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Only God Forgives
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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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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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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
7
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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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’.
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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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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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NS T
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ur fi
lms at th
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d tim
e – n
o ad
s!2 Y
ou can
take yo
ur d
rinks fro
m th
e b
ar into
the scre
enin
g.
3 W
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ost o
ut o
ur cin
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a guid
es fo
r free to
anyo
ne w
ho
jo
ins o
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ull P
rice£5.0
0 C
once
ssions
£4
.00
Und
er 18
’s(U
nle
ss oth
erw
ise state
d)
M
OV
IE M
OR
NIN
GS
11am
screenin
gs w
ith fre
e te
a o
r coffe
e a
nd
a p
astry
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
Man
(Tu
esd
ay 2
0 A
ug
ust) a
nd
Much
Ad
o A
bo
ut N
oth
ing
(W
ed
nesd
ay 4
Sep
tem
ber).