tokyo stories

mon 29th may at 12pm - $20/$18 mon 5th jun at 12pm - $20

A beautifully illustrated and richly detailed film, set in a city which has undergone constant destruction and renewal over its 400-year history, resulting in a vibrant interesting culture.

nt live: best of enemies

mon 5th jun at 12pm - $20

David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama BEST OF ENEMIES.

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal.

During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation. As beliefs are challenged and slurs slung, a new frontier in American politics is opening and television news is about to be transformed forever.

Jeremy Herrin (All My Sons) directs this blistering political thriller, filmed live in London’s West End.

5 Star reviews!

‘James Graham’s dynamic, intoxicatingly thoughtful play’ (Evening Standard); ‘Stupendous. An absolute must-see’ (Guardian); ‘A scintillating, perfectly-timed play’ (Financial Times); ‘A compelling, human drama’ (The Times).

ny met opera: der rosenkavalier

mon 19th jun at 12pm - $25/$23 mon 19th jun at 12pm - $25/$23 mon 26th jun at 2pm - $20

Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier written in 1911 was a huge success that within a few short years had been translated to Italian and played in the very best of Opera Houses.

This production is a dream cast assembled for Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy, with incredible sets and costumes too.

A stellar trio assembles to take on the lead roles of Strauss’s comedy, with soprano Lise Davidsen as the Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard in as Octavian, and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie.

Bass Günther Groissböck returns as Baron Ochs, and Markus Brück is Sophie’s father, Faninal.

Maestro Simone Young takes the podium to oversee Robert Carsen’s fin-de-siècle staging.

nt live: good

mon 26th jun at 2pm - $20

David Tennant (Broadchurch, Doctor Who) makes a much-anticipated return to the West End in a blistering reimagining of one of Britain’s most powerful, political plays.

As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences. Professor John Halder is a ‘good’ man. But must ‘good’ men adapt to survive?

‘It’s not so much a play about the banality of evil as the apathy of evil, the hypocrisy of evil. The title refers to the fact John is a ‘good’ man… but is he? In Tennant’s portrayal there’s always a hole where there should be a conscience.’ (Time Out)

David Tennant returns to the West End in this powerful and timely reimagining of C.P. Taylor’s acclaimed play, directed by Olivier Award-winner Dominic Cooke.

Filmed live at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London.

art: i, claude monet

mon 17th jul at 12pm - $20/$18 mon 17th jul at 12pm - $20/$18 mon 24th jul at 12pm - $25/$23

Revealing the heart and soul of arguably the world’s most loved artist; and after premiering to huge, enthusiastic audiences, I, CLAUDE MONET is back by popular demand.

Monet’s life is a gripping tale of a man who, behind his sun-dazzled canvases, suffered from feelings of depression, loneliness, even suicide.

However, as his art developed and his love of gardening led to the glories of his Giverny garden, his humour, insight and love of life are fostered, developed and then revealed to us through his work and through this film.

Told through Monet’s own words and shot on location at the very spots he painted, I, CLAUDE MONET features his most loved paintings in an unforgettable, immersive art experience.

This feel good film is not to be missed!

ny met opera: champion

mon 24th jul at 12pm - $25/$23

Six time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard brings his first opera to the Met after his Fire Shut Up in My Bones made history in the 2021–22 season.

Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone Eric Owens portrays Griffith’s older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past.

Soprano Latonia Moore is Emelda Griffith, the boxer’s estranged mother, and mezzosoprano Stephanie Blythe is the bar owner Kathy Hagan.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin returns to the podium to conduct Blanchard’s second Met premiere.

Director James Robinson, whose productions of Fire Shut Up in My Bones and Porgy and Bess brought down the house, oversees the staging. Camille A. Brown, whose choreography electrified audiences in Fire and Porgy, also returns.

ny met opera: DON GIOVANNI

mon 31st jul at 12pm - $25/$23 mon 31st jul at 12pm - $25/$23 mon 21st aug at 12pm - $25/$23

Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes his Met debut with a new staging of Mozart’s tragicomedy Don Giovanni.

For opera’s own Casanova, it’s just another day of pleasure seeking. Seducing a bride on her wedding day. Breaking into a woman’s bedroom in the dead of night. Killing her furious father.

When Don Giovanni hears a voice from beyond the grave, warning of impending punishment, he still has no fear. We have revealed to us the darkness in opera’s most compelling anti-hero - a psychological thriller on a grand scale.

Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Met debut conducting a star-studded cast led by baritone Peter Mattei as a magnetic Don Giovanni, alongside the Leporello of bass-baritone Adam Plachetka. Sopranos Federica Lombardi, Ana María Martínez, and Ying Fang are Giovanni’s conquests—Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, and Zerlina—and tenor Ben Bliss sings Don Ottavio.

ny met opera: die zauberflote (the magic flute)

mon 21st aug at 12pm - $25/$23

One of opera’s most beloved works receives its first new Met staging in 19 years—a daring vision by renowned English director Simon McBurney that The Wall Street Journal declared “the best production I’ve ever witnessed of Mozart’s opera.”

The sublime fairy tale THE MAGIC FLUTE moves freely between earthy comedy and noble mysticism & is told in a singspiel (song-play) format with the musical numbers connected by dialogue and stage activity, navigating the diverse moods of the story and score.

McBurney lets loose a volley of theatrical flourishes, incorporating projections, sound effects, and acrobatics to match the spectacle and drama of Mozart’s fable. The brilliant cast includes soprano Erin Morley as Pamina, tenor Lawrence Brownlee as Tamino, baritone Thomas Oliemans in his Met debut as Papageno, soprano Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, and bass Stephen Milling as Sarastro.

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Met Orchestra, with the musicians visible to the audience allowing interaction with the cast.