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Special Events 10

DukesDocs 10-11

Orson Welles 12

Theatre on Screen 13

Opera on Screen 14

How to Get Here 15

Calendar 16

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Welcome to The Dukes June and July Cinema Guide

MOVIE MORNINGS

11am screenings with free tea or coffee and a pastry included with your ticket. The screenings in this brochure are Woman in Gold (Thursday 11 June), Queen and Country (Wednesday 1 July) and Mr. Holmes (Thursday 16 July) After the Movie Morning screening why not stay in the cafe-bar and get 10% off selected items with your ticket? Look out for the logo throughout the guide for more information on the films.

Mr. Holmes

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Monday 1 to Thursday 4 June, Monday 13 & Tuesday 14 July

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (12A)

Dir: Thomas Vinterberg

2015 UK 120mins

With: Carey Mulligan, Matthias

Schoenaerts

A sweeping adaptation of Thomas

Hardy’s classic Victorian novel. Carey

Mulligan stars as the headstrong

Bathsheba Everdene who runs the

family farm left to her by her uncle. She

comes to the attention of three very

different suitors: Gabriel Oak a sheep

farmer captivated by her wilful spirit;

Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless

sergeant; and William Boldwood, a

prosperous and mature bachelor.

Monday 1 June 8.30pm

A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE (12A) (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron) Dir: Roy Andersson

2015 Sweden 100mins Subtitles

With: Holger Andersson

A pitch black comedy comprised

of 37 absurdist and surreal shorts.

Pigeon is structured around two

hapless novelty toy salesmen who

wander around town trying to sell

their inventory of vampire fangs and

rubber masks. Elsewhere, Sweden’s

Charles XII appears in modern times to

carry on a series of disastrous wars.

Tuesday 2 June & Wednesday 3 June

THE FALLING (15) Dir: Carol Morley

2015 UK 102mins

With: Maisie Williams, Maxine Peake

Reminiscent of Peter Weir’s haunting

classic The Picnic at Hanging Rock,

The Falling follows two best friends at

an all-girls school in 1969. Lydia, the

neglected daughter of an agoraphobic,

becomes fixated on her close friend

Abbie. When the friendship comes to

an end though, Lydia suffers from a

fainting spell which quickly spreads

amongst the school’s pupils.

“Morley has come up with another

brilliant and very distinctive feature”

- The Guardian

New Releases Another Chance to Catch

Thursday 4 June 6pm

WILD (15) Dir: Jean-Marc Vallée

2015 USA 115mins

With: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern

Cheryl Strayed sets out alone on a 1100 mile

hike along America’s Pacific Crest Trail.

Monday 15 & Tuesday 16 June

STILL ALICE (12A) Dir: Richard Glatzer

& Wash Westmoreland

2015 USA 100mins

With: Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore delivers an Oscar-winning

performance as a successful university

professor diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

Tuesday 7 & Wednesday 8 July

THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Dir: John Madden

2015 UK 122mins

With: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy

The sequel to the much-loved 2011 hit.

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Friday 5, Monday 8 & Wednesday 10 June

GIRLHOOD (15) (Bande de filles)

Dir: Céline Sciamma

2015 France 113mins Subtitles

With: Karidja Touré

A powerful coming of age drama

following 16-year old Marieme who

lives in the high rise suburbs of Paris.

Marieme is a frustrated teenage

girl bent on exploring her identity

and the world around her. Tired of

an oppressive home life, her lack of

prospects and the male-dominated

neighbourhood, Marieme quits school

and reinvents herself by joining a gang

of three free-spirited girls.

Monday 8 & Thursday 11 June

PHOENIX (12A) Dir: Christian Petzold

2015 Germany 98mins Subtitles

With: Nina Hoss

The director and star of the critically

acclaimed Barbara reunite for this noir

thriller set in post-war Berlin. Former

singer Nelly manages to survive the

concentration camps but she is left

with traumatic injuries which require

facial reconstruction surgery. Barely

recognisable she searches through a

ravaged post-war Berlin, looking for the

husband who may have informed on her

to the Nazis, with hopes to rebuild her

shattered life. But when she does find

him, will he even recognise her?

Tuesday 9 June (With satellite Q&A) Friday 3, Saturday 4 & Thursday 9 July

LONDON ROAD (15)

The National Theatre release their first

film with an adaptation of the acclaimed

musical London Road. The film

documents the events that shook Suffolk

in 2006, when the quiet rural town of

Ipswich was shattered by the discovery

of the bodies of five women.

The Tuesday 9 June screening will

be followed by a live premiere event

broadcast live by satellite from London

featuring an exclusive Q&A with the key

cast and crew.

Tickets:

£8 (Full) £7 (Concs) £5 (Friends)

Wednesday 10 & Thursday 11 June

WOMAN IN GOLD (12A)

Dir: Simon Curtis

2015 UK USA 109mins

With: Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren stars in this remarkable

true story about one woman’s

journey to reclaim her family

possessions which were seized by

the Nazis. Sixty years after she fled

Vienna during World War II, Maria

Altmann begins her attempt to

retrieve the objects lost during the

War, among them paintings by Klimt.

Together with her inexperienced

lawyer Randy Schoenberg, she

embarks upon a major battle which

forces her to confront difficult truths

about the past along the way.

New Releases

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Friday 12, Saturday 13, Monday 15 & Wednesday 17 June

A ROYAL NIGHT OUT (12A)

Dir: Julian Jarrold

2015 UK 97mins

With: Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley

A carefree fictionalised account of

the little-known true story of Queen

Elizabeth and Princess Margaret being

allowed out of the palace on VE Day

to celebrate victory with the country.

Serious and dependable Elizabeth and

fun-loving Margaret are delighted by

the opportunity and quickly find a way

to ditch their chaperones to experience

London’s nightlife uninterrupted.

Friday 12 & Thursday 18 June

ROSEWATER (15) Dir: Jon Stewart

2015 USA 103mins

With: Gael García Bernal

US comedian and The Daily Show

host Jon Stewart makes his directorial

debut telling the Kafka-esque true

story of journalist Maziar Bahari’s

imprisonment in Iran. Iranian born

journalist Bahari returns home to

cover the 2009 general elections. But

when anti- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

protests begin Bahari extends his

stay, leading to his imprisonment. For

the next 118 days he is tortured and

interrogated, facing unanswerable

questions.

Saturday 13 & Tuesday 16 June

CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (15) Dir: Oliver Assayas


With: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart

Along with her younger personal

assistant, respected actor Maria Enders

reluctantly agrees to revisit the play

which made her name at the age of

18. Now she is being asked to step

into an older, more embittered role.

In her former role she faces a young

Hollywood starlet with a penchant

for scandal and Maria finds herself on

the other side of the mirror, face to

face with an ambiguously charming

woman who is, in essence, an unsettling

reflection of herself.

Friday 19, Saturday 20 & Monday 22 June

THE NEW GIRLFRIEND (15) (Une nouvelle amie)

Dir: François Ozon


With: Romain Duris

Potiche filmmaker François Ozon

returns with another elegant but edgy

melodrama. Laura and Claire have been

best friends since childhood. When

Laura becomes terminally ill, Claire

assures her dying friend that she will

always look after her baby daughter and

husband David. But when she discovers

that David in his grief has been dressing

up in Laura’s clothes at home, Claire is

left appalled. Reluctantly though she

agrees to help him explore a new life.

New Releases

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Monday 22, Tuesday 23 & Wednesday 24 June

TIMBUKTU (12A) Dir: Abderrahmane Sissako

2015 France Mauritania 97mins

Subtitles

With: Ibrahim Ahmed dit Pin

A moving Oscar-nominated drama

exploring life in the titular town after

jihadists took control of Northern Mali in

2012. The film weaves together several

stories of the town’s inhabitants as each

day the new regime introduce new rules

determined to control their faith with

music, laughter, cigarettes and even

football being banned.

“Full of life, irony, poetry and bitter

unfairness. It demands respect, but it

also earns it”

AAAA- The Daily Telegraph

Tuesday 23 & Wednesday 24 June

THE TRIBE (18) (Plemya)

Dir: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky

2015 Ukraine 132mins

With: Grigoriy Fesenko

Featuring a cast of young deaf

actors, The Tribe is set in a boarding

school for the deaf, where new arrival

Sergey is quickly drawn into a brutal

world of institutionalised theft and

prostitution. But, assigned to Anna

as her pimp, he falls in love with her;

a grievous mistake in a world with

exceptionally unforgiving rules. With

no dialogue and no subtitles, The

Tribe is an audacious, bruising and

fiercely original piece of cinema.

Friday 26 June to Thursday 2 July

QUEEN AND COUNTRY (12A) Dir: John Boorman

2015 UK 114mins

With: Caleb Landry Jones, Pat Shortt

The long-awaited follow up to 1987

wartime drama Hope and Glory.

Beginning in the 1950s, Queen and

Country follows young Bill as he

begins basic army training. As the

Korean War begins Bill is joined by a

trouble-making army mate, Percy. They

never get near Korea, but engage in a

constant battle of wits with his Catch-

22-worthy, Sergeant Major.

Friday 26 & Monday 29 June

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (15) Dir: Ana Lily Amirpour

2015 USA Iran 101mins Subtitles

With: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi

In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City,

a place that reeks of death and

loneliness, the townspeople are

unaware they are being stalked

by a lonesome vampire.

“By turns funny, vaguely creepy and

too cool for school, A Girl Walks Home

Alone At Night is certainly unusual — but

also seductive and strange enough to

stick in the memory like a fever dream.”

AAAA - Empire

New Releases

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Saturday 27 & Tuesday 30 June

MOOMINS ON THE RIVIERA (U)

Dir: Xavier Picard & Hanna Hemilä

2015 Finland 80mins

A big screen adventure based on

the iconic creations of Tove Jansson.

Moomins On The Riviera, features the

entire Moomin clan as they embark

on a glamorous trip to the Riviera.

After a journey fraught with menacing

storms and desert island dangers,

Snorkmaiden is dazzled by the

attentions of a playboy and Moomin

learns that jealousy’s sting is the most

painful of all.

Friday 3 to Monday 6 & Thursday 9 July

THE CONNECTION (15) Dir: Cédric Jimenez


With: Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche

An all-star French cast heads this

stylish crime thriller which acts as

the flipside to William Friedkin’s The

French Connection. The film tells the

story of real-life Marseilles magistrate

Pierre Michel and his relentless

crusade to dismantle the most

notorious drug smuggling operation

in French history. In his crosshairs

is charismatic and wealthy kingpin,

Gatean “Tany” Zampa who runs the

largest underground heroin trade into

the United States.

Tuesday 7 & Wednesday 8 July

DANNY COLLINS (15)

Dir: Dan Fogelman

2015 USA 106mins

With: Al Pacino, Annette Benning

An in-form Al Pacino stars as aging

1970s rocker Danny Collins who can’t

give up his hard-living ways. But when

his manager uncovers a 40 year-old

undelivered letter written to him by

John Lennon, he decides to change

course and embarks on a heartfelt

journey to rediscover his family and

a lost love.

Friday 10 to Thursday 16, Friday 24 to Wednesday 29 July (not including Sunday 26)

MR. HOLMES (Cert TBC)

Dir: Bill Condon

2015 UK 103mins

With: Ian McKellan, Laura Linney

A twist on the world’s most famous

detective starring Ian McKellan as

Holmes in his 90s. It is 1947 and an

ageing Sherlock Holmes returns home

from a journey to Japan where he has

witnessed the devastation of nuclear

warfare. Now, in his remote seaside

farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of

his days tending to his bees. Grappling

with the diminishing powers of his mind,

Holmes returns to the circumstances of

the unsolved case that forced him into

retirement, while he still can.

New Releases

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Wednesday 15 July 8.30pm

LISTEN UP PHILIP (15) Dir: Alex Ross Perry

2015 USA 109mins

With: Jason Schwartzman,

Elisabeth Moss

A caustic comedy, with shades of

Woody Allen and Wes Anderson, which

stars Jason Schwartzman as an author

struggling to follow his acclaimed

debut novel. Author Philip Friedman is

a quarrelsome, angry man incapable of

holding down a relationship. Tiring of

New York he finds the perfect excuse

to leave both the city and his current

girlfriend when his hero invites him to

his country retreat. But even with the

change of scenery, Philip fails to find

contentment.

Friday 10 & Saturday 11 July

SPY (15)

Dir: Paul Feig

2015 USA 120mins

With: Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne

Susan Cooper is an unassuming,

deskbound CIA analyst, and the

unsung hero behind the Agency’s

most dangerous missions. But when

her partner falls off the grid and

another top agent is compromised,

she volunteers to go deep undercover

to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms

dealer, and prevent a global disaster.

“Smart, endearing and hilarious”

AAAA - The Guardian

Friday 17 to Thursday 23 July (Not Including Sunday 19)

SLOW WEST (15) Dir: John Maclean

2015 UK New Zealand 85mins

With: Michael Fassbender,

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Jay is a naïve young Scotsman who

travels to 1800s America in search of

his sweetheart. After a scrape with

some soldiers, he is offered protection

across the dangerous terrain by

mysterious bounty Hunter Silas. But

Jay’s new companion has secret

intentions. Reminiscent of The Coen

Brothers remake of True Grit and Jim

Jarmusch’s Dead Man, Slow West is

a beautifully shot Western with a wry

sense of humour.

Monday 20 & Thursday 23 July

WEST (15) Dir: Christian Schwochow

2015 Germany 102mins Subtitles

With: Jördis Triebel

East Germany. Summer, late 70s.

Three years after her boyfriend

Wassilij’s apparent death, Nelly Senff

decides to escape from behind the

Berlin Wall with her son Alexej. Stuck

in a West Berlin Emergency Refugee

Centre, Nelly quickly discovers her

attempts to leave behind the past will

not be so easy. Especially when Allied

Secret Service begin questioning

her about Wassilij’s mysterious

disappearance.

New Releases

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Friday 24 & Saturday 25 July

JURASSIC WORLD (Cert-TBC)

Dir: Colin Trevorrow

2015 USA 130mins

With: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard

Twenty-two years after the events of

Jurassic Park, the island has now been

brought under control and features a

fully functioning dinosaur theme park,

Jurassic World, as originally envisioned

by John Hammond. After a decade

in operation however interest drops

along with visitor numbers, leading to

the creation of a new attraction which

inevitably backfires horribly.

Friday 31 July to Wednesday 5 August

THE CHOIR (Cert-TBC) Dir: François Girard

2015 USA 103mins

With: Dustin Hoffman, Eddie Izzard

Dustin Hoffman stars as an exacting

choirmaster in this heart-warming

drama. Left an orphan after his

mother’s death in a car crash, eleven-

year-old Stet journeys from a small

Texas town to a new life in an East

Coast boarding school. He is unruly

and angry but also has a wonderful

singing voice. He comes to the

attention of the school’s demanding

choirmaster who attempts to

introduce Stet into his choir.

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Monday 29 June 2pm

JOURNEY CAFÉ: FUNNY FACE (U)

Dir: Stanley Donen

1957 USA 103mins

With: Audrey Hepburn

Journey Cafe is our series of arts events

presented in association with Age UK

Lancashire for people with memory

problems and their families – though

everyone is welcome. Funny Face sees

Audrey Hepburn cast as Jo Stockton, a

bookshop clerk who is whisked off to

Paris by a modelling agency hoping to

turn her into the next big thing.

All Tickets: £4

Includes tea or coffee and a pastry

Wednesday 17 June, 6.10pm

THIS IS NOT A CARTOON (15)

Dir: Various

60mins

This programme of shorts brings you

the very best that the animation festival

circuit has to offer. The programme

includes the Oscar nominated A Simple

Life and Don Hertzfeld’s acclaimed

World of Tomorrow. Also the heart

pounding action of Danny Madden’s

Confusion Through The Sand, the

reflective poignancy presented in Alan

Holly’s Coda, the eerie tragedy of Zepo,

the nostalgic love story in Mr. Plastimime.

The screening will be followed by

a Q&A with one of the filmmakers.

Sunday 21 June & Sunday 19 July 8pm

FILM QUIZKnow your Truffaut from your

Tarantino? If you’re mad about film,

come and test your knowledge

against our questions, ranging from

the plainly obvious to the devilishly

difficult.

Quiz entry is £1 per person with a

maximum team size of 6 people.

Friday 5 June, 8.30pm

LAMBERT & STAMP (15)

Dir: James D. Cooper

2014 UK 117mins

With: Roger Daltry

A definitive account of the rise of rock

legends The Who, told through the story

of the unlikely men who discovered

them. In Post-war London, Chris Stamp

and Kit Lambert, aspiring New Wave

film directors from opposite sides of the

tracks, form an unlikely partnership to

find a rock band for their underground

movie, leading them to discover, mentor

and manage the iconic band that would

become known as The Who.

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Sunday 14 June

THE LOOK OF SILENCE (15) Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer

2015 UK Indonesia 99mins

Joshua Oppenheimer’s follow-up to his

extraordinary documentary The Act of

Killing focuses on a village optometrist

who confronts the former right-wing

paramilitaries who murdered his brother

during Indonesia’s anti-communist

purges of the 1960s.

The screening will be followed with

a live by satellite Q&A with director

Joshua Oppenheimer hosted by Louis

Theroux.

Thursday 18 June & Thursday 2 July

HEAVEN ADORES YOU (15) Dir: Nickolas Dylan Rossi

2015 USA 104mins

Heaven Adores You is an intimate,

documentary that explores the life and

music of acclaimed singer-songwriter

Elliott Smith. By threading the music

of Elliott Smith through the dense,

yet often isolating landscapes of the

three major cities he lived in - Portland,

New York City, Los Angeles – the

film presents an engrossing journey

through the singer’s prolific career.

Friday 19 & Saturday 20 June

THE DAMNED: DON’T YOU WISH THAT WE WERE DEAD (Cert-TBC) Dir: Wes Orshoski

2015 UK 110mins

With: Jello Biafra, Steve Diggle

A documentary on The Damned, the

first English punk artist to release a

single and album. Having gone through

many line-up changes, break ups and

reformations, The Damned is now one

of the longest surviving groups of their

genre, influencing many artists who have

come after them.

Join us in the Bar after the Friday 19

screening when we’ll have a DJ playing

punk classics.

Friday 31 July, Saturday 1, Monday 3 & Tuesday 5 August

AMY (Cert-TBC) Dir: Asif Kapadia

2015 UK 129mins

Senna director Asif Kapadia turns his

attention on to the tragic life of singer

Amy Winehouse. The film charts

Winehouse’s story from her childhood

in North London, to her death from

alcohol poisoning in 2011. Similar in

style to Senna, the film mixes audio

from new interviews with archive

footage from the singer’s life.

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Monday 6 July 6.10pm

CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (PG) Dir: Orson Welles

1965 USA 116mins

With: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau

A hugely ambitious project which

weaves together five Shakespeare

plays. The film tells the story of

legendary character Sir John Falstaff,

the notoriously drunken, obese, and

yet charming companion of the young

Henry V. Borrowing scenes from

Shakespeare’s work the film focuses on

the shifting relationship between Falstaff

and Prince Hal.

“Behind the camera [Welles] conjures a dark masterpiece, shot through with slapstick and sorrow.” - Time Out

Tuesday 21 July 8.30pm

TOUCH OF EVIL (12A)

Dir: Orson Welles

1957 USA 104mins

With: Orson Welles, Janet Leigh

Beginning with one of the most

brilliant sequences in the history

of cinema, and ending with one of

the most brilliant final scenes ever

committed to celluloid, Touch of Evil

finds Welles on top form. The film stars

Welles as a corrupt cop who runs up

against a Mexican official investigating

drug trafficking.

Monday 27 & Tuesday 28 July

THE THIRD MAN (PG) Dir: Carol Reed

1949 UK 93mins

With: Joseph Cotton, Orson Welles

Once voted the greatest British film

ever made, Carol Reed’s atmospheric

film noir features one of the great

Orson Welles performances, especially

his self-penned Cuckoo-Clock speech.

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to

post-war Vienna to investigate the

death of his old friend Harry Lime, a

black market racketeer. But the fate of

Lime might not be so clear cut.


MAGICIAN: THE ASTONISHING LIFE AND WORKS OF ORSON WELLES (Cert-TBC) Dir: Chuck Workman

2015 USA 94mins

With: Steven Spielberg,

Richard Linklater

A documentary exploring the life and

troubled career of genius filmmaker

Orson Welles. Featuring interviews

with the likes of Spielberg and

Scorsese, Magician charts Welles’

rise through theatre and film and his

collision with the Hollywood studio

system. With the toll that it took

on his career which forced him to

do television commercials to raise

money for his features.

Orson Welles Centenary

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Sunday 7 June 6.30pm

TITUS ANDRONICUS (15) (Recorded) Dir: Lucy Bailey

186mins

With: Samuel Edward-Cook

Returning to Rome from a war against

the Goths, the general Titus Andronicus

brings with him the queen Tamora

and her three sons as prisoners of war.

Titus’ sacrifice of Tamora’s eldest son to

appease the ghosts of his dead sons,

and his decision to refuse to accept the

title of emperor, initiates a terrible cycle

of mutilation, rape and murder.

Thursday 25 June 7pm

JULIUS CAESAR (12A) (Recorded) Dir: Dominic Dromgoole

166min

With: Catherine Bailey, Sam Cox

When Caesar returns to Rome from

the wars a virtual dictator, Brutus and

his republican friends resolve that his

ambition must be curbed – which in

Rome can mean only one thing: the

great general must be assassinated.

But once the deed is done, the

idealistic conspirators must reckon

with the forces of a new power bloc,

led by Mark Antony and Caesar’s

nephew Octavius.

Thursday 16 July 7pm (Live) Sunday 26 July 7pm (Encore)

EVERYMAN (15) Dir: Rufus Norris

100mins

With: Chiwetel Ejiofor

The Oscar nominated Chiewetel Ejifor

stars in this startling production with

words by Poet Laureate, Carol Ann

Duffy. Everyman is successful, popular

and riding high when Death comes

calling. He is forced to abandon the

life he has built and embark on a

last, frantic search to recruit a friend,

anyone, to speak in his defence. But

Death is close behind, and time is

running out.

Wednesday 22 July 7pm (Live)Thursday 30 July 7pm (Encore)

THE MERCHANT OF

VENICE

Dir: Polly Findlay

With: Makram J Khoury

In the melting pot of Venice, trade is

God. With its ships plying the globe,

the city opens its arms to all, as long

as they come prepared to do business

and there is profit to be made.

With the gold flowing all is well, but

when a contract between Bassanio

and Shylock is broken, simmering racial

tensions boil over. A despised outsider,

Shylock looks to exact the ultimate

price for a deal sealed in blood.

Theatre on screen Shakespeare’s Globe

National Theatre Live RSC Live

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CARMEN Dir: Calixto Bieito

With: Justina Gringyte

A passionate tale of lust, seduction

and betrayal, no other opera boasts as

popular a following as Bizet’s Carmen.

Set during the dying days of Franco’s

Spain, Calixto Bieito’s acclaimed

production of this must-see opera has

been enjoyed by audiences across

Europe. Bizet’s dazzling score evokes all

the atmosphere of Spain through some

of the opera’s most famous melodies,

from Carmen’s seductive ‘Habanera’ to

the Toreadors’ stirring parade.

Sunday 21 June 6.30pm

RAVEL DOUBLE BILL (Recorded) Dir: Laurent Pelly

2013 135mins

With: Danielle de Niese

Two sparkling miniatures. Hailed by the

Financial Times as ‘pure magic’, Laurent

Pelly’s unique interpretation of Ravel’s

two short operas is a true spectacle.

L’heure espagnole is a sassy and funny

sex farce; while L’enfant et les sortilèges

is a touching morality tale in which

fantastical fairy tale characters, animals,

furniture and crockery all come to life to

teach a small boy about kindness.

Sunday 19 July 5pm

DIE ENTFÜHRUNG Dir: David McVicar

210mins

With: Sally Matthews

Mozart’s take on the glittering Orient:

a stirring tale of abduction, escape and

forgiveness. Both a popular comedy

and a compassionate Enlightenment

drama, Entführung tells the story

of one man’s attempt to rescue his

beloved from the harem of a Turkish

despot and his fall to the mercy of his

nemesis. The opera’s East-West clash

and its surprising resolution defies all

stereotypes and strikes a startlingly

contemporary chord.

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Sunday 9 August 6pm

THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA Dir: Fiona Shaw

155mins

With: Christine Rice

Fiona Shaw’s award-winning

production of a dark British

masterpiece. Britten’s extraordinarily

tense and chilling treatment of this

historic tale is explored in a brilliant

production by Fiona Shaw. Lucretia

is a model of fidelity among Roman

wives until the Etruscan prince

Tarquinius, provoked by his Roman

army comrades, gallops back to Rome

to ruin her virtue.

Opera On Screen

English National Opera Glyndebourne

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right hand lane. You will see brown information signs for ‘Dukes Playhouse’.

FROM THE NORTHLeave the M6 motorway at junction 34 and follows signs to Lancaster.

On joining the one way system, keep in the left-hand lane and you will

see brown information signs for ‘Dukes Playhouse’.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTThe Dukes is just a few minutes walk from both Lancaster Train Station

and Bus Station.

PARKINGAmple pay and display parking is available within two minutes walk of The Dukes

– a flat evening rate applies after 6pm. Bike racks are located on Moor Lane, close

to The Dukes.

CAR PARKING SPACES for blue badge holders can usually be reserved in

advance by contacting our Box Office.

ACCESSWheelchair spaces are available and access to the auditorium, Box Office and bar

is via the alley to the left of the main entrance. Please note that the surface of the

alley is cobbled. There is a doorbell by the ramp if the door is not open.

FACILITIES FOR DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING PATRONS Infra red sound systems are available to amplify sound via a personal headset.

Headsets can be booked in advance from Box Office. Guide dogs and Hearing

Dogs are welcome.

THIS PUBLICATION IS AVAILABLE IN LARGE PRINT BY REQUESTThe Dukes Is Supported By:

Getting Here

Registered Charity: 50193515

June

Date Time Showing Cert. Pg.

Mon 1 6.00pm Far From the Madding… (12A) 3Mon 1 8.30pm A Pigeon Sat on a Branch (12A) 3Tue 2 6.00pm Far From the Madding… (12A) 3Tue 2 8.30pm The Falling (15) 3Wed 3 6.00pm The Falling (15) 3Wed 3 8.30pm Far From the Madding… (12A) 3Thu 4 6.00pm Wild (15) 3Thu 4 8.30pm Far From the Madding… (12A) 3Fri 5 6.00pm Girlhood (15) 4Fri 5 8.30pm Lambert and Stamp (15) 10Sun 7 6.30pm Globe: Titus Andronicus (15) 13Mon 8 6.10pm Girlhood (15) 4Mon 8 8.35pm Phoenix (12A) 4Tue 9 6.45pm London Road and Q&A (15) 4Wed 10 6.10pm Woman in Gold (12A) 4Wed 10 8.30pm Girlhood (15) 4Thu 11 11.00am Woman in Gold (12A) 4Thu 11 6.20pm Phoenix (12A) 4Thu 11 8.30pm Woman in Gold (12A) 4Fri 12 6.20pm A Royal Night Out (12A) 5Fri 12 8.30pm Rosewater (15) 5Sat 13 6.20pm A Royal Night Out (12A) 5Sat 13 8.30pm Clouds of Sils Maria (15) 5Sun 14 6.00pm Look of Silence and Q&A (15) 11Mon 15 6.20pm Still Alice (12A) 3Mon 15 8.30pm A Royal Night Out (12A) 5Tue 16 6.00pm Clouds of Sils Maria (15) 5Tue 16 8.35pm Still Alice (12A) 3Wed 17 6.10pm This is Not a Cartoon (15) 5Wed 17 8.30pm A Royal Night Out (12A) 10Thu 18 6.15pm Rosewater (15) 5Thu 18 8.30pm Heaven Adores You (15) 11Fri 19 6.00pm The New Girlfriend (15) 5Fri 19 8.15pm The Damned (TBC) 11Sat 20 5.45pm The Damned (TBC) 11Sat 20 8.30pm The New Girlfriend (15) 5Sun 21 6.30pm Glyndebourne: Ravel Double Bill 14Sun 21 8.00pm Film Quiz in the Bar 10Mon 22 6.15pm The New Girlfriend (15) 5Mon 22 8.30pm Timbuktu (12A) 6Tue 23 6.20pm Timbuktu (12A) 6Tue 23 8.30pm The Tribe (18) 6Wed 24 6.20pm Timbuktu (12A) 6Wed 24 8.30pm The Tribe (18) 6Thu 25 7.00pm Globe: Julius Caesar (12A) 13Fri 26 6.10pm Queen & Country (12A) 6Fri 26 8.35pm A Girl Walks Home Alone (15) 6Sat 27 2.00pm The Moomins (U) 7Sat 27 6.00pm Queen & Country (12A) 6Sat 27 8.30pm Queen & Country (12A) 6Sun 28 7.30pm Queen & Country (12A) 6Mon 29 2.00pm Journey Café: Funny Face (U) 10 Mon 29 6.20pm A Girl Walks Home Alone (15) 6Mon 29 8.30pm Queen & Country (12A) 6Tue 30 6.00pm The Moomins (U) 7Tue 30 8.00pm Queen & Country (12A) 6

July

Date Time Showing Cert. Pg.

Wed 1 11.00am Queen & Country (12A) 6Wed 1 7.30pm ENO: Carmen 14Thu 2 6.10pm Queen & Country (12A) 6Thu 2 8.35pm Heaven Adores You (15) 11Fri 3 6.20pm London Road (15) 4Fri 3 8.20pm The Connection (15) 7Sat 4 5.45pm The Connection (15) 7Sat 4 8.30pm London Road (15) 4Sun 5 7.30pm The Connection (15) 7Mon 6 6.10pm Chimes at Midnight (PG) 12Mon 6 8.35pm The Connection (15) 7Tue 7 6.00pm Second Best Exotic... (PG) 3Tue 7 8.30pm Danny Collins (15) 7Wed 8 6.15pm Danny Collins (15) 7Wed 8 8.30pm Second Best Exotic... (PG) 3Thu 9 6.30pm London Road (15) 4Thu 9 8.30pm The Connection (15) 7Fri 10 6.15pm Mr. Holmes (TBC) 7Fri 10 8.30pm Spy (15) 8Sat 11 6.20pm Spy (15) 8Sat 11 8.30pm Mr. Holmes (TBC) 7Sun 12 7.30pm Mr. Holmes (TBC) 7Mon 13 6.00pm Far From the Madding… (12A) 3Mon 13 8.30pm Mr. Holmes (TBC) 7Tue 14 6.15pm Mr. Holmes (TBC) 7Tue 14 8.30pm Far from the Madding… (12A) 3Wed 15 6.15pm Mr. Holmes (TBC) 7Wed 15 8.30pm Listen Up Phillip (15) 8Thu 16 11.00am Mr. Holmes (TBC) 7Thu 16 7.00pm NT Live: Everyman (15) 13Fri 17 8.30pm Slow West (15) 8Sat 18 8.30pm Slow West (15) 8Sun 19 5.00pm Glyndebourne: Die Entfurfung 15Sun 19 8.00pm Film Quiz in the Bar 10Mon 20 6.30pm Slow West (15) 8Mon 20 8.30pm West (15) 8Tue 21 6.30pm Slow West (15) 8Tue 21 8.30pm Touch of Evil (12A) 12Wed 22 7.00pm RSC Live: Merchant of Venice 13Thu 23 6.15pm West (15) 8Thu 23 8.30pm Slow West (15) 8Fri 24 6.15pm Mr. Holmes (TBC) 7Fri 24 8.30pm Jurassic World (TBC) 9Sat 25 5.45pm Jurassic World (TBC) 9Sat 25 8.30pm Mr. Holmes (TBC) 7Sun 26 7.00pm NT Encore: Everyman (15) 13Mon 27 6.15pm Mr. Holmes (TBC) 7Mon 27 8.30pm The Third Man (PG) 13Tue 28 6.30pm The Third Man (PG) 13Tue 28 8.35pm Mr. Holmes (TBC) 7Wed 29 6.15pm Mr. Holmes (TBC) 7Wed 29 8.30pm Magician (TBC) 13Thu 30 7.00pm RSC Encore: Merchant of Venice (12A) 13Fri 31 6.15pm The Choir (TBC) 9Fri 31 8.30pm Amy (TBC) 11

01524 598500www.dukes-lancaster.org

The Dukes, Moor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QE

Film Ticket Prices

£6.50 Full Price£5.50 Concessions £4.50 Under 18’s (Unless otherwise stated)

Live By Satellite Ticket Prices

£13.00 Full Price£12.00 Concessions£10.00 Friends(Unless otherwise stated)

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