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September 2018
Street Dance Sessions Autumn 2018
A high energy urban dance class with Dave Mckenna Director and choreographer of physical theatre performances for professional, community and youth dance companies. Artistic director of Being Frank. Sessions for 7-11year 4-5pm every other Friday throughout the Autumn term 7th Sept, 21st Sept, 5th Oct, 19th Oct , 9th Nov,23th Nov, 7th Dec £35 for all 7 sessions No previous experience necessary Dave has taught Street Dance session at SpArC before to Primary and Secondary age young people and…
Find out more »FILM: Tully (15)
Comedy Drama ★★★★ The Guardian Marlo is a New York suburbanite who's about to give birth to her third child. Her husband, Ron, is loving and works hard, but remains clueless about the demands that motherhood puts on his wife. When the baby is born, Marlo's wealthy brother hires a nighttime nanny named Tully to help his sister handle the workload. Hesitant at first, Marlo soon learns to appreciate all that Tully does -- forming a special bond with her…
Find out more »NT LIVE: King Lear
Broadcast live from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ (Independent) of King Lear in cinemas. ★★★★★"Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production"Daily Telegraph Chichester Festival Theatre’s production received five-star reviews for its sell-out run, and transfers to the West End for a limited season. Jonathan Munby directs this contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play. ★★★★★"Nuanced and powerful"The Times Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers…
Find out more »October 2018
The Winter’s Tale- Live from Shakespeare’s Globe
★★★★ "A superb cast deliver striking performances in a production that is knowingly dissonant, from the costumes to the climax" The Guardian "With its enchanted statues, its lurch from tragedy to an improbably happy ending and its actual bears, Shakespeare’s late play The Winter’s Tale presents a director with all manner of challenges.Fortunately, Blanche McIntyre is a director of textual sensitivity and she brings clarity, intelligence and insight to the play’s complexities and contradictions." The Stage The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare’s great play…
Find out more »Afternoon Film : An American In Paris (PG)
Classic 1951 film starring Gene Kelly as an American ex-GI who stays in post-war Paris to become a painter, Music and Dancing- they don’t make them like this anymore! Gerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) is an American ex-GI who stays in post-war Paris to become a painter, and falls for the gamine charms of Lise Bouvier (Leslie Caron). However, his paintings come to the attention of Milo Roberts, a rich American heiress, who is interested in more than just art. "Gershwin…
Find out more »LIVE MUSIC: Bon Debarras- En Panne de Silence
The worlds of music, dance and poetry untied through a collaboration between Montreal artists The group brings together a fusion of Quebecois folk music, traditional step-dancing and global influences, for a show that is full of fun and inventive energy, in an atmosphere that transcends boundaries and ages. A welcome return- not to be Missed! Bon Débarras’ folk music is deeply rooted in the memory of French-speaking America. On their guitars, banjo, mandolin, accordion, washboard and harmonicas, and integrating…
Find out more »LIVE THEATRE: Pirate Pearl and the Big Blue Monster
11am Show 1.30pm Show Two 1 hour long performances at 11am and 1.30am Tickets are £5 per person “GREAT FUN!” The Guardian Pirate Pearl and the Big Blue is the fantastic new production from Little Blue Monster Theatre Company. They came to SpArC in 2016 as Blunderbus with the fabulous Sorcerer’s Apprentice which many of you came to see- we are so thrilled to be able to have them back – this is sure to be an…
Find out more »The Royal Ballet: Mayerling (Via Satellite)
Mayerling is a classic of the Royal Ballet repertory, with its emotional depth, haunting imagery, and one of the most demanding roles ever created for a male dancer. Kenneth MacMillan choreographed a complex work around the psychologically tormented heir to the Habsburg Empire, Crown Prince Rudolf. From the ballet’s start, the glamour of the Austro-Hungarian court is contrasted with undercurrents of sexual and political intrigue that drive the story to its violent climax in a double suicide. The large cast allows…
Find out more »FILM: War Horse (PG)
Albert (Jeremy Irvine) and his beloved horse, Joey, live on a farm in the British countryside. At the outbreak of World War I, Albert and Joey are forcibly parted when Albert's father sells the horse to the British cavalry. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find…
Find out more »Royal Opera House LIVE: Die Walkure (Wagner)
Broadcast Live via Satellite from Covent Garden Wagner’s Ring cycle is one of the greatest works of all opera. Keith Warner’s production is conducted by Antonio Pappano, Music Director of The Royal Opera, and this final revival is cast with an outstanding international array of Wagnerian specialist singers. The full cycle’s four operas journey from the beginning of a world to its destruction, with gods, heroes and monsters. This epic myth portrays every type of human emotion in music and ideas…
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