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Director: Mike Nichols. Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross. USA 1967. 105 mins.
This archly hilarious observation of smug, middle-class American mores remains a delight half a century after its release, as callow college graduate Dustin Hoffman is seduced by Mrs Robinson (Bancroft). Bancroft’s career-defining role is perfectly matched by Katharine Ross as her daughter, who ultimately takes Benjamin’s fancy. The Graduate confirmed director Mike Nichols’ talent for socially astute storytelling, with fabulous performances from some of his generation’s finest actors.
Director: Michael Bay.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel. USA 2016. 149 mins.
“This is not a number five. This feels like a brand new, fresh look into the Transformers.” So says director Michael Bay, whose latest ’botbuster, The Last Knight, shatters the core myths of the hugely successful franchise. Optimus Prime is gone. In his absence, humans and Transformers are at war. The key to humanity’s survival lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. The fate of the world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English lord (Hopkins); and an Oxford professor (Haddock).
Director: Michael Bay.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel. USA 2016. 149 mins.
“This is not a number five. This feels like a brand new, fresh look into the Transformers.” So says director Michael Bay, whose latest ’botbuster, The Last Knight, shatters the core myths of the hugely successful franchise. Optimus Prime is gone. In his absence, humans and Transformers are at war. The key to humanity’s survival lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. The fate of the world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English lord (Hopkins); and an Oxford professor (Haddock).
Director: Mark Webb.
Starring: Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan. USA 2017. 101 mins.
Gifted is a moving story about choices, compassion and family, all underscored by a wicked sense of humour. Frank Adler (Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy – his spirited young niece Mary (Grace) – in a coastal town in Florida. Frank’s plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when her mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank’s formidable mother, Evelyn (Duncan), whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.
Directors: Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal, 2017, USA/UK, 105min.
Whitney Houston was the epitome of superstar, an “American Princess,” the most awarded female artist ever. Even though Whitney had made millions of dollars, had more consecutive number ones than The Beatles, and became recognized as having one of the greatest voice of all time, she still wasn’t free to be herself and died at just 48 years old. WHITNEY "Can I Be Me" tells Whitney Houston’s incredible and poignant life story with insights from those closest to her.
Director: Roger Michell. Starring: Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Iain Glen. USA/UK 2017. 106 mins.
After health problems determine that he must spend his winters in warmer climates, Ambrose (Glen), a wealthy landowner and guardian to his orphaned cousin Philip (Claflin), heads to Italy. Years later, Philip receives a letter from Ambrose announcing that he has fallen in love with and married a distant relation, the eponymous Rachel (Weisz). Soon after, Philip learns that his guardian is dangerously ill, but by the time he arrives in Italy, Ambrose is dead and Rachel has left for England, bound for her deceased husband’s estate in Cornwall. Racked by suspicion, Philip confronts Rachel, but he too soon finds himself under her beguiling spell. What is she? A femme fatale? A gold-digger? A tease? Thanks to skilled direction and first-rate performances, Roger Michell’s enticing period drama keeps the audience guessing throughout.
Swiss director Claude Barras’s debut feature is a beautifully rendered, stop-motion animation, adapted by the gifted screenwriter Céline Sciamma (Girlhood, Tomboy) from Giles Paris’s eponymous novel. The improbably nicknamed Courgette (Schlatter) is a shy, bug-eyed kid, consigned to an orphanage after his alcoholic mother’s sudden death. However, Courgette’s unhappiness is tempered by the kindly policeman who escorts him to his new home and adventures with the other misfit children – a football-loving tomboy, shy Alice and an introverted dinosaur fan – are cleverly wrought to show how lessons learnt can shape a child’s character and prepare them for adult life. The story of the growing pains of youngsters is lovingly told, the animation and colouring terrific - all brilliantly befitting the narrative of a film that’s much more than simply kids’ entertainment.
Director: Patty Jenkins.
Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nelson. USA 2017. 133 mins.
Since Cathy Lee Crosby burst onto the big screen as the original Wonder Woman in 1974 there have several other versions of DC Comics’ legendary female superhero, but now Israeli actress Gal Gadot (Gisele from the Fast & Furious franchise) takes centre stage as the Amazon warrior-princess after a breakout turn last year in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Raised as a fearless defender of her island paradise in the early 20th century, young Diana meets Steve Trevor (Pine), an American pilot who informs her of the mighty war raging beyond her shores. Inspired to right the world’s wrong, she leaves for London to discover her true destiny and her full, unearthly powers. Gifted director Patty Jenkins (Monster) is behind the camera, overseeing a stellar cast that includes Robin Wright and Connie Nelson.
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Director: Michaël Dudok De Wit. France/Belgium/Japan 2015. 81 mins.
Renowned Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli’s first-ever international co-production is a perfect collaboration with Oscar-winning Dutch animator Michaël Dudok De Wit. The Red Turtle, almost a decade in the making, is a dialogue-free fable about a castaway on a desert island, and a touching ode to the cycle of life and the resilience of family. Presented with an elegant simplicity, the sublime visuals pack a real emotional punch. Described by critics as a ‘quiet little masterpiece’ and a ‘wordless wonder’, The Red Turtle won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes. Michaël Dudok De Wit previously made the Oscar-winning animated short Father And Daughter in 2000.
Director: James Gunn.
Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper. USA 2017. 136 mins.
The coolest ragtag bunch of a-holes in space are back with the fate of the cosmos resting on their shoulders once more. Because anyone can save the galaxy once. As they journey across the far reaches of the universe, the Guardians attempt to solve the mystery of Peter Quill’s (Pratt) parentage. On their travels, they cross paths with old foes, new faces and an enigmatic villain in Ayesha (Elizabeth Debicki), but their biggest battle might just be to keep their newfound family together. Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and Bradley Cooper reprise their roles as Gamora, Drax and Rocket respectively, while Vin Diesel returns to voice a very naïve and goofy baby Groot. Expect another humdinger of a soundtrack.
Director: Michael Mann.
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Diana Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Natalie Portman. USA 1995. 171 mins.
Two of America’s finest, most charismatic film actors came together for the first time on screen in Michael Mann’s highly intelligent, stylish, violent thriller – and the result is electrifying. An absorbing duel between two men – one the icy cool mastermind of a criminal gang specialising in high-risk, high-yield heists (De Niro), the other the dogged detective assigned to his case (Pacino) – plays out on the battleground of contemporary LA, a moody, ever shifting city of twisted morals and crumbling relationships. Beautifully crafted, superbly paced and boasting a superlative heist gone wrong among several unforgettable sequences, Heat brought Michael Mann the recognition he long deserved as one of America's most talented directors.
MOE Presents aka "Music Over Everything Presents" is a live music platform for all rappers, grime MC's, singers and spoken word poets. Based Upstairs every last Monday of the month.
Every edition we showcase a variety of upcoming talent from in and around London.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, we’re exploring our collective past through a season of exceptional British movies.
Love Is The Devil
Director: John Maybury. Starring: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton. UK 1998. 90 mins.
John Maybury’s daring art biopic stars Derek Jacobi as Francis Bacon and Daniel Craig as his muse, a small-time thief drawn into the painter’s bohemian circle. Tilda Swinton gives a standout performance as the foul-mouthed proprietress of the legendary Colony Room, the Soho club that served as a hub for the group, which also included photographer John Deakin and artist Isabel Rawsthorne.
21.00Criminal Acts: A Charged Past: A season to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.
Discover Tuesdays: Discover stunning cinema. Whether it's a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.
Director: Mike Nichols. Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross. USA 1967. 105 mins.
This archly hilarious observation of smug, middle-class American mores remains a delight half a century after its release, as callow college graduate Dustin Hoffman is seduced by Mrs Robinson (Bancroft). Bancroft’s career-defining role is perfectly matched by Katharine Ross as her daughter, who ultimately takes Benjamin’s fancy. The Graduate confirmed director Mike Nichols’ talent for socially astute storytelling, with fabulous performances from some of his generation’s finest actors.
Join Timmy and his friends for three fun adventures in this collection of classic Timmy Time episodes where Timmy discovers that football is more fun when you play with your friends, that winning is not always best and that sometimes things do not work out as planned but that’s OK.
Featuring the episodes Timmy Wants To Win, Timmy Plays Ball and Snapshot Timmy.
Director: Michael Bay.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel. USA 2016. 149 mins.
“This is not a number five. This feels like a brand new, fresh look into the Transformers.” So says director Michael Bay, whose latest ’botbuster, The Last Knight, shatters the core myths of the hugely successful franchise. Optimus Prime is gone. In his absence, humans and Transformers are at war. The key to humanity’s survival lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. The fate of the world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English lord (Hopkins); and an Oxford professor (Haddock).
Director: Michael Bay.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel. USA 2016. 149 mins.
“This is not a number five. This feels like a brand new, fresh look into the Transformers.” So says director Michael Bay, whose latest ’botbuster, The Last Knight, shatters the core myths of the hugely successful franchise. Optimus Prime is gone. In his absence, humans and Transformers are at war. The key to humanity’s survival lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. The fate of the world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English lord (Hopkins); and an Oxford professor (Haddock).
Director: Mark Webb.
Starring: Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan. USA 2017. 101 mins.
Gifted is a moving story about choices, compassion and family, all underscored by a wicked sense of humour. Frank Adler (Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy – his spirited young niece Mary (Grace) – in a coastal town in Florida. Frank’s plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when her mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank’s formidable mother, Evelyn (Duncan), whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.
Directors: Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal, 2017, USA/UK, 105min.
Whitney Houston was the epitome of superstar, an “American Princess,” the most awarded female artist ever. Even though Whitney had made millions of dollars, had more consecutive number ones than The Beatles, and became recognized as having one of the greatest voice of all time, she still wasn’t free to be herself and died at just 48 years old. WHITNEY "Can I Be Me" tells Whitney Houston’s incredible and poignant life story with insights from those closest to her.
Director: Roger Michell. Starring: Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Iain Glen. USA/UK 2017. 106 mins.
After health problems determine that he must spend his winters in warmer climates, Ambrose (Glen), a wealthy landowner and guardian to his orphaned cousin Philip (Claflin), heads to Italy. Years later, Philip receives a letter from Ambrose announcing that he has fallen in love with and married a distant relation, the eponymous Rachel (Weisz). Soon after, Philip learns that his guardian is dangerously ill, but by the time he arrives in Italy, Ambrose is dead and Rachel has left for England, bound for her deceased husband’s estate in Cornwall. Racked by suspicion, Philip confronts Rachel, but he too soon finds himself under her beguiling spell. What is she? A femme fatale? A gold-digger? A tease? Thanks to skilled direction and first-rate performances, Roger Michell’s enticing period drama keeps the audience guessing throughout.
Swiss director Claude Barras’s debut feature is a beautifully rendered, stop-motion animation, adapted by the gifted screenwriter Céline Sciamma (Girlhood, Tomboy) from Giles Paris’s eponymous novel. The improbably nicknamed Courgette (Schlatter) is a shy, bug-eyed kid, consigned to an orphanage after his alcoholic mother’s sudden death. However, Courgette’s unhappiness is tempered by the kindly policeman who escorts him to his new home and adventures with the other misfit children – a football-loving tomboy, shy Alice and an introverted dinosaur fan – are cleverly wrought to show how lessons learnt can shape a child’s character and prepare them for adult life. The story of the growing pains of youngsters is lovingly told, the animation and colouring terrific - all brilliantly befitting the narrative of a film that’s much more than simply kids’ entertainment.
Director: Patty Jenkins.
Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nelson. USA 2017. 133 mins.
Since Cathy Lee Crosby burst onto the big screen as the original Wonder Woman in 1974 there have several other versions of DC Comics’ legendary female superhero, but now Israeli actress Gal Gadot (Gisele from the Fast & Furious franchise) takes centre stage as the Amazon warrior-princess after a breakout turn last year in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Raised as a fearless defender of her island paradise in the early 20th century, young Diana meets Steve Trevor (Pine), an American pilot who informs her of the mighty war raging beyond her shores. Inspired to right the world’s wrong, she leaves for London to discover her true destiny and her full, unearthly powers. Gifted director Patty Jenkins (Monster) is behind the camera, overseeing a stellar cast that includes Robin Wright and Connie Nelson.
Director: Michaël Dudok De Wit. France/Belgium/Japan 2015. 81 mins.
Renowned Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli’s first-ever international co-production is a perfect collaboration with Oscar-winning Dutch animator Michaël Dudok De Wit. The Red Turtle, almost a decade in the making, is a dialogue-free fable about a castaway on a desert island, and a touching ode to the cycle of life and the resilience of family. Presented with an elegant simplicity, the sublime visuals pack a real emotional punch. Described by critics as a ‘quiet little masterpiece’ and a ‘wordless wonder’, The Red Turtle won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes. Michaël Dudok De Wit previously made the Oscar-winning animated short Father And Daughter in 2000.
Director: James Gunn.
Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper. USA 2017. 136 mins.
The coolest ragtag bunch of a-holes in space are back with the fate of the cosmos resting on their shoulders once more. Because anyone can save the galaxy once. As they journey across the far reaches of the universe, the Guardians attempt to solve the mystery of Peter Quill’s (Pratt) parentage. On their travels, they cross paths with old foes, new faces and an enigmatic villain in Ayesha (Elizabeth Debicki), but their biggest battle might just be to keep their newfound family together. Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and Bradley Cooper reprise their roles as Gamora, Drax and Rocket respectively, while Vin Diesel returns to voice a very naïve and goofy baby Groot. Expect another humdinger of a soundtrack.
T A P E is currently focused on screening films that explore culture, identity & heritage, and Morris From America is next up in their programme. This comedic coming-of-age story follows 13-year-old Morris Gentry - an African American teen who aspires to be the next Notorious B.I.G. - after he and his father move to Germany and he finds himself in a place where no one looks like him or shares his musical tastes. Over time, Mo deals with a variety of things that challenge his young spirit including navigating a new culture, his relationship with his father, and a budding romance as he falls for cool, rebellious 15-year-old Katrin. Morris From America screened as part of the Dramatic Competition section at Sundance Film Festival, winning two awards.
T A P E is a South London-based film collective providing an intimate and unique cinema experience for the local community and beyond. They curate screenings of some of the best movies from the film festival and cult cinema scene which have had limited theatrical release in the UK. This screening is in collaboration with The New Black Film Collective, a nationwide network of film exhibitors, educators and programmers of Black representation on screen.
Naturally… you can expect some sweet hip-hop tunes to follow this screening.
Director: Edgar Wright.
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey. USA 2017. 113 mins.
Young getaway driver Baby (Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. After he meets the girl of his dreams, he sees a chance to leave his criminal life behind. But one last heist puts his love, life and freedom on the line. With an eclectic soundtrack ranging from Queen and Martha Reeves to The Beach Boys, Edgar Wright’s musical crime caper rolls out one terrific tune after the other.
This award-winning story follows a young girl named Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima where she marries Shusaku Hojo, a young clerk who works at the local naval base. Living with his family, Suzu becomes essential to the running of the household and creatively prepares meals during the tough wartime conditions while also carrying out daily housework. In 1945, intense bombings by the US military finally reach Kure, with devastating effect to the townsfolk and their way of life. Suzu’s life is changed irrevocably, but through perseverance and courage, she manages to continue to live life to the fullest.
21.00Culture Shock: Dedicated to bringing you the best in cult and genre films.
Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
World-famous tenor Jonas Kaufmann makes his role debut as Otello in Verdi's passionate retelling of Shakespeare's great tragedy of jealousy, deception and murder. Soprano Maria Agresta will be his Desdemona and baritone Marco Vratogna his nemesis Iago in a new production by Olivier Awardwinning director Keith Warner.
A major work of the opera repertory, Verdi's Otello draws on the full forces of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the Royal Opera Chorus and this stellar line-up of principal singers, with exquisite duets, emotionally potent solo numbers and thrilling choruses.
Particular highlights include Otello and Desdemona's rapturous love duet and Desdemona's poignant 'Willow Song'. Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts this Italian masterpiece.
Director: Mike Nichols. Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross. USA 1967. 105 mins.
This archly hilarious observation of smug, middle-class American mores remains a delight half a century after its release, as callow college graduate Dustin Hoffman is seduced by Mrs Robinson (Bancroft). Bancroft’s career-defining role is perfectly matched by Katharine Ross as her daughter, who ultimately takes Benjamin’s fancy. The Graduate confirmed director Mike Nichols’ talent for socially astute storytelling, with fabulous performances from some of his generation’s finest actors.
Director: Michael Bay.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel. USA 2016. 149 mins.
“This is not a number five. This feels like a brand new, fresh look into the Transformers.” So says director Michael Bay, whose latest ’botbuster, The Last Knight, shatters the core myths of the hugely successful franchise. Optimus Prime is gone. In his absence, humans and Transformers are at war. The key to humanity’s survival lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. The fate of the world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English lord (Hopkins); and an Oxford professor (Haddock).
Director: Michael Bay.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel. USA 2016. 149 mins.
“This is not a number five. This feels like a brand new, fresh look into the Transformers.” So says director Michael Bay, whose latest ’botbuster, The Last Knight, shatters the core myths of the hugely successful franchise. Optimus Prime is gone. In his absence, humans and Transformers are at war. The key to humanity’s survival lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. The fate of the world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English lord (Hopkins); and an Oxford professor (Haddock).
Director: Mark Webb.
Starring: Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan. USA 2017. 101 mins.
Gifted is a moving story about choices, compassion and family, all underscored by a wicked sense of humour. Frank Adler (Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy – his spirited young niece Mary (Grace) – in a coastal town in Florida. Frank’s plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when her mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank’s formidable mother, Evelyn (Duncan), whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.
Directors: Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal, 2017, USA/UK, 105min.
Whitney Houston was the epitome of superstar, an “American Princess,” the most awarded female artist ever. Even though Whitney had made millions of dollars, had more consecutive number ones than The Beatles, and became recognized as having one of the greatest voice of all time, she still wasn’t free to be herself and died at just 48 years old. WHITNEY "Can I Be Me" tells Whitney Houston’s incredible and poignant life story with insights from those closest to her.
Director: Roger Michell. Starring: Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Iain Glen. USA/UK 2017. 106 mins.
After health problems determine that he must spend his winters in warmer climates, Ambrose (Glen), a wealthy landowner and guardian to his orphaned cousin Philip (Claflin), heads to Italy. Years later, Philip receives a letter from Ambrose announcing that he has fallen in love with and married a distant relation, the eponymous Rachel (Weisz). Soon after, Philip learns that his guardian is dangerously ill, but by the time he arrives in Italy, Ambrose is dead and Rachel has left for England, bound for her deceased husband’s estate in Cornwall. Racked by suspicion, Philip confronts Rachel, but he too soon finds himself under her beguiling spell. What is she? A femme fatale? A gold-digger? A tease? Thanks to skilled direction and first-rate performances, Roger Michell’s enticing period drama keeps the audience guessing throughout.
Director: Patty Jenkins.
Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nelson. USA 2017. 133 mins.
Since Cathy Lee Crosby burst onto the big screen as the original Wonder Woman in 1974 there have several other versions of DC Comics’ legendary female superhero, but now Israeli actress Gal Gadot (Gisele from the Fast & Furious franchise) takes centre stage as the Amazon warrior-princess after a breakout turn last year in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Raised as a fearless defender of her island paradise in the early 20th century, young Diana meets Steve Trevor (Pine), an American pilot who informs her of the mighty war raging beyond her shores. Inspired to right the world’s wrong, she leaves for London to discover her true destiny and her full, unearthly powers. Gifted director Patty Jenkins (Monster) is behind the camera, overseeing a stellar cast that includes Robin Wright and Connie Nelson.
Director: Michaël Dudok De Wit. France/Belgium/Japan 2015. 81 mins.
Renowned Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli’s first-ever international co-production is a perfect collaboration with Oscar-winning Dutch animator Michaël Dudok De Wit. The Red Turtle, almost a decade in the making, is a dialogue-free fable about a castaway on a desert island, and a touching ode to the cycle of life and the resilience of family. Presented with an elegant simplicity, the sublime visuals pack a real emotional punch. Described by critics as a ‘quiet little masterpiece’ and a ‘wordless wonder’, The Red Turtle won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes. Michaël Dudok De Wit previously made the Oscar-winning animated short Father And Daughter in 2000.
A live music night hosted by local musician, Rami Radi, presenting the best musicians, singers and poets South London has to offer! Based around two featured acts, the night is dedicated to local performers to showcase their talent in a warm and friendly environment.
May 31st: Featuring Sherika Sherard, Esme Neale & George Holroyd
Director: Edgar Wright.
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey. USA 2017. 113 mins.
Young getaway driver Baby (Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. After he meets the girl of his dreams, he sees a chance to leave his criminal life behind. But one last heist puts his love, life and freedom on the line. With an eclectic soundtrack ranging from Queen and Martha Reeves to The Beach Boys, Edgar Wright’s musical crime caper rolls out one terrific tune after the other.
13.00Silver Screen: Aged over 60? Join the Silver Screen Club for discounted tickets and a free tea or coffee at these shows. Usual ticket prices apply to non-Members.
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21.00Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
Director: Andew J. Cohen. Starring: Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Allison Tolman. USA 2017. 88mins.
After Scott and Kate Johansen (Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler) lose their daughter Alex’s college fund, they become desperate to earn it back so she can pursue her dream of attending a university. With the help of their neighbor Frank (Jason Mantzoukas), they decide to start an illegal casino in his house.
Director: Mike Nichols. Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross. USA 1967. 105 mins.
This archly hilarious observation of smug, middle-class American mores remains a delight half a century after its release, as callow college graduate Dustin Hoffman is seduced by Mrs Robinson (Bancroft). Bancroft’s career-defining role is perfectly matched by Katharine Ross as her daughter, who ultimately takes Benjamin’s fancy. The Graduate confirmed director Mike Nichols’ talent for socially astute storytelling, with fabulous performances from some of his generation’s finest actors.
14.20Silver Screen: Aged over 60? Join the Silver Screen Club for discounted tickets and a free tea or coffee at these shows. Usual ticket prices apply to non-Members.
Join Timmy and his friends for three fun adventures in this collection of classic Timmy Time episodes where Timmy discovers that football is more fun when you play with your friends, that winning is not always best and that sometimes things do not work out as planned but that’s OK.
Featuring the episodes Timmy Wants To Win, Timmy Plays Ball and Snapshot Timmy.
Director: Michael Bay.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel. USA 2016. 149 mins.
“This is not a number five. This feels like a brand new, fresh look into the Transformers.” So says director Michael Bay, whose latest ’botbuster, The Last Knight, shatters the core myths of the hugely successful franchise. Optimus Prime is gone. In his absence, humans and Transformers are at war. The key to humanity’s survival lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. The fate of the world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English lord (Hopkins); and an Oxford professor (Haddock).
12.10Silver Screen: Aged over 60? Join the Silver Screen Club for discounted tickets and a free tea or coffee at these shows. Usual ticket prices apply to non-Members.
Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
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20.50Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
Director: Michael Bay.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel. USA 2016. 149 mins.
“This is not a number five. This feels like a brand new, fresh look into the Transformers.” So says director Michael Bay, whose latest ’botbuster, The Last Knight, shatters the core myths of the hugely successful franchise. Optimus Prime is gone. In his absence, humans and Transformers are at war. The key to humanity’s survival lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. The fate of the world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English lord (Hopkins); and an Oxford professor (Haddock).
15.203D.
Silver Screen: Aged over 60? Join the Silver Screen Club for discounted tickets and a free tea or coffee at these shows. Usual ticket prices apply to non-Members.
Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
Director: Mark Webb.
Starring: Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan. USA 2017. 101 mins.
Gifted is a moving story about choices, compassion and family, all underscored by a wicked sense of humour. Frank Adler (Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy – his spirited young niece Mary (Grace) – in a coastal town in Florida. Frank’s plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when her mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank’s formidable mother, Evelyn (Duncan), whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.
Directors: Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal, 2017, USA/UK, 105min.
Whitney Houston was the epitome of superstar, an “American Princess,” the most awarded female artist ever. Even though Whitney had made millions of dollars, had more consecutive number ones than The Beatles, and became recognized as having one of the greatest voice of all time, she still wasn’t free to be herself and died at just 48 years old. WHITNEY "Can I Be Me" tells Whitney Houston’s incredible and poignant life story with insights from those closest to her.
13.10Silver Screen: Aged over 60? Join the Silver Screen Club for discounted tickets and a free tea or coffee at these shows. Usual ticket prices apply to non-Members.
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18.30Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
Director: Roger Michell. Starring: Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Iain Glen. USA/UK 2017. 106 mins.
After health problems determine that he must spend his winters in warmer climates, Ambrose (Glen), a wealthy landowner and guardian to his orphaned cousin Philip (Claflin), heads to Italy. Years later, Philip receives a letter from Ambrose announcing that he has fallen in love with and married a distant relation, the eponymous Rachel (Weisz). Soon after, Philip learns that his guardian is dangerously ill, but by the time he arrives in Italy, Ambrose is dead and Rachel has left for England, bound for her deceased husband’s estate in Cornwall. Racked by suspicion, Philip confronts Rachel, but he too soon finds himself under her beguiling spell. What is she? A femme fatale? A gold-digger? A tease? Thanks to skilled direction and first-rate performances, Roger Michell’s enticing period drama keeps the audience guessing throughout.
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19.00Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
Swiss director Claude Barras’s debut feature is a beautifully rendered, stop-motion animation, adapted by the gifted screenwriter Céline Sciamma (Girlhood, Tomboy) from Giles Paris’s eponymous novel. The improbably nicknamed Courgette (Schlatter) is a shy, bug-eyed kid, consigned to an orphanage after his alcoholic mother’s sudden death. However, Courgette’s unhappiness is tempered by the kindly policeman who escorts him to his new home and adventures with the other misfit children – a football-loving tomboy, shy Alice and an introverted dinosaur fan – are cleverly wrought to show how lessons learnt can shape a child’s character and prepare them for adult life. The story of the growing pains of youngsters is lovingly told, the animation and colouring terrific - all brilliantly befitting the narrative of a film that’s much more than simply kids’ entertainment.
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Director: Patty Jenkins.
Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nelson. USA 2017. 133 mins.
Since Cathy Lee Crosby burst onto the big screen as the original Wonder Woman in 1974 there have several other versions of DC Comics’ legendary female superhero, but now Israeli actress Gal Gadot (Gisele from the Fast & Furious franchise) takes centre stage as the Amazon warrior-princess after a breakout turn last year in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Raised as a fearless defender of her island paradise in the early 20th century, young Diana meets Steve Trevor (Pine), an American pilot who informs her of the mighty war raging beyond her shores. Inspired to right the world’s wrong, she leaves for London to discover her true destiny and her full, unearthly powers. Gifted director Patty Jenkins (Monster) is behind the camera, overseeing a stellar cast that includes Robin Wright and Connie Nelson.
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Director: Michaël Dudok De Wit. France/Belgium/Japan 2015. 81 mins.
Renowned Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli’s first-ever international co-production is a perfect collaboration with Oscar-winning Dutch animator Michaël Dudok De Wit. The Red Turtle, almost a decade in the making, is a dialogue-free fable about a castaway on a desert island, and a touching ode to the cycle of life and the resilience of family. Presented with an elegant simplicity, the sublime visuals pack a real emotional punch. Described by critics as a ‘quiet little masterpiece’ and a ‘wordless wonder’, The Red Turtle won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes. Michaël Dudok De Wit previously made the Oscar-winning animated short Father And Daughter in 2000.
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Director: James Gunn.
Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper. USA 2017. 136 mins.
The coolest ragtag bunch of a-holes in space are back with the fate of the cosmos resting on their shoulders once more. Because anyone can save the galaxy once. As they journey across the far reaches of the universe, the Guardians attempt to solve the mystery of Peter Quill’s (Pratt) parentage. On their travels, they cross paths with old foes, new faces and an enigmatic villain in Ayesha (Elizabeth Debicki), but their biggest battle might just be to keep their newfound family together. Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and Bradley Cooper reprise their roles as Gamora, Drax and Rocket respectively, while Vin Diesel returns to voice a very naïve and goofy baby Groot. Expect another humdinger of a soundtrack.
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What started out as an open mic in the back of a Harlem restaurant in 2000, is now established as NYC's longest running weekly open mic jam and has grown into an international hip-hop movement found in 15+ countries worldwide spread across 5 continents. Famous for its international MC challenge, the London chapter has found its home Upstairs At The Ritzy.
Expect rap cyphers and a soul jazz jam, plus the MC challenge, backed by the house band with residents, DJ Snuff, DJ Jazz T & host Mas Law.
The 'E.O.W a.k.a EODUB MC challenge' consist of 5 rounds, testing all skills of an MC. The prize is a trip to Prague to compete in the world finals.
Ra uses movement and breath to feel lightweight in your body and bright in your mind!
Strong but flexible, balanced but light, masculine and feminine - yoga is the spirit of of contrast and equality.
Cara is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga particularly towards supporting creative lifestyles. With a few ideas borrowed from dance, Pilates, Tai Chi, singing techniques, relaxation techniques and massage.
Inspired towards better mental health, having more energy, and feeling nice.
EVERY THURSDAY: 10am - 11.30am
EVERY SUNDAY: 10.30am - 11.30am (different ticket link when you go to all listings)
Director: Edgar Wright.
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey. USA 2017. 113 mins.
Young getaway driver Baby (Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. After he meets the girl of his dreams, he sees a chance to leave his criminal life behind. But one last heist puts his love, life and freedom on the line. With an eclectic soundtrack ranging from Queen and Martha Reeves to The Beach Boys, Edgar Wright’s musical crime caper rolls out one terrific tune after the other.
Swing Patrol’s monthly Blues dance night warms you up with a class, then follows with 5 hours of smokin’ social dancing with a live band plus the best Blues DJs in London. With music ranging from vintage female Blues to Delta, Chicago, Texas, Louisiana, Piedmont, British, Funky and modern Blues, this is ready and open to anyone. You can explore your dancing with these different styles in a relaxed and friendly environment.
JUNE: Feat. Dan Dash
JULY: Feat.Katie Bradley and Chris Corcoran Trio
8pm: Doors open
8.30-9.15pm: Taster blues dance class (no entry to class after 8.40pm)
9.15-2am: Uninterrupted party time with live music and DJs!
Formerly the best Sunday, now the best Saturday night out in Brixton!
Sing your heart out and sway to the riddims. Channel your inner Beenie Man, Beres Hammond or Dawn Penn. Guaranteed niceness with a whole heap of laughter and pull-ups along the way.
What you need to know:
Tickets: £8
8pm - 1am
This event is always in high demand. Tickets sell out online well in advance so don't delay to avoid disappointment. Your ticket is for entry not a guaranteed seat! We do not take birthday bookings or reservations, limited seating on a first come first serve basis. For more event information contact: info@reggaeoke.co.uk.
Also check out our 3rd Birthday event on Sunday 16th July!
Director: Edgar Wright.
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey. USA 2017. 113 mins.
Young getaway driver Baby (Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. After he meets the girl of his dreams, he sees a chance to leave his criminal life behind. But one last heist puts his love, life and freedom on the line. With an eclectic soundtrack ranging from Queen and Martha Reeves to The Beach Boys, Edgar Wright’s musical crime caper rolls out one terrific tune after the other.
Director: Kelly Asbury.
Starring: Demi Lovato, Jack McBrayer, Joe Mananiello, Danny Pudi. USA 2017. 89 mins.
Shrek 2 director Kelly Asbury helms the latest computer-animated children’s adventure featuring the loveable little blue humanoids. This time around Smurfette (Lovato) briefly meets a very familiar-looking creature in the Forbidden Forest, who leaves behind a mysterious map that suggests the whereabouts of a magical lost village.
Intrigued, she sets out with her best friends Clumsy (McBrayer), Hefty (Mananiello) and Brainy (Pudi) to get there before their wicked wizard foe, Gargamel (Rainn Wilson), who’s out to harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf essence. After many madcap adventures full of action and danger, they discover the biggest secret in Smurf history. Fun for all the family, but especially for the under-10s.
Calling all pop loving, music geeks and their admirers. A new event is coming to the Ritzy to tickle your brain cells, called, Pop Pickers! A general knowledge MUSIC quiz like no other (think Never Mind the Buzzcocks meets TOTP) where the audience are as important as the questions.
So, are you a pop novice? Do you not really give a s***? Good. All are welcome at Pop Pickers for an afternoon of nonsense.
Ra uses movement and breath to feel lightweight in your body and bright in your mind!
Strong but flexible, balanced but light, masculine and feminine - yoga is the spirit of of contrast and equality.
Cara is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga particularly towards supporting creative lifestyles. With a few ideas borrowed from dance, Pilates, Tai Chi, singing techniques, relaxation techniques and massage.
Inspired towards better mental health, having more energy, and feeling nice.
Brixton's longest-running live Reggae night presents strong favourites, the six strong band Skillosophi, live on stage, Brixton roots reggae at its most uplifting. A fast-growing, solid band with high energy & good vibes, fronted by guitarist and songwriter Skillington, who hasn't got the word 'skill in his name for nothin'. They will take you into the night with Zinc Fence on the decks with the best of the rare & favourite 45s.
Director: Edgar Wright.
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey. USA 2017. 113 mins.
Young getaway driver Baby (Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. After he meets the girl of his dreams, he sees a chance to leave his criminal life behind. But one last heist puts his love, life and freedom on the line. With an eclectic soundtrack ranging from Queen and Martha Reeves to The Beach Boys, Edgar Wright’s musical crime caper rolls out one terrific tune after the other.
Lost World Show Out is an exciting, urban music-based variety show. With a mix of hand-picked headline acts this month including Ocean China, Ohema X, Paige AKA Paige, Cici ATL, Midnight Mafia, Jay Krimzz, KDotMelody and Pekz. ShowOut is a mix of game-shows, live cyphers, handpicked popular headliners, up & coming acts signing up for open mic, plus DJs playing the best in urban music. Best way to spend a Monday night.
Doors open at 7pm and open mic slots are first come, first serve.
Contact: ShowOut@TheLostWorld.co
No ID, no entry.
7pm - 11pm.
Tickets: £5 adv (online) & before 8.30 on the night, £8 after
Director: Edgar Wright.
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey. USA 2017. 113 mins.
Young getaway driver Baby (Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. After he meets the girl of his dreams, he sees a chance to leave his criminal life behind. But one last heist puts his love, life and freedom on the line. With an eclectic soundtrack ranging from Queen and Martha Reeves to The Beach Boys, Edgar Wright’s musical crime caper rolls out one terrific tune after the other.
A mystery dancer, a missing dance crew and the break-up of da Sugamice girl band provide Da Easy Crew with more musical mysteries and adventures.
Featuring episodes: Dancinderella, Da Bad Break and Sugar Gone Sour.
Author Michael De Souza says of his creation, “Rastamouse has a positive message for young children, promoting the need to understand what is right from what is wrong, and why, in a meaningful context.”
If you want to have more fun when you get home from the cinema, go to www.rastamouse.com to find out all about the nation’s favourite reggae-playing mouse, play games or just listen to Da Easy Crew’s crucial tunes. Rastamouse and Da Easy Crew also want to hear all about how you made a bad ting good – so send any pictures or stories in to them at goodtings@rastamouse.com.
“Through understanding, love an' respect; Rastamouse will always make a bad thing good.”
#BritishBuilt is a capsule collection from the playful Japanese streetwear brand Yoroshiku 4649 StreetWear. This radical new range of comfortable streetwear is entirely designed and produced in the UK. Over the last year chief designer Yumi has travelled across Britain to select only the best materials and most skilful craftsmen, and to inspect every step of manufacturing.
For the styling of this new range of beautiful, proudly British Yoroshiku kit, Yoroshiku has teamed up with a creative gang originally from Ireland and Spain but now based in London: the models Blackfish Collective, and Alfonso Gavilan of the photography team Reborn Crew. It's a diverse group that truly represents the reality of this melting pot of culture, LDN town.
Kicking off a two-week exhibition to showcase this inspiring project, Blackfish Collective will be making their very first south London appearance with special live and AV sets on the opening night - supported by music selected byMrSandman (Team United80), South London beatmaker Gonzi (CDR) & Japanese sound fairy
oto (NessRadio). The #BritishBuilt capsule collection will be available on the night at the Yoroshiku 4649 merch stand. The exhibition runs through 4th - 17th July.
Opening party: 4th July @ 7-11pm
Free Entry - bring your good vibes
LIVE: Blackfish Collective (Dublin/LDN)
DJ: MrSandman (Team United80)
Gonzi (CDR)
oto (NessRadio)
+ Yoroshiku 4649 StreetWear on sale on the night
Prolific Russian film and theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov explores blind compliance to overarching doctrines in this provocative yet timely tale about a student in the coastal town of Kaliningrad whose religious awakening spirals out of control.
An obsessive reader of the Bible, high-school student Venya (Skvortsov) urges both fellow pupils and his teachers to take the scriptures quite literally, even to the extent of successfully outlawing the clothing he considers provocative and forcing creationism into the curriculum. Venya’s fevered proselytism increasingly vexes his atheist biology teacher (Isakova) and overbearing mother (Aug), and as his fanatical embrace of Christian doctrine intensifies, chaos ensues.
Adapted from Marius von Mayenburg’s controversial play, Martyr, The Student is a beautifully shot bout of moral wrestling and a scathing satire on fundamentalism.
18.30Discover Tuesdays: Discover stunning cinema. Whether it's a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.
Director: Edgar Wright.
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey. USA 2017. 113 mins.
Young getaway driver Baby (Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. After he meets the girl of his dreams, he sees a chance to leave his criminal life behind. But one last heist puts his love, life and freedom on the line. With an eclectic soundtrack ranging from Queen and Martha Reeves to The Beach Boys, Edgar Wright’s musical crime caper rolls out one terrific tune after the other.
An always changing night of world music hosted by Melange Collective on the first Wednesday of every month. Expect the evocative melodies and hypnotic beats of Africa, the Balkan, Middle East, South America and further afield. Performed by Melange, and featuring variously Arabic Oud, cello, guitar, sax, accordion and percussion; the night has a different flavour every month ranging from acoustic performance to wild excursions into jazz and free improvisation. Guest artists also appear, and are invited to contact Melange with suggestions.
Director: Edgar Wright.
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey. USA 2017. 113 mins.
Young getaway driver Baby (Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. After he meets the girl of his dreams, he sees a chance to leave his criminal life behind. But one last heist puts his love, life and freedom on the line. With an eclectic soundtrack ranging from Queen and Martha Reeves to The Beach Boys, Edgar Wright’s musical crime caper rolls out one terrific tune after the other.
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15.40Silver Screen: Aged over 60? Join the Silver Screen Club for discounted tickets and a free tea or coffee at these shows. Usual ticket prices apply to non-Members.
Be part of a major new operatic work – join us for the world premiere of Brett Dean’s new opera based on Shakespeare’s best-known tragedy.
Brett Dean’s colourful, energetic, witty and richly lyrical music expertly captures the modernity of this timeless tale, while Matthew Jocelyn’s libretto is pure Shakespeare.
A cast of some of the finest singing actors of the moment will bring Hamlet to life. British tenor and Glyndebourne favourite Allan Clayton will play Hamlet. British mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly will play Gertrude and Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan will make her Glyndebourne debut as Ophelia. Legendary British bass John Tomlinson plays The Ghost of Old Hamlet.
Hamlet will be conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, Glyndebourne’s former Music Director.
Neil Armfield has directed numerous productions for Opera Australia, including their first full-length presentation of The Ring Cycle. He is the director of the acclaimed films Candy and Holding the Man.
‘The themes of life and death, love and betrayal have opera written all over them.’
—Brett Dean, Composer
Sung in English with English supertitles
Also on screen this summer: a timeless production of La traviata (captured live in 2014) and a new production of Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito (live).
A mystery dancer, a missing dance crew and the break-up of da Sugamice girl band provide Da Easy Crew with more musical mysteries and adventures.
Featuring episodes: Dancinderella, Da Bad Break and Sugar Gone Sour.
Author Michael De Souza says of his creation, “Rastamouse has a positive message for young children, promoting the need to understand what is right from what is wrong, and why, in a meaningful context.”
If you want to have more fun when you get home from the cinema, go to www.rastamouse.com to find out all about the nation’s favourite reggae-playing mouse, play games or just listen to Da Easy Crew’s crucial tunes. Rastamouse and Da Easy Crew also want to hear all about how you made a bad ting good – so send any pictures or stories in to them at goodtings@rastamouse.com.
“Through understanding, love an' respect; Rastamouse will always make a bad thing good.”
Ra uses movement and breath to feel lightweight in your body and bright in your mind!
Strong but flexible, balanced but light, masculine and feminine - yoga is the spirit of of contrast and equality.
Cara is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga particularly towards supporting creative lifestyles. With a few ideas borrowed from dance, Pilates, Tai Chi, singing techniques, relaxation techniques and massage.
Inspired towards better mental health, having more energy, and feeling nice.
EVERY THURSDAY: 10am - 11.30am
EVERY SUNDAY: 10.30am - 11.30am (different ticket link when you go to all listings)
Five acts are handpicked and curated by host Steve Folk, who is also a talented performer himself. There is no specific genre to the music he presents but it is always original, honest, thought-provoking and good!
Martha Bailey is a contemporary folk musician and singer-songwriter from rural Oxfordshire, having recently moved to London. Her influences include Nick Drake, The Sundays, The Staves, Joni Mitchell, Laura Marling and Kate Rusby
Richard Maule just released his latest EP 'esoteric groove' and has been championed by Radio 2’s Dermot O'Leary as well as being nominated for Shure's singer songwriter award last year. He charges his songs with emotion and energy, then lets it all go on stage with an explosive performance captivating his audience with a mix of drums, soaring synths, looped vocals and many other instruments played at one time.
Start your Pride London weekend in style with music and laughter at the launch of the BlackoutUK Lounge - a new space created by black gay men, for black gay men and their friends.
8pm - 2am
Tickets: £5 (all proceeds to Black Out UK organisation)
The talented kids and teens of South London now have a regular place to share their performance skills on a real stage in a real live venue. Either to practise mic techniques, or maybe just try a real stage out for the first time ever! Dancers, comedians, poets, singers, musicians and actors all welcome to join our friendly, welcoming and non-competitive environment.
We now have full backline at the venue, which means we have a drumkit, bass amp and guitar amp... so if you're an instrumentalist, or a full band - come down and make some good noise! If you are coming with a band, or would like to play our drumkit, it would be really helpful if you could give us a heads up in advance if possible. You could just message us on Facebook. Easy!
*This is a family & community event. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult, and even if they’re old enough to be alone – the more the merrier!
Feferity is back again with another exciting reggae band on stage to keep the diaspora of music alive with Jamaican born lead singer Michael Arkk.
Michael has been recording and performing his brand of sweet melodies for over 25 years. Within those years he has reached as far as Europe with his trademark exquisite vocals; so enriching and compelling you’ll forget about life's worries and get to dancing!
Signed to Numen Records, the London-based artist has worked with an illustrious set of writers, performers & musicians like Owen Grey, Ray Carless, Neville Staple of the specials and more. His new album ‘Sweet Fire’ scheduled for release in June 2017, and there will be album give away on the night, so come early. Feferity will also be presenting on of London's top reggae DJs - DJ Cougan who will rotate body to a good start!
We're also having special guest artists from three different countries across the globe: D21, Deoba Authentic and Sar Jay. A line-up to excite and keep your body and feet warm until the main man arrives on stage.
This is a reggae album launch jam you don't want to miss! Tell a friend to come along.
A collaboration between American film-maker Sofia Coppola and Italian haute couture king Valentino comes in the form of a revival of Giuseppe Verdi’s classic opera, LA TRAVIATA.
Violetta Valéry is a well-known courtesan in Paris whose life appears to be glamorous, but who also suffers from a serious illness. She lives on the money given to her by her male patrons. But when she meets Alfredo Germont, a young man from a good family, they fall in love and move to the country. Alfredo’s father disapproves of their relationship and comes to tell Violetta that her involvement with Alfredo will ruin his family’s reputation. Out of her love for Alfredo, Violetta agrees to leave him and returns to Paris. Thinking she has betrayed him, Alfredo is heartbroken. He follows her to a party and publicly insults her. A few months later, Violetta is close to death. Alfredo, who has learned why Violetta left him, returns to her. He is shocked by her weakness as she strains to get to her feet. They vow to be together forever, but she soon collapses and breathes her last.
For the last screening in the Jazz re:freshed Film Club’s hip-hop season, they are focusing on the DJ; screening acclaimed documentary ‘Scratch’ - a feature-length documentary film about hip-hop DJing, otherwise known as turntablism. From the South Bronx in the 1970s to San Francisco now, the world's best scratchers, beat-diggers, party-rockers, and producers wax poetic on beats, breaks, battles, and the infinite possibilities of vinyl. The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring special guests, as well as one of London’s finest scratch DJs.
Sunday 9th July
Doors 1pm, film 2pm
Event finishes 5pm
Ra uses movement and breath to feel lightweight in your body and bright in your mind!
Strong but flexible, balanced but light, masculine and feminine - yoga is the spirit of of contrast and equality.
Cara is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga particularly towards supporting creative lifestyles. With a few ideas borrowed from dance, Pilates, Tai Chi, singing techniques, relaxation techniques and massage.
Inspired towards better mental health, having more energy, and feeling nice.
Future Groove is the brain-child of singer/writer Helen McDonald; part of local Afro-punk band Yaaba Funk, and well know on the jazz circuit for her incredible live homage and story telling of Billie Holiday. Helen has sung with Roy Ayres Jean Tuissant and Courtney Pine and in this get-up she brings together some of London's best African-influenced jazz musicians for this cutting edge funk, soul and Afro-jazz band. As part of this night, Future Groove will be opening the floor for a jam session - so bring your instruments and get involved!
To mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, we’re exploring our collective past through a season of exceptional British movies.
Nighthawks
Director: Ron Peck, Paul Hallam. Starring: Ken Robertson. UK 1978. 114 mins.
Often seen as Britain's first major gay film, Nighthawks is a vivid account of the London gay scene soon after decriminalisation, where, newly freed from the threat of imprisonment, men are able to seek love and sex in the dark confines of Soho clubs.
Come and play board games with us! Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, King of Tokyo and many, many more. You may not have heard of these games, but we would love to show them to you. Good times guaranteed.
Board Games and Beyond is on the second Monday of every month, in the Upstairs bar, from 6:30 till 11pm. Come along and discover great new board games, card games, party games and more - for free. Hosted by famous screenwriter and board games evangelist Charlie Fish.
Sarah And Duck follows seven-year-old Sarah and her endearing best friend Duck. During each episode, the pair embarks on simple but exciting adventures. Whether they are trying to reach a rainbow or help an umbrella to stay dry, Sarah and Duck explore everyday moments in an engaging, imaginative way.
A varied and welcoming open mic night Upstairs at the Ritzy, hosted by local singer/ songwriter and Ritzy staff member Gabby Colledge. Running alongside her popular weekly night at The Railway Tulse Hill, she will be welcoming all acts ranging from musicians, comedians and spoken word artists to the Ritzy stage. Expect good vibes and lots of local talent!
The Donmar Warehouse presents the first part of Phyllida Lloyd's Shakespeare Trilogy in cinemas, which has been described by The Observer as “one of the most important theatrical events of the last twenty years”.
Julius Caesar depicts the catastrophic consequences of a political leader's extension of his powers beyond the remit of the constitution. As Brutus (Harriet Walter) wrestles with his moral conscience over the assassination of Julius Caesar (Jackie Clune), Mark Antony (Jade Anouka) manipulates the crowd through his subtle and incendiary rhetoric to frenzied mob violence.
“Lloyd's account of Julius Caesar seethes with menace, and here the prison setting makes perfect sense” ***** EVENING STANDARD
Phyllida Lloyd transforms her tense, arresting production of Shakespeare’s famous discourse on power, loyalty and tragic idealism into a gripping version for screen.
An international night of deep dub, rare roots & foundation dancehall, when Delhi Sultanate of India’s Bass Foundation Roots sound system, meets Nardo Leo of Brazil’s Desk Reggae sound system. They’ll be playing original vinyl and dubplate style, alongside host DJ, David Katz. Expect unknown dubs and rare reggae galore!
Sarah And Duck follows seven-year-old Sarah and her endearing best friend Duck. During each episode, the pair embarks on simple but exciting adventures. Whether they are trying to reach a rainbow or help an umbrella to stay dry, Sarah and Duck explore everyday moments in an engaging, imaginative way.
New artist on the scene, Tomi Ling, presents her first EP Hard Love. She will be performing tracks from the trap soul EP; touching on R&B and trap soul infused sounds delivering the beginning of what is HER bass line story. She introduces herself honestly through her lyrical content speaking on issues that live within our society and personal lives expressing the outcomes of tough love.
Ra uses movement and breath to feel lightweight in your body and bright in your mind!
Strong but flexible, balanced but light, masculine and feminine - yoga is the spirit of of contrast and equality.
Cara is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga particularly towards supporting creative lifestyles. With a few ideas borrowed from dance, Pilates, Tai Chi, singing techniques, relaxation techniques and massage.
Inspired towards better mental health, having more energy, and feeling nice.
EVERY THURSDAY: 10am - 11.30am
EVERY SUNDAY: 10.30am - 11.30am (different ticket link when you go to all listings)
Take yourselves back to 1997. It was the dawn of a New Labour Government, the nation mourned a Princess and British music ruled the world. Pop Pickers – Disco is here to salute this iconic year and its legacy in the history of the charts.
The Cool Britainia sounds of The Verve, Oasis and Blur
Pop Perfection of The Spice Girls, Eternal and Aqua
The Dance anthems of Ultranate, Olive and Dannii Minogue
R&B classics from Mariah Carey, Blackstreet & En Vogue
Not to mention legends like The Bee Gees, George Michael, Whitney Houston, & Michael Jackson; 1997 has it all… AND MORE. So join us for an unashamed night of dancing and drinks.
Music from DJ David Robson (Out At Clapham/RVT/XXL)
+ Special Guests
8pm - 1am
Tickets: £5 (available in advance and on the door)
The Afrobeats party for The Ekumfi Trust returns! All ticket sales and donations raised on the night will go towards setting up a fund for victims of the Grenfell Tower inferno. Hosted by comic and presenter, Reuben Christian, featured on the BBC3 and MOBO awards. Activist and YouTube blogger Karl Lokko will be sharing his story. Clement Marfo hits the stage with spoken word. Singers on the night include Salliefoyeh, Irini Mano, Andreas Liberos, Lula Belle and Bon Mata. After the acts we will meet you on the dance floor for a night filled with DJ duo Deep Flight, spinning Afrobeats, RnB, hip-hop and dancehall!
Ra uses movement and breath to feel lightweight in your body and bright in your mind!
Strong but flexible, balanced but light, masculine and feminine - yoga is the spirit of of contrast and equality.
Cara is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga particularly towards supporting creative lifestyles. With a few ideas borrowed from dance, Pilates, Tai Chi, singing techniques, relaxation techniques and massage.
Inspired towards better mental health, having more energy, and feeling nice.
THREE YEARS AGO they landed with a BOOM BANG BANG!
Many have joined us to take to the stage and released their inner reggae star in the most enjoyable and unconventional of ways. Join host Jay9 with DJ Barse and MC Dazzla, be a part of the celebrations for our third year of existence. Expect treats, special guests and prizes for best performance.
What you need to know:
Tickets: £8
7pm - Midnight
This event is always in high demand. Tickets sell out online well in advance so don't delay to avoid disappointment. Your ticket is for entry not a guaranteed seat! We do not take birthday bookings or reservations, limited seating on a first come first serve basis. For more event information contact: info@reggaeoke.co.uk.
Relax and enjoy your Sunday afternoon with Blue Note, Bebop and hard-swinging Jazz provided by some of South London's best young and old musicians. Programmed (and sometimes hosted) by Christian Miller with different special guests, and musician's jam session.
The third Sunday of every month!
June featuring: Dermot McNeil Quartet with their contemporary jazz, post rock atmospheres and blue note swing.
July featuring Southside Gypsy Trio - with some Parisian Swing, Jazz Manouche and Bal Musette!
Hail a Taxi Driver and get Up to the Godfather of all quizzes. Bringing you (Inter)stellar questions from the world of film, it’s been hailed as London’s Best In Show since its Inception. Everyone is welcome: whether you have A Beautiful Mind or you’re totally Clueless. There's no limit on team size, so it doesn’t matter if you're an Odd Couple or there's Se7en of you.
Room isn’t Limitless so avoid the Spectre of being a Mad Max and buy your tickets in advance, and if you don’t want to be Without A Clue, follow The Nice Guys on Twitter @film_quiz or sign up at www.film-quiz.com for clues and a free answer every month.
Doors: 6:00. Quiz: 7:30. £6pp.
Please note: No refunds allowed within 48 hours of the start of the event due to overwhelming popularity.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, we’re exploring our collective past through a season of exceptional British movies.
Weekend
Director: Andrew Haigh. Starring: Tom Cullen, Chris New. UK 2011. 97 mins.
Andrew Haigh’s modern classic, a breakout hit and a milestone in British cinema, sees two young men find a one-night-stand turning into something far more serious. As their relationship deepens, they debate their daily struggles in an overwhelmingly straight world, and come to realise that despite almost half a century of progress, the fight for social equality is far from over.
21.00Criminal Acts: A Charged Past: A season to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.
Discover Tuesdays: Discover stunning cinema. Whether it's a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.
Looking for an assistant, the brutish circus strong man Zampano (Quinn), buys the innocent and slow-witted Gelsomina (Masina) from her impoverished mother and the pair take to the road with a travelling circus. Life with Zampano is violent and unpredictable, and when Gelsomina falls in love with a high-wire artist, The Fool (Richard Basehart), Zampano’s volcanic temper erupts with tragic consequences.
Made between the neo-realist leanings of I, Vitelloni and the glamorous excesses of La Dolce Vita, this is no less recognisably the work of Fellini. With heart-rending performances from Quinn and Fellini’s wife Masina, he guides the film deftly from bittersweet comedy to tragedy. La Strada has the timeless quality of a fable.
Hail a Taxi Driver and get Up to the Godfather of all quizzes. Bringing you (Inter)stellar questions from the world of film, it’s been hailed as London’s Best In Show since its Inception. Everyone is welcome: whether you have A Beautiful Mind or you’re totally Clueless. There's no limit on team size, so it doesn’t matter if you're an Odd Couple or there's Se7en of you.
Room isn’t Limitless so avoid the Spectre of being a Mad Max and buy your tickets in advance, and if you don’t want to be Without A Clue, follow The Nice Guys on Twitter @film_quiz or sign up at www.film-quiz.com for clues and a free answer every month.
Doors: 6:00. Quiz: 7:30. £6pp.
Please note: No refunds allowed within 48 hours of the start of the event due to overwhelming popularity.
MERV are a neo-jazz-groove band born out of the musical meeting of Guildhall students, Jack Yardley (Drums), Matt Gedrych (Electric Bass and Effects) and Benedict Wood (Guitar and Effects), with saxophonist Duncan Eagles. During the earlier stages of the band, MERV collaborated with many different instrumentalists and singers, playing the band's own compositions but with different soloists having their take on it. This helped develop their rhythm section that could focus on creating a tight and solid foundation. Now they are set with Duncan Eagles’ effects-based saxophone sound, combining improvisation and groove with ambient and dance-music based music.
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.
Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Russell Tovey (The Pass).
This new staging of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two-part play is directed by Olivier and Tony award winning director Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse). Part One: Millennium Approaches was first performed at the National Theatre in 1992 and was followed by Part Two: Perestroika the following year.
Part One: Millennium Approaches will be broadcast live on 20 July 2017.
Ra uses movement and breath to feel lightweight in your body and bright in your mind!
Strong but flexible, balanced but light, masculine and feminine - yoga is the spirit of of contrast and equality.
Cara is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga particularly towards supporting creative lifestyles. With a few ideas borrowed from dance, Pilates, Tai Chi, singing techniques, relaxation techniques and massage.
Inspired towards better mental health, having more energy, and feeling nice.
EVERY THURSDAY: 10am - 11.30am
EVERY SUNDAY: 10.30am - 11.30am (different ticket link when you go to all listings)
Ever catch yourself on the dancefloor rapping flawlessly along to Coolio, Missy or Q-Tip? Or even the Fresh Prince theme for that matter..?
Well this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for... a chance to show everyone what you can do.... where you can take to the stage, at our brand new Hip-hop Karaoke night: "Wot Do You Call It?"
Following their second consecutive back to back set at Brainchild Festival, The L.A.B Collective DJ duo behind the Beat Meet parties are back again playing a whole night of b2b party sounds!
Expect to hear their unique tapestry of beat scene hits, hip-hop, RnB, broken beat, edits, jazz fusions, Afrobeat, dancehall, grime, UKG and dance classics.
As always, good vibes policy strictly enforced via music selections and dancefloor movements!
Nosa Ott, Beatrice Lawale and Steve Kalinda have a passion for aesthetics, shapes and bold, vibrant colours. Their collaboration, ‘Inner Beauty, showcases the individuality, personality, and strength of women in around the world, as well as those they admire.
For the exhibition’s launch, they aim to create a space that people can walk through and experience the art, while enjoying an atmosphere filled with music, poetry, and various video projections.
Created and fronted by saxophonist/composer/multi-istrumentalist Wayne Francis (United Vibrations) Ahnansé is an Afro-futuristic journey in sound, crossing Africa, the caribbean and London. Traditional rhythms meets digital beats, with a hint of jazz.
Plus, Afro-Palace DJ Volta 45 (and friends) on the decks with some heavy Afro-vinyl treats lined up.
Doors/DJs 8.30, band 9pm, DJS till 1am // £6 adv, £7 door
The Harfoush Jazz Band offer a new jazz sound with a fusion of American and Egyptian 1940s and 1950s jazz featuring swing and Latino versions of iconic Egyptian pop songs under a project called: The Egyptian Jazz Projekt.
The Harfoush Jazz Band was founded by Egyptian jazz vocalist Ahmed Harfoush in October 2016, bringing a new sound to jazz through unique arrangements inspired by 1950’s Egyptian and American songs. The band’s newest project, ‘The Egyptian Jazz Projekt’ takes us back to the golden age of music with timeless classics by Egypt’s most popular performers such as Abdel Wahab and Abdel Halim skilfully blended with the music of American composers including Cole Porter and Duke Ellington. Ahmed Harfoush, lead vocalist of the band, was exposed to the American music legacy during his childhood in the United States. He has performed around the world from Paris to Berlin to Melbourne to Cairo to Dubai and has also performed with the Macedonia Philharmonic in Skopje.
Ra uses movement and breath to feel lightweight in your body and bright in your mind!
Strong but flexible, balanced but light, masculine and feminine - yoga is the spirit of of contrast and equality.
Cara is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga particularly towards supporting creative lifestyles. With a few ideas borrowed from dance, Pilates, Tai Chi, singing techniques, relaxation techniques and massage.
Inspired towards better mental health, having more energy, and feeling nice.
Spark London Storytelling Open Mic Theme: 'Crossing the Line’
Have you pushed things too far, said something you cannot take back or worn something far too outrageous? Maybe you have accomplished something after many years of perseverance, or moved into a different phase of your life. Maybe you had issues moving across a border control.
Any story inspired by the theme “crossing the line” will be welcome on stage. Come along to listen or tell your story in the warm safe space we create at Spark that makes it easy to share anything with a group of strangers. As always, remember: the stories have to be true and have happened to you.
Continuing their season of screening films exploring culture, identity & heritage, T A P E's July screening unveils the perils and prejudices faced by two British-Arab brothers growing up on the streets of Hackney.
This award-winning debut from director Sally El Hosaini received rave reviews at BFI London Film Festival, Sundance and Berlinale, for it's accomplished and unconventional portrayal of class, ethnicity, sexuality and coming-of-age.
In My Brother The Devil, Rashid works as a low-level drug dealer before deciding to get out, turning instead to lawful and creative outlets. However, this realisation comes too late for his younger brother Mo who, in a bid to emulate Rashid, is drawn into the gang culture his brother is so desperate for him to avoid.
For the first time, the two brothers find themselves at odds, fuelled by their incompatible desires - Mo tempted by what he sees as a glamorous, rebellious lifestyle and Rashid wanting to protect his brother from these mistakes. It’s not long before these two conflicting paths threaten to cause tragic devastation for both.
Director: Mohamed Diab.
Starring: Nelly Karim, Hany Adel. Egypt/France/Germany 2016. 97 mins. Arabic with English subtitles.
Egypt’s turbulent recent social upheavals, which saw Hosni Mubarak’s decades-long rule come to an end in a people-led revolution in 2011, is the focus of Mohamed Diab’s gripping new film, Clash. The nation’s most prominent cultural commentator, Diab co-wrote the screenplay for this powerful piece about his home nation’s troubles with his younger brother Khaled. Set almost entirely within the confines of a police truck, Clash is claustrophobic, hard-hitting and fuelled by an ambitious scope that belies its minimal setting. The emotionally and physically heated occupants of the police truck are made up of members of the Muslim Brotherhood, Army supporters and factionless troublemakers whose deep-seated differences are, unsurprisingly, exacerbated by the position they find themselves in. Set in 2013 during the period when the Muslim Brotherhood were ousted from power, Clash performed strongly at its domestic box office, and reaches these shores promising a confrontational, highly charged vision of contemporary Egypt.
The Discover Tuesday presentation of the film will be preceded by a short film in conjunction with Random Acts.
Wrath
Oscar-nominated composer Mica Levi and acclaimed choreographer Holly Blakey collaborate on this electric portrait of Nandi Bhebhe.
18.30Discover Tuesdays: Discover stunning cinema. Whether it's a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.
A live music night hosted by local musician, Rami Radi, presenting the best musicians, singers and poets South London has to offer! Based around two featured acts, the night is dedicated to local performers to showcase their talent in a warm and friendly environment.
May 31st: Featuring Sherika Sherard, Esme Neale & George Holroyd
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.
Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Russell Tovey (The Pass).
This new staging of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two-part play is directed by Olivier and Tony award winning director Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse). Part One: Millennium Approaches was first performed at the National Theatre in 1992 and was followed by Part Two: Perestroika the following year.
Part One: Millennium Approaches will be broadcast live on 20 July 2017.
What started out as an open mic in the back of a Harlem restaurant in 2000, is now established as NYC's longest running weekly open mic jam and has grown into an international hip-hop movement found in 15+ countries worldwide spread across 5 continents. Famous for its international MC challenge, the London chapter has found its home Upstairs At The Ritzy.
Expect rap cyphers and a soul jazz jam, plus the MC challenge, backed by the house band with residents, DJ Snuff, DJ Jazz T & host Mas Law.
The 'E.O.W a.k.a EODUB MC challenge' consist of 5 rounds, testing all skills of an MC. The prize is a trip to Prague to compete in the world finals.
Ra uses movement and breath to feel lightweight in your body and bright in your mind!
Strong but flexible, balanced but light, masculine and feminine - yoga is the spirit of of contrast and equality.
Cara is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga particularly towards supporting creative lifestyles. With a few ideas borrowed from dance, Pilates, Tai Chi, singing techniques, relaxation techniques and massage.
Inspired towards better mental health, having more energy, and feeling nice.
EVERY THURSDAY: 10am - 11.30am
EVERY SUNDAY: 10.30am - 11.30am (different ticket link when you go to all listings)
Swing Patrol’s monthly Blues dance night warms you up with a class, then follows with 5 hours of smokin’ social dancing with a live band plus the best Blues DJs in London. With music ranging from vintage female Blues to Delta, Chicago, Texas, Louisiana, Piedmont, British, Funky and modern Blues, this is ready and open to anyone. You can explore your dancing with these different styles in a relaxed and friendly environment.
JUNE: Feat. Dan Dash
JULY: Feat.Katie Bradley and Chris Corcoran Trio
8pm: Doors open
8.30-9.15pm: Taster blues dance class (no entry to class after 8.40pm)
9.15-2am: Uninterrupted party time with live music and DJs!
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Brixton’s newest (and best) 90’s & 00’s hip-hop & RnB night. Playing all your favourite tunes mixed by the ‘I Got 5 On It’ (MeltOut) residents and a few special guests each month.
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Expect...
NELLY/R KELLY/BLACKSTREET/SNOOP DOGG/JA RULE/50 CENT/THE FUGEES/N.W.A/2 PAC/BONE THUG-N-HARMONY/MOBB DEEP/BEYONCE/LL COOL J/EVE/PHARRELL WILLIAMS/P DIDDY/MARY J BLIGE/ TRIBE CALLED QUEST/WILL SMITH/JAY Z/KANYE WEST/ SALT’N’PEPA/ WU TANG CLAN/ PUBLIC ENEMY/ DR DRE/ USHER/ D’ANGELO/ MONTELL JORDAN/ BELL BIV DEVOE/ MARIAH CAREY/ LAURYN HILL/ TLC/ CAMEO/ GINUWINE/ JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/ CRAIG DAVID/ VANILLA ICE… and many, many more…
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Ra uses movement and breath to feel lightweight in your body and bright in your mind!
Strong but flexible, balanced but light, masculine and feminine - yoga is the spirit of of contrast and equality.
Cara is a Yoga Alliance certified teacher of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga particularly towards supporting creative lifestyles. With a few ideas borrowed from dance, Pilates, Tai Chi, singing techniques, relaxation techniques and massage.
Inspired towards better mental health, having more energy, and feeling nice.
Sam & Trudi, a South Pacific via South London Ike & Tina, bring Soulahula, their country soul band back to The Ritzy. Expect a dynamic live show that mixes Memphis, Auckland and Greenwich with stunning original tunes. With Princes Amongst Men DJs Garth Cartwright & Leon Parker on the decks all night.
The ancient craft of batik is a fascinating wax resisting technique used in many different cultures across the globe. Traditionally it is used for creating images and patterns for fabric design. You can achieve beautifully delicate and vibrant motifs using hot wax to draw out the detail or pattern, then with adding splashes and brushwork of coloured dyes you create a striking finish! Materials are provided by the artists and a plethora of inspiration can be drawn from all around you. Don't worry, there will be lots of interesting imagery to scour through that will conjure up some dazzling visions for your batik experience! Come along to try your hand at this age-old decorative technique in the Brixton Craft open workshop.
All ages welcome - but parental supervision compulsory. So parents... you can join in too!
2pm - 6pm
Free entry // Donations required for some specific materials.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, we’re exploring our collective past through a season of exceptional British movies.
My Summer Of Love
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski. Starring: Emily Blunt, Natalie Press. UK 2004. 86 mins.
Pawel Pawlikowski's BAFTA-winning drama, a potent depiction of girlhood, young love and endless summers, finally returns to the big screen. A young Emily Blunt shines as bored rich kid Tamsin, who seduces working class Mona, to the dismay of the Christian community in their small Yorkshire village.
MOE Presents aka "Music Over Everything Presents" is a live music platform for all rappers, grime MC's, singers and spoken word poets. Based Upstairs every last Monday of the month.
Every edition we showcase a variety of upcoming talent from in and around London.
Director: Hope Dickson Leach. Starring: Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Joe Blakemore. UK 2016. 84mins.
The 2014 flood that hit the Somerset Levels provides the backdrop for writer-director Hope Dickson Leach’s highly assured debut The Levelling, which features a superb central performance from Game Of Thrones’ Ellie Kendrick. After the mysterious death of her brother Harry (Blakemore), veterinary student Clover (Kendrick) returns to the Somerset family farm where she grew up. Against the backdrop of the floods that devastated her home, Clover confronts her estranged father, Aubrey (Troughton), in an attempt to uncover the truth. Troughton gives a finely tempered performance, perfectly matched by Kendrick’s extraordinary presence in the breakout role of the year. Dickson Leach gives the talented duo a complex, finely crafted script to work with, offering a drama that works on many different levels.
18.30Discover Tuesdays: Discover stunning cinema. Whether it's a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.
Spurned by Tito, Vitellia seeks revenge. Besotted Sesto agrees to avenge her as a token of his love, but all does not go to plan. A brand new take on one of Mozart’s final works.
Vitellia’s path to the throne is thwarted by the man who deposed her father, so she presses her admirer Sesto to murder him.
Driven by love, Sesto does his worst. But in return, receives a lesson in forgiveness.
Conducted by Robin Ticciati and directed by Claus Guth, Mozart’s opera delivers all of the sublime musical beauty and heart-tugging humanity we expect of him.
Loosely based on the life of the Roman Emperor Titus, La clemenza di Tito distills the suspense of Don Giovanni, the warmth of The Marriage of Figaro, and the nobility of The Magic Flute into one powerful parable of love and friendship, vengeance and mercy.
Australian tenor Steve Davislim makes his Glyndebourne debut as Tito, with Alice Coote as Vitellia and Kate Lindsey as Sesto.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Also on screen this summer: a timeless production of La traviata (captured live in 2014) and Brett Dean’s brand new Shakespeare-inspired opera, Hamlet (live).
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.
Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Russell Tovey (The Pass).
This new staging of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two-part play is directed by Olivier and Tony award winning director Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse). Part One: Millennium Approaches was first performed at the National Theatre in 1992 and was followed by Part Two: Perestroika the following year.
Part One: Millennium Approaches will be broadcast live on 20 July 2017.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, we’re exploring our collective past through a season of exceptional British movies.
Early ’60s London, and gay men across the city are being blackmailed, threatening exposure at a time when consensual homosexual acts could still result in imprisonment. Basil Dearden’s classic thriller stars Dirk Bogarde in his most daring role, as a gay lawyer fighting back against the blackmailers who dare to target him.
18.30Discover Tuesdays: Discover stunning cinema. Whether it's a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, we’re exploring our collective past through a season of exceptional British movies.
Prick Up Your Ears
Director: Stephen Frears. Starring: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina. UK 1987. 110 mins.
Stephen Frears and screenwriter Alan Bennett depict the realities of gay life in ’60s London in this classic ’80s drama. Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina star as controversial playwright Joe Orton and his partner Kenneth Halliwell. As Orton scales literary heights and Halliwell struggles to keep up, they descend into an increasingly tumultuous relationship, with devastating consequences.
The decay of Rome reaches violent depths in Shakespeare’s bloodiest play. Blanche McIntyre (The Two Noble Kinsmen) returns to the RSC to direct Shakespeare’s brutal revenge tragedy.
Titus is a ruler exhausted by war and loss. He relinquishes power, but leaves Rome in disorder. Rape, cannibalism and mutilation fill the moral void at the heart of this corrupt society.
Shakespeare presents us with murder as entertainment and, as the body count rises, poses questions about sexuality, family, class and society.
Break out your five finger rings, tracksuits & Kangol caps and join us at Forever 88: A Tribute to Hip Hop’s Golden Year. Live performances, art & DJs collide on one stage for an epic 80’s Hip Hop dance party.
M.A.C & Lalya Pars provide the vibes, spinning classic old school and Golden Era songs from the mid 80’s and beyond, highlighting the transformative year that was 1988!
Hosted by New Orleans emcees Tony Wilson & A. Levy, Forever 88 will also feature an open mic cipher, Live Painting and a CASH PRIZE for the best 80’s hip hop inspired outfit! Gracing the stage for the 88NOW segment, which highlights artists who embody the spirit of the Golden Era, London based Troy Glasgow will perform a special set from his new LP 84’ State of Mind.
This event is only for the positive & progessive!
8pm - 1am
Tickets:
* Early Bird Release: £5 (Sales end June 30th)
* General Release #1: £10 (Sales End August 4th)
* General Release #2 £20 (August 5th until day of show)
As part of the Spike is 60 film festival, We Are Parable are screening two films that are included in Lee’s ‘Brooklyn Chronicles’: 1989 classic Do The Right Thing and Crooklyn from 1994.
Do The Right Thing almost needs no introduction. Taking place on the hottest day on the year, we follow the trials and tribulations of Mookie (Spike Lee, in arguably his best on screen performance). Most of the block residents are trying to survive the heat, but as the temperature rises, so does the tension that has been cooking under the surface. A violent act that appears in the final third of the film has lost none of its impact and is as relevant as ever.
Crooklyn is a semi-autobiographical tale co-written by Joie Lee, Spike’s sister. Telling the story of Troy and her siblings, it is a wonderful take on family, life and loss.
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.
Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Russell Tovey (The Pass).
This new staging of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two-part play is directed by Olivier and Tony award winning director Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse). Part One: Millennium Approaches was first performed at the National Theatre in 1992 and was followed by Part Two: Perestroika the following year.
Part One: Millennium Approaches will be broadcast live on 20 July 2017.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, we’re exploring our collective past through a season of exceptional British movies.
Early ’60s London, and gay men across the city are being blackmailed, threatening exposure at a time when consensual homosexual acts could still result in imprisonment. Basil Dearden’s classic thriller stars Dirk Bogarde in his most daring role, as a gay lawyer fighting back against the blackmailers who dare to target him.
21.00Criminal Acts: A Charged Past: A season to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.
Discover Tuesdays: Discover stunning cinema. Whether it's a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, we’re exploring our collective past through a season of exceptional British movies.
My Beautiful Laundrette
Director: Stephen Frears. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke. UK 1985. 97 mins.
Featuring Daniel Day Lewis in his breakthrough role as a right-wing extremist who falls for a Pakistani man, inadvertently stirring racial prejudices throughout their South London neighbourhood, Stephen Frears' iconic film is both a touching romance and a powerful depiction of the struggles of minorities in Thatcher’s Britain.
This fender and genre-bending film takes us into the not-too-distant machine-driven future. Kokone should be diligently studying for her university entrance exams, but she just can’t seem to stay awake. Aside from stealing precious study time, her napping is even more distracting, as it brings on strange dreams with warring machines that hint at family secrets that have been dormant for years. She can’t ask her father, a hipster mechanic more talented and artful than his job requires, as he’s always busy modifying motorcycles and cars in flights of fancy. What are these visions that lead Kokone at once closer to and further away from her family?
The incredible Billie Piper (Penny Dreadful, Great Britain) returns in her Evening Standard Best Actress award-winning role. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece. The unmissable theatre phenomenon sold out at the Young Vic and critics call it “an extraordinary theatrical triumph” (The Times) and “stunning, searing, unmissable” (Mail on Sunday). Billie Piper’s lead performance is described as “spellbinding” (The Evening Standard), “astonishing” (iNews) and “devastatingly powerful” (The Daily Telegraph). Set in contemporary London, Piper’s portrayal of a woman in her thirties desperate to conceive builds with elemental force to a staggering, shocking, climax. Please note that this broadcast does not have an interval.
★★★★★
“Brutal yet ferociously funny” - Metro
★★★★★
“Billie Piper makes a shattering Yerma in Simon Stone’s inspired reworking of Lorca” - The Observer
★★★★★
“A shatteringly powerful reinvention of a familiar classic” - The Independent
In aid of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders (MSF)
7 September 2017
Join us for a unique celebration of John le Carré’s work as he discusses the full breadth of his career – from his extraordinary Cold War novels to his powerful descriptions of the arms trade and the war on terror – and reflects on the continuing story of his most famous creation, the tubby, bespectacled spy, George Smiley.
Featuring readings from his new novel A Legacy Of Spies, and a rare Q&A session, this will be an unmissable opportunity to experience the author direct and in his own words.
The event will be broadcast live to cinemas across the UK and Europe from London’s Royal Festival Hall.
In support of MSF, the leading emergency medical humanitarian aid organisation, John le Carré is donating his speaker’s fee, and the producers of the live cinema broadcast, The Ink Factory, are donating their share of the profits to the charity.
45 years after Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour filmed ‘Live At Pompeii’ in the legendary Roman Amphitheatre there, he returned for two spectacular shows, part of his year-long tour in support of his No.1 album ‘Rattle That Lock’. The performances were the first-ever rock concerts for an audience in the stone Roman amphitheatre, and, for two nights only, the 2,600 strong crowd stood exactly where gladiators would have fought in the first century AD.
‘David Gilmour Live At Pompeii’ is an audio-visual spectacle, featuring lasers, pyrotechnics and a huge circular screen on which specially-created films complement selected songs, but paramount above all is the astonishing music and stellar performances from an all-star band. The show includes songs from throughout David's career, as well as many Pink Floyd classics, including 'One Of These Days', the only song that was also performed at the band’s 1971 show.
Both concerts also saw very special performances of 'The Great Gig In The Sky' from 'The Dark Side Of The Moon', which David rarely plays as a solo artist. This concert performance film includes highlights from both shows, filmed in 4k by director Gavin Elder . ‘David Gilmour Live At Pompeii’ shows an artist at the top of his artistic game, performing incredible material with his world-class band, in a unique setting, on one very special occasion.
Songs include the title tracks of his two most recent No. 1 solo albums: Rattle That Lock and On An Island, as well as other solo and Pink Floyd classics, including Wish You Were Here and Comfortably Numb.
Mozart’s glorious opera 'The Magic Flute' is brought enchantingly to life in David McVicar’s production with beautiful sets by John Macfarlane. Prince Tamino promises the Queen of the Night that he will rescue her daughter Pamina from the enchanter Sarastro. He begins his quest, accompanied by the bird-catcher Papageno – but all is not as it seems…
David McVicar’s classic production embraces both the seriousness and comedy of Mozart’s work. The audience is transported to a fantastical world of dancing animals, flying machines and dazzlingly starry skies. The setting provides a wonderful backdrop for Mozart’s kaleidoscopic score, from the Queen of the Night’s coloratura fireworks to Tamino and Pamina’s lyrical love duets and Papageno’s hearty, folksong-like arias.
As well as being a comedy 'The Magic Flute' is an expression of Mozart’s profound spiritual beliefs: Enlightenment concerns with the search for wisdom and virtue are at the heart of this enchanting tale. The Magic Flute was an instant success with audiences and Mozart’s supposed rival Salieri described it as an ‘operone’ – a great opera.
When Rodolfo, a penniless poet, meets Mimì, a seamstress, they fall instantly in love. But their happiness is threatened when Rodolfo learns that Mimì is gravely ill.
Acclaimed director Richard Jones (Boris Godunov, Il trittico) directs a new production of Puccini’s 'La bohème'. Irresistible in its witty, passionate blend of comedy and tragedy, the opera focusses on the lives of a groupof young artists as they eke out an existence on the bohemian fringes of Paris, the capital of the 19th century. Jones brings his characteristically acute insight to this much-loved classic, visualized in Stewart Laing’s spectacular, stylized 1850s setting.
Puccini’s romantic depiction of bohemian Paris, with memorable music and a love story drawn from everyday life, has captivated audiences around the world, making La bohème one of the best-loved of all operas. It was first performed in Covent Garden in 1897 and has had more than five hundred performances there since.
Bellini’s masterpiece boasts one of the most famous arias in all of opera, the beautiful “Casta diva”. Directed by Sir David McVicar, this evocative new production sets the action deep in a Druid forest, where nature and ancient ritual rule. The priestess Norma is torn between loyalty to her oppressed people and love for a Roman soldier. On the eve of a Druid revolt, she must choose between two agonising betrayals – only to learn that she herself has already been betrayed. Sondra Radvanovsky as Norma and Joyce DiDonato as her rival Adalgisa lead a cast of bel canto heavyweights, with Joseph Calleja as Norma’s unfaithful lover, Pollione, and British favourite Matthew Rose returning to the Met as Norma’s father, Oroveso.
A full-throttle war play that revels in the sweat of the battlefield, Coriolanus transports us back to the emergence of the republic of Rome.
Caius Martius Coriolanus is a fearless soldier but a reluctant leader. His ambitious mother attempts to carve him a path to political power, but he struggles to change his nature and do what is required to achieve greatness. In this new city state struggling to find its feet, where the gap between rich and poor is widening every day, Coriolanus must decide who he really is and where his allegiances lie.
Rome Season Director, Angus Jackson, completes the Royal Shakespeare Company’s collection of Shakespeare’s Roman plays with a visceral production which sees Sope Dirisu (One Night in Miami, Donmar Warehouse, 2016) take on the title role.
Experience Mozart’s irresistible fantasy in all its glory! Will brave Prince Tamino rescue Princess Pamina from the clutches of the evil Sarastro, and will Papageno the foolish bird catcher learn wisdom enough to help him? The Queen of the Night’s aria, with its stratospheric high notes, is just one of the countless highlights in this tale of love and magic, mysterious secrets, and whimsical fantasy. Julie Taymor’s (The Lion King) enchanting production captures both the opera’s earthy comedy and its enlightened nobility. Met Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts a cast of rising young stars.
At a garden party on a sunny afternoon, Alice is surprised to see her parents’ friend Lewis Carroll transform into a white rabbit. When she follows him down a rabbit hole events become curiouser and curiouser… As Alice journeys through Wonderland, she encounters countless strange creatures. She’s swept off her feet by the charming Knave of Hearts, who’s on the run for stealing the tarts. Confusion piles upon confusion. Then Alice wakes with a start. Was it all a daydream?
Christopher Wheeldon’s 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland' burst onto the stage in 2011 in an explosion of colour, stage magic and inventive, sophisticated choreography. Joby Talbot’s score combines contemporary soundworlds with sweeping melodies that gesture to ballet scores of the 19th century. Bob Crowley’s wildly imaginative, eye-popping designs draw on everything from puppetry to projections to make Wonderland wonderfully real.
Alice encounters a cast of extraordinary and instantly recognizable characters, from the highly strung Queen of Hearts – who performs a hilarious send-up of The Sleeping Beauty's famous Rose Adage – to a playing-card corps de ballet, a sinuous caterpillar and a tap-dancing Mad Hatter. But the ballet does not avoid the darker undercurrents of Lewis Carroll’s story: a nightmarish kitchen, an eerily disembodied Cheshire Cat and the unhinged tea party are all here in vivid detail. The delicious result shows The Royal Ballet at its best, bringing together world-class dance with enchanting family entertainment.
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Dust off your crop tops/colourful wooly jumpers/leather jackets/Hawaiian shirts and join us across BOTH BARS at the Ritzy (yes, Upstairs AND downstairs!) to celebrate Buffy and the gang. There will be karaoke... and you will shake the walls as you did before...
Live music, games and dancing on graves.
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Leaving the world of J-pop behind her, Mima Kirigoe begins life as an actress on a crime drama show called Double Blind. When offered a lead role in the show as a rape victim, Mima accepts in spite of her manager’s reservations. However, the backlash from fans over her career change and a strange website called ‘Mima's Room’, written by a fake Mima, begin to worry her. When a stalker appears and people involved in Double Blind begin turning up dead, with all the evidence pointing to her, Mima is thrown into a state of confusion, madness and paranoia.
Take a seat at the strangest dinner party of your life. The servants have absconded; the ragout is all over the floor; there’s a bear in the garden; your fellow guests are rapidly descending into savagery; and most mysteriously of all, no one seems able to leave. British composer Thomas Adès (The Tempest) conducts the American premiere of his latest opera. Co-commissioned by the Met and sung in English, this black comedy, with shades of JG Ballard/Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise, is based on the screenplay of Luis Buñuel’s 1962 surrealist film. The cast is filled with established British names including Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Ieystn Davies and John Tomlinson. “Inventive and audacious… a major event” (New York Times).
The young Clara creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite present – a Nutcracker doll. But the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer is waiting to sweep her off on a magical adventure. After defeating the Mouse King, the Nutcracker and Clara travel through the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy treats them to a wonderful display of dances. Back home, Clara thinks she must have been dreaming – but doesn’t she recognize Drosselmeyer’s nephew?
Peter Wright’s nigh-on definitive production for The Royal Ballet ranks as one of the most enduring and enchanting versions of 'The Nutcracker'. With its festive period setting, dancing snowflakes and enchanting stage magic, Lev Ivanov’s 1892 ballet has become the perfect Christmas entertainment, with Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous, sugar-spun music the most recognizable of all ballet scores.
Loosely based on the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, the ballet opens with a lively Christmas party, its Victorian setting captured in opulent detail by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s designs. Wright’s choreography ingeniously incorporates surviving fragments of the ballet’s original material, including the sublime pas de deux for the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince. But in emphasizing the relationship between Clara and the Nutcracker Prince, the production also gains a touching subtext of first love.
The corruption of innocence is at the heart of Verdi’s potent tragedy in David McVicar’s production for The Royal Opera. Rigoletto, court jester to the libertine Duke of Mantua, is cursed by the father of one of the Duke’s victims for his irreverent laughter. When the Duke seduces Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda, it seems the curse is taking effect…
David McVicar’s production highlights the cruelty at the heart of the court of Mantua. Richly dressed courtiers engage in orgies and revelries to Verdi’s heady, spirited dances. The opera’s many musical highlights include the ebullient ‘La donna è mobile’, in which the Duke boasts of his disregard for women; Gilda’s exquisite, plangent duets with Rigoletto and the Duke; and the gorgeous Act III quartet that beautifully weaves the voices together as the story quickens to its shattering conclusion.
Giuseppe Verdi wrote in 1855 that Rigoletto was his ‘best opera’. He had had to overcome state censorship to stage it – the censors objected to its depiction of an immoral ruler – but he was vindicated by the premiere’s huge success in 1851. Rigoletto was performed 250 times in the next 10 years and has remained one of the most popular of all operas.
Puccini’s thrilling Tosca is a story of love, terror, the abuse of power, and the unquenchable longing for freedom. When an escaped political prisoner takes refuge in a church, an opera singer and a painter are drawn into a twisting plot that puts them at the mercy of the secret police and its network of torturers and spies. Rivalling the splendour of Franco Zeffirelli’s Napoleonic-era sets and costumes, Sir David McVicar’s ravishing new production offers a splendid backdrop for extraordinary singing. Kristine Opolais stars as the titular prima donna, alongside Vittorio Grigolo as her artist lover and Bryn Terfel as the villainous police chief – one of his signature roles. Andris Nelsons conducts.
'Tosca' is one of the great evenings of opera, and from its strident opening chords conjures up a world of political instability and menace.
Jonathan Kent’s production for The Royal Opera captures the dangerous political turbulence of Rome in 1800. The Chief of Police, Scarpia – one of the most malevolent villains in opera – ruthlessly pursues and tortures enemies of the state. His dark, demonic music contrasts with the expansive melodies of the idealistic lovers, Tosca and Cavaradossi, who express their passion in sublime arias, including ‘Vissi d’arte’ and ‘E lucevan le stelle’. Giacomo Puccini’s dramatic work was a hit with audiences on its 1900 premiere and it remains one of the most performed of all operas – with its gripping plot and glorious music, it’s easy to see why.
A candle-lit church, Scarpia’s gloomy study with its hidden torture chamber and the false optimism of a Roman dawn: this handsome production throws into relief the ruthlessly taut drama, as the tension is wound up towards a fateful conclusion. Puccini’s meticulously researched score is infused with the same authentic detail, from distant cannon fire during the Act I Te Deum to tolling church bells and the sounds of a firing squad.
The poor country boy Nemorino is in love with Adina, a confident landowner, but she is way out of his league – financially and otherwise. But when he buys a “love potion” from a travelling quack, the results are rather more than he bargained for. Charmingly staged by Bartlett Sher, Donizetti’s beloved masterpiece combines deft comic timing with touching emotional depth. The production stars Matthew Polenzani, who enthralled Met audiences as Nemorino in 2013 with his moving “Una furtiva lagrima.” Rising South African soprano Pretty Yende is the spirited Adina, Davide Luciano makes his Met debut as the arrogant soldier Belcore, and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo is the potion-peddling Doctor Dulcamara. Domingo Hindoyan conducts.
'I am all the daughters of my father's house,
And all the brothers too.'
Twelfth Night is a tale of unrequited love – hilarious and heartbreaking. Two twins are separated in a shipwreck, and forced to fend for themselves in a strange land. The first twin, Viola, falls in love with Orsino, who dotes on OIivia, who falls for Viola but is idolised by Malvolio. Enter Sebastian, who is the spitting image of his twin sister...
Christopher Luscombe, Director of the ‘glorious’ (Daily Telegraph) Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing (2014 and 2016), returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company to tackle Shakespeare’s greatest comedy, a brilliantly bittersweet account of "the whirligig of time".
The world’s most popular opera returns with an exciting young cast in Franco Zeffirelli’s legendary production. Poverty-stricken poet Rodolfo and his artist friends eke out a precarious existence in bohemian Paris, alternately practising their art, laughing, quarrelling, dodging the landlord, and living it up in their local cafe. When Rodolfo meets the delicate Mimì, the pair instantly fall in love. But Mimì is ill, Rodolfo is jealous, and their romance is doomed from the start. Opera superstars Sonya Yoncheva and Michael Fabiano play the heart-breaking couple, singing two sublime Puccini favourites – “Sì, mi chiamano Mimì” and “Che gelida manina.” Zeffirelli’s stupendous onstage recreations of 19th-century Paris are sure to take your breath away.
Christopher Wheeldon, Artistic Associate of The Royal Ballet, created his adaptation of Shakespeare’s late great romance 'The Winter’s Tale' for The Royal Ballet in 2014. Building on the success of 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland', T'he Winter’s Tale' received ecstatic praise at its premiere, acclaimed by critics and audiences alike for its intelligent, distinctive and emotionally powerful story, told through exquisite dance. It is now widely judged to be a modern ballet classic.
The story follows the destruction of a marriage through consuming jealousy, the abandonment of a child and a seemingly hopeless love. Yet, through remorse and regret – and after a seemingly miraculous return to life – the ending is one of forgiveness and reconciliation. With powerful designs by Bob Crowley and atmospheric music by Joby Talbot, The Winter’s Tale is a masterful modern narrative ballet.
'Carmen' is the best-known work by French composer Georges Bizet, and one of the most famous operas in the entire art form – numbers such as the Habanera and the Toreador Song have permeated the popular consciousness as little else has. The opera’s heady combination of passion, sensuality and violence initially proved too much for the stage, and it was a critical failure on its 1875 premiere. Bizet died shortly after, and never learned of the spectacular success his Carmen would achieve: the opera has been performed more than five hundred times at Covent Garden alone.
This ever-popular opera is given a fresh point of view in Barrie Kosky’s highly physical production, originally created for Frankfurt Opera. The Australian director is one of the world’s most sought-after opera directors, whose Royal Opera debut with Shostakovich’s The Nose in 2016 was greeted with delight. For Carmen he has devised a far-from-traditional version, incorporating music written by Bizet for the score but not usually heard, and giving a new voice to the opera’s endlessly fascinating central character.
Against the backdrop of the Hanging Gardens, Semiramide, Queen of Babylon, defies bad omens and supernatural threats in her quest to find a worthy successor to her late husband. But she harbours more than one dark secret, and whoever gains the throne may find that he has lost more than he has won. Based on a story by Voltaire, this rarely performed tragic opera reveals The Barber of Seville composer Giaochino Rossini in a whole new light. The title role – composed for Rossini’s wife, Isabella Colbran – features some of the most demanding vocal music he ever wrote. Angela Meade takes on the challenging vocal fireworks in this revival of a production last seen at the Met 25 years ago.
Leonard Bernstein was one of the first classical composers in America to achieve both popular and critical acclaim. He was eclectic in his sources – drawing on jazz and modernism, the traditions of Jewish music and the Broadway musical – and many of Bernstein’s scores are remarkably well suited to dance. He was particularly associated with Jerome Robbins, their credits together including Fancy Free and West Side Story. To celebrate the centenary year of the composer’s birth, The Royal Ballet has united all three of its associate choreographers to celebrate the dynamic range and danceability of Bernstein’s music.
The programme includes two world premieres by Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor and Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon, marking each artist’s first foray into Bernstein. At the heart of the programme is the first revival of Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett’s The Age of Anxiety, created in 2014 to Bernstein’s soul-searching Second Symphony. Both symphony and ballet are inspired by W.H. Auden’s masterful modernist poem, itself written in response to the atmosphere of disillusionment and uncertainty that followed the end of World War II.
Goaded by their cynical friend Don Alfonso, soldiers Ferrando and Guglielmo decide to test their fiancées’ fidelity. Pretending to leave with their regiment, they return in disguise and pay court to each other’s lover. Will the young women succumb to the charms of these two handsome ‘foreigners’? A co-production with English National Opera, this clever vision of the battle of the sexes is set in a carnivalesque environment inspired by 1950s Coney Island. The cast features Amanda Majeski and Serena Malfi as the sisters put to the test, with Broadway star Kelli O’Hara as their feisty maid, Ben Bliss and Adam Plachetka as their fiancés, and Christopher Maltman as Don Alfonso. David Robertson conducts Mozart’s delightful score.
Verdi’s life-long love affair with Shakespeare’s works began with Macbeth, a play he considered to be ‘one of the greatest creations of man’. With his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, Verdi set out to create ‘something out of the ordinary’. Their success is borne out in every bar of a score that sees Verdi at his most theatrical: it bristles with demonic energy.
The warrior Macbeth fights on the side of the King of Scotland – but when a coven of witches prophesy that he shall become king himself, a ruthless ambition drives Macbeth and his wife to horrific acts.Murder makes Macbeth king, and intrigue and butchery are the hallmarks of his brief, doomed reign. The witches make another prediction, which also comes true: Macbeth and his lady lose their lives, and justice is restored.
Phyllida Lloyd’s 2002 production for The Royal Opera is richly hued, shot through with black, red and gold. The witches – imagined by designer Anthony Ward as strange, scarlet-turbaned creatures – are ever-present agents of fate. Lloyd depicts the Macbeths’ childlessness as the dark sadness lurking behind their terrible deeds. The Royal Opera’s production uses Verdi’s 1865 Paris revision of the opera, which includes Lady Macbeth’s riveting aria ‘La luce langue’.
James Levine and Plácido Domingo add yet another chapter to their legendary Met collaboration with this rarely performed Verdi gem, a heart-wrenching tragedy based on Friedrich Schiller’s novel Intrigue and Love. The young maiden Luisa loves Rodolfo, unaware that he is actually the son of the local lord. An unscrupulous rival for her affections tells her father of Rodolfo’s true identity, turning the old man against him. Jealousy, suspicion, and betrayal tear the lovers apart, but Luisa remains loyal to her father to the last. In the first Met performances of the opera in more than ten years, Sonya Yoncheva sings the title role opposite Piotr Beczała as Rodolfo, with Domingo as Luisa’s stern-yet-loving father.
A fairy godmother, a glass slipper, an opulent ball, an enchanted forest, and a Prince Charming who loves her – did all that really happen, or was it just a dream? Long-suffering Cendrillon lives a life of drudgery with her good-natured father and his imperious wife, until fate, romance, and a touch of fairy magic intervene. For the first time ever, Massenet’s sumptuous version of the Cinderella story comes to the Met in this imaginative storybook production directed by Laurent Pelly. Superstar Joyce DiDonato sings the title role, alongside British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote in the trouser role of Prince Charming, Kathleen Kim as the Fairy Godmother, and Stephanie Blythe as the archetypal wicked stepmother.
Manon’s brother Lescaut is offering her to the highest bidder when she meets Des Grieux and falls in love. They elope to Paris, but when Monsieur G.M. offers Manon a life of luxury as his mistress she can’t resist. With the Lescauts’ encouragement Des Grieux cheats at cards in an attempt to win Monsieur G.M.’s fortune. They are caught. Manon is arrested as a prostitute and deported to New Orleans, followed by Des Grieux. On the run, Manon dies from exhaustion.
Kenneth MacMillan’s source for Manon was the 18th-century French novel already adapted for opera by Massenet and Puccini. The premiere was given on 7 March 1974, with the lead roles danced by Antoinette Sibley and Anthony Dowell. The ballet quickly became a staple of The Royal Ballet’s repertory, and a touchstone of adult, dramatic dance.
MacMillan found new sympathy with the capricious Manon and her struggle to escape poverty. Designs by his regular collaborator Nicholas Georgiadis reflect this, depicting a world of lavish splendour polluted by miserable destitution. MacMillan’s spectacular ensemble scenes for the whole Company create vivid, complex portraits of the distinct societies of Paris and New Orleans. But it is Manon and Des Grieux’s impassioned pas de deux – recalling the intensity of MacMillan’s earlier Romeo and Juliet – that drive this tragic story, and make Manon one of MacMillan’s most powerful dramas.
'Swan Lake' has had a special role in the repertory of The Royal Ballet since 1934. This Season The Royal Ballet creates a new production with additional choreography by Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett. While remaining faithful to the Petipa-Ivanov text, Scarlett will bring fresh eyes to the staging of this classic ballet, in collaboration with his long-term designer John Macfarlane.
Prince Siegfried chances upon a fl ock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a beautiful woman, Odette, he is enraptured. But she is under a spell that holds her captive, allowing her to regain her human form only at night.
'Swan Lake' was Tchaikovsky’s first ballet score. Given its status today as arguably the best loved and most admired of all classical ballets, it is perhaps surprising that at its premiere in 1877 Swan Lake was poorly received. It is thanks to the 1895 production by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov that Swan Lake has become part of not only ballet consciousness but also wider popular culture. That success is secured not only by the sublime, symphonic sweep of Tchaikovsky’s score, but also by the striking choreographic contrasts between Petipa’s royal palace scenes and the lyric lakeside scenes created by Ivanov.
