THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE & BLACK PANTHERS DOUBLE BILL!
BLACK PANTHERS -1968, 31mins. Agnès Varda turns her camera on an Oakland demonstration against the imprisonment of activist and Black Panthers cofounder Huey P. Newton. In addition to evincing Varda’s fascination with her adopted surroundings and her empathy, this perceptive short is also a powerful political statement. THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 -2011, 80mins. A treasure trove […]
JOHN-LUKE ROBERTS & LUCY PORTER LIVE ON THE ARTHOUSE STAGE!
John-Luke Roberts, the Fringe favourite returns with a brand-new hour of extraordinary absurdist character comedy nonsense. Just terrific. Blam blam! A show as bafflingly stupid as this should rightly divide an audience down the middle, but through some strange alchemy the crowd absolutely lap it up … a consistently hilarious hour of measured madness! […]
GLYNDEBOURNE: SAUL TICKETS ONLY £10!
Handel’s vision of a Lear-like king is astonishing in its psychological complexity, offering a musical portrait of mental collapse few have since matched. Combined with thrilling choruses that exploit the virtuosic potential of their singers, exquisite arias and bold orchestration filled with unusual instruments, it creates a Biblical drama of truly Shakespearean scope. Fresh […]
INCREDIBLES 2 ARRIVING 14 YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL!
Everyone’s favourite family of superheroes is back in Incredibles 2 – but this time Helen (Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (Craig T. Nelson) at home with Violet (Sarah Vowell) and Dash (Huck Milner) to navigate the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life. It’s a tough transition for everyone, made tougher by the […]
