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January 2022
Open Mic Night for Young Performers
Open Mic Night for Young Performers Host Dunk Burns ( Fight the Bear / BLIX ) turn up & play or support a mate FREE ENTRY -DRY BAR— EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE TO BORROW THE UNDERGROUND Bishop’s Castle (Side Gate The Public Hall) For more info– liz@sparctheatre.co.uk Funded by Shropshire Council Young People's Social Prescribing in South Shropshire & AMP Supported by Bishop's Castle Town Council and Bishop's Castle Community College
Find out more »NTLIVE: Leopoldstadt
National Theatre Live Leopoldstadt A new play by Tom Stoppard Directed by Patrick Marber Tom Stoppard’s Olivier Award-winning new play Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of love, family and endurance. ★★★★★‘Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece. Magnificent.’ Independent ★★★★‘Breath taking, the work of a master’ Time Out At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the…
Find out more »February 2022
FILM: Piano to Zanskar (12A)
The story of the world’s highest-altitude piano delivery The multi award-winning film follows 65 year old London piano maker Desmond O’Keeffe as he endeavours to deliver a piano from his piano repair shop , to the village school in Lingshed, a remote community high up in the Indian Himalayas. ★★★★★ “Hits sweet notes...A fascinating musical odyssey” The Hollywood Reporter ★★★★.“Delightfully, disarmingly surreal” HeyUGuys Desmond and his team make the trek from his piano repair shop in Camden Town, London to…
Find out more »Film: The French Dispatch (15)
Tickets on sale soon IMPORTANT : The DVD/ Blu ray release date may be delayed as it is scheduled to go to Netflix first. The streaming sites do mean that it is sometimes not possible to screen films at all. That is not the case here but it may need to be rescheduled to later in the season. we will keep the website updated and tickets will not go on sale until we have conformation - Apologies for this. A…
Find out more »FILM: Ghostbusters (12A)
7.3 IMDB From director Jason Reitman and producer Ivan Reitman, comes the next chapter in the original Ghostbusters universe. In Ghostbusters: Afterlife, when a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. "Spirited nostalgia trip This feelgood remake of the 80s original will appeal to fans of a certain age – and, with Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard co-starring, possibly…
Find out more »Afternoon Film: A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood (PG)
Based on a True story a cynical journalist, gets acquainted with a kind-hearted television presenter, Fred Rogers, while writing an article on him. The two strike an unlikely friendship ★★★★"Tom Hanks puts cynicism on the naughty step. Hanks plays the cherished US children’s TV star Fred Rogers in this surprisingly moving drama about his transformative encounter with a hardbitten reporter" The Guardian Supported by the Friends of Bishop’s Castle Community, Care Home and Hospital. Tea and biscuits £1, No…
Find out more »NTLIVE: The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage
The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman, adapted by Bryony Lavery directed by Nicholas Hytner Set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy, this gripping adaptation revisits Philip Pullman’s fantastical world in which waters are rising and storms are brewing. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child…
Find out more »The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet has become a great modern ballet classic of the ballet repertory since its creation by Royal Ballet Director Kenneth MacMillan and its premiere in 1965. In this special screening the doomed lovers attempt to find their way through the colour and action of Renaissance Verona, where a busy market all too quickly bursts into sword fighting and a family feud leads to tragedy for both the Montagues and the Capulets. All set to Prokofiev's incredible score. Via…
Find out more »Film: Limbo (12A)
Bishops castle Film Society Choice & Bishop’s Castle Arts Festival A wry and heart-rending portrait of a Syrian musician and refugee on a remote in Scottish island 7.3 IMDB ★★★★"...naturalism and broad comedy go hand in hand, in a film simultaneously sad and funny." Emprie ★★★★ "Heart-rending portrait of refugees stranded in Scotland Ben Sharrock announces himself as a master of atmospheric film-making with this stirring drama about a Syrian migrant" The Guardian . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O--8AuuhgA
Find out more »Live Music/ Workshop: Sticky Wicket & Latin Beats
LIVE: Sticky Wicket & Latin Beats 2pm Join Sticky , Peta Piper and Special guest Alex Magni to explore Salsa, Samba, Rumba and Bosanova. You can join in or listen and enjoy- All welcome just turn up! FREE with Donations to Bishop’s Castle Arts Festival. More information soon
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