MACBETH: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo
David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) lead a stellar cast in an ‘enthralling’ (★★★★★ Daily Telegraph) new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London, especially for the big screen. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster (Life of Pi, Henry V) directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal. With staging ‘full of wolfish imagination and alarming surprise’ (★★★★★ The Guardian), the immersive 5.1 cinema surround sound places the audience inside the minds of the Macbeths, asking are we ever really responsible for our actions? February 5, 8 & 9, Premium event, $15 GA, $13 senior 60+ content not recommended for pre-teenagers.
Every Little Thing
Author and wildlife rehabber Terry Masear has an ambitious goal: to save every injured hummingbird in Los Angeles. But the path to survival is fraught with danger. This heart-expanding Sundance hit introduces audiences to Terry's diminutive patients through breathtaking slow-motion photography and emotional storytelling. Over the course of director Sally Aitken’s moving documentary, we become deeply invested in baby hummingbirds like Cactus and Wasabi, celebrating their tiny victories and lamenting their tragedies. Through Terry's eyes, each bird becomes memorable, mighty and heroic. Her compassion and empathy serves as a reminder that grace can be found in the smallest of acts and the tiniest of creatures. "A big celebration of tiny things and the special person who has made it all possible."-- Kate Erbland, Indiewire Premiere event, screenings added. Tickets $10
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
★★★★★ ‘A flawless piece of comic theatre’ -Broadway World ★★★★★‘A sparkling new production...that's fiercely faithful to Wilde's wickedly subversive spirit’ -Daily Mail Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London. February 20, 22 & March 1 tickets $18.50, $15 60+ on sale now This program is not recommended for pre-teenagers.
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel MAUS is a landmark in reckoning with the Holocaust and breakthrough in serious comic art — but his full achievements are more remarkable and eclectic. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at DOC NYC 2024, ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE provides intimate access to the man and mind who revolutionized the art form of comics. Spiegelman proves an eloquent guide through his provocative work, along with contemporaries and younger cartoonists inspired by Spiegelman’s unflinching confrontation of personally traumatic themes. DISASTER IS MY MUSE could not be more timely - MAUS is an important cautionary tale whose power to move people is unrelenting and its lessons are ever more salient in this climate of rising authoritarianism, racism and antisemitism. And in his work since MAUS, including the provocative social commentary of his covers for The New Yorker magazine and his second masterpiece In The Shadow of No Towers, Art has firmly established himself as one of our leading public intellectuals. Today, with book bans on the rise (MAUS has been taken off shelves and curricula in Tennessee, Missouri, and Iowa) and freedom of expression threatened around the country, he continues to be a champion of free speech. DISASTER IS MY MUSE is a portrait of an artist fully engaged with his past and his present who, with his chosen medium of comics, helps us to understand our turbulent world, and is testimony to the power of art to make sense of our personal and collective histories. Premiere Event, $10, March 2 & 5
National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove
★★★★★ ‘A masterful recreation of sublime comic acting’-Broadway World ★★★★ ‘Steve Coogan triumphs in Kubrick's Cold War satire’ -Daily Express ★★★★ ‘Steve Coogan displays boundless energy and impeccable comic timing’ -The Stage Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack, is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley. A production from Patrick Myles and David Luff. Based on the motion picture directed by Stanley Kubrick, screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George, based on the book 'Red Alert' by Peter George. Thursday, March 27 at 6:30 PM and Saturday March 29 at 10:30 AM $18.50, $15 for 60+ This program is not suitable for persons under 15. Tickets now on sale