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Mr TurnerSci-Fi Season
Magic In The Moonlight
CINEMA MEAL DEAL
See any film at The Dukes and enjoy a two course meal at The Borough all for just £11.00
To take advantage of this great offer all you need to do is book your combined ticket at The Dukes Box Office in person or call 01524 598500.
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Use your meal voucher at The Borough another day, any time The Borough School Dinners menu is being served (Monday to Sunday 12noon to 6.30pm)
Booking ahead is preferred but not always essential.
To book your table contact The Borough on 01524 64170
Index Sci-FI 3-4
New Releases 5-10
Dukesdocs 10
Film Lab & Film Quiz 11
Special Events 12
Live By Satellite 13-14
How to Get Here 15
Calendar 16
Cinema Prices£6.00 Full Price
£5.00 Concessions
£4.00 Under 18’s *unless otherwise stated
(Concessions apply to those in full time education, senior citizens, those receiving income support, people with disabilitiesand Friends & Film Friends members)
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Welcome to The Dukes October and NovemberCinema Guide
MOVIE MORNINGS
11am screenings with free tea or coffee and a pastry included with your ticket. The screenings in this brochure are The Hundred-Foot Journey (Monday 20 October) and Effie Gray (Monday 17 November)
After the Movie Morning screening why not stay in the cafe-bar and get 10% off selected items with your ticket?
The Hundred-Foot Journey
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Friday 7 November, 8.30pm
THE TERMINATOR (15) Dir: James Cameron
1984 USA 107mins
With: Linda Hamilton,
Arnold Schawarznegger
Thirty years on Cameron’s iconic film
‘The Terminator’ remains as thrilling
and chilling as when it was first
released. A human-looking,
seemingly indestructible cyborg is sent
through time from 2029 to 1984 with a
mission to assassinate waitress Sarah
Connor. Connor’s unborn son will
lead a human resistance against a
future race of machines and so she
must fight not only to save her own
life but also to ensure the future of
humanity.
Tuesday 11 November, 6.35pm
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (PG)Dir: Don Siegel
1956 USA 80mins
With: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter
Made at the height of the
Cold War ‘Red Scare’, Don Siegel’s
subversive The Invasion of the Body
Snatchers is often remade but rarely
bettered. In a small American town, the
initially sceptical Dr Binnell gradually
becomes concerned after increasing
visits from townsfolk complaining that
their loved ones are not themselves.
As paranoia seeps in, Binnell’s
investigation uncovers an alien plot
to replace the inhabitants of the once
peaceful town with exact replicas.
Saturday 15 November, 2pm
BACK TO THE FUTURE (PG) Dir: Robert Zemeckis
1985 USA 116mins
With: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
Marty McFly, a typical American
teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally
sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-
powered DeLorean time machine
invented by slightly mad scientist.
During his time in the fifties, Marty
must make certain his parents fall in
love to set straight the damage his
presence has done to the events of
the past.
Join us on a journey to explore
strange new worlds, to seek out
alien life and new technologies
with our three month Science
Fiction season.
The Dukes is taking part in a
UK-wide celebration of Sci-FI
and will be hosting numerous
films and events over the next
few months.
This event is part of the
nationwide BFI Sci-Fi season
“Days of Fear and Wonder” and
is supported by Film Hub NWC,
proud to be a partner of the
Film Audience Network.
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Friday 21 November, 8.30pm
AKIRA (15) Dir: Katsuhiro Ohtomo
1988 Japan 124mins Subtitles
With: Nozumu Sasaki
One of the most influential anime films
ever made. Set in the postapocalyptic
city of Neo-Tokyo, Akira follows two
members of a motorcycle gang,
Tetsuo and Kaneda, who discover a
secret military experiment, after which
Tetsuo develops psychic powers.
As he attempts save his friend, Kaneda
runs into a group of anti-government
activists, greedy politicians,
irresponsible scientists and a powerful
military leader, all trying to harness
Tetsuo’s new abilities.
Friday 28 November, 8.30pm
ALIEN (18) Dir: Ridley Scott
1979 UK USA 117mins
With: Sigourney Weaver
Commercial spaceship Nostromo is on
its way home from deep space when
the crew pick up an SOS warning from
a distant planet. When they land to
investigate they inadvertently bring
a vicious alien life form on board that
hunts them down one by one.
Tuesday 2 December, 6.20pm
THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (PG) Dir: Val Guest
1961 UK 95mins
With: Janet Munro, Leo McKern
A matter-fact, intelligently realised
apocalyptic drama about the
disastrous effects brought about when
the earth’s climate begins to heat up. A
down-on-his luck journalist investigate
the reasons behind the world’s
increasingly severe weather conditions
and uncovers the frightening cause:
the Earth has been knocked off its axis
by worldwide nuclear testing. With
the planet’s climate zones displaced,
London faces tropical storms and
devastation
Saturday 27 December, 8.00pm
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (PG) Dir: Stanley Kubrick
1968 UK USA 160mins
With: Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain
Kubrick’s timeless masterpiece which
remains as hallucinatory, puzzling
and provocative as when first
released. Following the discovery of
a mysterious artefact on the moon,
a manned mission is sent into space to
investigate. With most of the crew in
stasis the ship’s computer Hal begins
to malfunction.
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Thursday 2 October, 6pm & 8.30pm
PRIDE (15) Dir: Matthew Warchus
2014 UK 120mins
With: George McKay, Bill Nighy,
Imelda Staunton
It is the summer of 1984, Margaret
Thatcher is in power and the National
Union of Mineworkers is on strike. At
the Gay Pride March in London, a
group of gay and lesbian activists
decide to raise money to support the
families of the striking miners.
But there is a problem. The Union
seems embarrassed to receive their
support. Undeterred, they set off
to deepest Wales to make their
donation in person.
Friday 3 & Saturday 4 October
KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES (15) (Kvinden i bure)
Dir: Mikkel Nørgaard
2014 Denmark 97mins Subtitles
With: Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Carl Mørck is a disgraced detective
who is reassigned to a basement
bound job filing cold cases in a newly
created department. He is allocated a
new assistant, Assad, and together
they throw themselves headlong into
their first apparently unsolvable
mystery. They begin investigating
the disappearance of a politician
who has been missing for five years
without a trace and uncover a sinister,
unimaginable crime.
Saturday 4 October, 5.45pm
MANUSCRIPTS DON’T BURN (15) (Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoosand)
Dir: Mohammad Rasoulof
2014 Iran 125mins Subtitles
A political thriller, made in Iran, which
examines the country’s censorship and
feared security apparatus. Security
agents Khosrow and Morteza are on
a mission to eliminate copies of a
manuscript and those that wrote it. The
pages describe the assassination years
earlier. Meanwhile, the manuscript’s
author, Kasra, makes plans to leave the
country before he is discovered.
Sunday 5 October, 5.00pm
THE 100-YEAR-OLD-MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED (15) Dir: Felix Herngren
2014 Sweden 114mins Subtitles
With: Robert Gustafsson
A comedy based on the bestselling
novel by Jonas Jonasson. The tale starts
on the 100th birthday of Allan Karlsson.
The staff at his nursing home have
organised a party to celebrate, with
local press and dignitaries planning to
attend. However, Allan decides to skip
the party and run away in his slippers.
As he begins his last great adventure,
it becomes clear that Allan has lived a
colourful and explosive life.
New Releases
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Sunday 5 October, 7.30pm
BOYHOOD (15) Dir: Richard Linklater
USA 2014 164mins
With: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette
Twelve years in the making, Richard
Linklater’s coming-of-age tale is a
unique and extraordinarily ambitious
piece of filmmaking. Boyhood follows
a young boy, Mason, on his journey
from infancy to adulthood with
snapshots of adolescence from road
trips and family dinners to birthdays
and graduations and all the moments
in between.
“One of the great films of the
decade.” – The Guardian
Sunday 12, Monday 13, & Monday 20 October, Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 November
THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY(PG)
Dir: Lasse Hallström
2014 USA 122mins
With: Helen Mirren, Om Puri
Helen Mirren stars as a fearsome
restaurateur in this culinary drama,
adapted from the bestselling novel.
Displaced from their home in India,
the Kadam family, led by Papa, settle
in a quaint village in the south of
France where they open an Indian
restaurant. The new arrivals ruffle the
feathers of the owner of a Michelin
starred restaurant a hundred-feet
away, leading to all-out war
between the two families.
Sunday 12 & Monday 13 October
BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (15) Dir: Rowan Joffe
2014 UK 92mins
With: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman
A taut thriller about a woman
who wakes every day with no
memory as the result of a traumatic
accident in her past. Nicole Kidman
stars as Christine who, being unable
to new develop memories, relies
on her loving husband to get her
through the day. However, when
a friendly doctor encourages her
to record her thoughts she discovers
that her situation is not all that
it seems.
Sunday 19 & Monday 20 October
A MOST WANTED MAN (15)
Dir: Anton Corbijn
2014 UK USA 122mins
With: Phillip Seymour Hoffman,
Daniel Brühl
Anton Corbijn, director of Control
and The American, returns with this
shadowy adaptation of John Le
Carré’s post-9/11 espionage thriller.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, in one of
his last screen performances, stars
as Günther Bachmann, the head
of Hamburg’s secret anti-terrorist
unit. With the clock ticking down
to an attack he co-opts a reluctant
Chechen refugee to help catch a
suspected terrorist.
New Releases
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Sunday 19 & Monday 20 October
NORTHERN SOUL (15)
Dir: Elaine Constantine
2014 UK 92mins
With: Steve Coogan, Christian McKay
A Lancashire-set coming of age
drama set in the heart of the 1970s
Northern Soul scene following two
young boys whose horizons are
opened up by the discovery of black
American soul music. No longer
satisfied with the prospect of a small
town life and a factory production
line, they dream of going to America
to discover super rare records that
will help them become the best DJs
on the scene.
Sunday 26 October, Monday 10 & Wednesday 12 November
IDA (12A) Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski
2014 Poland 85mins Subtitles
With: Agata Trzebuchowska
An elegantly shot drama set in 1960’s
Poland from My Summer of Love
director Pawel Pawlikowski. Anna is
an orphan on the verge of becoming
a nun, but before she takes her vows
she visits Wanda, her only living
relative. Wanda reveals to Anna
that she has Jewish roots and the
pair start a journey to uncover their
family’s tragic story.
Sunday 26, Wednesday 29, Thursday 30 October & Tuesday 18 November
MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT(12A)
Dir: Woody Allen
2014 USA 97mins
With: Colin Firth, Emma Stone
Woody Allen’s latest film sees the
prolific director return to the setting
and style that made Midnight in Paris
such a success. Colin Firth plays Stanley
Crawford, one of the most celebrated
magicians of the age. Persuaded by a
friend, he journeys to the French Riviera
to investigate a clairvoyant, Sophie. He
initially dismisses her as insignificant
but Sophie’s feats of mind-reading and
other supernatural deeds soon leave
Stanley dumbfounded.
Monday 27 & Wednesday 29 October
IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE (15)(Kraftidioten) Dir: Hans Petter Moland
2014 USA 116mins
With: Stellan Skarsgård
A snowbound black comedy
featuring an outstanding central
performance from Stellan Skarsgård.
Hard-working snowplough driver,
Nils, is beloved in his small town, but
just as he is named Citizen of the Year
he discovers that his son has died
from a heroin overdose. Disbelieving
the official report he goes on a
bloodthirsty quest to take revenge
on the ruthless drug dealers he holds
responsible.
New Releases
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Saturday 1 to Monday 3 November
MAP TO THE STARS (Cert-TBC) Dir: David Cronenberg
2014 USA 110mins
With: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska
Acclaimed filmmaker David
Cronenberg weaves together multiple
story threads to explore the dark side
of contemporary Hollywood in this
wicked satire. Young Agatha is new to
Los Angeles but keen to get work; an
over-the-hill actress auditions for a
role first played by her mother; an
ambitious limo driver harbours a dark
secret; and a mother has her work
cut out managing the career of her
disaffected chid-star son.
Saturday 8 to Wednesday 12November
GONE GIRL (Cert-TBC) Dir: David Fincher
2014 USA 145mins
With: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike
The Social Network and Zodiac
director David Fincher brings the
bestselling thriller by Gillian Flynn (who
also wrote the screenplay) to the big
screen. Nick and Amy Dunne appear to
have the perfect marriage, but when
Amy mysteriously disappears the
portrait of a blissful union begins to
crumble. Soon Nick’s erratic behaviour
and lies have the police and his small
town asking the same question – did
Nick Dunne kill his wife?
Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 November
VIOLETTE (15) Dir: Martin Provost
2014 France 140mins
With: Sandrine Kiberlai
A beautifully crafted biopic of French
novelist Violette Leduc, whose intense
relationship with Simone de Beauvoir
inspired her confessional writing.
Violette, born out of wedlock at the
beginning of the 20th century, first
encountered de Beauvoir in 1942. The
intense relationship between the two
women would last their entire lives.
Friday 14 to Sunday 16 & Thursday 20 November
‘71 (15) Dir: Yann Demange
2014 UK 99mins
With: Jack O’Connell
A young British soldier is accidentally
abandoned by his unit following a riot
on the streets of Belfast. Unable to tell
friend from foe, and increasingly
wary of his own comrades, the raw
recruit must survive the night alone
and find his way to safety through
a disorientating, alien and deadly
landscape.
New Releases
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Friday 14, Monday 17 & Thursday 20 November
EFFIE GRAY (Cert-TBC) Dir: Richard Laxton
2014 UK 100mins
With: Emma Thompson,
Dakota Fanning
A biographical film, written by
Emma Thompson, about the marriage
between Effie Gray and 19th-century
art historian and critic John Ruskin.
Effie and Ruskin met when she was
19 and he 29, and married shortly
afterwards. They moved to Venice
where Ruskin spent his time studying
the historic city, leaving Effie on
her own – until she fell for her
husband’s protégée, the artist
John Everett Millais.
Saturday 15 to Tuesday 18 November
JIMI: ALL IS BY MY SIDE (15) Dir: John Ridley
2014 USA 120mins
With: André Benjamin, Imogen Poots
A portrait of iconic musician Jimi
Hendrix in the years before he found
fame. In 1966, Hendrix is still an
unknown backup guitarist playing New
York clubs. There he is discovered by
Linda Keith (who happens to be the
girlfriend of Rolling Stones’ Keith
Richards), who encourages him to
move to London. However once there
Jimi finds himself caught between
Lind’s protective grasp and the charms
of a new admirer.
Friday 21 to Thursday 27 November
MR. TURNER (12A) Dir: Mike Leigh
2014 UK 150mins
With: Timothy Spall
Mike Leigh’s latest film explores the
last quarter century in the life of the
great, if eccentric, British painter
J.M.W. Turner. Profoundly affected
by the death of his father, loved by a
housekeeper he takes for granted and
occasionally exploits sexually, he forms
a close relationship with a seaside
landlady with whom he eventually lives
incognito in London.
“What a glorious film this is, richly
and immediately enjoyable, hitting its
satisfying stride straight away” –
The Guardian
Thursday 27 November, 8.30pm
WITHNAIL & I (15) Dir: Bruce Robinson
1987 UK 107mins
With: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann
Bruce Robinson’s much-loved (and
quoted) cult comedy returns to
cinemas on a new print. In London,
1969, two unemployed actors, Withnail
and Marlow, decide to escape their
squalid flat and go on holiday to
Withnail’s uncle’s Penrith cottage.
However, once there their friendship
and wits are tested by non-stop rain, an
absence of modern conveniences and
an amorous visit from Uncle Monty.
“One of the finest comedies
known to humanity.” -
Empire
New Releases
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Friday 28 to Sunday 30 November
THE JUDGE (15) Dir: David Dobkin
2014 USA 140mins
With: Robert Downey Jr
Robert Downey Jr stars as a
lawyer who returns home when his
estranged father, a small-town judge
is accused of murder. Judge Joseph
Palmer, stands accused of killing a
former defendant who he failed to
convict and who later committed a
heinous crime. Despite their bitterly
dysfunctional relationship his son
Hank agrees to his father’s case.
Friday 3 October, 8.20pm
FINDING FELA (15) Dir: Alex Gibney
2014 USA Nigeria 120mins
Oscar winning documentarian Alex
Gibney turns his lens on celebrated
Nigerian musician, activist and
Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Gibney’s
sharply attuned mix of concert
performances, archive interviews and
reminiscences from Fela’s peers and
extended family paint a compelling
portrait of a man whose immense
musical, political and personal
influence extended far beyond
his homeland.
Tuesday 18 November, 8.30pm
BASTARDS + DIRECTOR Q&A (12A)Dir: Deborah Perkin
2014 UK 80mins
Made by award-winning Lancastrian
documentary maker Deborah Perkin,
Bastards tells the moving and uplifting
story of a Moroccan woman’s struggle
to gain legal recognition for her young
daughter. It is also a complex and
compelling portrait of the lives of
ordinary women in Morocco, caught
between the demands of Islamic
tradition and their desires
for individual rights within a
male-dominated, Islamic society.
The screening will be followed by
a Q&A with director Deborah Perkin.
New Releases DukesDocs
DukesDocs is a new strand in our programme in which we’ll be bringing you the best new documentary films from around the world.
This project is supported by Film Hub North West Central, proud to be part of the BFI Film Audience Network!
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Sunday 19 October & Sunday 16 November, 8pm
FILM QUIZKnow 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.
Quiz entry is £1 per person with a maximum team size of 6 people.
Monday 27 October, 6.30pm
THE MINERS’ HYMNS & MEMO MORI (Cert-TBC) Dir: Bill Morrison / Emily Richardson
UK 2012 / 2013 75mins (combined)
The Miners’ Hymns is a lyrical
portrait of Britain’s industrial past
by American artist film maker
Bill Morrison. Using rarely seen
archive film footage spanning
100 years, it depicts the ill-fated
mining communities, the increasing
mechanisation of the pits and the
extraordinary annual Durham Miners’
Gala. The Miner’s Hymns will be
screened with Memo Mori, a short
tracing the loss, disappearance and
the changing urban environment in
Hackney.
Monday 17 November, 6.10pm
STAGE AND STAGED
(Cert-TBC) Dir: Beatrice Gibson, Gail Pickering,
John Smith & Lucy Parker
80mins
Four short films which in different
ways draw attention to the script
and the stage. Confusing the roles
of writer, actor and filmmaker, the
works, by four award-winning artists
blur the boundaries between fact and
fiction to the point where it is unclear
what is staged and what is not.
London-based artist Lucy Parker will
introduce her film ‘Some Grit, Some
Flames,’ and take part in a Q&A
session after the screening.
Film Quiz
Introducing The Dukes Film Lab: a new part of our programme dedicated to screening artist-led film.
In recent years numerous artist filmmakers have grabbed public attention, most notably Steve McQueen (Shame, 12 Years a Slave) and Clio Bernard (The Selfish Giant). These screenings will be an opportunity to discover experimental features and shorts rarely seen in cinemas, made by both established and up-and-coming new talents.
Film Lab is an Independent Cinema Office initiative with funding from Arts Council England.
Film Lab
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Monday 27 October, 2pm
SOME LIKE IT HOT (U) Dir: Billy Wilder
1959 USA - 120mins
With: Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon
Journey Cafe is a series of arts events
presented in association with Age UK
Lancashire for people with memory
problems and their families – though
everyone is welcome. For October
we will be screening Billy Wilder’s
timeless comedy. Musicians Joe and
Jerry accidentally witness a gangland
killing and flee. With few other
options they transform themselves
into Josephine and Daphne and join
an all-girl band bound for Miami.
All Tickets: £4
Includes tea or coffee and a pastry
Saturday 1 November, 8.20pm
THE SHINING: EXTENDED CUT (15)
Dir: Stanley Kubrick
1980 USA 143mins
With: Jack Nicholson
Celebrate the Halloween weekend
with Kubrick’s terrifying masterpiece,
back on the big screen in an
extended cut. Disgraced teacher
Jack Torrence accepts a job as the
winter caretaker at the remote
Overlook Hotel. As he, his wife and
his young son settle in for the cold,
isolated stay it quickly becomes
apparent that the hotel is home
to some dark secrets.
Saturday 8 November, 11.00am
KHUMBA (U) Dir: Anthony Silverston
2014 South Africa 85mins
Rejected by his superstitious herd,
a half-striped zebra embarks on
a daring quest to earn his stripes.
Khumba is screening as part of the
Afrovibes Festival which will be at
The Dukes between Tuesday 4
& Saturday November. Afrovibes
is a biennial festival of contemporary
theatre, dance and music from
South Africa.
All Tickets: £3
Saturday 22 November, arrive from 6.30pm, film at 8.00pm
SING-A-LONG-60s-HAIRSPRAY(PG)
Join us for the ultimate fun-filled
event in Lancaster this November
as one of the most crowd pleasing
musicals of all time, Hairspray, is
screened at The Dukes. Complete
with sing-a-long subtitles, the movie
is just the centrepiece of what will be
a wildly entertaining tribute to the
Sixties.
Tickets: £15 (Full Price)
£12 (Concessions)
Includes film, food and fizz
Special Events Journey Café
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Thursday 30 October, Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 November (Encores)
FRANKENSTEIN (15) Dir: Danny Boyle
130min
With: Benedict Cumberbatch.
Jonny Lee Miller
Frankenstein enjoyed a sell-out run at
the National Theatre, and went on to
win awards including the 2012 Olivier
Award for Best Actor. Oscar-winner
Danny Boyle directs the sensational
production with the two leads in
alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein
and his creation.
The Thursday 30 October &
Saturday 1 November screenings will
feature Cumberbatch as The Creature.
The Saturday 2 November will
feature Miller as The Creature.
Wednesday 29 October, 1pm (Encore)
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Dir: David Lan
210mins
With: Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster
An encore screening of the
fastest-selling production in the Young
Vic’s history, Tennessee Williams’
timeless masterpiece A Streetcar
Named Desire which was broadcast
live by National Theatre Live. Gillian
Anderson stars as Blanche whose
fragile world crumbles, and so she
turns to her sister Stella for solace –
but her downward spiral brings her
face to face with the brutal, unforgiving
Stanley Kowalski.
Tuesday 9 December, 8.00pm
JOHN (18) Dir: Lloyd Newson
180mins
With Taylor Benjamin
Internationally renowned DV8 Physical
Theatre bring their powerful new
production to the National Theatre.
DV8 Physical Theatre has produced 18
highly acclaimed dance-theatre works
and four films for television, which
have garnered over 50 national and
international awards. The company’s
new production, JOHN, authentically
depicts real-life stories, combining
movement and spoken word to create
an intense and moving theatrical
experience.
Thursday 22 January, 7pm
TREASURE ISLAND Dir: Polly Findlay
With: Patsy Ferran
Robert Louis Stevenson’s story
of murder, money and mutiny is
brought to life in a thrilling new
stage adaptation by Bryony Lavery,
broadcast live from the National
Theatre. It’s a dark, stormy night.
The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper’s
granddaughter, opens the door to a
terrifying stranger. At the old sailor’s
feet sits a huge seachest, full of secrets.
Jim invites him in – and her dangerous
voyage begins.
Live by SatelliteNational Theatre Live
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Wednesday 1 October, 7.15pm
STEPHEN FRY: MORE FOOL MEStephen Fry is a British institution,
famous for his prolific television and
radio work. He is also a celebrated
actor, presenter, writer and polymath.
To celebrate the release of his
latest autobiography, the eloquent
host will be broadcast live into
cinemas from the Royal Festival Hall
reading extracts of his book and
pleasing the audience with witty
anecdotes and insightful observations!
Sunday 26 October, 3pm
THE LEGEND OF LOVE Libretto by: Nazim Hikmet
Choreography by:
Yuri Grigorovich
Conducted by: Arif Melikov
Yuri Grigorovich’s beautifully
choreographed tale of forbidden
love and self-sacrifice returns to
the Bolshoi stage after a ten-year
absence. A queen is offered
the chance to save her dying
sister but only if she gives away
her beauty.
Sunday 23 November, 3pm
THE PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER (Recorded)
Libretto by: J.H. Saint-Georges
Choreography by: Pierre Lacotte
Conducted by: Pavel Klinichev
Lord Wilson, a young Englishman,
travels through Egypt with his servant.
When a powerful storm erupts he is
forced to take shelter in a nearby
pyramid. As they fall asleep, and
Aspica, the daughter of one of Egypt’s
most powerful pharaohs, comes to life
and lays her hand over his heart. Lord
Wilson is instantly transported into the
past, where he becomes Ta-Hor, an
ancient Egyptian.
Sunday 7 December, 3pm
LA BAYADERE (Recorded)
Libretto by: Sergei Khudekov
Choreography by: Marius Petipa
Conducted by: Alexei Bogorad
When the beautiful dancer Nikiya and
the warrior Solor meet in secret they
swear eternal mutual fidelity. However
the High Brahmin who is also in love
with Nikiya overhears them and rushes
to reveal their secret to the Raja.
Live by SatelliteLive by SatelliteBolshoi Ballet
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right hand lane. You will see brown information signs for ‘Dukes Playhouse’.
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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. Guide dogs and Hearing
Dogs are welcome.
THIS PUBLICATION IS AVAILABLE IN LARGE PRINT BY REQUESTThe Dukes Is Supported By:
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Registered Charity: 5019351514
October
Date Time Showing Cert. Pg.
Wed 1 7.15pm Stephen Fry: More Fool Me 14Thu 2 6.00pm Pride (15) 5Thu 2 8.30pm Pride (15) 5Fri 3 6.10pm Keeper of Lost Causes (15) 5Fri 3 8.20pm Finding Fela (15) 10Sat 4 5.45pm Manuscripts Don’t Burn (15) 5Sat 4 8.30pm Keeper of Lost Causes (15) 5Sun 5 5.00pm 100-Year Old Man… (15) 5Sun 5 7.30pm Boyhood (15) 6Sun 12 5.00pm Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) 6Sun 12 7.30pm Before I Go to Sleep (15) 6Mon 13 6.25pm Before I Go to Sleep (15) 6Mon 13 8.30pm Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) 6Sun 19 5.00pm A Most Wanted Man (15) 6Sun 19 7.30pm Northern Soul (15) 7Sun 19 8.00pm Film Quiz in the bar 11Mon 20 11.00am Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) 6Mon 20 6.25pm Northern Soul (15) 7Mon 20 8.30pm A Most Wanted Man (15) 6Sun 26 3.00pm Bolshoi: The Legends of Love 14Sun 26 6.30pm Ida (12A) 7Sun 26 8.30pm Magic in the Moonlight (12A) 7Mon 27 2.00pm Some Like it Hot (U) 12Mon 27 6.30pm The Miners’ Hymn (TBC) 11Mon 27 8.30pm In Order of Disappearance (15) 7Wed 29 1.00pm NT Encore: A Streetcar Named Desire (12A) 13Wed 29 6.00pm In Order of Disappearance (15) 7Wed 29 8.30pm Magic in the Moonlight (12A) 7Thu 30 6.10pm Magic in the Moonlight (12A) 7
Thu 30 8.30pm NT Encore: Frankenstein (15) 13
BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURSMonday - Saturday, 10am - 8.30pm Sunday, 30 minutes before the first event of the day. ST These screenings labelled will be English Language films with subtitles for audience members who have issues hearing the film’s dialogue.
01524 598500www.dukes-lancaster.org
The Dukes, Moor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QE
Film Ticket Prices
£6.00 Full Price£5.00 Concessions £4.00 Under 18’s (Unless otherwise stated)
Live By Satellite Ticket Prices
£13.00 Full Price£12.00 Concessions£10.00 Friends(Unless otherwise stated)
November
Date Time Showing Cert. Pg.
Sat 1 2.00pm NT Encore: Frankenstein (15) 13Sat 1 6.00pm Map to the Stars (15) 8Sat 1 8.20pm The Shining (Extended Cut) (15) 12Sun 2 5.00pm Map to the Stars (15) 8Sun 2 7.30pm NT Encore: Frankenstein (15) 13Mon 3 8.30pm Map to the Stars (15) 8Fri 7 8.30pm The Terminator (15) 3Sat 8 11.00am Khumba (U) 12Sat 8 5.30pm Gone Girl (15) 8Sat 8 8.25pm Violette (15) 8Sun 9 5.00pm Violette (15) 8Sun 9 7.45pm Gone Girl (15) 8Mon 10 6.30pm Ida (12A) 7Mon 10 8.25pm Gone Girl (15) 8Tue 11 6.35pm Invasion of the Body Snatchers (PG) 3Tue 11 8.25pm Gone Girl (15) 8Wed 12 6.30pm Ida (12A) 7Wed 12 8.25pm Gone Girl (15) 8Fri 14 6.20pm ‘71 (15) 8Fri 14 8.30pm Effie Gray (TBC) 9Sat 15 2.00pm Back to the Future (PG) 3Sat 15 6.00pm All is By My Side (15) 9Sat 15 8.30pm ‘71 (15) 9Sun 16 5.20pm ‘71 (15) 9Sun 16 7.30pm All Is By My Side (15) 9Sun 16 8.00pm Film Quiz in the bar 11Mon 17 11.00am Effie Gray (TBC) 9Mon 17 6.10pm Stage and Staged (TBC) 11Mon 17 8.30pm All is By My Side (15) 9Tue 18 2.00pm Magic in the Moonlight (12A) 7Tue 18 6.00pm All Is By My Side (15) 9Tue 18 8.30pm Bastards + Q&A (12A) 10Thu 20 6.20pm 71 (15) 8Thu 20 8.30pm Effie Gray (TBC) 9Fri 21 5.30pm Mr Turner (12A) 9Fri 21 8.30pm Akira (15) 4Sat 22 1.00pm Mr Turner ST (12A) 9Sat 22 6.30pm Hairspray (PG) 12Sun 23 3.00pm Bolshoi: Pharaoh’s Daughter 14Sun 23 7.00pm Mr Turner (12A) 9Mon 24 7.30pm Mr Turner (12A) 9Tue 25 7.30pm Mr Turner (12A) 9Wed 26 7.30pm Mr Turner (12A) 9Thu 27 5.30pm Mr Turner (12A) 9Thu 27 8.30pm Withnail & I (PG) 9Fri 28 5.40pm The Judge (15) 10Fri 28 8.30pm Alien (18) 4Sat 29 6.00pm Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) 6Sat 29 8.30pm The Judge (15) 10Sun 30 5.00pm Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) 6Sun 30 7.30pm The Judge (15) 10