, desires and anxieties. All too soon the fractured family find themselves entangled in an increasingly complex web of subterfuge. Weaving a carefully calibrated maelstrom of violence, moral decay and ruined lives, this is a potent, perfectly executed work.
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3 - 9 Apr
Main features
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GRAN TORINO (15) Director: Clint Eastwood. Starring: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang. USA 200. 116 mins. Eastwood’s first acting performance since MILLION DOLLAR BABY, GRAN TORINO is another distinguished entry into the director’s series of films that ponder violence, its place and its cost. Decades after the Korean War, veteran Walt Kowalski is still haunted by the horrors he witnessed. The two objects that matter most to Kowalski are the classic Gran Torino that represents his happier days working in a Ford assembly plant, and the M-1 rifle that saved his life during combat. When his East Asian teenage neighbour attempts to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski discovers that the only way to lay his painful memories to rest is to face his own blinding prejudice head-on. Impeccably directed and performed, the film confirms Eastwood as perhaps the greatest living talent in American cinema.
10 - 12 Apr
MILK (15) Director: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Sean Penn, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna. USA 2008. 128 mins.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
10 - 16 Apr
In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into major public office in America. His victory was not just a victory for gay rights; he forged coalitions across the political spectrum. From senior citizens to union workers, he changed the very nature of what it meant to be a fighter for human rights before his assassination in 1978. MILK charts the last eight years of Harvey Milk’s life. Penn is on superlative form in the title role giving a nuanced, understated performance that perfectly captures the man’s humanity and humility.
PARIS 36 (Cert TBC) Director: Christophe Barratier. Starring: Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, Nora Arnezeder. France/Germany/Czech Republic 2008. 120 mins. French with English subtitles. From the director of THE CHORUS comes an equally charming musical comedy about a group of performers who stop at nothing to keep the magic of theatre alive. 1936, a suburb to the northeast of Paris. The springtime election of a left-wing government brings new hopes, but also sees the rise of extremist ideas. As the film opens, mounting debts at the neighbourhood music hall mean the proprietorship passes to the local mob boss, who promptly closes it down. Depressed and running out of money, newly-unemployed stagehand Pignoil and his friends Milou, a proud idealist, and Jacky (Merad), a flawed comedian, decide to stand up to the mobster, occupy the theatre and return it to its glory days.
10 - 16 Apr
BOTTLE SHOCK (12A) Director: Randall Miller. Starring: Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Chris Pine, Freddy Rodriguez. USA 2008. 109 mins.
+ wine tasting event thu 16 apr see page 19 for details.
In 1976, a small American winery bested the exalted French wines of the time and sent the wine industry into a tizzy - putting Californian wines on the map for good. Based on a true story, BOTTLE SHOCK chronicles the events leading up to the famous ‘Judgment of Paris’ tastings, told through the lives of father and son, Jim and Bo Barrett. Jim (Pullman) had sacrificed everything to realise his dream of creating the perfect hand-crafted chardonnay. His business, however, is struggling. Meanwhile in Paris, British wine shop owner Steven Spurrier (Rickman) hopes to revive his own failing business by sponsoring a competition to pit the traditional French powerhouses against the Californian upstarts. Little did the men know that they were on course to change the history of wine forever. Contains infrequent strong language and moderate sex and drug references.
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13 - 16 Apr
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IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA (PG) Director: José Luis Guerín. Starring: Xavier Lafitte, Pilar López de Ayala, Laurence Cordier, Tanja Czichy. Spain 2007. 85 mins. French and Spanish with English subtitles. The pleasure of people-watching is raised to the level of high art in this dreamy, ravishing study of one man's pursuit of lost love, a delightful film whose apparent airiness is anchored by real substance. A pensive young writer (played by angel-faced Lafitte) glimpses a woman he once knew, and follows her, desperate to revive their liaison from years before. But does she remember him? Did he really know her at all? And is he really looking for her, or will any beautiful woman do...? Festooned with gorgeous faces, drenched in melancholy romance, and extraordinarily sophisticated in its visual and narrative style, this is a treat for all of the senses.
17 - 23 Apr
good (15) Director: Vicente Amorim. Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Gemma Jones. USA 2008. 96 mins. GOOD, which is based on the acclaimed play by C. P. Taylor, stars Mortensen (APPALOOSA) in an extraordinary change-of-pace role as John Halder, a good, decent individual with family problems. A German literature professor in the 1930s, Halder explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by powerful political figures in support of government propaganda, Halder finds his career rising in an optimistic current of nationalism and prosperity. Yet with his change in fortune, his seemingly inconsequential decisions potentially jeopardise the people in his life with devastating effects.
17 - 30 Apr
IN THE LOOP (15) Director: Armando Iannucci. Starring: James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander, Chris Addison, Anna Chlumsky. UK 2009. 106 mins.
Picturehouse Recommends
24 - 27 Apr
Directed by master satirist Iannucci and written by the team that brought you The Thick of It, IN THE LOOP is a razor-sharp political comedy. The US President and British Prime Minister fancy a war. The British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster, disagrees. But when he accidentally backs military action on prime-time TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington. If he can get in with the right D.C. people, if his entourage of one can sleep with the right intern, and if he can stop the UN vote being rigged, he can halt the war. If he can’t... well, he can always sack his advisor, whom he never liked anyway. The film pulls no political punches and is both pertinent and wickedly funny.
ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL (15) Director: Sacha Gervasi. USA 2008. 80 mins. After the likes of Spinal Tap and Penelope Spheeris mined the world of heavy metal for comedy and insight so memorably, who would have bet that Canadian band Anvil would be the subject of a film that not only deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as the metal movie greats, but also breaks new ground in this territory? Formed in Toronto by two school friends, Anvil drifted into obscurity following limited success in the early 1980s. Now in their 50s, the two men are still dedicated to following their rock dreams, even as each glimmer of encouragement they get is being snuffed out. Gervasi is allowed incredible access to the band, portraying their eccentricities, anxieties, confrontations and meltdowns with frankness, but never without affection. Michael Hayden and the London Film Festival
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24 & 27 - 30 Apr
Main features
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FLASH OF GENIUS (12A) Director: Marc Abraham. Starring: Greg Kinnear, Dermot Mulroney, Lauren Graham, Alan Alda. USA 2008. 119 mins. Kinnear stars in Abraham's man-against-the-system docudrama as inventor Robert Kearns, the visionary who developed the modern intermittent windshield wiper. Kearns submitted his invention to the big car companies, each of which promptly rejected it; they then turned around and put the device to use. The enraged inventor spent several decades attempting to collect on his patent, and mounting lawsuits that travelled all the way to the Supreme Court. Co-scripted by Scott Frank from an article that originally appeared in The New Yorker, FLASH OF GENIUS is an engrossing and beautifully performed David vs Goliath tale. Contains one use of strong language.
24 - 30 Apr
FLAME & CITRON (15) Director: Ole Christian Madsen. Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thure Lindhardt, Stine Stengade. Denmark 2008. 136 mins. Danish and German with English subtitles. Copenhagen, 1944. Denmark is under Nazi occupation. Resistance fighters Flame and Citron work undercover for the Holger Danske group performing acts of sabotage and liquidating informers. Unified in their hatred of enemies of freedom, the younger, idealistic Flame dreams of openly taking up arms against the occupying power, whereas the more sensitive Citron is drawn to the politics of resistance. When Flame is commanded to execute his girlfriend Ketty, a courier, he questions his orders. The story is based on true events, with much of the plot and dialogue developed from eyewitness accounts. Avoiding the clichĂŠs of the genre, Madsen brings a piercing freshness of vision coupled with a real sense of history. Sarah Lutton, The Times bfi london film festival
24 -30 Apr
GENOvA (15) Director: Michael Winterbottom. Starring: Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, Hope Davis, Willa Holland. UK 2008. 94 mins. GENOVA has an immediacy and truthfulness that draws us into the story of a family trying to rebuild itself after a tragic event. Firth plays Joe, a lecturer who takes a job in the Italian town of Genova, seeing it as a fresh start for him and his daughters following the death of his wife. Sixteen-year-old Kelly starts to explore her new world. Meanwhile her younger sister Mary is haunted by nightmares and she begins to see her mother walking in the streets. Winterbottom shoots the film largely hand-held, using real locations and available light. The lack of artifice shines through, not least in the wholly believable performances. Sandra Hebron, Times BFI London Film Festival
24 Apr - 7 May
STATE OF PLAY (Cert TBC) Director: Kevin Macdonald. Starring: Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams. USA 2009. TBC mins.
+ satellite Q&A mon 20 apr, see page 12 for details. Picturehouse recommends
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND director Macdonald teams with screenwriter Tony Gilroy for this American adaptation of the hit British miniseries concerning the suspicious circumstances that set a rising congressman and a dogged reporter on a dangerous collision course. Stephen Collins is ascending the ladder of power with unprecedented speed. But when his research assistant/mistress is viciously murdered, some unsavoury truths begin to surface. Back in the day, Collins was a close friend of Cal McAffrey, now a top reporter in Washington. Assigned the task of investigating Collins by his ruthless editor Cameron, McAffrey recruits fellow reporter Della in order to track down the truth and identify the killer.
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1 - 7 May
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FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING (15) Director: Kari Skogland. Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers, Nathalie Press. UK/Canada 2008. 117 mins.
Picturehouse Recommends
1 - 7 May
Martin McGartland is a small-time hustler working in late-Eighties Belfast. He is recruited by a complex, wily intelligence agent to feed information about Irish Republican Army activities to the British. With every success, he intensifies the danger posed to himself and his family. The IRA is ruthless in its retribution once it learns of an infiltrator: he becomes a “dead man walking”. But McGartland finds the grip of his relationship with the agent both hard to shake and secretly comforting. Inspired by McGartland and Nicholas Davies' book, Kari Skogland captures the character of Northern Ireland in the Eighties with great sensitivity and precision, reflecting both the despair and the personal toll of the conflict.
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (15) Director: Tomas Alfredson. Starring: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragner, Henrik Dahl. Sweden 2008. 114 mins. Swedish with English subtitles.
Picturehouse Recommends
From 1 May
A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his classmates. His wish for a friend comes true when Eli moves in next door. A pale, serious girl, she only comes out at night and doesn’t seem affected by the freezing temperatures. Coinciding with her arrival is a series of inexplicable disappearances and murders. For Oskar, who is fascinated by gruesome stories, it doesn’t take long for his imagination to take flight. But by then a subtle romance has blossomed between the two, and she gives him the strength to stand up to his aggressors. Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing yet poetic and unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence.
IS ANYBODY THERE? (12A) Director: John Crowley. Starring: Michael Caine, Bill Milner, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrissey. UK 2008. 95 mins. Edward lives in a rambling hospice for the aged, where his parents are the managers. Surrounded by the elderly, he is fascinated by death and what happens afterwards. With the arrival of the bitter, burned-out Clarence, Edward's interests take on an entirely different dimension. An ex-magician who has stopped practising, he is barely able to tolerate the young whippersnapper. But soon they are drawn together as outsiders trying to make sense of the world. Full of wit and wisdom, this film confronts death and the hereafter with humour and honesty. Contains one use of strong language and suicide references.
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Other screenings
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H SCHOOL HOLIDAY SPECIALS Mon 6 – Thu 9 Apr, 1.20 daily THE BELLES OF ST TRINIAN’S (U) Director: Frank Launder. Starring: Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole. UK 1954. 94 mins.
Fri 10 Apr, 1.20, Sun 12 apr, 12.20, Mon 13 & Tue 14 Apr, 1.20 HUE AND CRY (U) Director: Charles Crichton. Starring: Alastair Sim, Harry Fowler, Jack Warner. UK 1947. 82 mins.
Inspired by Ronald Searle’s timeless cartoons and following the success of THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE, director Frank Launder and screenwriter Sidney Gilliat reunited with Alastair Sim and Joyce Grenfell to bring the unorthodox girls of St Trinian’s to the screen for the first time. In the words of the immortal headmistress Miss Millicent Fritton (Alastair Sim): “In other schools girls are sent out quite unprepared into a merciless world, but when our girls leave here, it is the merciless world which has to be prepared.” The original and still the best.
Fifteen-year-old Joe leads a gang of boys who play around in the bomb-sites of London's East End. He discovers that a popular weekly comic book is being used as a means of communication between a master criminal and some fur thieves. After the police dismiss his claims, Joe and his friends decide to take matters into their own hands. The first of the famous Ealing comedies remains a classic adventure to be enjoyed by children and adults alike.
Wed 15 – Fri 17 & Sun 19 Apr, 1.20 daily THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE (U) Director: Frank Launder. Starring: Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, Joyce Grenfell. UK 1950. 83 mins.
A mix-up at the Ministry of Education billets the girls of St. Swithin’s School to Nutbourne College for Boys and an epic battle ensues between headmaster Wetherby Pond (Alastair Sim) and headmistress Muriel Whitchurch (Margaret Rutherford) in this classic farce based on the play by John Dighton. Includes a scene-stealing performance from Joyce Grenfell as games mistress Miss Gossage.
Film and Panel Discussion MON 6 APR, 8.30
THE AGE OF STUPID (12A) Director: Franny Armstrong. Starring: Pete Postlethwaite. UK 2009. 92 mins. Arguably the most important documentary of 2009, THE AGE OF STUPID is the new climate change blockbuster from Franny Armstrong, director of McLIBEL. Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the environmental wasteland of 2055, looking back at footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we save ourselves when we had the chance? Contains bleeped strong language and reality footage of death and injury. Followed by a panel discussion featuring film sponsor Anthony Smith, and representatives from Norwich City Council, Transition Norwich and East Anglian Food Link. Is this our last chance? Can we stop the clock and change our ways? Ask the panel after the film.
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Regular clubs & events
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AUTISM-FRIENDLY SCREENING
Screenings especially for people on the autism spectrum and their families, friends and carers. During screenings low lights are left on and the volume is reduced. Customers can move around, make noise or take a break. Tickets cost £2.50 for everyone (no concessions or free tickets for support workers). Further information: Anna Stubbings: anna@cinemaplus.org.uk l SUN 19 APR, 11.00am
THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (U) 94 mins.
BIG SCREAM!
Our regular club for parents and carers with babies under one year old. Film at 11.00am. Free tea/coffee/pastries with each ticket. We have nappy-changing facilities and our staff will help park your buggy. l TUE 31 MAR & THU 2 APR l TUE 7 & THU 9 APR l TUE 14 & THU 16 APR l TUE 21 & THU 23 APR l TUE 28 & THU 30 APR l TUE 5 & THU 7 MAY
TWO LOVERS (15) + THE DAMNED UNITED (15) THE BOAT THAT ROCKED (Cert TBC) + GRAN TORINO (15) BOTTLE SHOCK (12A) + PARIS 36 (Cert TBC) IN THE LOOP (15) + GOOD (15) FLASH OF GENIUS (12A) + GENOVA (15) IS ANYBODY THERE? (12A) + STATE OF PLAY (Cert TBC)
KIDS’ CLUB
Every Saturday. Doors open at 10.30am for activities followed by a film at 11.00am. Membership £4 (first film FREE). Tickets £2 /£4.50 non-Members. Adults only admitted if accompanying children. Two adults go free. l SAT 28 MAR MADAGASCAR 2 (PG) 89 mins. l SAT 4 APR THE INCREDIBLES (U) 120 mins. l SAT 11 APR FLUSHED AWAY (U) 85 mins.
l SAT 18 APR THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (U) 93 mins. l SAT 25 APR THE ANT BULLY (U) 89 mins. l SAT 2 MAY HOTEL FOR DOGS (U) 100 mins.
Note to parents: Parents may leave children over eight alone in screenings but should be aware that the cinema is not providing any official child care. We do, though, take special precautions for Kids’ Club screenings to provide as safe an environment as possible for younger audiences. These include increased staffing and ensuring that customers over 18 are not permitted to the screening unless they are accompanying a child. If you leave your children in the cinema please be there on time to collect them at the end of the film.
POPCORN-FREE SCREENINGS
Selected screenings on a Tuesday are designated ‘food free’. While we gratefully request patrons to enjoy the film without confectionary or snacks, a much less audible glass of wine - or indeed any beverage of your choice - is positively encouraged. l TUE 31 MAR, 6.00 TWO LOVERS (15) l TUE 7 APR, 5.40 VALKYRIE (12A) l TUE 14 APR, 6.00 PARIS 36 (Cert TBC)
l TUE 21 APR, 6.00 GOOD (15) l TUE 28 APR, 5.50 STATE OF PLAY (Cert TBC) l TUE 5 MAY, 6.10 IS ANYBODY THERE? (12A)
SILVER SCREEN
WEDNESDAYS BEFORE 3.00. Over-60s can enjoy complimenary tea/coffee and biscuits when they buy a ticket to any film commencing before 3.00 on a Wednesday.
Media Education Partnership for Norfolk
THE FAB FOUR:
www.cinemaplus.org.uk anna@cinemaplus.org.uk 01603 625 145 / 628 612
Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Tony Richardson & Joseph Losey This eight-week-long evening course will examine the work of four influential directors working in Britain from the 1930s to the ‘60s. Led by tutor Sue Burge, the course will look at Britain’s complex relationship with Hollywood and the influence of current events of the time. Films studied will include SABOTAGE, THE 39 STEPS, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, IN WHICH WE SERVE, THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER, TOM JONES, THE GO-BETWEEN and THE SERVANT. The course runs from Thursday 4 June until Thursday 23 July (6.45 – 8.45pm) at Cinema City and costs £75 / £55 concessions. Beginners welcome! To book contact: anna@cinemaplus.org.uk / 01603 625145
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FILM CLASSICS SUN 5 APR, 4.00 MANON DES SOURCES (PG) Director: Claude Berri. Starring: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart. France 1987. 114 mins. French with English subtitles. The concluding part of a story begun by JEAN DE FLORETTE, MANON DES SOURCES takes up the story ten years on with Manon, the daughter of the eponymous Jean, haunting the hillside above the farm which belonged to her father and vowing revenge on the Soubeyrans who stole his property. A tale of love, rejection and inevitable tragedy. SUN 19 APR, 3.20 SILENT RUNNING (U) Cinema City Staff Choice. Chosen by Jon Allen (Manager and Projectionist) and Charlie Meigh (Manager) Director: Douglas Trumbull. Starring: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint. USA 1972. 89 mins. Bruce Dern stars as the caretaker of a group of space stations that are sent into orbit with the last remaining greenery from the planet. When word arrives from the Powers the Be that the greenhouse is to be destroyed, he ignores the order. SUN 3 May, 5.20 SOME LIKE IT HOT (PG) Director: Billy Wilder. Starring: Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe. USA 1959. 117 mins. Billy Wilder's legendary comedy about prohibition and gender confusion. Curtis and Lemmon play two musicians fleeing Chicago gangsters and hiding out with an all-girl dance band heading for Miami. H Also on Sunday 3 May: We will be showing off our new wine menu and offering delicious nibbles in the courtyard. Make a day of it at Cinema City!
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THE DARK SIDE OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK SUN 29 MAR, 2.40
NOTORIOUS (U), INTRODUCED BY DEREK JOHNSTON See page 4 for details of this film. Derek Johnston is a PhD candidate and associate tutor at UEA researching science fiction on British television during the BBC monopoly.
DUBYA’S TIME
As the US embarks upon a new era of optimism under President Obama, we look back at American cinema under the Bush Administration with a short season of films that satirise American culture and criticise the War on Terror. SUN 26 APR, 3.00
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN (15) INTRODUCED BY LIZ POWELL
Director: Larry Charles. Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Pamela Anderson. USA 2006. 84 mins. Master of disguise Sacha Baron Cohen explores America as crude and clueless Kazakhstani reporter Borat in this feature mockumentary. Liz Powell is a first year PhD student at UEA. Her research examines representations of trauma in post-9/11 film and literature. Events will start promptly at the advertised time with introductions lasting for roughly ten minutes. COMING SOON: SUN 31 MAY CHILDREN OF MEN (15) SUN 28 JUN THE DARK KNIGHT (12A)
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Preview of STATE OF PLAY + Satellite Q&A with Director Kevin Macdonald Monday 20 April, 7.30 Join us for a preview screening of STATE OF PLAY followed by a satellite Q&A with the film’s director, Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald, whose most recent works include TOUCHING THE VOID and THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND. Headed by an all-star Academy Award-winning cast including Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Helen Mirren, STATE OF PLAY is a riveting, edge-of-your-seat thriller about politics, murder and corporate collusion. More details about the film are on page 7 and at www.picturehouses.co.uk/stateofplay
A Concert of Unique and Evocative Music POET IN NEW YORK Performed by Keith James and Rick Foot Tuesday 28 April, 8.30 Featuring material by Leonard Cohen, Federico García Lorca, Vladimir Nabokov, Laura Nyro, Bob Dylan, Suzanne Vega and Pablo Neruda. The evening also includes a documentary about the life and work of Leonard Cohen. Keith James (vocals and guitar) and Rick Foot (double bass) have achieved great acclaim and success as interpretative performers of the work of Nick Drake and Federico García Lorca. Their latest concert exposes the fear, fascination and vulnerability that fragile and creative people have experienced when confronted with somewhere as unsettling as NYC - transient, out of time, almost invisible.
25 June 2009, 6.30
Phèdre by Jean Racine in a version by Ted Hughes with Helen Mirren in the title role
Consumed by an uncontrollable passion for her young stepson and believing Theseus, her absent husband, to be dead, Phèdre confesses her darkest desires and enters the world of nightmare. When Theseus returns alive and well, Phèdre, fearing exposure, accuses her stepson of rape. The result is carnage. This savage play by Jean Racine is translated into verse by the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes. Tickets £10 (£9 Members) On sale 23 March
photo (Helen Mirren) by Charlotte MacMillan
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CHINA! CHINA! CHINA! Screenings introduced by Chris Rodden. MON 30 MAR, 8.30 STILL LIFE (PG) Director: Jia Zhangke. Starring: Han Sanming, Zhao Tao, Wang Hongwei. China 2006. 113 mins. Mandarin with English subtitles. Jia Zhangke’s humane and very moving Golden Lion winner tells two stories about the fall-out from broken relationships, both set in an ancient but soon-to-vanish town in Sichuan’s Three Gorges. MON 13 APR, 8.30 SUZHOU RIVER (12A) Director: Lou Ye. Starring: Zhou Xun, Jia Hongsheng, Yao Anlian, Nai An. China/Germany 1999. 83 mins. Mandarin with English subtitles. A lonely videographer wanders the streets of Shanghai, unable to forget his love, Meimei, who suddenly left him without explanation. Touching, engaging and cool as hell, this is an exploration of memory and identity. MON 27 APR, 8.30 MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES (U) Director: Jennifer Baichwal. Canada 2006. 87 mins. English and Mandarin with English subtitles. Acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal follows photographer Edward Burtynsky to China and Bangladesh. The result is a beautiful film, exploring the aesthetics and social and spiritual dimensions of globalisation. Members’ Offer: 2 for 1 entry for Cinema City Members to the China! China! China! exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts until 3 May 2009 – Membership card must be shown. Exhibition tickets are £4.00 adults, £2.00 concessions, £8.00 family (up to 2 adults and 3 children), £6.00 family concessions. Tel 01603 593 199. www.scva.ac.uk. Sainsbury Centre Friends can buy members’ rate tickets to the China! China! China! film season and Talking Film event on production of Friend’s Card.
Talking Film A series of talks about cinema by leading experts. Talks normally last 45 - 60 minutes and there will be around half an hour for discussions afterwards. Tickets: Full price £5/£3 Members/£4.50 concessions. TUE 7 APR, 8.30
THE GENESIS OF CONTEMPORAY CHINESE CINEMA, BY CHRIS RODDEN
Rarely has a nation’s cinema had to operate under so many political and cultural restraints as that of mainland China. Yet, since 1984, Chinese films have exploded onto the international scene. In this illustrated talk Rodden traces the influences, both political and artistic, that have determined its path. Ideas of tradition, identity, censorship and Western influence are considered as we examine the cinematic image China presents to the world as it imposes itself upon the global economy. Chris Rodden is the Film Programmer for Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
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Four episodes of In The Night Garden will be screening here over a two-week period from Friday 20 March please check in cinema for details and show times.
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ARCHIVE SCREENINGS All screenings start at 11.30am. Tickets are just £4.00 full price, £3.00 concessions, £2.00 Members. SAT 28 MAR THE NORFOLK COAST (CERT TBC) The story of the wild and beautiful Norfolk coast, from the herring fleets to holidaymakers. SAT 4, 11, 18 & 25 APR GI AIRMEN IN EAST ANGLIA (CERT TBC) Rare, original film and interviews with some of the US air force based here during World War 2.
The brand new DVD, Look at that! is available to buy from 23 March, priced at £12.99
SAT 2 MAY THE BROADS: A NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK TREASURE (CERT TBC) Life as it used to be in a wildlife paradise where wherries sailed the quiet rivers and small communities harvested reeds and hunted food.
In the Night Garden ™ & © Ragdoll Worldwide Limited 2007.
An eclectic line-up of films at Cinema City beings a new dimension to this year’s Norfolk & Norwich Festival. Spectacle, sensational soundtracks, show-stopping performances, and even some cunning thematic links to other elements of the Festival programme – these films have got the lot. For a full Festival programme visit www.nnfestival.org.uk or email info@nnfestival.org.uk. SUN 3 MAY, 3.00 SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (U) Director: Stanley Donen. Starring: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Jean Hagen, Cyd Charisse. USA 1952. 103 mins. An affectionate satire about the transition from silents to the talkies with an array of immortal songs and dance numbers. A total MGM spectacle well worth watching on the big screen. MON 4 MAY, 8.30 & WED 6 MAY, 3.00 LA VIE EN ROSE (12A) Director: Olivier Dahan. Starring: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud. France 2007. 140 mins. French with English subtitles. From the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York, Edith Piaf’s life was a constant battle to sing, live and love. But the ‘Little Sparrow’ flew so high it was inevitable that she would burn her wings. Contains one use of strong language, and moderate drug and sex references. WED 6 MAY, 8.30 RIZE (PG) Director: David LaChapelle. Starring: Tommy the Clown. USA 2005. 86 mins. RIZE follows the groundbreaking dance phenomenon that evolved on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles, bringing to light a fast and furious form of artistic expression borne from oppression. COMING SOON: SUN 10 MAY THE PRINCESS BRIDE (PG) MON 11 MAY & WED 13 MAY CABARET (15) WED 13 MAY KOYAANISQATSI (U)
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The Damned United (15) Daily except Sunday: 1.30, 3.50, 6.20, 8.40 Sunday only: 12.40, 3.00, 5.30, 7.50 Two Lovers (15) Daily except Sunday: 1.00 (not Tue/Thu), 3.30, 6.00, 8.30 Sunday only: 12.00, 2.30, 5.00, 7.30 The Class (15) 12.00 (Sun), 12.40 (Fri/Mon/Tue), 3.10 (Sat), 5.55 (Sat), 7.40 (Sun), 8.20 (Fri/Tue) Doubt (15) 12.50 (Sat), 3.20 (Fri/Mon/Tue), 5.20 (Sun), 5.50 (Fri/Tue) Notorious (U) 2.50 (Sun: Introduced screening), 5.50 (Mon), 8.50 (Sat) The Boat That Rocked (15) Wed/Thu only: 2.30, 5.50, 8.50 Preschool Screenings: In the Night Garden (U) 11.00am (not Thu), 11.55am (not Thu) Kids’ Club: Madagascar 2 (PG) 11.00am (Sat) Archive Screening: The Norfolk Coast (Cert TBC) 11.30am (Sat) China! China! China!: Still Life (PG) 8.30 (Mon) Popcorn-Free Screening: Two Lovers (15) 6.00 (Tue) Big Scream!: Two Lovers (15) + The Damned United (15) 11.00am (Tue/Thu)
WEEK COMMENCING 3 APR The Boat That Rocked (15) Daily except Sunday: 12.00, 2.50, 5.50, 8.50 Sunday only: 1.50, 4.50, 7.50 Three Monkeys (15) 12.30 (Fri/Mon/Wed), 1.00 (Sat), 2.40 (Sun/Tue), 6.10 (Mon/Thu), 6.30 (Sat), 8.20 (Fri/Wed) Gran Torino (15) 1.20 (Sun), 3.00 (Mon), 4.00 (Sat), 5.40 (Fri/Wed), 8.40 (Thu), 9.00 (Sat) Valkyrie (12A) 1.30 (Sat), 3.00 (Fri/Wed/Thu), 5.40 (Tue), 8.40 (Mon) The Damned United (15) Times TBC Kids’ Club: The Incredibles (U) 11.00am (Sat) Archive Screening: GI Airmen in East Anglia (Cert TBC) 11.30am (Sat) Film Classic: Manon des Sources (PG) 4.00 (Sun) King's College Choir Live via Satellite: Handel's Messiah 7.10 (Sun) Holiday Special: The Belles of St. Trinian’s (U) Mon-Thu only: 1.20 Screening + Panel Discussion: The Age of Stupid (12A) 8.30 (Mon) Popcorn-Free Screening: Valkyrie (12A) 5.40 (Tue) Talking Film: Contemporary Chinese Cinema 8.30 (Tue) Big Scream!: The Boat That Rocked (15) + Gran Torino (15) 11.00am (Tue/Thu)
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The Boat That Rocked (15) Times TBC Paris 36 (Cert TBC) Daily except Sunday: 3.20, 6.00, 8.30 Sunday only: 12.00, 2.40, 5.20, 8.00 Sat/Wed only: 12.40 Bottle Shock (12A) Daily except Sunday: 3.10 5.10 (Sun), 5.40 (Mon), 6.10 (Fri/Sat), 8.40 (Tue/Wed/Thu) Milk (15) 2.20 (Sun), 7.40 (Sun), 8.40 (Fri/Sat) In the City of Sylvia (PG) 1.00 (Mon), 6.30 (Tue/Wed/Thu) Holiday Special: Hue and Cry (U) 12.20 (Sun), 1.20 (Fri/Mon/Tue) Holiday Special: The Happiest Days of Your Life (U) 1.20 (Wed/Thu) Kids’ Club: Flushed Away (U) 11.00am (Sat) Archive Screening: GI Airmen in East Anglia (Cert TBC) 11.30am (Sat) China! China! China!: Suzhou River (12A) 8.30 (Mon) Popcorn-Free Screening: Paris 36 (Cert TBC) 6.00 (Tue) Big Scream!: Bottle Shock (12A) + Paris 36 (Cert TBC) 11.00am (Tue/Thu) Wine Tasting Evening: Bottle Shock (12A) 7.00 (Thu)
State of Play (Cert TBC) Daily except Sunday: 12.10 (not Tue/Thu), 3.00, 5.50, 8.40 Sunday only: 2.00, 4.50, 7.40 In the Loop (15) Times TBC Flame and Citron (15) 1.00 (Sat), 2.10 (Tue/Thu), 6.00 (Fri/Sat/Wed), 7.20 (Sun), 8.10 (Mon) Genova (15) 12.30 (Sun), 3.30 (Fri/Wed), 5.40 (Tue), 6.00 (Mon), 8.50 (Sat/Thu) Flash of Genius (12A) 12.50 (Fri/Wed), 3.20 (Mon), 6.00 (Thu), 8.50 (Wed) Anvil! The Story of Anvil (15) 1.00 (Mon), 4.00 (Sat), 5.20 (Sun), 8.50 (Fri) Kids’ Club: The Ant Bully (U) 11.00am (Sat) Archive Screening: GI Airmen in East Anglia (Cert TBC) 11.30am (Sat) Introduced Screening: Borat (15) 3.00 (Sun) China! China! China!: Manufactured Landscapes (U) 8.30 (Mon) Live Music Event: Poet in New York 8.30 (Tue) Popcorn-Free Screening: State of Play (Cert TBC) 5.50 (Tue) Big Scream!: Flash of Genius (12A) + Genova (15) 11.00am (Tue/Thu)
WEEK COMMENCING 17 APR Good (15) Daily except Sun/Mon: 1.10, 3.30, 6.00, 8.10 Sunday only: 1.10, 5.20, 7.30 Monday only: 12.10, 2.30, 5.00 In the Loop (15) Daily except Sunday: 1.20 (not Fri), 3.40, 6.10, 8.30 Sunday only: 3.10, 5.30, 7.50 The Boat That Rocked (15) Times TBC Holiday Special: The Happiest Days of Your Life (U) 1.20 (Fri/Sun) Kids’ Club: The Tale of Despereaux (U) 11.00am (Sat) Archive Screening: GI Airmen in East Anglia (Cert TBC) 11.30am (Sat) Autism-Friendly Screening: The Tale of Despereaux (U) 11.00am (Sun) Film Classic: Silent Running (U) 3.20 (Sun) Preview + Satellite Q&A: State of Play (Cert TBC) 7.30 (Mon) Popcorn-Free Screening: Good (15) 6.00 (Tue) Big Scream!: Good (15) + In the Loop (15) 11.00am (Tue/Thu)
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WEEK COMMENCING 1 MAY Is Anybody There? (12A) Daily except Sun/Thu: 1.30, 3.50, 6.10, 8.20 (not Mon) Sun/Thu only: 12.30, 2.50, 5.10, 7.20 (not Thu) Let the Right One in (15) Fri/Mon/Tue only: 3.30, 8.30 Sat/Wed/Thu only: 12.50 (not Wed), 6.00 Sunday only: 7.50 Wednesday only: 12.20 Fifty Dead Men Walking (15) 12.30 (not Sat/Thu), 3.30 (Sat/Thu), 6.00 (Fri/Mon/Tue), 8.30 (Sat/Thu) State of Play (Cert TBC) Times TBC Kids’ Club: Hotel for Dogs (U) 11.00am (Sat) Archive Screening: The Broads: A Norfolk and Suffolk Treasure (Cert TBC) 11.30am (Sat) Norfolk & Norwich Festival: Singin’ in the Rain (U) 3.00 (Sun) Film Classics: Some Like it Hot (U) 5.20 (Sun) Norfolk & Norwich Festival: La Vie en Rose (12A) 3.00 (Wed), 8.30 (Mon) Popcorn-Free Screening: Is Anybody There? (12A) 6.10 (Tue) Big Scream!: State of Play (Cert TBC) + Is Anybody There? (12A) 11.00am (Tue/Thu) Norfolk & Norwich Festival: Rize (15) 8.30 (Wed) Benefit Evening: THE TURNING POINT (PG) 7.30 (Thu)
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Spring is upon us, the evenings are drawing out and our covered medieval courtyard is open. To celebrate, on Sunday 3 May we will be showing off our new selection of fantastic wines and offering complimentary nibbles in the courtyard and The Bar. We will have live music in the courtyard and in Screen Two we will screen the classic comedy SOME LIKE IT HOT, starring Marilyn Monroe (see page 11). BOTTLE SHOCK WINE TASTING EVENT Our series of wine and film evenings continues on Thursday 16 April at 7.00 with an evening dedicated to one of the landmark events in the history of wine! The evening will consist of a screening of the award-winning BOTTLE SHOCK (12A), which tells the story of the famous Paris tasting of 1976, when wines from the then little-known Napa Valley in California were pitted against some of the titans of French wine in a blind tasting. The Californian wines won! (See page 5 for film review). Preceding the film will be a re-enactment of that famous tasting, using a range of carefully selected modern wines from both regions, in which guests will be able to make their own decisions about who makes the best wines! Tickets cost ÂŁ20 for Members and ÂŁ22 for non-Members, and are available from the Box Office.
SPECIAL OFFER On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings throughout April we are offering a free glass (175ml) of house red or house white wine, or a soft drink, to any customer ordering a main course from The Dining Rooms Menu* after 8pm. Please bring this voucher with you. *Offer does not apply to pre/post theatre menu or to bar snack menu.
Tuesday 28 April - Saturday 2 May Tickets: £6 - £25 Box Office: (01603) 63 00 00 Book online: www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk Theatre Street Norwich NR2 1RL