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October 2019
NT LIVE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
★★★★ A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare ‘The course of true love never did run smooth.’ ★★★★★"Could be the most joyously affirmative Shakespeare production I’ve ever seen." Metro ★★★★★"Five stars might not be enough." Observer A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives leading to love triangles, mistaken identities and…
Find out more »FILM: Toy Story 4 RESCREENIING
Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the gang embark on a road trip with Bonnie and a new toy named Forky. The adventurous journey turns into an unexpected reunion as Woody's slight detour leads him to his long-lost friend Bo Peep. As Woody and Bo discuss the old days, they soon start to realize that they're worlds apart when it comes to what they want from life as a toy. ★★★★★“This feels throughout like a project that comes straight…
Find out more »Afternoon Film: This Beautiful Fantastic (PG) Accessible
British Romantic comedy ★★★★ ’A charming, beautifully photographed odd ball modern fairy tale about love and gardening…it’s sweet as marzipan, dreamy to look at and warmed by performances that resonate.’ Observer The story of Bella Brown (Jessica Brown Findlay of “Downton Abbey”), an aspiring children’s book author and reluctant librarian who lives next door to a curmudgeonly retired widower. When Bella , a reclusive young woman is threatened her with eviction unless she gives her garden a makeover, she sets…
Find out more »Royal Opera House: Don Pasquale ( Donizetti)
Live cinema relay New production Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations. The witty story of a middle-aged man whose supposed young wife runs rings around him – with her own ulterior romantic purpose in mind – has long delighted and surprised audiences, not least as presented with the sparkle of its music and the virtuoso skill of its performers. Damiano Michieletto’s exhilarating production shows how…
Find out more »November 2019
NT LIVE: Hansard
National Theatre Live ★★★★★ Hansard; noun The official report of all parliamentary debates. See Olivier Award-winners, Lindsay Duncan (Birdman, About Time) and Alex Jennings (The Lady in the Van, The Queen), in this brand new play from Simon Woods, broadcast live from the National Theatre in London. It’s a summer’s morning in 1988 and Tory politician Robin Hesketh has returned home to the idyllic Cotswold house he shares with his wife of 30 years, Diana. But all is not as blissful as it…
Find out more »The Royal Ballet: CONCERTO/ENIGMA VARIATIONS/RAYMONDA ACT III (via Satellite)
CONCERTO/ENIGMA VARIATIONS/RAYMONDA ACT III Orchestra of the Royal Opera House From The Royal Ballet’s classical origins in the works of Marius Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers who put British ballet on the world stage, this mixed programme highlights the versatility of the Company. Petipa’s Raymonda Act III is Russian classical ballet summarized in one act, full of sparkle and precise technique, while Ashton’s Enigma Variations is quintessentially British in every way – from its score by Elgar and period…
Find out more »42nd Street – The Musical
42nd Street – The Musical Filmed live at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London now on SpArC's big screen ★★★★★ ‘Achingly beautiful revival of an American classic’ THE TELEGRAPH ★★★★★‘Glorious’ THE EXPRESS ★★★★★ ‘Utterly moreish extravaganza of glitz’ THE TIMES ★★★★★‘Extraordinary’THE STAGE 42nd Street, the legendary Broadway musical theatre classic, is a ‘glorious’ (★★★★★ Express) and ‘utterly moreish extravaganza of glitz’ (★★★★★ Times). Telling the story of Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes who gets her…
Find out more »Afternoon Film: Calamity Jane (PG)
★★★★★ Calamity Jane is a 1953 American Technicolor western musical film loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine Calamity Jane, and explores an alleged romance between Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok in the American Old West. In the lonely Deadwood, Dakota, territory, sharpshooter Calamity Jane (Doris Day) falls for cavalry Lt. Danny Gilmartin (Philip Carey) when she is forced to rescue him from the Indians. Recognizing that the women-starved townsmen long for a "real" woman, Calamity journeys to Chicago to bring back…
Find out more »FILM: The Sister’s Brothers (15)
It's 1851, and Charlie and Eli Sisters are both brothers and assassins, boys grown to men in a savage and hostile world. The Sisters brothers find themselves on a journey through the Northwest, bringing them to the mountains of Oregon, a dangerous brothel in the small town of Mayfield, and eventually, the gold rush land of California -- an adventure that tests the deadly family ties that bind. ★★★★ "An eccentric, funny yarn filled with eccentric, funny characters, Audiard’s oater…
Find out more »LIVE: MID WALES OPERA: Mrs Peachum’s Guide to Love and Marriage
PLEASE NOTE: The tickets are sold through Shropshire Music Trust's Ticket Source there may be a booking fee. We are thrilled to be hosting Mid Wales Opera at Sparc for the second year in collaboration with Shropshire Music Trust. "The Wench is married! Do you think your father and I should have liv'd comfortably so long together, if ever we had been married? Can you support the expense of a husband, in gaming, drinking and whoring? Have you money…
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