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THURSDAY 30th APRIL TO WEDNESDAY 6th MAY 2015
THURSDAY 30TH APRIL
10:00amLeviathan
12:35pmBoychoir
2:35pmTrash
4:45pm X + Y
6:30pm Boychoir Fundraiser - $20
Chris O’Brien Conquer Cancer
FRIDAY 1ST MAY
10:00amBoychoir
12:00pmTrash
2:10pmLeviathan
4:45pmBoychoir
7:30pm International Jazz Day
Red Hot Papas and
1947 Film New Orleans
NOW SHOWING
Leviathan
2hrs 25mins
M
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor
when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a
lawyer friend to help, but the man’s arrival brings further misfortune
for Kolya and his family. “Masterly. A powerful experience.”
David Stratton, THE AUSTRALIAN
Boychoir
1hr 55mins
PG
Stet, a troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas
town, ends up at a Boy Choir school back East after the death of his
single mom. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a
battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who recognizes a
unique talent in this young boy as he pushes him to discover his
creative heart and soul in music. Dustin Hoffman, Kevin McHale
Trash
2hrs
M
One day 3 Brazilian street kids from the favelas come upon a wallet
SATURDAY 2ND MAY
containing some cash and, more importantly, photos and documents.
9:30amTrash
all relates to corrupt politicians and vicious cops who badly want
11:30am Iolanta & Duke Bluebeard’s It
this wallet back. The boys find themselves way out of their depth, but
Castle - NY Met Opera
they have some friends in the form of a cantankerous whisky priest
3:30pmBoychoir
and an aid worker. EXCLUSIVE TO AVOCA THEATRE!
5:30pmLeviathan
X+Y
1hr 55mins
M
8:05pm That Sugar Film
This heart-warming and life-affirming story follows the unconventional
SUNDAY 3RD MAY
10:00am 2nd Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
12:20pmBoychoir
2:20pmLeviathan
4:55pmBoychoir
6:55pmTrash
and hilarious relationship between student and teacher - whose roles
are often reversed - and the unfathomable experience of first love even when you don’t understand what love is. Rafe Spall
That Sugar Film
1hr 45mins
PG
This will forever change the way you think about ‘healthy’ food.
Everybody is loving this film!
Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2hrs 5mins M
MONDAY 4TH MAY
Starring Dev Patel, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy,
11:30am Iolanta & Duke Bluebeard’s Danny Mahoney, Richard Gere, Tasmin Greig, Penelope Wilton
Castle - NY Met Opera
6:45pm Vincent Van Gogh
ENCORE SCREENING
INTERNATIONAL
TUESDAY 5TH MAY
10:00amStars Of The Silver Screen
Beat The Devil
12:00pmBoychoir
2:00pm That Sugar Film
4:00pm X + Y
6:05pmLeviathan
WEDNESDAY 6TH MAY
10:00amLeviathan
12:35pmBoychoir
2:35pmTrash
4:45pm X + Y
6:50pmBoychoir
JAZZ DAY
The Red Hot Papas LIVE
Followed by the 1947 Film
New Orleans
Fri 1st May 7pm - $17.95
Get your mum,
grandmother, aunt or
even your neighbour
a $50 voucher for the
theatre and
Beth’s Emporium.
GET YOUR MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS AT BETH’S EMPORIUM - GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE
BUT WAIT............THERE’S MORE!
EXHIBITION VINCENT
DOUBLE FEATURE
Art
Iolanta & Duke
VAN GOGH
on
Screen
ENCORE
SCREENING
Plus - Short talk by
Jonathan Cooper
Ex Educator & Lecturer From
NSW Art Gallery
Mon 4th May 6:45pm
Tickets $23/19
Quizmaster with Prizes
Bluebeard’s Castle
Sat 2nd & Mon 4th May 11:30am
Adults $25 Conc $23
A VIEW
FROM THE
BRIDGE
Dorian Mode
Humphrey Bogart in
BEAT THE DEVIL
Tues 5th May 10am
Tickets $12.50
Sat 9th & Mon 11th May 11:30am
Tickets - Adults $25 & Conc 23
Fish & Chips available $7
Fri 15th May
7pm
Fish & Chips on the lawn
Tea/Coffee & Cake
Followed by
Live Music on stage and
Dustin Hoffmann in
Adults $32.79
Kids (15 yrs and under) Wed 20th May 11:30am
Tickets $19.50
$22.19
Bogan Song Cycle
Boychoir
Warren Miller’s
65th Film Release
Sun 31st May 5pm
With Dorian Mode and
Andrew Wilkie
Adults $31
Conc/Early Bird $28.50
Family of 4 (2A + 2C) $38
Fri 29th May 7:30pm - $28.50
COMMUNITY EVENTS
POSTPONED TO - Thurs 30th April - 7pm
Chris O’Brien Ride To Conquer Cancer Fundraiser
Nibbles and the film - Boy Choir - $20
Want to raise money for a charity or club?
Call Luke or Beth on 4382 1777 to find out how!
Thurs 21st May - 6:30pm
Fundraiser for ODAM’’s Barathis Hostel in India
Nibbles and the film - Woman In Gold - $20
Catering available. We can also help out with designing a
poster and promoting your event.
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A Chat with Beth
Hello my Lovely Friends,
I do hope your lives are beginning to achieve some normalcy after the week of weather chaos and
that you and your family and friends have been blessed with safety through this. It’s a time to
come together, be thankful & help each other out...thank you for letting us be a part of your lives.
Perhaps you are already planning MOTHER’S DAY… we are! We have beautiful Mother’s Day Gift
Cards to be used for anything at all at either the Theatre or Beth’s Emporium at Erina Fair and are
additionally having a HUGE SALE with at least 20% OFF EVERYTHING at both the Theatre and
Beth’s Emporium! That will make for VERY MUCH APPRECIATED GIFTS! As we always do, there
will be a special little ‘thank you’ gift to all women who come to the movies on Mother’s Day.
We’ve had so many of you express your delight that the stunning Russian film LEVIATHAN is
here this week. Golden Globe winner & nominated for an Oscar, LEVIATHAN is a gripping parable
of class, faith and corruption, centering on a dispute between a small-time mechanic and local
authorities that reaps unimaginable, extraordinary consequences. This deftly-drawn and morally
complex thriller is an electrifying, vodka-fuelled examination of the familial, sexual and judicial
tangles of ordinary human lives in Russia. Even Putin doesn’t escape scathing comments on his
regime. Saturated with incredible imagery, superb performances and sly humour, this astounding
& frequently surprising masterwork should, quite simply, not be missed.
The genuinely warm hearted, feel good film BOYCHOIR has our patrons in raptures. It’s about
the power of music, of belonging & the nurture of gifts, starring Dustin Hoffman as a revered
conductor of the famed American Boychoir School, with a wonderful support cast of Kathy Bates,
Josh Lucas (Red Dog), Eddie Izzard and introducing Stet (Garrett Wareing) as a boy angry with
the world. ‘Boychoir soars by grace of its clear narrative, strong cast & the pure harmonious
voices that can only be described as celestial.’(Urbancinefile) You’re going to love BOYCHOIR!
The UN began INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY to build communities, believing Jazz to be a symbol of
unity & peace, encouraging artistic innovation and improvisation, allowing traditional music to
morph into much loved new traditions. You have to love that & we are in! Setting the mood with
our 1930’s wind up gramophone playing old 78’s, we then have the Red Hot Papa’s bringing fine
Dixieland & early Traditional Jazz with music and song like Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Weary
Blues, Tiger Rag & Basin Street Blues. With their eclectic sound including cornet, clarinet, piano,
trombone, banjo, bass guitar, bass & tuba. The film I’ve chosen is one of my favourite early Jazz
films, the 1947 NEW ORLEANS, chronicling the birth and rise to stardom of Jazz with great music
from Louis Armstrong and his band, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman and his band and cameors
from many, many Jazz greats – 29 songs in all! Book for Friday 1st May from 7pm, just $17.95!
New York Met Opera Double - IOLANTA before DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE! On the heels of
her triumphant Met performances in Eugene Onegin, soprano Anna Netrebko takes on another
Tchaikovsky heroine in the first opera of this intriguing double bill with the enchanting fairy tale
IOLANTA followed by an erotic psychological thriller – DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE. Nadja
Michael is the unwitting victim of the diabolical Bluebeard, played by Mikhail Petrenko. Both
operas are directed by Mariusz Trelinski, who was inspired by classic noir films of the 1940s.
Saturday 2nd and Monday 4th May, both at 11:30am. $25, Conc $23.
With the black outs, one of our charity events had to be re-scheduled asap and so the ENCORE
Screening of our Art On Screen VINCENT VAN GOGH also needed to be rescheduled to Monday
4th May. Everyone came out of this overjoyed & with much congratulations for the film & our
speaker Jonathan Cooper, formerly the NSW Art Gallery’s Educator & Lecturer. This brilliant film
is made in collaboration with the experts at the Van Gogh Museum; you’ll experience the wonder
of seeing Van Gogh’s legendary masterpieces, while hearing world-renowned curators & art
historians offer their interpretations & explanations with exclusive new research revealing
incredible recent discoveries for the 125th Anniversary of Vincent Van Gogh’s death. ENCORE
SCREENING is on Monday 4th May at 6:45pm. Tickets $23, Sen $19. Tell your friends!
Our new monthly STARS OF THE SILVER SCREEN is quickly growing! QuizMaster Dorian Mode
asks curly questions – with loads of prizes! This month we have the 1953 film BEAT THE DEVIL,
an exquisitely dry comedy with a witty script by Truman Capote. BEAT THE DEVIL finds subtle,
absurdist laughs in the misadventures of Humphrey Bogart's tough customer. With the original
script thrown to the winds, Truman Capote was flown to Ravello, Italy to write as filming
happened, leaving veteran stars Robert Morley & Peter Lorre to create their own dialogue! This is
Gina Lollobrigida’s first English speaking film “Emotionally, I am English," claiming to take tea
and crumpets every afternoon! Held the first Tuesday of each month, fish & chips are available
to order for lunch! STARS OF THE SILVER SCREEN is on Tuesday 5th May at 10am just $12.50.
For a special MOTHER’S DAY TREAT we have previews of the new film A ROYAL NIGHT OUT.
Norman & I so enjoyed this! Set on VE Day 1945 when all London joined together to celebrate the
end of the war, young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret slipped out of the palace to join the
communal euphoria – a rumour not confirmed or denied by the Palace. A wonderful look at the
times and a lot of fun! And remember, there is a special little thank you gift for every woman!
Don’t miss a stunner of a stage play on screen with a stellar cast led by Mark Strong (Imitation
Game) in the ‘magnetic, electrifying, astonishingly bold’ production of A VIEW FROM THE
BRIDGE which is the UK’s top theatre pick. The great Arthur Miller’s work confronts the American
dream in this dark and passionate tale. The visionary Ivo van Hove directs this stunning
production of Miller’s tragic masterpiece, captured live from London’s West End by National
Theatre Live. Saturday 9th and Monday 11th May, both at 11:30am. $25 and $23 Conc
The BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain film
festivals in the world showcasing thought-provoking films from all over the globe. Travelling from
remote landscapes and cultures to adrenaline-packed action sports, present exhilarating and
provocative films. You’ll experience over 2 hours of thought-provoking films, from adrenalinepacked action sports to remote cultures and some of the world’s last great wild places. BANFF
MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL is on Friday 15th May at 7pm. Tickets range from $22.19 to $32.79.
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Thur 30th April – Russian film LEVIATHAN begins….Golden Globe Best Foreign Film
Fri 1st May – INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY with live music & 1947 NEW ORLEANS
Sat 2nd & Mon 4th – Met Opera Double – IOLANTA & DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE
Mon 4th May - Encore Screening ART ON SCREEN VINCENT VAN GOGH – 6:45pm
Tues 5th – STARS OF THE SILVER SCREEN. Humphrey Bogart - BEAT THE DEVIL
Sat 9th & Mon 11th – NT Live – Arthur Miller’s A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Sat 9th and Sun 10th – PREVIEWS for Mother’s Day of A ROYAL NIGHT OUT
Thurs 14th May – A ROYAL NIGHT OUT begins
Fri 15th May – BANFF FILM FESTIVAL – Extreme Adventure Short Films
Wed 20th – SHOWTIME LUNCHEON with Dustin Hoffman in BOYCHOIR
Thurs 21st – Helen Mirren in A WOMAN IN GOLD begins
Friday 29th – BOGAN SONG CYCLE live.
Sun 30th – Warren Miller’s NO TURNING BACK
Mon 1st June – Art on Screen – THE IMPRESSIONISTS
Fri 5th June – SPANISH NIGHT with Flamenco Guitar & Dancing and film LIVING IS
EASY WITH EYES CLOSED
Fri 19th June – Simon Tedeschi plays his favourite classics in Kaleidoscope
See you very soon, at the Theatre or at Beth’s Emporium at Erina Fair!
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FILMS COMING SOON
A Royal Night Out - 14th May
Woman In Gold - 21st May
Woman In Gold is the remarkable true story of one womDirected by Julian Jarrold, tells the untold story of
Princess Margaret and the future Queen Elizabeth II as an’s journey to reclaim her heritage and seek justice for
they are allowed out at night for the first time to join the what happened to her family. Sixty years after she fled
Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman,
celebrations marking the end of the war in 1945.
Maria Altmann (Mirren), starts her journey to retrieve
Told to go out and celebrate incognito by parents Queen
family
possessions seized by the Nazis, among them
Elizabeth and King George, the girls head out into a
jubilant London and enjoy themselves a little too much, Klimt’s famous painting ‘Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I’.
Stars Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl
arriving back home later than anticipated.