Upcoming Films June 2014

THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS T.S. SPIVET - FROM: FRI 27 JUNE

JUNE 2014

@ MAREEL & ISLESBURGH COMMUNITY CENTRE

www.shetlandboxoffice.org T: 01595 745555

WELCOME TO MAREEL CINEMA This leaflet contains details of most of the films you can expect to see at Mareel this month.

Please be aware that, due to the flexible nature of cinema programming, some details may be subject to change.

CINEMA TICKETS Our prices vary depending on the day and time of the performance, and the type of screening. When booking you will be asked to choose between two different ticket types: adult or concession. Concessions include children aged up to 15 years old (those aged 16 and above must buy adult tickets), students (must produce valid ID), seniors (aged 60+), and people with disabilities.

Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded once purchased. Customers are responsible for checking that they have booked the correct tickets at time of purchase as mistakes cannot be rectified at a later date. Only in the event of a screening being cancelled will your ticket be refunded.

TICKET PRICES MATINEES:

before 5pm

Price per ticket

Monday to Friday

£4.50 / £3.50

Saturday, Sunday, Holidays*

£7 / £5

EVENINGS:

from 5pm onwards Monday

£6 / £4

Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

£7 / £5

Friday, Saturday, Holidays*

£8 / £6

SPECIAL SCREENINGS: Senior Screening (includes refreshment ) £5

MAREEL OPENING HOURS Sun - Thu: 10am - 11pm Fri - Sat: 10am - 1am

*Holidays include Bank Holidays, Christmas’ Eve, Boxing Day, & New Year’s Eve. • 3D screenings cost an extra £1 on top of ticket prices.

• 3D glasses cost an additional £1 and are reusable.

Shetland Arts Development Agency manages Mareel, the Garrison Theatre & Bonhoga Gallery. We also develop and promote a year round programme of film, music, theatre, literature, visual arts, & dance events.

We do this because we want to see Shetland celebrated as a place where inspiration & innovation are valued; where people want to live, work & study; and we want the full social & economic potential of the islands to be achieved.

Shetland Arts is supported by Creative Scotland and core funded by the Shetland Charitable Trust. Shetland Arts is a registered charity (SCO37082).

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X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (3D & 2D)

Showing from: Fri 30 May Tickets on sale: Wed 21 May In a scintillatingly imaginative adaptation of one of Marvel’s most popular storylines, the original X-Men unite with the stars of 2011’s prequel First Class to thwart the Sentinels - an army of mutant-killing robots. Kicking off with Wolverine going back in time to stop Mystique from killing the Sentinels’ leader, thus averting a ruinous war, the sparky relationships between the older and younger characters - especially Stewart and McAvoy as the two Xaviers - add an entertaining dimension to the most visually thrilling X-Men episode yet.

POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE Tickets on sale now Everybody’s favourite postie enters a TV talent show in his first amazing animated big screen family adventure!

There’s great excitement in Greendale. A top TV talent show is coming to the little rural town. Presenter Simon Cowbell (Robert Atkin Downes) is taking charge of the auditions. When Postman Pat (Stephen Mangan) gets up to do his turn, he reveals an amazing singing voice.

Seduced away from his friends and family by the lure of money and fame, Pat is replaced on his rounds by a robot called the PatBot 3000. Even his faithful black and white cat Jess has a robot double. But little does anyone suspect that the PatBot has world domination in mind! Rupert Grint, David Tennant and Jim Broadbent join the top-notch voice cast of Pat’s first movie. And if his singing voice seems familiar, that’s because it’s supplied by Ronan Keating!

MALEFICENT (3D & 2D)

Tickets on sale now From Disney comes Maleficent - the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day an invading army threatens the harmony of the land.

Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal - an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom - and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.

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TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM Tickets on sale now Noted music documentarian Morgan Neville’s Oscarwinning film lovingly salutes those unacknowledged but certainly not unsung heroines of the music business: the backing singers. Neville combines extensive interviews with the stars whose careers wouldn’t have succeeded without them. But revealing as the interviews are, Twenty Feet From Stardom’s finest moments spring from the archives: present day studio and concert performances from Bruce Springsteen and Sting, going back to Ike and Tina Turner’s Ikettes and Phil Spector’s Crystals. Wonderful characters, fantastic voices, and overall a marvellously uplifting movie no music fan should miss.

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME Showing on Sun 1 June @ 3.30pm Tickets on sale now Following its smash-hit live broadcast in 2012, the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time returns to cinemas.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime was hailed by The Times as ‘a phenomenal combination of storytelling and spectacle’ and won 7 Olivier Awards in 2013, including Best New Play.

Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths yet ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears’ dog Wellington, he records each fact about the event in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of the murder. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world. £16 / £13

BLUE RUIN Showing from: Fri 30 May Tickets on sale: Wed 21 May Dwight is a vagrant who lives in his car and dumpsterdives to survive. When he unexpectedly learns that the man who killed his parents years earlier has just been released from prison, he locates the person he thinks is the murderer and, almost to his own surprise, dispatches him in an amateurish and gruesome manner.

But this is no ordinary revenge thriller, and Dwight soon finds himself in a twitchy but brutal game of cat and mouse with the family of the man he’s just killed, a gun-crazed redneck crew presided over by a foulmouthed matriarch. As the carnage mounts towards a bleakly gratifying conclusion, this dazzlingly original film balances grubby realism with genre thrills and a midnight-black humour that would make the Coens chuckle. The results are as funny as they are grisly.

THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY Showing from: Fri 6 June

Tickets on sale: Wed 28 May It’s 1962 and a glamorous American couple, Chester (Viggo Mortensen) and Colette MacFarland (Kirsten Dunst), are in Athens during a European vacation. While sightseeing they meet Rydal (Oscar Isaac), a young, Greek-speaking American who is working as a tour guide. But all is not as it seems with the MacFarlands...

When Rydal visits the couple at their exclusive hotel, Chester presses him to help move the body of a seemingly unconscious man who he claims attacked him. In the heat of the moment, Rydal agrees but as events take a more sinister turn he finds himself compromised and unable to pull himself free.

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POMPEII (3D & 2D)

Showing from: Fri 6 June Tickets on sale: Wed 28 May Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the heroic story of Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, Cassia (Emily Browning), who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator (Kiefer Sutherland). In order to win his freedom, Milo must overcome the mighty, previously unbeaten, gladiator Atticus (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) in the amphitheatre.

But as Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo and Atticus must join forces to fight their way out of the arena in order to save themselves and Cassia as the once magnificent city of Pompeii crumbles around them.

ILO ILO Showing from: Fri 6 June Tickets on sale: Wed 28 May Set in Singapore during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Ilo Ilo chronicles the day-to-day drama of the Lim family - troublesome grade-schooler Jiale and his overstressed parents, Heck and Leng. Comfortably middleclass and with another baby on the way, they hire Teresa, a Filipino immigrant, as a live-in maid and nanny. An outsider in both the family and Singapore itself, Teresa initially struggles to manage Jiale’s antics and find her footing in her new community. The two eventually form a unique bond, but just as Teresa becomes an unspoken part of the family, unforeseen circumstances in an uncertain economy will challenge the new norm yet again. Languages: Chinese, English, & Tagalog. English subtitles throughout.

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A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST Showing from: Fri 13 June

Tickets on sale: Wed 4 June Seth MacFarlane directs, produces, co-writes and plays the role of the cowardly sheep farmer Albert in A Million Ways to Die in the West. After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town (Charlize Theron), she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test.

BABES IN ARMS

Mondays at 11am For parents/guardians with babies up to 18 months old.

MALEFICENT 2D p3 POMPEII 2D p6 JIMMY’S HALL p12 GRACE OF MONACO p13 WALKING ON SUNSHINE p15

We are also happy for parents/guardians with babies up to 18 months old to attend any morning or afternoon screening with a U, PG or 12A certification.

JIMMY’S HALL

2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 June

SENIOR SCREENINGS

4 June 11 June 18 June 25 June 2 July

MALEFICENT 2D p3 THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY p5 JIMMY’S HALL p12 GRACE OF MONACO p13 BELLE p16

GRACE OF MONACO

Wednesdays at 2pm Weekly screenings for our mature guests (60+), offered at a discounted rate with refreshments included in the ticket price. (Please retain your ticket to claim your refreshments)

FILM WEDNESDAYS

Wednesdays at 8pm The best of independent & world cinema, classic films & documentaries, for film lovers.

4 June 11 June 18 June 25 June 2 July

BLUE RUIN p4 ILO ILO p6 THE WIND RISES p10 ADVANCED STYLE p13 FRANK p16

Access to unlimited film at Mareel for just £22.50 a month.

THE WIND RISES

PROMOTIONS & SPECIAL SCREENINGS

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Access to unlimited off-peak film at Mareel for just £18 a month.

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SUBTITLED SCREENINGS

Mondays at 8.15pm And where possible additional week day matinees.

EDGE OF TOMORROW

2 June MALEFICENT 2D p3 9 June TWO FACES OF JANUARY p5 16 June A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST p7 23 June EDGE OF TOMORROW p14 30 June THE YOUNG & PRODIGIOUS T.S.SPIVET p15 Some screenings may be subject to change.

Please check weekly film flyer for updates.

ASN FRIENDLY SCREENINGS

Twice per month For people with additional support needs & their families, friends, & carers. It is fine for customers to move around, make noise, or take a break during the film.

TARZAN

15 June TARZAN 2D p11 29 June HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON p15

AUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENINGS

8 June MALEFICENT 2D

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON MALEFICENT

Monthly screening for people on the autistic spectrum & their families, friends, & carers. Soundtrack volume is reduced & low lights are left on. It is fine for customers to move around, make noise, or take a break during the film. p3

FAMILY FAVOURITES Monthly screening of a family film.

29 June HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON p15

FAMILY & FRIENDS

TEN 4 NINE

For groups of 4 including 2+ children & 1+ adult, all pay concession prices for any U, PG, 12A, 12, or 15 film.

Buy 10 tickets in one purchase for any one screening for the cost of 9.

(subject to age restrictions)

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THE WIND RISES Showing from: Fri 13 June

Tickets on sale: Wed 4 June Japanese language film with English subtitles. With The Wind Rises visionary director Miyazaki delivers his farewell masterpiece – and once again defies the conventional limitations of animation. The life of Jiro Horikoshi, the engineer who designed the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, is hardly traditional animated fare, especially when it comes from the dreamy minds at Studio Ghibli. But as films such as Persepolis have shown, animation can be a powerful tool, even with incredibly difficult and divisive subject matter. Young Horikoshi is fascinated by flight, and dedicates his life to building flying machines. But with Japan’s entry into World War II, he begins to feel a terrible guilt because of the machines he has devised and the deaths they have caused. This profound and beautiful film deftly combines Ghibli’s mesmerising style with an achingly beautiful love story, and asks hard questions about humanity, creation and invention.

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TARZAN (3D & 2D) Showing from: Fri 13 June Tickets on sale: Wed 4 June The latest in the more than 80 screen adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ timeless tale of a boy raised by primates benefits hugely from the hand of celebrated German animator Reinhard Klooss. Updated with a backstory of eco-disaster and the death of his parents in a helicopter crash, the young John Greystoke’s early years are fast-forwarded to his first meeting with feisty ecologist Jane Porter, who’s been duped by the sinister CEO of Greystoke Corp into exploiting a mysterious energy source deep in his jungle home. Subplots include a power-crazed silverback gorilla, obliging the now grown-up Tarzan (Lutz) to rescue the doubly imperilled Jane. State-of-the-art animation combined with stunning special effects and the latest Dolby Atmos soundtrack ensure this is one ape-man epic you’ll never forget.

PERFE FOR FA CT THER’S DAY!

VIKINGS LIVE FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM Showing on: Sun 15 & Sun 22 June @ 3pm Tickets on sale: Wed 21 May

THE OTHER WOMAN Showing from: Fri 13 June Tickets on sale: Wed 4 June BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! A comic tale of retribution, The Other Woman follows three women who form an unlikely alliance, joining forces to settle a score with the man in their lives.

Cameron Diaz takes centre stage as a woman who discovers that her boyfriend has been keeping a rather big secret: he’s already married! Angry that she has unwittingly become ‘the other woman’, she reaches out to his wife (Leslie Mann) and his other mistress (Kate Upton) to hatch a plan for revenge.

An exclusive, expertly guided tour of the British Museum’s new blockbuster Vikings exhibition. The British Museum’s spectacular ‘Vikings: Life and Legend’ exhibition offers an extraordinary insight into how these great warriors shaped our modern lives.

There are plenty of surprises in store as we learn how they created a complex international trading network covering four continents. We also discover our direct connections to the Vikings through language, poetry, names, place names and even our DNA. Featuring British Museum Director Neil MacGregor, this special cinema event takes audiences on an informative private tour presented by historians and broadcasters Bettany Hughes and Michael Wood. Curator Gareth Williams brings the exhibition to life, alongside experts on Viking ships and swords, burial and beliefs, language and legacy. The film includes stunning close-up photography of exhibits and the construction of the prow of a giant Viking ship. There is also an atmospheric torch-lit burial ceremony in the Museum’s grounds.

£8 / £6 (Gold Cards not applicable)

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JIMMY’S HALL Showing from: Fri 13 June Tickets on sale: Wed 4 June The true story of Jimmy Gralton’s mission to energise a rural community in 1930s Ireland by opening a dance hall is told by director Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty with their trademark bittersweet vigour.

Activist Gralton’s efforts to improve the lot of local workers were bluntly curtailed by the Church and politicians as civil war threatened their interests. But a decade later he returns from exile to care for his ailing mother and sees the abandoned hall as a means of overcoming the grinding poverty and cultural isolation wreaked by the Depression. Reopening it is of course a huge challenge, but he is aided by his girlfriend and friends, who are prepared to risk violence and intolerance because “it’s not just a building, it’s what we are.”

SABOTAGE Showing from: Fri 13 June Tickets on sale: Wed 4 June Filmmaker David Ayer reinvents screen legend Arnold Schwarzenegger, as he directs Sabotage, an action thriller that follows one of the best assault teams on the planet, an elite special operations team of ten DEA agents. The elite team executes what appears to be a tactical raid on a cartel safe house, which in fact, turns out to be an elaborate theft operation, pre-planned by the members of the DEA squad itself. After hiding 10 million dollars in stolen cash, the rogue agents believe their secret is safe - until someone begins methodically assassinating members of the team, one-by-one. As the body count rises, everyone is suspect, including members of the team itself.

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ADVANCED STYLE Showing from: Fri 20 June Tickets on sale: Wed 11 June Documentary. Advanced Style examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to aging. Based on Ari Seth Cohen’s famed blog of the same name, this film paints intimate and colourful portraits of independent, stylish women aged 62 to 95 who are challenging conventional ideas about beauty, aging, and Western’s culture’s increasing obsession with youth.

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GRACE OF MONACO Showing from: Fri 20 June Tickets on sale: Wed 11 June Nicole Kidman puts in another stunning, chameleon-like performance as screen icon Grace Kelly, who upon marriage famously became Princess Grace of Monaco.

Director Olivier Dahan asserts that this is “not a biopic [but] a human portrait of a modern woman who wants to reconcile her family, her husband, her career… who will give up her career and invent another role”.

That role is sorely tested when her husband, Prince Rainier falls into a bitter political dispute with President de Gaulle. Using all her charm and wiliness, Princess Grace marshals support from characters as diverse as Aristotle Onassis (Robert Lindsay), Alfred Hitchcock (Roger Ashton-Griffiths) and Princess Antoinette (Geraldine Somerville) in a glitzy yet gripping battle of wills.

Showing on: Tue 24 June @ 7.30pm Tickets on sale: Wed 21 May Contains occassional scenes of extreme gore.

The definitive zombie culture documentary brought to the screen by the makers of The People vs. George Lucas. Could there be a real zombie outbreak? If so, Doc of the Dead can help you prepare. This definitive guide to all things undead delves deep into the evolution of the zombie genre in film and literature, as well as its impact and influence on pop culture, to deliver a comprehensive, fast-paced, highly entertaining look at a contemporary social pandemic of global proportions.

After the film there will be a Q&A with the director Alexandre O. Philippe. There will also be an exclusive Screenplay 2014 announcement made at this event – make sure you’re there!

£8 / £6 (Gold Cards not applicable)

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EDGE OF TOMORROW (3D & 2D) Showing from: Fri 20 June

Tickets on sale: Wed 11 June The epic action of Edge of Tomorrow unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop - forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again...and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.

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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Showing from: Fri 27 June Tickets on sale: Wed 18 June Showing in advance of the brand new How To Train Your Dragon 2, coming out in July.

Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, and based on the book by Cressida Cowell, this action comedy tells the story of Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn’t exactly fit in with his tribe’s longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers.

Hiccup’s world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges him and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.

THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS T.S. SPIVET (3D & 2D) Showing from: Fri 27 June

WALKING ON SUNSHINE Showing from: Fri 27 June Tickets on sale: Wed 18 June Set to the greatest hits of 80s, Walking on Sunshine is a feel-good musical. After a whirlwind romance, Maddie, fresh from a long term relationship, is preparing to marry gorgeous Raf and has invited her sister Taylor to the wedding in Italy. Unbeknownst to Maddie, however, Raf is Taylor’s ex-holiday flame, and the love of her life... and that is just one of the set-backs on their road to happily ever after! The musical features 80s pop classics such as Human League’s ‘Don’t You Want Me Baby’, Madonna’s ‘Holiday’, Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’, and Wham’s ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go’ to name but a few.

Tickets on sale: Wed 18 June Ten-year-old T. S. Spivet lives on a Montana ranch with his blissfully eccentric family, whose matriarch (Helena Bonham Carter) is overly preoccupied with collecting beetles. T. S. himself is a science prodigy who unexpectedly wins an award from the Smithsonian for his perpetual motion machine, prompting him to abscond to Washington aboard a freight train. His adventures en route, and his celebrity status once there, provide the bulk of the film’s alternately comical, touching and sharply observed comments on human frailties. In the wrong hands this might have been a mawkish enterprise, but gifted writer-director JeanPierre Jeunet (Amelie) invests it with his hallmark idiosyncrasies and visual panache; and the cast, headed by the remarkable Kyle Catlett as T. S. and Judy Davis) as a conniving Smithsonian executive, are spot on.

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FRANK Showing from: Fri 27 June Tickets on sale: Wed 18 June

PULP FICTION

20TH ANNIVERSARY DRESS-UP SCREENING Showing on: Fri 20 June @ 7pm Tickets on sale: Wed 21 May Tarantino’s breakout hit celebrates its 20th anniversary with a special one-off Tarantinothemed dress-up screening @ Mareel.

One of the most influential films of recent years.

To some it is a flashy, gratuitously violent triumph of style over content, to others it is the film that confirmed Tarantino as one of the most distinguished and talented contemporary American directors.

It is undeniably a superbly written, complex, ultra-violent, almost unbearably tense and often hilarious thriller with an outstanding cast and some surprising performances, most notably from John Travolta. Drawing his inspiration from the lurid low-life characters found in the cheap yellow-paged crime novels of the 1930s and 40s, Tarantino develops the narrative structure he used in Reservoir Dogs; here intricate cross-cutting and flashbacks are used to weave together three tales of small-time criminal life in LA. The top 10 best costumes on the night will win 2 tokens for special Pulp Fiction-themed drinks in the Cafe Bar. And the best costume of all will also win 2 tickets to a film of your choice @ Mareel! Followed by Tarantino-themed Mixology@Mareel in the Cafe Bar from 9pm.

Please keep your costumes tasteful and appropriate.

£8 / £6 (Gold Cards applicable)

Acclaimed Irish director Lenny Abrahamson delivers an offbeat comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank (Michael Fassbender), a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head, and his terrifying bandmate Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Written by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan (The Men Who Stare at Goats), Frank is based on the memoir by Jon Ronson. It is a fictional story loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom, the persona of cult musician and comedy legend Chris Sievey, as well as other outsider musicians like Daniel Johnston and Captain Beefheart.

BELLE Showing from: Fri 27 June Tickets on sale: Wed 18 June Belle is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mabatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily Watson), Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing. Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar’s son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield’s role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England.