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EVENT CINEMA AT THE KINO, RYE, FROM FRIDAY OCTOBER 4

NT LIVE ENCORE: FLEABAG (120 mins)

Monday, October 7 at 8:15pm
Monday, October 14 at 8:15pm

New dates have been added for this hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live to cinemas from London’s West End. Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea-pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.

ROH LIVE OPERA: DON GIOVANNI (210 mins)

Tuesday, October 8 at 6:45pm, booking now
Sexual intrigue, jealousy, wit, anger… and retribution. The new Royal Opera season begins with Mozart’s engaging masterpiece, which follows Don Giovanni, the women he serially seduces, and the vengeance that finally catches up with him. A cast of international singers – both familiar and making Royal Opera debuts – under conductor Hartmut Haenchen perform the glorious arias and ensembles of this opera favourite. Starring Erwin Schrott, Roberto Tagliavini, Malin Byström, Christine Rice, Daniel Behle, Louise Alder, Lars Woldt and Leon Kosavic.

BILLY CONNOLLY: THE SEX LIFE OF BANDAGES [18] 130 mins

Thursday, October 10, booking now
Hailed as the UK’s all time most influential comedian, the legendary Scot Billy Connolly is coming to cinemas with this brilliant show from his final stand-up tour. This whip smart routine is a riotous journey filled with outrageous tales and blistering observations of everyday absurdities. Screening as a special one-night-only event, Connolly will also muse upon his career, life and legacy in a deeply personal interview filmed exclusively for cinema audiences.

MYSTIFY: MICHAEL HUTCHENCE PLUS Q&A [15] 132 mins

Wednesday, October 16 at 8:30pm, booking now
This feature-length theatrical documentary, written and directed by Richard Lowenstein, offers an intimate journey into the heart and soul of Michael Hutchence, the internationally renowned lead-singer of INXS. Deftly woven from an extraordinary archive of rich imagery, the film delves beneath the public persona of the charismatic “Rock God” and transports us through the looking glass to reveal a multifaceted, intensely sensitive and complex man. Offering a rare insight into a man whose glittering public facade masked deeply private despair. This screening will include an exclusive preview and Q&A with Director Richard Lowenstein and special guests.

NT LIVE: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM [12A] 180 mins

Thursday, October 17 at 7pm, booking now
Shakespeare’s most famous romantic comedy will be captured live from the Bridge Theatre in London. Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), Oliver Chris (Green Wing), David Moorst (NT Live: Allelujah!) and Hammed Animashaun (The Barber Shop Chronicles) lead the cast as Titania, Oberon, Puck and Bottom. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, The Bridge Theatre will become a forest – a dream world of flying fairies, contagious fogs and moonlight revels.

ROH LIVE OPERA: DON PASQUALE (150 mins)

Thursday, October 24 at 7:30pm, booking now
Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations. The witty story of a middle-aged man whose supposed young wife runs rings around him – with her own ulterior romantic purpose in mind – has long delighted and surprised audiences. Damiano Michieletto’s exhilarating production also stars Olga Peretyatko, Ioan Hotea and Mariusz Kwiecieñ.

NT LIVE ENCORE: ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS (210 mins)

Monday October 28
Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from host of the The Late Late Show, James Corden, the hilarious West End and Broadway hit returns to cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.
Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small-time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancée’s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Holed up at The Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be reunited with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.

ROH LIVE BALLET: CONCERTO TRIPLE BILL (180 mins)

Tuesday November 5 at 7:15pm. Tickets on sale from 2pm Friday September 27.
From The Royal Ballet’s classical origins in the works of Marius Petipa, to the home-grown choreographers who put British ballet on the world stage, this mixed programme highlights the versatility of the Company. Petipa’s Raymonda Act III is Russian classical ballet summarized in one act, full of sparkle and precise technique, while Ashton’s Enigma Variations is quintessentially British in every way – from its score by Elgar and period designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman, to Ashton’s signature style, the essence of British ballet. Concerto, MacMillan’s fusion of classical technique with a contemporary mind, completes a programme that shows the breadth of The Royal Ballet’s heritage. Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan (Concerto), Frederick Ahston (Enigma Variations), Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa (Raymond Act III). Music: Dmitry Shostakovich (Concerto), Edward Elgar (Enigma Variations), Alexander Glazunov (Raymond Act III).

HANSARD (15) 180 mins

Thursday, November 7 at 7pm, booking from 2pm Friday September 27
Don’t miss this witty and devastating portrait of the governing class, directed by Simon Godwin and starring Olivier Award-winners, Lindsay Duncan and Alex Jennings in this brand new play from Simon Woods, broadcast live from the National Theatre in London. It’s a summer’s morning in 1988 and Tory politician Robin Hesketh has returned home to the idyllic Cotswold house he shares with his wife of 30 years, Diana. But all is not as blissful as it seems. Diana has a stinking hangover, a fox is destroying the garden, and secrets are being dug up all over the place. As the day draws on, what starts as gentle ribbing and the familiar rhythms of marital scrapping quickly turns to blood-sport.

42ND STREET: THE MUSICAL (142 mins)

Sunday November 10 at 3pm. Booking from 2pm Friday September 27
42nd Street, the legendary Broadway musical theatre classic, tells the story of Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes who gets her big break on Broadway, in the largest ever staging of the Tony Award-winning musical and filmed live at the magnificent Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in the heart of London’s West End. Directed by the show author, Mark Bramble, this ‘achingly beautiful revival of an American classic’ (★★★★ Telegraph) stars national treasure Bonnie Langford as Dorothy Brock, Tom Lister as Julian Marsh, Clare Halse as Peggy Sawyer and Philip Bertioli as Billy Lawlor, performing with a dazzling tap-dancing and show-stopping ensemble cast.

MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO AND JULIET, 90 mins 

Thursday November 21 at 8pm
The world premiere of Matthew Bourne’s brand-new dance production of Romeo and Juliet is a passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s story of forbidden love. Matthew Bourne uses his trademark storytelling style to create a unique interpretation of the classic tale told through dance, performed by a talented ensemble of exceptional young dancers with a specially commissioned orchestration of Prokofiev’s world-famous ballet score.

NT LIVE: PRESENT LAUGHTER (12A) 180 mins

Thursday November 28 at 7pm, booking now
Matthew Warchus directs Andrew Scott (BBC’s Sherlock, Fleabag) in Noël Coward’s provocative comedy Present Laughter. As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching. Captured live from The Old Vic in London, Present Laughter is a giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness.

Ticket prices: Adults £20; members and concessions £18; children 14 and under £12.50. Please note that the Tuesday 2-for-1 ticket offer does not apply to live, opera, ballet, National Theatre or RSC events. Kino member free tickets cannot be used for live, opera, ballet, National Theatre or RSC events.

New Year’s Eve Berliner Philharmoniker concert and Andre Rieu: 70 Years Young – January 2020, details to come

Kinky Boots, February 2020, details to come

ROYAL  BALLET LIVE CINEMA PROGRAMME 2019/2020

Coppelia – Tuesday December 10, at 7:15pm
The Sleeping Beauty – Thursday January 16 at 7:15pm
Marston & Scarlett – Tuesday February 25 at 7:15pm
Swan Lake – Wednesday April 1 at 7:15pm
The Dante Project – Thursday May 28 at 7:15pm

ROH’S LIVE OPERA CINEMA SEASON 2019/20 CAN WE JUST SAY 2020 *****

La Boheme – Wednesday January 29 at 7:45pm
Fidelio – Tuesday March 17 at 7:15pm
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci – Tuesday April 21 at 7pm
Elektra – Thursday June 18 at 7:45pm

For further information and booking visit Kino Rye or check the quick-view listings page.

Image Credits: Royal Opera House .

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