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Index

Three Cornettos Trilogy 3

European Classics 4 - 5

Specials & One Offs 6 - 7

New Releases 7 - 13

Live By Satellite 14

How to Get Here 15

Calendar 16

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£4.00 Under 18’s

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Welcome to The Dukes August

and September Cinema Guide.

The World’s End

MOVIE MORNINGS11am screenings with free tea or coffee and a pastry included with your ticket. Screenings in this brochure are The World’s End (Tuesday 13 August), Moo Man (Tuesday 20 August) and Much Ado About Nothing (Wednesday 4 September).

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The World’s End

Thursday 8 August, 8.30pm

AGUIRRE WRATH OF GOD (PG)

(Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)Dir: Werner Herzog

1972 Germany 93mins Subtitles

With: Klaus Kinski

A new restoration of Werner Herzog’s

extraordinary account of an obsessive

quest for El Dorado. In 16th Century

Peru a Spanish expedition leaves

the mountains and travels down the

Amazon River in search of the mythical

city of gold. Driven half-mad by the

heat and overwhelmed by the jungle,

their commander declares a retreat -

but Aguirre mutinies, kills the leader

and demands they carry on.

Wednesday 21 August, 8pm

SOLARIS (PG)

(Solyaris)Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky

1972 Russia 167mins Subtitles

With: Donatas Banionis

The Soviet Union’s equivalent of 2001,

Tarkovsky’s adaptation of Stanislaw

Lem’s novel is a philosophical and

visual feast. Ground control has been

receiving mysterious transmissions

from the three remaining residents

of the Solaris space station. A

psychologist is dispatched to

investigate but he begins experiencing

the same strange phenomena that has

afflicted the Solaris crew, sending him

on a voyage into the darkest recesses

of his consciousness.

Thursday 29 August, 8.30pm

BABETTE’S FEAST (U)

(Babettes gæstebud)

1987 Denmark 102mins Subtitles

With: Stéphane Audran

One of the most enticing films ever

made about food, Babette’s Feast

is set in a 19th Century rural Danish

community and centres around the

two twin sisters of the village pastor.

Babette is a Parisian political refugee

seeking shelter who the twins take in.

Years later she returns to share a recent

good fortune with the sisters and town

that offered her protection.

Thursday 5 September, 6.30pm

PERSONA (15)Dir: Ingmar Bergman

1966 Sweden 83mins Subtitles

With: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullman

Made in 1966, Persona remains one

of Ingmar Bergman’s most acclaimed

films. Though seemingly physically

and mentally healthy famous actress

Elizabet stops speaking and is sent

away beside the sea to recover. She

is looked after by a young nurse who

becomes slowly obsessed with Elisabet

to the extent that their personalities

begin to merge.

European Classics

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Thursday 12 September, 8.30pm

THREE COLOURS BLUE (15)

(Trois couleurs: Bleu) Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski

1993 Poland France 98mins Subtitles

With: Juliette Binoche

The first part of Kieslowki’s Three

Colours trilogy stars a spellbinding

Juliette Binoche as a woman who loses

her husband and daughter in a car

accident. She forgoes trying to rebuild

her life and instead attempts to create

an entirely new one by moving to Paris

and withdrawing from the world but

soon discovers she cannot entirely

leave her past behind.

Thursday 19 September, 8.30pm

PLAYTIME (U) Dir: Jacques Tati

1967 France 115mins Subtitles

With: Jacques Tati

One of Jacques Tati’s most ambitious

films, Playtime is a surreal comic

vision of modern life. The director’s

much-loved character, Monsieur Hulot

– accompanied by a cast of tourists

and well-heeled Parisians – turns

unintentional anarchist when set loose

in an unrecognisable Paris of steel

skyscrapers, chrome-plated shopping

malls and futuristic night spots.

There will be a 10min Introduction

to Playtime from the start time by

Lancaster University’s Dr Bruce

Bennett.

Sunday 22 September, 7.30pm

THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI (U) WITH LIVE SCORE BY STEVEN

SEVERIN Dir: Robert Wiene

1920 Germany 67mins

With: Conrad Veidt

Acclaimed solo artist and founder

member of post-punk pioneers Siouxsie

and the Banshees, Steven Severin gives

audiences this rare opportunity to hear

his electronic score for The Cabinet of

Dr. Caligari. Severin’s score provides

a synthesised, highly atmospheric

soundscape for Robert Wiene’s iconic

and enigmatic film.

Tickets: £7 (Full) £6 (Concessions) £5 (Friends)

Sunday 18 August & Sunday

15 September, 8pm

FILM QUIZ

IN THE DUKES BAR

Know your Truffaut from your

Tarantino? If you’re mad about film,

come and test your knowledge against

our questions, ranging from the plainly

obvious to the devilishly difficult.

Entry is £1 per person with a

maximum team size of 6 people.

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Saturday 3 August, 2pm

THE GREAT ESCAPE (PG) Dir: John Sturges

1953 USA 172mins

With: Steve McQueen

A one off screening of John Sturges’

iconic World War II Prisoner Of

War drama, to celebrate the film’s

50th anniversary. A fantastic cast of

American and British actors star as a

group of hardened POWs intent on

breaking out of an “escape proof”

German prison.

Tuesday 13 August (Live) Friday 16 August (Encore)

DAVID BOWIE IS HAPPENING NOW90mins

The Victoria and Albert Museum

present David Bowie is happening now,

a nationwide cinema event screened

live from the finale to the Museum’s

exhibition. This last opportunity to

experience the exhibition in the UK will

be introduced by the exhibition curators,

and features special guests offering an

insight into some of the 300 objects

from the David Bowie Archive.

Tickets: £12 (Full) £11 (Concessions) £10 (Friends)

Photographer: Brian Duffy © The David Bowie Archive and (under license from Chris Duffy) Duffy Archive Limited

Friday 30 August, 6.30pm

AIRPLANE & TOP GUN DOUBLE BILL (12A) Dir: Jim Abrahams, David & Jerry

Zucker / Tony Scott

88mins / 110mins

With: Leslie Nielsen / Tom Cruise

The two greats of 80s aviation films

together in one double bill. AIRPLANE. An airplane crew takes

ill. Surely the only person capable of

landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid

to fly.

TOP GUN. Tom Cruise feels the need

for speed as a trainee pilot with a

healthy disrespect for authority and

something to prove.

Double Bill Tickets:£7 (Full) £6 (Concessions) £5 (Friends)

Tuesday 3 September, 2pm

SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (U) Dir: Stanley Donen

1954 USA 102mins

With: Howard Keel

The Dukes is partnering with Age UK

Lancashire to screen films for people

with memory problems and their

families - though everyone is welcome.

For August we are screening the

classic musical Seven Brides for Seven

Brothers. When a backwoodsman

brings a wife home his six brothers

decide that they want to get married

too. There will be an interval featuring

a sing-a-long as well.

Tickets: £4 (Inc tea/coffee and a pastry)

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Special Events and One-Off Screenings Journey Café

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Wednesday 28 August, 8.30pm

THE ACT OF KILLING (15) Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine

Cynn & Anonymous

2013 Indonesia UK 115mins Subtitles

In this chilling documentary, the

unrepentant former members

of Indonesian death squads are

challenged to re-enact some of their

many murders in the style of the

American movies they love. In the

process revealing the horrendous

details of their crimes which to this

day are considered by many to be

patriotic acts.

“I have not seen a film as powerful,

surreal and frightening in at least a

decade.”. - Werner Herzog

Thursday 1 August, 6.10pm

RENOIR (12A) Dir: Gilles Bourdos

2013 France 111mins Subtitles

With: Michel Bouquet, Christa Theret

A lavishly filmed account of the

relationship between French

Impressionist painter Renoir, his muse

Andrée and his son - future filmmaker

Jean Renoir. In the summer of 1915

Jean returns home to recover after

being wounded in World War I. He

finds his father fixating on his beautiful

muse who, in turn, finds herself

attracted to the injured young soldier.

Thursday 1 August, 8.30pm

THE DEEP (Djúpið) Dir: Baltasar Kormákur

2013 Iceland 95mins Subtitles

With: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Based on true events, Iceland’s official

submission for Best Foreign Language

Film at the 2013 Oscars begins in 1984

when a fishing boat capsizes several

miles off land. In treacherous, freezing

cold conditions one of the crew, Gulli,

attempts the impossible and tries

swimming to safety. In succeeding

he becomes a national hero and an

unexpected scientific curiosity but

he is also saddled with the guilt of

surviving.

Friday 2 & Saturday 3 August

THE EAST (15) Dir: Zal Batmanglij

2013 USA 116mins

With: Brit Marling, Ellen Page

Former FBI agent Sarah takes a job

with a private intelligence agency

and is sent undercover to infiltrate an

anarchist group. The collective, named

The East, are known for attacking

on major corporations, and as Sarah

is drawn deeper into the group she

begins to question her priorities.

New Releases

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Friday 2 to Monday 5 & Thursday 8 August

THE BLING RING (15) Dir: Sofia Coppola

2013 USA 90mins

With: Emma Watson, Katie Chang

Inspired by actual events, The Bling

Ring follows a gang of fame obsessed

teenagers who go on a crime spree. A

group of L.A high school friends use

the internet to track the activities of

celebrities online, using the information

so they can rob their homes. Targeting

the likes of Paris Hilton, the group aren’t

motivated by the money but rather a

fascination with celebrity lifestyles.

Monday 5 & Wednesday 7 August

STORIES WE TELL (12A) Dir: Sarah Polley

2013 Canada 108mins

Unfolding like a family tree detective

drama, Stories We Tell follows filmmaker

Sarah Polley as she attempts to discover

the secrets kept by her family of

storytellers. Featuring candid interviews

with assorted family members, friends

and Polley herself, alongside family

archive footage and affecting dramatic

reconstructions shot on Super 8,

Stories We Tell is an astonishingly vivid

documentary that investigates a family

mystery that dates back decades.

Wednesday 7 August, 8.30pm

PUSSY RIOT – A PUNK PRAYER (18)

Dir: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin

2013 Russia UK 90mins

Russian punk band Pussy Riot captured

international attention last year when

three of their members were arrested

on hooliganism charges. The three

faced years in prison after their satirical

performance in a Moscow Cathedral. The

film examines the trial that gripped the

world and the three young artists under

the neon balaclavas.

Friday 9 & Monday 12 August

WADJDA (Cert TBC) Dir: Haifaa Al-Monsour

2013 Saudi Arabia 98min Subtitles

With: Reem Abdullah

In a country with no cinemas, and in which it is illegal for women to drive, Haifaa Al-Monsour’s debut film is a stunning accomplishment. Wadjda is a precocious young Saudi girl from a lower-middle-class family in capital city Riyadh. Offering audiences a rare glimpse into everyday Saudi society, Al Mansour confirms herself as a major new Arab filmmaking talent to watch.

New Releases

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Friday 9 to Thursday 15 August

THE WORLD’S END (15) Dir: Edgar Wright

2013 UK 110mins

With: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost

Pegg and Frost are joined by Martin

Freeman, Paddy Considine and Eddie

Marsan as a group of childhood friends.

After years of drifting apart the five

reunite to recreate an epic pub crawl

from their youth, culminating at the

drinking hole of the title. As their night

progresses they come to realise that

something is deeply wrong with the

locals.

Wednesday 14 & Thursday 15 August

BLANCANIEVES (12A) Dir: Pablo Berger

2013 Spain 104mins Subtitles

With: Maribel Verdú

This Spanish answer to The Artist

is an imaginative re-telling of

Snow White. Set in 1920’s Sevilla,

Blancanieves follows the daughter of

a famous bullfighter who lives with

her monstrous evil stepmother. She

manages to escape and joins a troupe

of bullfighting dwarves and with her

natural ability becomes a star. However

her success also brings her to the

jealous attention of her stepmother.

Friday 16 & Saturday 17 August

BREATHE IN (15) Dir: Drake Doremus

2013 USA 98mins

With: Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce

An upstate New York family are shaken

up by the arrival of Sophie, a foreign

exchange student whose musical talent

exceeds that of her insecure music

teacher host Keith. Captivated as much

by the initially wary Sophie’s ingénue

allure as by her piano playing, Keith

recklessly forsakes his wife and jealous

daughter but at terrible cost.

Saturday 17 & Monday 19 August

EASY MONEY (15) (Snabba Cash) Dir: Daniél Espinosa

2013 Sweden 120mins Subtitles

With: Joel Kinnaman,

A gripping thriller set in Stockholm’s

violent, criminal underworld. JW is

a poor student living a double life

amongst the city’s wealthy elite, using

illicit means to fund his ambitious

lifestyle. He hits upon a chance to

score ‘easy money’, entering a dark

world of organised crime in which his

fate becomes entwined with Jorge, a

fugitive on the run from both the police

and the Serbian mafia.

New Releases

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Sunday 18 to Tuesday 20 August

THE MOO MAN (U) Dir: Andy Heathcote & Heike Bachelier

2013 UK 98mins

Modern British dairy farms must get

bigger and bigger or go under but

Farmer Stephen Hook decides to buck

the trend. Instead he chooses to have a

great relationship with his small herd of

cows and ignore the big supermarkets

and dairies. The result is a laugh-out-

loud emotional roller-coaster of a film,

a heart warming tearjerker about the

incredible bonds between man, animal

and countryside in a fast disappearing

England.

Tuesday 20 & Wednesday 21 August

BLACKFISH (15) Dir: Gabriela Cowperthwaite

2013 USA 83mins

Blackfish tells the story of Tilikum, a

performing orca whale that has been

responsible for several deaths while in

captivity. The film features shocking

footage and interviews exploring

how captivity and cruel treatment

can affect Orcas. It also explores the

lives and losses of the trainers, and

the pressures brought to bear by the

multibillion-dollar sea park industry.

Friday 23, Saturday 24 & Tuesday 27 to Thursday 29 August

FRANCES HA (15) Dir: Noah Baumbach

2013 USA 86mins

With: Greta Gerwig, Adam Driver

Greta Gerwig plays Frances, a 27-year-

old would-be dancer stuck in arrested

development and struggling to build

a career for herself in New York City.

When her best friend Sophie moves

out, Frances finds herself on the street

and looking for a new place in the

world as well as a new apartment.

Negotiating failed romances, job

interviews and the judgements of

others, this is a sparkling, offbeat

comedy.

Friday 23 & Tuesday 27 August

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA (15) Dir: Steven Soderbergh

2013 USA 118mins

With: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon

Michael Douglas and Matt Damon star

as flamboyant entertainer Liberace

and his young lover Scott Thorson. In

1977 Thorson became Liberace’s friend

and lover, and Behind the Candelabra

tracks their tempestuous six year

relationship.

“Behind the Candelabra is very stylish and effective, and Damon and Douglas give supremely entertaining performances.” – The Guardian

New Releases

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Saturday 31 (Dubbed) August & Tuesday 3 September (Subtitled)

FROM UP ON POPPY HILL (PG)

(Kokuriko-zaka kara) Dir: Goro Miyazaki

2013 Japan 92mins

With: Masami Nagasawa

The latest film from renowned Studio

Ghibli is a tender teenager love story.

From Up On Poppy Hill tells the tale of

Umi and Shun growing up during the

long economic recovery in post-war

Japan. In the lead-up to the 1964 Tokyo

Olympics, signs of the old city are

torn down and in this time of change

and upheaval, there’s a dispute about

the future of a Yokohama school’s

clubhouse.

Saturday 31 August, Monday 2, Tuesday 3 & Thursday 5 September

GIRL MOST LIKELY (12A) Dir: Shari Springer Berman,

Robert Pulcini

2013 USA 103mins

With: Annette Bening, Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig stars as Imogene, a failed

New York playwright awkwardly

navigating the transition from Next

Big Thing to Last Year’s News. After

her career collapses she is forced to

humiliatingly move back in with her

eccentric mother and younger brother.

Adding further insult to injury, there’s

a strange man sleeping in her old

bedroom and an even stranger man

sleeping in her mother’s bed.

Sunday 1 & Monday 2 September

FOXFIRE (Cert TBC) Dir: Laurent Cantet

2013 France USA 143mins

With: Raven Adamson

Foxfire follows a group of teen girls

who grow up amidst the violence and

frustration of 1950’s upstate New York.

They band together to form the

all-female Foxfire gang and declare

war on their male oppressors. For

his first film since the 2008 Oscar-

nominated The Class, Laurent Cantet

brings the same eye for detail and

ability to get strong performances

from young actors that made that film

such a success.

Wednesday 4 September, 11am

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (12A) Dir: Joss Whedon

2013 USA 107mins

With: Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker

Shakespeare’s much loved comedy

gets an inventive, contemporary spin

from cult hero Joss Whedon. Much

Ado follows ex-lovers Benedick and

Beatrice, who are both content with

their single lives, or so they think.

Helped, or perhaps tricked, by their

friends they begin to think that they

actually do love each other.

“It will require no conspiring to make

you fall for this one; Whedon and

Shakespeare are a perfect match.”

– Empire

New Releases

Wednesday 4 September, 6.45pm

HEAVEN’S GATE (15) Dir: Michael Cimino

1980 USA 240mins (Inc interval)

With: Kriss Kristofferson, Jeff Bridges

Thanks to a recent restoration this is

a rare chance to catch the director’s

cut of Michael Cimino’s epic Western.

Plagued by a troubled shoot Heaven’s

Gate was released in a butchered cut

and much derision, effectively ending

Cimino’s career and bankrupting the

film’s studio. With over an hour’s worth

footage added back, the film is finally

being revisited with suggestions that it is

a misunderstood masterpiece.

Friday 6 to Tuesday 10 September (Except Sunday 8)

ONLY GOD FORGIVES (18) Dir: Nicholas Winding Refn

2013 USA 90mins

With: Ryan Gosling, Kristen Scott Thomas

The team behind Drive reunite for

this mesmerising, neon tinged thriller.

Ryan Gosling stars as Julian, a drug-

smuggler thriving in Bangkok’s criminal

underworld, who finds his life become

even more complicated when his mother

compels him to find and kill whoever is

responsible for his brother’s murder.

Friday 6 to Thursday 12 September (Except Wednesday 11)

ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA (Cert TBC Dir: Declan Lowney

2013 UK TBCmins

With: Steve Coogan, Tim Key

Sports Commentator, TV Chatshow

Host, Radio DJ – Alan Partridge has

been many things and now finally he

gets his own film. Everyone’s favourite

Norfolk radio presenter finds himself

involved in a hostage situation when

a former colleague goes rogue.

With nowhere else to turn the police

unwisely hire Alan as chief hostage

negotiator in order to end the siege.

Friday 13 & Monday 16 September

CALL GIRL (Cert TBC) Dir: Mikael Marcimain

2013 Sweden 140mins Subtitles

With: Pernilla August

Inspired by a 1970’s scandal that led

straight to the heart of the Swedish

government, Call Girl follows a young

girl who is recruited from the bottom

rung of society to become a call girl

for a host of influential politicians and

businessmen. Discomfortingly

matter-of-fact and disturbingly timely,

the film is a powerful examination of

a cultural hypocrisy and of an entire

political institution that abetted

decades of abuse.

New Releases

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Friday 13 to Thursday 19 September (Except Saturday 14)

THE WAY, WAY BACK (Cert TBC) Dir: Jim Rash, Nat Fixon

2013 USA 103mins

With: Sam Rockwell, Toni Collette

A warm and funny directorial debut

from the award-winning writing team

behind The Descendants. Duncan is an

introspective teen still trying to deal with

his parents’ recent divorce not to mention

Trent, his mother’s new boyfriend. While

on holiday at Trent’s beach house Duncan

finds himself surrounded by backbiting

adults. Eager to escape he strikes up a

friendship with a local water park manager

(Sam Rockwell at his very best).

Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 September

WHAT MAISIE KNEW (Cert TBC) Dir: Scott McGehee, David Siegel

2013 USA 100mins

With: Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan

A young girl is caught up in her

parents’ divorce in this modern-day

adaptation of Henry James’ 1897 novel.

Unnerved by a middle-aged slump,

the parents of seven-year old Maisie

decide to separate, with Maisie caught

in the middle. As each parent attempts

to start their lives afresh with new

partners they increasingly use their

child as a bargaining tool, shuttled

back and forth between each one.

Friday 20 & Monday 30 September

UPSTREAM COLOR (12A) Dir: Shane Carruth

2013 USA 96mins

With: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth

An enigmatic and intricately crafted

puzzle-box thriller from the writer and

director of time travelling brain-teaser

Primer. A woman is abducted and

kept in an almost hypnotic state by a

mysterious drug. When finally released

she has no memory of her experiences

but is drawn to a man who may have

been subjected to the same process.

Sunday 29 & Monday 30 September

THE GREAT BEAUTY (Cert TBC)

(La grande bellezza) Dir: Paolo Sorrentino

2013 Italy 142mins Subtitles

With: Toni Servillo

Inspired by the films of Fellini and

Antonioni, while never imitating them,

The Great Beauty is a love letter to the

city of Rome. Jep Gambardella is a

journalist, man-about-town and a one-

time novelist. On the verge of his 65th

birthday, he begins to reassess a life

he’d thought he’d been content with.

“This movie looks and feels superb...

It is a brilliantly executed, glitteringly

hypnotic film” – The Guardian

New Releases

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Live by satellite National Theatre Live Glyndebourne Opera

Sunday 4 & Wednesday 7 August

MACBETH (Recorded) Dir: Rob Ashford

120mins

With: Kenneth Branagh

The National Theatre Live presentation

of Manchester International Festival’s

electrifying production of Shakespeare’s

tragic tale of ambition and treachery

which unfolds within the walls of an

intimate deconsecrated Manchester

church. Kenneth Branagh takes the title

role in his first Shakespeare performance

in over a decade, and Alex Kingston

plays Lady Macbeth.

Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 August

THE AUDIENCE (Recorded) Dir: Stephen Daldry

180mins

With: Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren reprises her Academy

Award-winning role as Queen Elizabeth

II in this highly-anticipated West End

production, broadcast as part of

National Theatre Live. Based on a script

by Peter Morgan (The Queen) and

directed by Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliott),

The Audience follows Queen Elizabeth

II in a series of imagined meetings with

Prime Ministers through her reign, from

Churchill to Cameron.

Tickets: £13 (Full) £12 (Concessions)

Tuesday 6 August, 7.15pm

DON PASQUALE Dir: Mariame Clément

165mins Subtitles

With: Alessandro Corbelli

Don Pasquale is a man no longer in the

first flush of youth who nonetheless

hopes to marry and produce an heir,

being dissatisfied with the current

holder of that position, his nephew

Ernesto. The plot thickens, twists and

turns from this point as Pasquale’s

supposed friend, Doctor Malatesta,

assists Ernesto in a complex and

increasingly vindictive deception.

Thursday 22 August, 7pm

BILLY BUDD (Recorded) Dir: Michael Grandage

205mins

With: John Mark Ainsley

This year marks the centenary of

the birth of Benjamin Britten. His

powerfully dramatic opera is set on

board a British man of war during

the Napoleonic wars, with discipline

brutally enforced and danger of

attack ever present, and is powerfully

evoked in this production by Michael

Grandage.

“As good as opera can get.”

- The Independent on Sunday

Tickets:

£13 (Full) £12 (Concessions) £11 (Friends)

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FROM THE SOUTHLeave the M6 motorway at junction 33 and take the A6 to Lancaster. Follow

directions to the city centre and on joining the one way system, keep in the

right hand lane. You will see brown information signs for ‘Dukes Playhouse’.

FROM THE NORTHLeave the M6 motorway at junction 34 and follows signs to Lancaster.

On joining the one way system, keep in the left-hand lane and you will

see brown information signs for ‘Dukes Playhouse’.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTThe Dukes is just a few minutes walk from both Lancaster Train Station

and Bus Station.

PARKINGAmple pay and display parking is available within two minutes walk of The Dukes

– a flat evening rate applies after 6pm. Bike racks are located on Moor Lane, close

to The Dukes.

CAR PARKING SPACES for blue badge holders can usually be reserved in

advance by contacting our Box Office.

ACCESSWheelchair spaces are available and access to the auditorium, Box Office and bar

is via the alley to the left of the main entrance. Please note that the surface of the

alley is cobbled. There is a doorbell by the ramp if the door is not open.

FACILITIES FOR DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING PATRONS Infra red sound systems are available to amplify sound via a personal headset.

Headsets can be booked in advance from Box Office. Selected film screenings in

our programme are subtitled for hard of hearing patrons. Guide dogs and Hearing

Dogs are welcome.

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m

The B

ling

Rin

g

(15)

8M

on 5

8.3

0p

m

Sto

ries W

e Te

ll (12

A)

8Tu

e 6

7.15

pm

D

on P

asquale

14W

ed

7

2.0

0p

m

Macb

eth

Enco

re

(TB

C)

14W

ed

7

6.10

pm

Sto

ries W

e Te

ll (12

A)

8W

ed

7

8.3

0p

m

Pussy

Rio

t: A P

unk P

rayer (18

) 8

Thu 8

6.3

0p

m

The B

ling

Rin

g

(15)

8Thu 8

8.3

0p

m

Ag

uirre

: Wrath

of G

od

(P

G)

4F

ri 9

6.2

0p

m

Wad

jda

(TB

C)

8F

ri 9

8.3

0p

m

The W

orld

’s End

(15

) 9

Sat 10

5.0

0p

m

Thre

e C

orn

etto

’s Trilog

y

(15)

3Sun 11

7.30

pm

The W

orld

s End

(15

) 9

Mon 12

6.2

0p

m

The W

orld

’s End

(15

) 9

Mon 12

8.3

0p

m

Wad

jda

(TB

C)

8Tu

e 13

11.0

0am

The W

orld

’s End

(15

) 9

Tue 13

7.0

0p

m

Bow

ie is H

app

enin

g

6

Wed

14

6.2

0p

m

The W

orld

s End

(15

) 9

Wed

14

8.3

0p

m

Blan

caneive

s (12

A)

9

Thu 15

6.15

pm

B

lancan

eive

s (12

A)

9Thu 15

8.3

0p

m

The W

orld

’s End

(15

) 9

Fri 16

6.0

0p

m

Bre

athe In

(15

) 9

Fri 16

8.3

0p

m

Bow

ie is H

app

enin

g (E

nco

re) 6

Sat 17

6.0

0p

m

Easy

Money

(15

) 9

Sat 17

8.3

5p

m

Bre

athe In

(15

) 9

Sun 18

7.3

0p

m

Moo M

an

(U)

10Sun 18

8.0

0p

m

Film

Quiz (in

the b

ar)

5M

on 19

6.2

0p

m

Moo M

an

(U)

10M

on 19

8.3

0p

m

Easy

Money

(15

) 9

Tue 2

0

11.00

am

Moo M

an

(U)

10Tu

e 2

0

6.3

0p

m

Blackfi

sh

(15)

10Tu

e 2

0

8.3

0p

m

Moo M

an

(U)

1W

ed

21

6.0

0p

m

Blackfi

sh

(15)

10W

ed

21

8.0

0p

m

Solaris

(PG

) 4

Thu 2

2

7.00

pm

B

illy B

ud

d (R

eco

rded

)

14

Fri 2

3

6.0

0p

m

Behin

d th

e C

and

elab

ra (15

) 10

Fri 2

3

8.3

0p

m

Fran

ces H

a (15

) 10

Sat 24

5.3

0p

m

Fran

ces H

a (15

) 10

Sat 24

7.3

0p

m

The A

ud

ience

Enco

re

(PG

) 14

Sun 2

5

7.00

pm

The A

ud

ience

Enco

re

(PG

) 14

Tue 2

7

6.0

0p

m

Behin

d th

e C

and

elab

ra (15

) 10

Tue 2

7

8.3

0p

m

Fran

ces H

a (15

) 10

Wed

28

6.3

0p

m

Fran

ces H

a (15

) 10

Wed

28

8.3

0p

m

The A

ct of K

illing

(15

) 7

Thu 2

9

6.3

0p

m

Fran

ces H

a (15

) 10

Thu 2

9

8.3

0p

m

Bab

ette

’s Feast

(U)

4F

ri 30

6.3

0p

m

Airp

lane

(12A

) 6

Fri 3

0

8.3

0p

m

Top

Gun

(12A

) 6

Sat 3

1 6.3

0p

m

Pop

py H

ill (Dub

bed

) (U

) 11

Sat 3

1 8.3

0p

m

Girl M

ost L

ikely

(12

A)

11

£4

.00

Und

er 18

’s

Sep

tem

ber

Date

Tim

e

Show

ing

C

ert. P

g.

Sun 1

7.30

pm

Foxfi

re

(TB

C) 11

Mon 2

6.10

pm

G

irl Most L

ikely

(12

A) 11

Mon 2

8.2

5p

m

Foxfi

re

(TB

C) 11

Tue 3

2.0

0p

m

Seve

n B

rides fo

r

Seve

n B

roth

ers

(U) 6

Tue 3

6.15

pm

G

irl Most L

ikely

(12A

) 11Tu

e 3

8.3

0p

m

Pop

py H

ill (Sub

titled

) (U)

11W

ed

4

11.00

am

Much

Ad

o A

bout N

oth

ing

(12A

) 11

Wed

4

6.4

5p

m

Heave

n’s G

ate

(15) 12

Thu 5

6.3

0p

m

Perso

na (15

) 4

Thu 5

8.3

0p

m

Girl M

ost L

ikely

(12A

) 11

Fri 6

6.2

5p

m

Alan

Partrid

ge: A

lpha P

apa(T

BC

) 12F

ri 6

8.3

0p

m

Only

God

Forg

ives (18

) 12

Sat 7

6.2

5p

m

Only

God

Forg

ives (18

) 12

Sat 7

8.3

0p

m

Alan

Partrid

ge: A

lpha P

apa (T

BC

) 12Sun 8

7.3

0p

m

Alan

Partrid

ge: A

lpha P

apa (T

BC

) 12M

on 9

6.2

5p

m

Only

God

Forg

ives (18

) 12

M

on 9

8.3

0p

m

Alan

Partrid

ge: A

lpha P

apa (T

BC

) 12Tu

e 10

6.2

5p

m

Alan

Partrid

ge: A

lpha P

apa (T

BC

) 12Tu

e 10

8.3

0p

m

Only

God

Forg

ives (18

) 12

Thu 12

6.2

5p

m

Alan

Partrid

ge: A

lpha P

apa (T

BC

) 12Thu 12

8.3

0p

m

Thre

e C

olo

urs: B

lue (15

) 5

Fri 13

5.4

0p

m

Call G

irl (TB

C) 12

Fri 13

8.3

0p

m

The W

ay, Way

Back (T

BC

) 13

Sun 15

7.3

0p

m

The W

ay, Way

Back (T

BC

) 13Sun 15

8.0

0p

m

Film

Quiz (in

the b

ar)

5M

on 16

6.15

pm

The W

ay, Way

Back (T

BC

) 13M

on 16

8.3

0p

m

Call G

irl (TB

C) 12

Tue 17

6.15

pm

The W

ay, Way

Back (T

BC

) 13Tu

e 17

8.3

0p

m

What M

aisie K

new

(TB

C) 13

Wed

18

6.2

0p

m

What M

aisie K

new

(TB

C) 13

W

ed

18

8.3

0p

m

The W

ay, Way

Back (T

BC

) 13Thu 19

6.15

pm

The W

ay, Way

Back (T

BC

) 13Thu 19

8.3

0p

m

Play

time (U

) 5

Fri 2

0

6.2

0p

m

Up

stream

Colo

r (12A

) 13F

ri 20

8.3

0p

m

Up

stream

Colo

r (12A

) 13Sun 2

2

7.30

pm

D

r Calig

ari &

Steve

n S

everin

(U)

5Sun 2

9

7.30

pm

The G

reat B

eau

ty (T

BC

) 13M

on 3

0

6.10

pm

U

pstre

am C

olo

r (12A

) 13M

on 3

0

8.2

0p

m

The G

reat B

eau

ty (T

BC

) 13

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the scre

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anyo

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11am

screenin

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a o

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nd

a p

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in

clud

ed

with

your ticke

t. Scre

enin

gs in

this b

roch

ure

are

The W

orld

’s End

(Tuesd

ay 13

Aug

ust), M

oo

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esd

ay 2

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ug

ust) a

nd

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o A

bo

ut N

oth

ing

(W

ed

nesd

ay 4

Sep

tem

ber).