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May 2021
FILM: Bait (15)
Tickets on sale Tuesday 11th May The second of the programme from The Bishop's Castle Film Society ★★★★★"...one of the defining British films of the decade. It’s war between the locals and tourists in a once-thriving Cornish fishing village in Mark Jenkin’s dreamlike masterpiece" The Guardian ★★★★★"A rare find that is a truly original feature by a British director. Bait ferments weighty social themes into cinema so intoxicating it changes your blood-alcohol levels" Empire Bait is a 2019 British drama film written…
Find out more »Film Honeyland (12A)
Tickets on sale Tuesday 11th May The 3rd film in the programme from: 2019 documentary drama about a woman utilises ancient beekeeping traditions to cultivate honey in the mountains of North Macedonia and return the natural balance in Honeyland. When a neighbouring family tries to do the same, it becomes a source of tension as they disregard her wisdom and advice. ★★★★ Beekeeper's life with a sting in the tale. In this terrific documentary shot in North Macedonia, a woman…
Find out more »FILM: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (15)
Tickets on sale 18th May Our forth film from the Bishop's Castle Film Society list: France, 1770. Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Héloïse is a reluctant bride to be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day, to paint her secretly. ★★★★★"Mesmerised by the female gaze" The Guardian Full review ★★★★★"There are theme-park rides; there is cinema; there are…
Find out more »June 2021
MID WALES OPERA LIVE OPEN AIR CONCERT
MID WALES OPERA get back on the road - Celebrating the return of live music Sparc Theatre is so thrilled to be hosting MWO for their open air summer concerts- they are just sneaking over the boarder one time to perform for us! Bishop's Castle Community College has kindly given us permission to use the playing field in front of Sparc as you entre the site for the performances. Tickets can only be booked by emailing admin@midwalesopera.co.uk Or phone…
Find out more »Screening: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake
Tickets on Sale Tuesday 1st June Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake(Filmed Live at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London in 2019 ★★★★★‘STILL A MARVEL-“THE LEGEND RETURNS”, POSTERS DECLARE, AND FOR ONCE IT’S NOT JUST HYPE’ Independent ★★★★‘WITTY, MENACING, LYRICAL AND WILD’ Daily Telegraph ★★★★★‘THE PRODUCTION REMAINS AS VITAL AS EVER, ALIVE WITH INTRICATE DETAIL AND SOARING PHYSICALITY’ The Stage Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake comes to cinemas with a fresh look for the 21st century and is as bold and beautiful as ever’(★★★★★Telegraph). This…
Find out more »July 2021
LIVE MUSIC: SHAKEDOWN
TICKETS ON SALE TUE 22ND JUNE We are so happy to welcome some good friends to bring the music back to Sparc Theatre Featuring music from Louis Jordan to Van Morrison in blues, jazz, swing and rock ‘n’ roll from this group of seasoned professionals with a fascinating mix of experience. As individuals they have worked with a large list of well known musicians and performers creating music to make you smile, tap your feet or even dance. A 'good…
Find out more »Arts Alive Summer Festival: LIVE: Music, Theatre & Story Telling
LIVE WHALEBONE WITH JEAN ATKIN FOLLOWED BY OLI WILSON-DICKSON & DYLAN FOWLER Friday 9th July 7.30pm Arts Alive present a Winter Festival of stories and songs – featuring artists from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Friday evening 7.00 to 9.30pm. English Folk duo Whalebone are joined by poet Jean Atkin to perform 'Understories'. ‘Understories’ is a brush with the new folklore of Shropshire. Here are urban, and rural, myths and tales just out of living memory. They are the common…
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