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Oscar winners head stellar film line up as Lighthouse announces new shows
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts | Press Release • Apr 27, 2021
Oscar winners head stellar film line up as Lighthouse announces new shows
Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts is to reopen its Cinema next month with a series of Oscar-laden new films, headed by triple winner Nomadland with Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for its star, Frances McDormand.
Also showing are double Oscar winners Sound of Metal and Minari, the critically acclaimed domestic drama that saw Yuh-Jung Youn become the first South Korean to win an Oscar, scooping the Best Support Actress gong for her role as the loving but foul-mouthed grandmother.
Alongside the Cinema programme, there are more titles announced for the new Screen On Stage experience at Lighthouse, a date for internationally acclaimed circus theatre company Ockham’s Razor, a very special evening with Poole’s inspirational yachtswoman Pip Hare, and shows for stand-up comedy stars Ross Noble and Simon Amstell.
The full list of shows going on sale this week is:
Ammonite (15)
Friday 21, Saturday 22, Tuesday 25, Thursday 27 May, Cinema, 8pm (Fri, Thurs), 2.30pm (Sat), 5.30pm (Tues)
Tender romantic drama loosely inspired by the life of British paleontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) and her friendship with geologist Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan). Beautifully filmed on location in Lyme Regis.
Sound of Metal (15)
Friday 21, Tuesday 27 May, Cinema, 8pm (Tues), 5pm (Fri)
The double Oscar-winning drama Sound of Metal features a spellbinding central performance by Riz Ahmed as a metal drummer who loses his hearing.
Minari (12A)
Saturday 22, Tuesday 25, Wednesday 26 May, Wednesday 2 June, Cinema, 8pm (Sat, Wed 2), 1.30pm (Tues), 5.15 (Wed 26)
This touching domestic drama about a Korean-American family that moves to an Arkansas farm in search of their own American dreams saw actress Yuh-Jung Youn deservedly scoop the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Sweeney Todd (18)
Wednesday 26 May, Screen On Stage, 7.30pm
Tim Burton’s 2007 musical slasher is an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Tony Award-winning 1979 musical and stars Johnny Depp with Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall and Sacha Baron Cohen
Nomadland (12A)
Friday 28 May, Tuesday 1, Thurday 3 June, Cinema, 8pm, 1.30pm (Tues)
Frances McDormand is brilliant in this multi Oscar-winning drama written, edited, produced, and directed by Chloé Zhao. She plays a woman who leaves her hometown after her husband dies and the town's main employer closes down, to be ‘houseless’ and travel around the United States in search of work.
Dreamgirls (12A)
Wednesday 2 June, Screen On Stage, 7.30pm
Musical drama film written and directed by Bill Condon follows the story of three female soul singers who cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way. Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx, and Eddie Murphy star.
Into the Woods (PG)
Wednesday 16 June, Screen On Stage, 7.30pm
Musical fantasy adapted to the screen by James Lapine from his and Stephen Sondheim’s 1986 Broadway musical in which a baker and his wife venture into the forest to find the ingredients that will reverse the spell that makes them childless and restore the beauty of the witch who cast it. Meryl Streep, James Corden and Emily Blunt star.
Ockham’s Razor: This Time
Wednesday 30 June, Theatre, 7.30pm
A show about time, age and personal stories from the award-winning circus theatre company Ockham’s Razor, This Time features a series of aerial frames raised from floor to ceiling that the four performers lift, push and cradle each other through a world of windows, thresholds and ledges.
An Evening with Pip Hare
Tuesday 6 July, Theatre, 7.30pm
Poole yachtswoman Pip Hare is an inspiration to us all. Only the eighth female skipper to complete the Vendée Globe round-the-world solo yacht race, she accepted a personal invitation from CEO Elspeth McBain to speak at Lighthouse and will also share a short film about her experiences. BBC Radio Solent’s Steve Harris chairs the event.
Simon Amstell: Spirit Hole
Wednesday 13 October, Theatre, 7.45pm
A blissful, spiritual, sensational exploration of love, sex, shame, mushrooms and more, Spirit Hole is Simon Amstell’s first stand up tour since the release of the internationally acclaimed feature film Benjamin, and Netflix special Set Free. Age guidance: 15+
Ross Noble: Humournoid
Thursday 17 February 2022, Concert Hall, 7.30pm
What happens when pure comedy takes human form? What happens when a creature is created and bred to do stand up? Nobody knows because that isn’t a thing. What is a thing is Ross Noble doing a show. You can come and see it. This is it. Age guidance: 15+
Tickets go on pre-sale to Lighthouse Friends only from Wednesday 28 April and on general sale from Friday 30 April.
Subject to the latest safety guidelines, more shows will be announced in the coming weeks.
For details of Lighthouse Friends visit https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/support-lighthouse/.
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