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Sunday 20 September | 3pm
Exhibition On Screen
In an era of great change and great beauty emerged the character of James McNeill Whistler.
Considered by some to be one of the great innovators of 19th century art, he was a contemporary of the Impressionists, much admired by Van Gogh and Manet.
“An artist is not paid for his labour but for his vision.” - James McNeill Whistler
"A major retrospective of a truly global artist" Time Out
EOS: James McNeill Whistler
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Boldly experimental and famously witty, Whistler disrupted the strict conventions of Victorian society in pursuit of a new cult of beauty, creating “art for art’s sake” and earning himself a place in the history of great art.
He found a parallel between painting and music, and entitled many of his paintings "arrangements", "harmonies" and "nocturnes", emphasizing the importance of tonal harmony in his work.
His most famous painting, Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler's Mother, is a revered and often parodied portrait of motherhood. It is arguably one of the most famous paintings in history and this film will unveil the artist behind the art.
Tate Britain is now holding the first major retrospective of Whistler in three decades.
This blockbuster exhibition promises to reawaken the world to just how important Whistler is to art history, uniting world-famous masterpieces with rarely seen works.
Exhibition on Screen will bring these stunning works and the incredible story behind them to cinemas around the world while the exhibition is still running, bringing this truly global artist to a global audience.
This will be an unmissable chance to get to know this visually spectacular artist and the influence he has had on those who followed.
Running Time: 90 mins
Tickets: £12 Full | £11 Concessions
All tickets are subject to a £1 admin fee.
NT Live: The Misanthrope (Cert TBC)
Tuesday 22 September | 7pm
Telling the truth isn’t always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society.
But the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes.
Soon, she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her.
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by Martin Crimp
after Molière
Directed by Indhu Rubasingham
Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy.
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp’s (Cyrano de Bergerac) highly anticipated play.
Running Time: TBC
Tickets: £16 Full | £15 Concessions
Gen Z Ticket Price: £12
All tickets are subject to a £1 admin fee.
The Royal Opera: Carmen (Cert TBC)
Sunday 15 November | 2pm
An all-star cast brings this white-hot drama to life!
Under the oppressive heat of the Spanish sun, the fiercely independent Carmen attracts the attention of Don José.
She warns him not to fall in love with her, but his obsession knows no bounds.
Damiano Michieletto’s searing production returns, casting scorching light on the lust, violence and destructive desire of Bizet’s ever-popular opera.
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Sung in French with English subtitles.
Starring Ginger Costa-Jackson in the fiery title role, alongside Russell Thomas as the jealous and despairing Don José. Following his 2023 Royal Opera debut, Sesto Quatrini returns to conduct Bizet’s electrifying and sensual score.
Running Time: 215 min | One Interval
Tickets: £18 Full | £17 Concessions
All tickets are subject to a £1 admin fee.
19 & 22 November
A world-famous children’s author under threat.
A battle of wills in the wake of scandal. And one chance to make amends...It’s the summer of 1983, The Witches is about to hit the shelves and Roald Dahl is making last-minute edits.
But the outcry at his recent, explicitly antisemitic article won’t die down.
Giant - The Play (15)
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GIANT, the 5-star critically acclaimed play starring John Lithgow (Killers of the Flower Moon, The Crown) as Roald Dahl, comes to the big screen. Winner of 3 Olivier Awards® including Best Play and a Tony Award® for Best Actor in a Play (John Lithgow), the production was filmed live in London’s West End ahead of its sold-out Broadway run.
Across a single afternoon at his family home, and rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose: make a public apology or risk his name and reputation. Inspired by real events, GIANT explores with dark humour the difference between considered opinion and dangerous rhetoric offering a complicated portrait of a fiendishly charismatic icon
Running Time: 136 mins
Tickets: £16 Full | £15 Concessions
All tickets are subject to a £1 admin fee.
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker (Cert TBC)
Sunday 13 December | 2pm
This festive family favourite is back to bring sparkle to your festive season!
At a cosy Christmas party, young Clara meets the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer, who gives her a nutcracker doll.
When the guests have departed and the house is asleep, Clara sneaks downstairs in search of the doll.
Instead, she finds Drosselmeyer, who whisks her away on a journey into a whole world of enchantment: fantastical landscapes of flurried snow and glittering confection where toys come alive and the magic never stops.
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Peter Wright’s production of this festive family favourite sparkles to the wondrous swell of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral score, alongside the glow and grandeur of Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs.
Running Time: 140 min | One Interval
Tickets: £18 Full | £17 Concessions
All tickets are subject to a £1 admin fee.
Sunday 24 January | 3pm
Exhibition On Screen
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is one of the world’s favourite artists; a founding member of the Impressionist movement and a constantly evolving artist, he is unmatched at depicting human connection.
Be transported back to a Parisian summer of love through the eyes of a true visionary. An unmissable opportunity to fall in love with Renoir this winter.
EOS: Renoir & Love
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The National Gallery’s blockbuster exhibition brings together vibrant masterpieces which explore love in all its forms, bringing colour and warmth into the cold winter months.
With exclusive access to this exciting new show, Exhibition on Screen will bring these world class works to cinema audiences, with close examination of the art and leading experts exploring the immense skill and influence of this master of colour and connection.
Running Time: 90 mins
Tickets: £12 Full | £11 Concessions
All tickets are subject to a £1 admin fee.
Opera: La Fanciulla Del West (Cert TBC)
Saturday 30 January | 2pm
Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns!
Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė adds to her already remarkable Met repertoire, making her role debut as Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it.
Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver rough justice and win Minnie for himself.
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Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years.
Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide. This production is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to cinemas across the globe.
Running Time: 195 mins | One Interval
Tickets: £18 Full | £17 Concessions
All tickets are subject to a £1 admin fee.
The Royal Opera: Così Fan Tutte (Cert TBC)
Sunday 28 February | 2pm
Così fan tutte has lost none of its sting since it first scandalised audiences in 1790.
Spurred on by a bet, two young men hatch a plan to test the fidelity of their girlfriends.
What follows is a slippery game of seduction and power, the four lovers plunging into a dizzying world of shifting reality, where truth becomes increasingly unstable.
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In her Main Stage debut, Netia Jones, Associate Director of The Royal Opera, reimagines Mozart’s comedy of manners through a sharp contemporary lens, where 18th-century romantic trickery meets deeply satirical high-tech deceit. Taking on the roles of the lovers is an exciting young cast led by Louise Alder, Simone McIntosh, Mingjie Lei and Huw Montague Rendall, with Gerald Finley as their manipulative game-master Don Alfonso and Emily Pogorelc as Despina. Thomas Hengelbrock conducts, bringing out the exquisite melodies that underpin the provocative, and resolutely modern, themes at the heart of the opera.
Running Time: 210 Mins | One Interval
Tickets: £18 Full | £17 Concessions
All tickets are subject to a £1 admin fee.
The Royal Opera: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Cert TBC)
Sunday 28 March | 2pm
At a garden party on a sunny afternoon, Alice is surprised to see her parents’ friend Lewis Carroll transform into a white rabbit.
When she follows him down a rabbit hole, events become curiouser and curiouser…
As Alice journeys through Wonderland, she encounters countless strange creatures. She’s swept off her feet by the charming Knave of Hearts, who’s on the run for stealing the tarts.
Confusion piles upon confusion. Then Alice wakes with a start. Was it all a daydream?
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Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland burst onto the stage in 2011 in an explosion of colour, stage magic and inventive, sophisticated choreography. Joby Talbot’s score combines contemporary soundworlds with sweeping melodies that gesture to ballet scores of the 19th century. Bob Crowley’s wildly imaginative, eye-popping designs draw on everything from puppetry to projections to make Wonderland wonderfully real. The result shows The Royal Ballet at its best, bringing together world-class dance with enchanting family entertainment and ingenious music and design.
Running Time: 170 min | Two Interval
Tickets: £18 Full | £17 Concessions
All tickets are subject to a £1 admin fee.
The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake (Cert TBC)
Sunday 2 May | 2pm
Princess Odette is bound by a curse, turned into a swan by the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart. The spell can only be broken by a pledge of eternal love.
When she meets Prince Siegfried, he is immediately enamoured by her fragile beauty and pledges to free her. But freedom is not promised for Odette as Von Rothbart conspires to thwart the lovers’ plans.
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Liam Scarlett’s production for The Royal Ballet brings together Tchaikovsky’s towering score and John Macfarlane’s picturesque designs to create an enduring ballet spectacle of love, treachery and forgiveness.
Running Time: 205 min | Two Interval
Tickets: £18 Full | £17 Concessions
All tickets are subject to a £1 admin fee.
The Royal Opera: Tosca (Cert TBC)
Sunday 16 May | 2pm
Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police.
At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates, in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out?
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Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
Oliver Mears’s acclaimed production returns, setting Puccini’s operatic thriller in a contemporary, war-torn Rome. Daniel Oren conducts Aleksandra Kurzak, who returns to the title role, joined by Saimir Pirgu as Cavaradossi and Christopher Maltman as Baron Scarpia.
Running Time: 195 min | Two Interval
Tickets: £18 Full | £17 Concessions
All tickets are subject to a £1 admin fee.
The Royal Opera: Romeo & Juliet (Cert TBC)
Sunday 30 May | 2pm
The Capulets and Montagues are sworn enemies. Yet it is love at first sight for Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet when they meet each other at the Capulet ball, into which Romeo has snuck.
The two fall in love and they profess their devotion to each other at Juliet’s balcony. They secretly get married.
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The stakes are raised for the young couple when Romeo avenges the death of his friend Mercutio who has been killed by Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. For this, Romeo is exiled from Verona. Meanwhile, Juliet’s parents are forcing her to marry another suitor. In order to be together, Romeo and Juliet must risk it all.
Running Time: 170 min | Two Interval
Tickets: £18 Full | £17 Concessions
All tickets are subject to a £1 admin fee.
