May 17-23: The British are coming! WIN free tickets!

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This week at the Playhouse is predominantly British, starting with the Hamilton premiere of Red Joan, starring Dame Judi Dench in the extraordinary true story of one of the most influential spies in living history. If you want a chance to win a pair of tickets to Red Joan, keep reading! We're giving you another chance to see the popular documentary of another extraordinary woman (who loves giraffes!) We can't talk about Fight Club. Sunday will be a fun day with Deconstructing the Beatles (Side One of Abbey Road) followed later in the evening with one of the best rock films of all time, The Who's Quadrophenia (tied in with the some significant anniversaries, which is why you will definitely want to mark the occasion!) The British theme continues with Monty Python's Life of Brian ("he's not the Messiah! He's a very naughty boy!") We have a few more screenings of Us and we finish up with a free screening of an Oscar-winning documentary, presented by the United Way Halton & Hamilton. About the ticket give-away... scroll to the end of the newsletter!

FILMS SHOWING Friday May 17 to Thursday May 23

Red Joan

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"While Joan's early years are absolutely fascinating, it is the refreshing concept of Dench's elderly communist agent that gives this drama its real bite and edge." - Daily Mirror

“A good old-fashioned British spy thriller with a bewitching female heroine (or anti-heroine, if you will) played by the excellent actresses Judi Dench and (as her younger self) Sophie Cookson, Red Joan revisits the incredible real-life spy case of Melita Norwood. It is directed with a strong sense for character by Trevor Nunn, the former director of the Royal Shakespeare Co.

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Fight Club

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.

A depressed man (Edward Norton) suffering from insomnia meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and soon finds himself living in his squalid house after his perfect apartment is destroyed. The two bored men form an underground club with strict rules and fight other men who are fed up with their mundane lives.

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The Woman Who Loves Giraffes - Tribute Screening

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Dr. Anne Innis Dagg retraces her 1956 journey to South Africa to study giraffes in the wild.

Presented in Tribute and Celebration of the late Dr. Anne Innis Dagg (1933-2024).

With introduction and Q&A by Mary Dagg and director Alison Reid.

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Deconstructing the Beatles: Abbey Road, Side 2

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Composer Scott Freiman's love for The Beatles runs so deep, he's considered one of the world's foremost Fab Four scholars (yes, scholar). Freiman combines his love of The Beatles with his experience as a composer, producer and engineer to deliver unique educational lectures about the creative process of the Beatles.

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Quadrophenia

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40th Anniversary of the film!

The Who's 1973 double album Quadrophenia represented the pinnacle of the English rock band's outsized ambition, both as musicians and storytellers.

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Us

After sending shockwaves across contemporary culture and setting a new standard for provocative, socially-conscious horror films with his directorial debut, Get Out, Academy Award-winning visionary Jordan Peele returns with another original nightmare that he's written, directed and produced.

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Monty Python's Life of Brian

Blessed are the Cheesemakers! 40th Anniversary

“Brian is born on the original Christmas, in the stable next door to Jesus. He spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.

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Period. End of Sentence

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2019 Oscar Winner (Documentary - short). Intro & Q&A. Free!

United Way Halton & Hamilton presents this free screening of Oscar-winning documentary Period. End Of Sentence. as part of its Period Promise initiative. Menstrual hygiene product donations are welcome, though not required.

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One Night Only!

The Dam Busters - Book launch & screening

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"One of the truly great war films."

TED BARRIS BOOK LAUNCH & SCREENING OF THE 1955 FEATURE FILM (4K restoration)

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Coming Soon

The Aftermath

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"Audiences will enjoy this unusual love story: for its performances, its strong sense of time and place, and its vivid reminder that a war's official end is never really anything of the kind." - Daily Telegraph

Keira Knightley delivers one of her best performances in this love triangle period drama. Reunited with her estranged officer husband Lewis (Jason Clarke) when he is stationed to Hamburg, they are forced to confront the ruins of the city after it was razed to the ground in World War II.

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WIN TWO PASSES TO SEE RED JOAN

Win a pair of passes for you and a guest to see Red Joan by correctly answering this question:

In the trailer for Red Joan, Joan says she is "fighting for" what?

Send your answers to [email protected]. Two winners will be randomly selected and notified by email on Friday. Good luck!