Event Type Hilltop Cinema
September
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A rapturous, expressionistic journey through the life, work and interests of David Bowie.How do you encapsulate the life of David Bowie in a way that mirrors the ingenuity, invention
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A rapturous, expressionistic journey through the life, work and interests of David Bowie.
How do you encapsulate the life of David Bowie in a way that mirrors the ingenuity, invention and creative brilliance of the man himself? Brett Morgen has refined a distinctive cinematic style that layers archive material, audio recordings, image montages and innovative sound design, to draw us into the worlds of his subjects.
Moonage Daydream represents a magnum opus of this approach. Graced with soulful narration by Bowie, this immersive audiovisual head rush transmits the essence of a phenomenon that cannot be explained – only experienced.
Director: Brett Morgen
Featuring: David Bowie
Details: USA | Language: English | 2022 | 2h 15m
Showings:
10th September – 2pm Tuesday Matinée
11th September – 7.30pm
Please note: Our Tuesday Matinées feature subtitles for the hard of hearing and will include an interval.
Tickets: From £5 to £7.50
Location
Theatre
13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8AR
ProgrammeID
1184516
Event Details
A rapturous, expressionistic journey through the life, work and interests of David Bowie.How do you encapsulate the life of David Bowie in a way that mirrors the ingenuity, invention
Event Details
A rapturous, expressionistic journey through the life, work and interests of David Bowie.
How do you encapsulate the life of David Bowie in a way that mirrors the ingenuity, invention and creative brilliance of the man himself? Brett Morgen has refined a distinctive cinematic style that layers archive material, audio recordings, image montages and innovative sound design, to draw us into the worlds of his subjects.
Moonage Daydream represents a magnum opus of this approach. Graced with soulful narration by Bowie, this immersive audiovisual head rush transmits the essence of a phenomenon that cannot be explained – only experienced.
Director: Brett Morgen
Featuring: David Bowie
Details: USA | Language: English | 2022 | 2h 15m
Showings:
10th September – 2pm Tuesday Matinée
11th September – 7.30pm
Please note: Our Tuesday Matinées feature subtitles for the hard of hearing and will include an interval.
Tickets: From £5 to £7.50
Location
Theatre
13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8AR
ProgrammeID
1184516
tue17sep2:00 pmtue3:50 pmThe Duke (12A)17 Sep2:00 pm - 3:50 pm(GMT+00:00) Event Type Hilltop Cinema
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In 1961, 60-year-old Kempton Bunton stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.He sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting
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In 1961, 60-year-old Kempton Bunton stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
He sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
An uplifting true story about a good man who set out to change the world and managed to save his marriage.
Director: Roger Michell
Featuring: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode
Details: UK | Language: English | 2020 | 1h 36m
Showings:
17th September – 2pm Tuesday Matinée
Please note: Our Tuesday Matinées feature subtitles for the hard of hearing and will include an interval.
Tickets: From £5 to £7.50
Location
Theatre
13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8AR
ProgrammeID
1184529
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David Lean directs this epic romantic drama adapted from Boris Pasternak’s novel.During the First World War, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) studies to become a doctor in Moscow. He marries
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David Lean directs this epic romantic drama adapted from Boris Pasternak’s novel.
During the First World War, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) studies to become a doctor in Moscow. He marries his childhood sweetheart Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin), but is attracted to dressmaker’s daughter Lara (Julie Christie), herself engaged to young revolutionary Pasha (Tom Courtenay). Lara is also conducting an affair with government official Komarovsky (Rod Steiger).
Yuri and Lara’s paths cross again in the aftermath of the Bolshevik revolution, and the two begin a passionate affair.
Director: David Lean
Featuring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness
Details: UK/Italy/USA | Language: English/French | 1965 | 3h 20m
Showings:
24th September – 2pm Tuesday Matinée
25th September – 7.30pm
Please note: Our Tuesday Matinées feature subtitles for the hard of hearing and will include an interval.
Tickets: From £5 to £7.50
Location
Theatre
13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8AR
ProgrammeID
1184517
Event Details
David Lean directs this epic romantic drama adapted from Boris Pasternak’s novel.During the First World War, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) studies to become a doctor in Moscow. He marries
Event Details
David Lean directs this epic romantic drama adapted from Boris Pasternak’s novel.
During the First World War, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) studies to become a doctor in Moscow. He marries his childhood sweetheart Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin), but is attracted to dressmaker’s daughter Lara (Julie Christie), herself engaged to young revolutionary Pasha (Tom Courtenay). Lara is also conducting an affair with government official Komarovsky (Rod Steiger).
Yuri and Lara’s paths cross again in the aftermath of the Bolshevik revolution, and the two begin a passionate affair.
Director: David Lean
Featuring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness
Details: UK/Italy/USA | Language: English/French | 1965 | 3h 20m
Showings:
24th September – 2pm Tuesday Matinée
25th September – 7.30pm
Please note: Our Tuesday Matinées feature subtitles for the hard of hearing and will include an interval.
Tickets: From £5 to £7.50
Location
Theatre
13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8AR
ProgrammeID
1184517
October
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Othello has risen through the ranks of the Met police. But can his hard-won reputation, his marriage to Desdemona, and his own subconscious survive the toxic systems that surround him? Sixteenth-century
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Othello has risen through the ranks of the Met police. But can his hard-won reputation, his marriage to Desdemona, and his own subconscious survive the toxic systems that surround him?
Sixteenth-century Venice becomes modern-day London’s Docklands, as Othello grapples with many of the same issues that successful Black people have faced for centuries. This is an Othello for our times.
Experience Shakespeare’s confronting look at the destructive impact of institutional racism, toxic masculinity, and a justice system locked in a vicious cycle of self-fulfilling prophecy. This critically-acclaimed show was captured live in March 2024 at The Globe’s Sam Wannamaker Playhouse, giving it an intimate-yet-cinematic feel that will be a treat for lovers of Shakespeare and theatre in general.
Runtime: 3 hours and 6 minutes, including 20min interval.
Tickets: £15. Members, Friends and under 18s £12.50.
Location
Theatre
13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8AR
ProgrammeID
1184518
Event Details
Othello has risen through the ranks of the Met police. But can his hard-won reputation, his marriage to Desdemona, and his own subconscious survive the toxic systems that surround him? Sixteenth-century
Event Details
Othello has risen through the ranks of the Met police. But can his hard-won reputation, his marriage to Desdemona, and his own subconscious survive the toxic systems that surround him?
Sixteenth-century Venice becomes modern-day London’s Docklands, as Othello grapples with many of the same issues that successful Black people have faced for centuries. This is an Othello for our times.
Experience Shakespeare’s confronting look at the destructive impact of institutional racism, toxic masculinity, and a justice system locked in a vicious cycle of self-fulfilling prophecy. This critically-acclaimed show was captured live in March 2024 at The Globe’s Sam Wannamaker Playhouse, giving it an intimate-yet-cinematic feel that will be a treat for lovers of Shakespeare and theatre in general.
Runtime: 3 hours and 6 minutes, including 20min interval.
Tickets: £15. Members, Friends and under 18s £12.50.
Location
Theatre
13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8AR
ProgrammeID
1184518