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0116 242 2800 www.phoenix.org.uk Monsters University (12 - 25 July)

July Programme Also this month:

Theatre, Shakespeare, Opera – at the cinema! Memories of Leicester’s industrial past New cafebar menu

New film releases

Behind the Candelabra The World's End Before Midnight Blancanieves Renoir

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July at a glance Star Trek â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Into Darkness p4

Behind the Candelabra p4

Byzantium p4

Something in the Air p5

The Act of Killing p5

Shun Li and the Poet p6

Renoir p5

Blancanieves p6

Like Someone in Love p6

The Wall p7

The Iceman p7

The World's End p7

Springsteen & I p7

Before Midnight p6

The East p7

The Battle of the Sexes p10

From up on Poppy Hill

Romeo and Juliet

Coming in August

Alpha Papa

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Things tend to get a bit quieter at Phoenix as we approach summer. But with films like The Great Gatsby, Mud and Populaire, we’ve been considerably busier than last year! A lot depends upon the quality of new films, but in general we’re confident more people are now discovering Phoenix, liking what they find and telling their friends. The more people we get in, the easier it is to develop new partnerships and sources of income – with both public sector and commercial organisations. This means we can invest in new projects and services to achieve our charitable aims – using film and art to inspire people, and improve the quality of their lives. This month, for example, we’re working with the University of Leicester and Cuttlefish on an exciting new project to build an exhibition and smartphone ‘app’ which celebrate our customers’ memories of Leicester’s Cultural Quarter (p14). We’ve also introduced our new Access Cinema Programme, a commitment to provide screenings for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing; blind or partially sighted; have learning disabilities; or are on the Autistic/Asperger’s spectrum (p15). With your continued support, we look forward to doing much more – including playing a key role developing Leicester’s City of Culture bid for 2017!

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Behind the Candelabra 15 Fri 5 - Thu 11 Jul Dir: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe USA 2013, 1hr 58mins Although we thought we'd seen the last of Soderbergh with Side Effects, this superb biopic of the legendary concert pianist Liberace is apparently his official final film. Based on the memoirs of Scott Thorson, who was Liberace’s live-in companion for five years, Behind Continued from last month

The Iceman

Star Trek – Into Darkness / 35mm 12A Mon 1 - Thu 4 Jul

Fri 28 Jun - Thu 4 Jul Dir: Ariel Vromen Cast: Michael Shannon, Ray Liotta USA 2012, 1hr 46mins Michael Shannon (Take Shelter, Revolutionary Road) delivers another intense performance in this thriller based on the life of the notorious mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski.

Thérèse Desqueyroux

the Candelabra is both wonderfully entertaining and a fascinating peek behind the glitzy veil of showbiz. As the effervescent, magnetic and catty Liberace, Douglas gives the best performance of his career.

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Fri 28 Jun - Thu 4 Jul Dir: Claude Miller Cast: Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche France 2012, 1hr 50mins, subtitled After a run of frothy romantic comedies, Amelie star Audrey Tautou turns to drama delivering a restrained, heartbreaking performance in this superior French film set in the late 1920s.

Dir: J. J. Abrams Cast: Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch USA 2013, 2hrs 12mins 35mm film is on the way out this year, but we think it’s still the best way to watch blockbusters. This riproaring sequel to the 2009 reboot finds our heroes Captain Kirk and Spock called into action after an attack on Starfleet headquarters. Voyaging to the Klingon home world, the Enterprise crew must battle a terrifying new enemy (a wonderful scenery-chewing performance from Benedict Cumberbatch) and confront the dark secrets of Starfleet itself.

Byzantium 15 Mon 1 - Thu 4 Jul Dir: Neil Jordan Cast: Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan UK / Ireland 2012, 1hr 58mins Finally a Vampire film with a bit of bite! Neil Jordan returns to the genre he first visited in 1994’s Interview with the Vampire with this tale of two mysterious women – bolshy Clara and introvert Eleanor – who arrive in a run-down coastal town. Born over 200 years ago and now on the run from the powerful Vampire Council, Clara and Eleanor must hide their secret to survive, but Eleanor’s friendship with local waiter Frank puts them at risk.

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Renoir 12A Fri 5 - Thu 11 Jul Dir: Gilles Bourdos Cast: Michel Bouquet, Christa Theret France 2012, 1hr 51mins, subtitled Gorgeously shot, superbly performed and achingly French, Bourdos’ film is an affectionate portrait of the early years of one of cinema’s greatest directors, Jean Renoir. The son of the impressionist painter Pierre-August, Jean returns home to his father’s estate having been wounded in World War I.

Desperate to return to the front and the comrades he left behind, Jean meets his father’s beautiful muse Andrée who gives him a glimpse of life away from warfare.

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone 15

Something in the Air 15

The Act of Killing 15

Sat 6 - Mon 8 Jul

Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer Documentary Denmark / UK 2012, 2hrs 2mins, subtitled

Fri 5 - Mon 8 Jul

Wed 10 & Thu 11 Jul

(Après mai)

Dir: Shane Meadows Documentary UK 2013, 1hr 36mins

Dir: Olivier Assayas Cast: Clement Metayer, Lola Creton France 2012, 2hrs 2mins, subtitled

After the sell-out screening in May this superb documentary from Shane Meadows (This is England) returns for a four day run. Following the Manchester band's resurrection in 2012 – where they played a string of concerts worldwide to the joy of their ardent fan base – this is a personal and passionate film. The rehearsal scenes are magic: four blokes in a small room making incredible music.

A semi-autobiographical film from Assayas (Carlos the Jackal) set in the aftermath of the May 1968 Parisian riots. Young activist Gilles takes part in demonstrations and attacks ‘fascist’ security guards, but is increasingly frustrated by a mellowing generation more interested in furthering their careers as artists and filmmakers than in continuing the revolutionary spirit of ‘68. A fascinating and timely film considering recent events in Turkey.

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To make this astonishing film, director Oppenheimer challenged former Indonesian death squad leaders to re-enact their real-life mass killings, carried out during 1965-1966 when an estimated 500,000 people were slaughtered. Recreated in some of the men’s favourite genres including musicals and Hollywood westerns, the results are eye-opening and overwhelmingly moving. On seeing the film Werner Herzog said, ‘I have not seen a film as powerful, surreal, and frightening in at least a decade’.

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Before Midnight 15 Fri 12 - Thu 18 Jul Dir: Richard Linklater Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy USA 2013, 1hr 49mins The final part of Linklater’s ‘Before’ trilogy (we have a Sunrise and Sunset double bill on Sun 7th) is another superbly written film about relationships, getting older and the timeless arguments between men and women. Hawke and Delpy reprise their roles as Jesse and Celine – almost two decades since they first met, we find the couple

holidaying in Greece where Jesse’s desire to see more of his son in America puts a strain on their relationship. Movie heaven.

Shun Li and the Poet 15

Blancanieves 15

Fri 12 - Mon 15 Jul

Dir: Pablo Berger Cast: Maribel Verdú, Ángela Molina Spain / France 2012, 1hr 42mins, subtitled

(Io sono Li)

Dir: Andrea Segre Cast: Tao Zhao, Rade Serbedzija Italy / France 2011, 1hr 38mins, subtitled A delicate and exquisitely shot Franco/Italian co-production set on the sleepy banks of the Veneto lagoon. A shy Chinese barmaid strikes up a friendship with another immigrant – older Yugoslavian fisherman and poet Bepi – to the dismay of local residents. Avoiding histrionics in favour of believable characters with universal pains and frustrations, this is a tender, quietly moving film made with care and attention.

Fri 19 - Thu 25 Jul

There may be blockbuster movies all over the multiplexes this month, but this is our tip for the must-see film of July! A sumptuous black & white, silent adaptation of the Snow White fairy tale transported to 1920s Seville and centred around a female bullfighter; Blancanieves has already picked up over thirty awards around the world and it’s easy to see why. Made with a clear love for silent cinema, fans of The Artist will surely fall for this gorgeous film too.

Like Someone in Love 12A Fri 19 - Mon 22 Jul Dir: Abbas Kiarostami Cast: Tadashi Okuno France / Japan 2012, 1hr 50mins, subtitled This gorgeous new film from Iranian master Kiarostami (Certified Copy) is a superbly acted account of an unconventional love-triangle. Akiko, a young escort in Tokyo, strikes up an unlikely friendship with an older widower. When Akiko’s jealous boyfriend grows suspicious the kindly widower poses as Akiko’s grandfather, but their pretence can only last for so long. Beautifully shot with a dusky jazz soundtrack.

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The World’s End TBC Fri 26 Jul - Thu 8 Aug Dir: Edgar Wright Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost UK 2013, TBC Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright reunite for this sci-fi comedy, the final part of their ‘Cornetto Trilogy’ (the others being Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz). 40-year-old Gary King gathers his childhood friends together to re-attempt the legendary pub crawl round their hometown they failed in their youth. But all is not well in the

sleepy town and the friends soon find themselves battling an alien invasion. It’s inventive, exciting and uproariously funny.

The Wall 12A

Springsteen & I

(Die Wand)

The East 15

12A

Mon 22 Jul, 7.30pm

Mon 15 - Thu 18 Jul

Dir: Baillie Walsh Documentary UK 2013, 1hr 40mins

Dir: Zal Batmanglij Cast: Ellen Page, Alexander Skarsgård USA / UK 2013, 1hr 56mins

Mon 22 - Thu 25 Jul Dir: Julian Roman Polsler Cast: Martina Gedeck Austria / Germany 2012, 1hr 48mins, subtitled Beguiling audiences in Germany, this award-winning film finally gets a UK release. A woman living in rural Austria finds herself inexplicably cut off from the rest of the world when an invisible and unyielding wall surrounds her land. With only her loyal dog for company, she’s trapped within this microcosm ruled increasingly by the laws of nature. A beautifully shot and stirring tale of the resilience of the human spirit.

Forty years ago, Bruce Springsteen burst onto the rock scene and changed it forever. With over 120 million albums sold worldwide and numerous awards, his music defines a generation. This feelgood documentary is brimming with life – combining interviews from fans about what his music means to them, with never before seen archive footage of Bruce’s performances. After the film there’s an additional 15 minutes of his current concert tour filmed exclusively for alternative content audiences in cinemas.

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From the team behind indie films Another Earth and Sound of My Voice this tense thriller stars Brit Marling as Sarah, an undercover agent for a private intelligence firm who infiltrates ‘The East’ – a radical environmental group suspected of several attacks on major corporations. Torn between her duty to her employer and a growing belief in The East’s message and its charismatic leader, Sarah must choose a side as the group plan another act of sabotage.

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July '13 Mon 1

1pm Star Trek - Into Darkness / 35mm 1.15pm Thérèse Desqueyroux 3.45pm Byzantium 3.45pm The Iceman 6.15pm Thérèse Desqueyroux 6.15pm Byzantium 8.45pm The Iceman 8.45pm Star Trek - Into Darkness / 35mm Tue 2 10am Access: Star Trek - Into Darkness / 35mm 3.15pm Byzantium 3.30pm Thérèse Desqueyroux 6pm Star Trek - Into Darkness / 35mm 6.15pm The Iceman 8.45pm Byzantium 8.45pm Thérèse Desqueyroux Wed 3 11am Silver Screening: Thérèse Desqueyroux 1pm Star Trek - Into Darkness / 35mm 1.15pm Thérèse Desqueyroux 3.45pm The Iceman 3.45pm Byzantium 6.15pm Thérèse Desqueyroux 6.15pm Byzantium 8.45pm The Iceman 8.45pm Star Trek - Into Darkness / 35mm Thu 4 3.45pm Byzantium 4.30pm The Iceman 6.15pm Thérèse Desqueyroux 7.15pm Globe on Screen: Twelfth Night 8.45pm Star Trek - Into Darkness / 35mm Fri 5 2.45pm Renoir 3.15pm Behind the Candelabra 6.15pm Behind the Candelabra 7pm Access: Les Misérables (sub) 8.45pm The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Sat 6 10am Cine Hubs Screening 12pm Cine Hubs Screening 1.30pm Behind the Candelabra 2.15pm Renoir 4pm The Stone Roses: Made of Stone 5pm Something in the Air 6.15pm Behind the Candelabra 7.45pm Renoir 8.45pm The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Sun 7 12pm Lazy Sunday: Behind the Candelabra 12.30pm Renoir 2.45pm The Stone Roses: Made of Stone 3.15pm Double Bill: Before Sunrise & Before Sunset 3.15pm Before Sunrise 5.05pm Before Sunset 5.15pm The Stone Roses: Made of Stone 7.15pm Something in the Air 7.30pm Behind the Candelabra Mon 8 1pm Behind the Candelabra 1.30pm Renoir 3.45pm The Stone Roses: Made of Stone 4.30pm Renoir 6.15pm Behind the Candelabra 7.30pm Something in the Air 8.45pm The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Tue 9 10am Access: Skyfall 3.30pm Behind the Candelabra 3.45pm Renoir 6.15pm Renoir 6.45pm Glyndebourne Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro 8.45pm Behind the Candelabra Wed 10 10.30am Silver Screening: Amelie 1pm Renoir 1.30pm Behind the Candelabra 3.30pm The Act of Killing 4.30pm Behind the Candelabra 6.15pm Renoir 7.30pm Behind the Candelabra 8.45pm The Act of Killing Thu 11 3.45pm Renoir 4.30pm Behind the Candelabra 6.15pm The Act of Killing 7.30pm Behind the Candelabra

8.45pm 12pm 1.15pm 2.30pm 3.45pm 5pm 6.15pm 7.30pm 8.30pm Sat 13 10.30am 11.30am 1pm 2.15pm 3.15pm 5pm 5.30pm 7.30pm 8pm Sun 14 12pm 12.30pm 2.45pm 3pm 5.15pm 5.15pm 7.30pm 7.45pm Mon 15 10.30am 11am 1pm 1.30pm 3.45pm 4.15 pm 6.15pm 7.15pm 8.45pm Tue 16 10am 1.30pm 2.15pm 4.15pm 5pm 7.15pm 7.30pm Wed 17 11am 11.30am 1.15pm 2.15pm 3.45pm 5pm 6.15pm 7.30pm 8.45pm Thu 18 2pm 2.15pm 5pm 6.15pm 7.30pm 8.45pm Fri 19 2.15pm 3.45pm 5pm 6.30pm 7pm 7.30pm 8.45pm Sat 20 10.30am 1pm 1.30pm 3.15pm 4.30pm 5.45pm 7.30pm 8.30pm Sun 21 12pm 12.30pm 2.30pm 3.30pm 5pm 6.30pm 7.30pm Mon 22 1pm 1.30pm 3.15pm Fri 12

Renoir Monsters University 3D Before Midnight Monsters University 2D Before Midnight Monsters University 2D Shun Li and the Poet Monsters University 3D Before Midnight Autistic Spectrum Screening: Monsters University 2D Monsters University 3D Shun Li and the Poet Monsters University 2D Vaults: Aguirre, Wrath of God Monsters University 3D Before Midnight NT Live: The Audience Monsters University 2D Lazy Sunday: Monsters University 3D Before Midnight Monsters University 2D Vaults: Aguirre, Wrath of God Monsters University 3D Shun Li and the Poet Before Midnight Monsters University 2D Summer Screen Course Monsters University 3D Before Midnight Monsters University 2D Shun Li and the Poet Monsters University 3D Before Midnight Monsters University 2D The East Access: Monsters University 2D Monsters University 3D Before Midnight Monsters University 2D The East Globe on Screen: Twelfth Night Monsters University 3D Silver Screening: Before Midnight Monsters University 3D Before Midnight Monsters University 2D The East Monsters University 3D Before Midnight Monsters University 2D The East Carer Screening: Silver Linings Playbook Monsters University 3D Monsters University 2D The East Monsters University 3D Before Midnight Monsters University 2D Blancanieves Monsters University 3D Blancanieves Access: Argo Monsters University 2D Like Someone in Love Autistic Spectrum Screening: Monsters University 2D Blancanieves Monsters University 3D Like Someone in Love Monsters University 2D Blancanieves Monsters University 3D NT Live: Macbeth Lazy Sunday: Blancanieves Monsters University 3D Like Someone in Love Monsters University 3D Blancanieves Monsters University 2D Like Someone in Love Blancanieves Monsters University 2D The Wall

4.15pm 5.20pm 7pm 7.30pm Tue 23 10am 2pm 4pm 5.30pm 6.15pm 8pm 8.45pm Wed 24 11am 12pm 1pm 2.30pm 3.30pm 5pm 6.15pm 7.30pm 8.45pm Thu 25 1pm 1.15pm 3.30pm 3.45pm 6.15pm 6.15pm 8.45pm Fri 26 1.45pm 2.15pm 4.30pm 4.45pm 7.15pm 7.30pm 9.30pm Sat 27 12pm 1.30pm 2.30pm 4.30pm 5.15pm 7.30pm 8pm Sun 28 12pm 12.30pm 3pm 3.15pm 5.15pm 6.30pm 7.30pm Mon 29 11am 1pm 1.30pm 4pm 4.15pm 6.30pm 7.15pm 8.45pm Tue 30 10am 1.45pm 2pm 4pm 4.45pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 8.45pm Wed 31 11am 11.30am 1.30pm 1.45pm 4pm 4.30pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 8.30pm Key

Monsters University 3D Like Someone in Love Monsters University 2D Springsteen & I Access: Snow White & the Huntsman Carer Screening: Devdas Blancanieves Monsters University 2D The Wall Monsters University 3D Blancanieves Silver Screening: Blancanieves Monsters University 2D Blancanieves Monsters University 3D The Wall Monsters University 2D Blancanieves Monsters University 3D The Wall Monsters University 3D Blancanieves Monsters University 2D The Wall Monsters University 3D Glyndebourne Opera: Hippolyte et Aricie Blancanieves The World’s End Despicable Me 2 2D The World’s End Despicable Me 2 3D The Battle of the Sexes The World’s End Cinema Bizarre: Lady Snowblood Despicable Me 2 3D The World’s End Despicable Me 2 2D The World’s End The Battle of the Sexes The World’s End NT Live: Macbeth The World’s End Despicable Me 2 3D The Battle of the Sexes The World’s End Despicable Me 2 2D The World’s End The Battle of the Sexes Despicable Me 2 2D The World’s End A Field in England Despicable Me 2 3D The World’s End The Battle of the Sexes + intro The World’s End A Field in England Access: The World’s End Despicable Me 2 2D The World’s End Despicable Me 2 3D The World’s End A Field in England The World’s End A Field in England Silver Screening: The World’s End Despicable Me 2 3D The World’s End Despicable Me 2 2D A Field in England The World’s End Piercing Brightness The World’s End A Field in England

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FROM THE VAULTS Must-see masterpieces

The Battle of the Sexes PG Fri 26 - Mon 29 Jul

A Field in England 15 Aguirre, Wrath of God PG Mon 29 Jul - Thu 1 Aug

Dir: Zara Hayes, James Erskine Documentary USA / UK 2013, 1hr 23mins

Dir: Ben Wheatley Cast: Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley UK 2013, 1hr 30mins

The 6.30pm show on Mon 29th July will be introduced by Dr Kaitlynn Mendes, Senior Lecturer in Journalism at DMU. Offering an insight into the women's lib movement during the 70s, this intelligent and thoroughly entertaining documentary is based around the 'Battle of the Sexes' tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.

Set during the English Civil War, this audacious new film from Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, Kill List) follows a band of deserters who flee a battle only to be captured by an alchemist. Bewitched and forced to dig for buried treasure in a field surrounded by a ring of mushrooms, the men soon succumb to paranoia and cataclysmic visions.

Sat 13 & Sun 14 Jul Dir: Werner Herzog Cast: Klaus Kinski West Germany 1972, 1hr 31mins A sparkling digital restoration from the BFI. In 16th century South America a band of conquistadors journey down the Amazon in search of El Dorado – the legendary City of Gold. Tormented by Indian tribes and exhaustion, the men gradually succumb to the maniacal will of Don Lupe de Aguirre (Kinski) who leads a mutiny and declares himself ‘the Wrath of God’.

CINEMA BIZARRE The weird and wonderful

Lady Snowblood 18 (Shurayukihime)

Double Bill Before Sunrise (1995) 15 Before Sunset (2004) 15 Sun 7 Jul, 3.15pm Dir: Richard Linklater Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy 3hrs 9mins (incl. 15min interval) With Before Midnight starting at Phoenix on Friday 12th, we thought the weekend before would be the ideal time to present a double bill

Fri 26 Jul, 9.30pm

of Sunrise and Sunset. Perfect for those who want to catch the trilogy’s first two movies – lose yourself in the gorgeous locations, sparkling dialogue and superb performances from Hawke and Delpy. One romantic evening in Vienna, Jesse and Celine meet and fall in love; nine years later in Paris they meet again and talk about their current lives and loves.

Dir: Fujita Toshiya Cast: Kaji Meiko, Yoshio Harada Japan 1973, 1hr 37mins, subtitled A slice of glorious 70s cult Japanese action this month with Toshiya's blood-soaked revenge tale, one of the inspirations for Tarantino's Kill Bill. Born in prison, trained to be a lethal assassin by a priest, the only thing on Kashima's mind is to wage terrible vengeance on the people who killed her family.

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Family films this summer Just as the school holidays begin, we’re kicking off with the Disney smash – Monsters University on its national release date, followed by Despicable Me 2 If you’ve not brought the kids to Phoenix before, give us a try this summer! We’ve got: • The lowest prices in town, before 5pm: — Adults £6.80 (2D) — Children £5 (2D) • State-of-the-art comfy cinema screens • Carparking right next door • Freshly cooked, locally-sourced food & a children’s menu • Kids games and colouring in packs • A warm welcome! See backpage for full pricing and parking details.

Monsters University 2D & 3D / U Fri 12 - Thu 25 July Dir: Dan Scanlon Cast: John Goodman, Billy Crystal USA 2013, 1hr 50mins

Despicable Me 2 3D & 2D / U Fri 26 July - Thu 1 Aug

This fun-filled family prequel to the 2001 smash hit Monsters Inc. is set during Mike and Sully’s college years, and it’s clear they’ve not always been best friends! Enrolled on the ‘Scarer Programme’, the two develop a rivalry that gets them thrown off the course. Their only hope is to work together to win the end of year Team Scaring Competition! Adults will identify with the classic campus characters, whilst for the youngsters a gorgeously-animated menagerie of monsters of every shape and colour awaits.

Dir: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Cast: Steve Carell USA 2013, 1hr 38mins

From up on Poppy Hill

Alpha Papa

This sequel to the 2010 smash hit finds our favourite anti-hero Gru no longer a villain and living an unexciting life in suburbia with his three adorable daughters. But after a visit from the Anti-Villain League, he is recruited to stop a new megacriminal – this former bad-guy and his minions must now save the world! Like the first film, this is a hilarious romp with surprisingly poignant and heartfelt moments.

Coming in August

Romeo and Juliet

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Stage on Screen summer season

Enjoy world class shows from Shakespeare’s Globe, the National Theatre and Glyndebourne opera on the cinema screen at Phoenix.

All tickets £14 / £12 conc.

Be the first to know about new shows by signing up to our eshot (on our website) or by asking at the box office.

Reserved seat booking now available on all shows!

The Audience Sat 13 Jul, 7.30pm 3 hrs (incl. interval) Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award-winning role as Elizabeth II in this critically acclaimed West End production – winner of 2 Olivier Awards for Best Actress (Helen Mirren) and Best Supporting Actor (Richard McCabe). ***** – ”Wholly tremendous.” — Daily Telegraph ***** – “Funny and truthful, goodhearted ...I loved every minute.” — The Times

Macbeth Sat 20 Jul, 8.30pm Sat 27 Jul, 8pm 2 hrs (no intermission) Branagh’s first Shakespeare performance in over a decade, live from the Manchester International Festival. An electrifying new production of this tragic tale of ambition and treachery.

GLOBE ON SCREEN

Coming soon:

Othello Thu 26 Sep, 7pm SOLD OUT Sat 28 Sep, 7.30pm Tue 1 Oct, 7.30pm

Hamlet 12A Tue 22 Oct, 7pm Further dates to be announced

Frankenstein / 15 Thu 31 Oct, 7pm (encore) Sat 2 Nov, 7.30pm (encore) Further dates to be announced

Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art / 12A Thu 7 Nov, 7pm Further dates to be announced

Coriolanus Thu 30 Jan 2014 Further dates to be announced

Twelfth Night Thu 4 Jul, 7.15pm (selling fast!) Tue 16 Jul, 7.15pm 3hrs 10mins (including interval) Starring Stephen Fry and Mark Rylance, Twelfth Night combines cruelty and high comedy with some of subtlest poetry and most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote. Recorded during the sell-out 2012 season at the world famous Globe Theatre. ***** “Unmissable“ — The Daily Telegraph Coming soon:

The Taming of the Shrew Thu 1 Aug, 7.15pm Thu 15 Aug, 7.15pm

Encore screenings are recordings of the first night’s live performance

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Prix fixe dining Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) (recorded)

Start your evening with our prix fixe menu available for all Stage on Screen performances. Freshlycooked, locally-sourced, great value!

Tue 9 Jul, 6.45pm Italian with English supertitles 3hrs 45mins (incl. interval) A chance to enjoy the wonderful 2012 Glyndebourne performance of Mozart and Da Ponte’s comic opera in four acts.

Main – £9.95 2 courses – £12.95 3 courses – £15.95 Please order at least an hour before your performance to allow us time to prepare your meal. Tables cannot be reserved.

Win season tickets! See any Phoenix Live Summer performances this summer and be in with a chance to win one of three pairs of season tickets to watch the National Theatre Live 2013 - 2014 season at Phoenix.

Hippolyte et Aricie (live)

Thu 25 Jul, 6.15pm French with English supertitles 3hrs 45mins (incl. intermissions) A live performance from Glyndebourne of the first opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau, who drew on Greek tragedy and 17th-century classical French drama to create a version of the story of Theseus, Phaedra and Hippolytus. Coming soon:

Don Pasquale (live)

Silver Screenings Our weekly matinee screenings. Films cost just £4.60 including free tea or coffee, and biscuits.

Before Midnight 15

Thérèse Desqueyroux 15

Wed 24 Jul, 11am

Wed 3 Jul, 11am

Tue 6 Aug, 7.15pm

Amelie 15

Billy Budd (recorded)

Wed 10 Jul, 10.30am This week’s screening is in partnership with the University of the Third Age (U3A).

Tue 20 Aug, 6.45pm

Wed 17 Jul, 11am

Blancanieves 15 The World’s End TBC Wed 31 Jul, 11am Silver screenings are reduced price so we are unable to offer further reductions with 2 for 1 offers.

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Share your memories of Leicester’s industrial past Help us create a new exhibition and smartphone app Now transformed into the Cultural Quarter, the St. George’s area of Leicester – where Phoenix is based – was once a hive of industry, dominated by factories and warehouses. By the 1960s, in the face of growing foreign competition, changing fashions and domestic policy, this industry began to decline. Old family firms were bought-out, relocated or declined until by the late 1990s much of the area was unused. Phoenix is involved in a project with the University of Leicester and Cuttlefish to collect and exhibit memories from people who experienced the area in its industrial heyday. Did you work in a hosiery factory like Charnwood or Rowley’s, or know someone who did? Or a footwear firm like Faire Brothers or Squirells? We’re also keen to hear about the reuse of these industrial buildings as ‘underground’ music and arts venues during the period of decline. Perhaps you were an 80s new romantic in Helsinki, or a 90s raver in the infamous Dielectric?

We need you! If you have memories or memorabilia you’d like to share, join us at the project launch at Phoenix on Saturday 6th July, or at one of our drop in sessions from Mon 8 - Fri 12 Jul. Exhibition and smartphone ‘app’ The stories and materials we gather will contribute to an exhibition later this year at Phoenix. They will also be added to a new Cultural Quarter iPhone and Android app and the East Midlands Oral History Archive. Learn more online at: www.leicestercultureapp.co.uk Project launch, Phoenix Sat 6 Jul, 10am - 2pm Drop-in, Phoenix Mon 8 - Fri 12 Jul For drop-in times, please contact: projects@cuttlefish.com Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council 1 & 3 – Workers at Rowley’s factory on Queen’s Street 1988 [Images: Leicester Mercury Archive at the University of Leicester]. 2 – Building which housed Dielectric in the 90s – taken early 2000s [Image: Colin Hyde].

Your memories of Phoenix Phoenix is also looking to explore its own history, which dates back to the building of our former Newark Street home in the 1960s. If you’ve got any old brochures, posters or other memorabilia relating to Phoenix over its 50 year history we’d love to hear from you. We’d like to exhibit them in our cafebar. Please write to us, email chris.tyrer@phoenix.org.uk or talk to a member of staff at the box office for more details.

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Digital Kite Flying Brendan Oliver Concept & exhibition design by Gurdeep Sian

New screenings for the disabled

29 Jun - 20 Jul Cube gallery

We’re delighted to be able to offer a series of film screenings for people with physical and learning disabilities. Developed with local charities, our new ‘Access Cinema’ programme will include dedicated screenings in specially-tailored environments for the following people:

Digital Kite Flying is an interactive artwork that whisks you away to the rooftops of the Indian city of Udaipur. Using body tracking sensors that respond to your hand movements, you can fly digital kites high above the city from within Phoenix’s Cube gallery. Great fun for all ages!

Calling all filmmakers! The Short Cinema film festival is now open for submissions Deadline: midnight, Sat 10 Aug

You can also design your own kites that will become part of the artwork. Either visit the exhibition at Phoenix or create your own digital kite design online at digitalkites.indiansummer.org.uk. All the saved kite designs will be ready and available to fly as part of the installation. Digital Kite Flying draws on the rich history of the kite and its relationship with Indian culture. It has been commissioned by Phoenix in partnership with An Indian Summer for this year’s Indian Summer Festival.

Leicester’s premier short film festival will return to Phoenix on Wed 28 Aug for another evening showcasing the very best in short film from the Midlands. Presenting an eclectic mix of genres and styles, The Short Cinema celebrates new, developing and established film-makers from the region. If you’d like to submit a short film (up to 15 minutes) for consideration, submission guidelines and an entry form are available on the Phoenix website under ‘Events / Festivals’.

— Deaf and hard of hearing — Blind and partially sighted — People with learning disabilities — Those on the Autistic / Asperger’s spectrum Find out more at www.phoenix. org.uk under the Access Cinema heading. Individual films are also listed under ‘Access’ in the diary in this brochure. The programme is supported by the National Lottery through the BFI and Creative England.

Meet at Phoenix Got a meeting or event to organise? We’ve got space for you! Meeting rooms from £15 per hour, cinema screens from £150

Opening Times

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You can buy tickets in advance online, by phone or in person at the Phoenix box office. There is no phone or online booking fee.

Box office

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Café Bar & DMU Cube gallery

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After 5pm & weekends

Food Served 11am – 9pm

11am – 9pm (Sat) Before 5pm 10am – 6pm (Sun)

Leicester Mercury on Thursdays) Orange & EE Wednesdays: 2 for 1 tickets

Wharf St. South

A temporary pay and display car park is available next to Phoenix. Parking costs £1 for 1 hour, £1.50 for 2 hours, £2 for 3 hours and £4 all day. Parking after 6pm and on Sundays is free.

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For office enquires, including corporate space hire, call 0116 242 2821.

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