JUN 2016
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FRAMED EXPANSE Digital reconstructions of landscape
KIDS GET CREATIVE Free workshops and activities
NEW FILMS —
THE NICE GUYS MONEY MONSTER THE DAUGHTER CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
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EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT Fri 17 – Sat 25 Jun
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JUNE HIGHLIGHTS
ART / FRAMED EXPANSE EVENT / COMMENTARY
FILM / THE NICE GUYS
2–3
Available as Silver Screenings – see p10
FAMILY / CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
LEARN / SHAKESPEARE ON SCREEN
STAGE ON SCREEN / THE AUDIENCE
COMING IN JULY
THE BFG
MAGGIE’S PLAN
TALE OF TALES
WELCOME After a somewhat squally spring, ‘flaming’ June has arrived, and we begin to (optimistically) anticipate a glorious summer ahead. You never know, it could happen! The Stage on Screen summer season (p11) gets into full swing this month, with opera from Glyndebourne; classic Shakespeare from the RSC; plus our exciting new Discover Arts shows.
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Our new exhibition, Framed Expanse, explores the fascinating relationship between digital technologies and printmaking, considering how the physical landscape is reconstructed by digital imagery. Join us for the exhibition launch on Tue 21 Jun (p15). If you’re looking for new ways to make the most of those long summer evenings, we’ve got some great courses on offer (p14). You can book online now at phoenix.org.uk. This month’s film programme brings you a heady mix of laughter, intrigue, exploration, and steam trains! Go back to the ‘70s with Russell Crowe in crime-comedy The Nice Guys (p4); the everpopular Railways Remembered archive returns with Big Screen Steam (p5); and we journey down the Amazon into the dark heart of Colombia’s colonial past in the stunning multi award-winning Embrace of the Serpent (p6). There’ll be some changes to our prices from 1 Jun and as part of these changes we’re raising the age at which young people can get cheaper tickets, from 18 to 25. To find out more about how we set our pricing, read our CEO’s blog at phoenix.org.uk/ticket-pricing.
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CONTINUED FROM LAST MONTH
THE NICE GUYS SING STREET
12A
Fri 20 May – Thu 2 Jun Dir: John Carney Cast: Lucy Boynton Ireland/UK/USA 2016, 1hr 46mins Dublin 1985. When new-kid-atschool Conor spies Raphina, a teenage wannabe model, he asks her to star in a music video for his band. There’s only one problem – he doesn’t have a band and knows nothing about music!
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP
U
15
Fri 3 – Thu 16 Jun Dir: Shane Black Cast: Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe UK/USA 2016, 1hr 56 mins
From the writer and director of Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang this 1970s LA-based crime comedy stars Ryan Gosling (The Big Short) as bumbling private eye Holland March, enlisted by fellow detective/ hired muscle Jackson Healy (Crowe) to find a missing girl. Uncovering a conspiracy that goes further than either man could have anticipated, soon the bodies start piling up and the pair must join together
when they become targets for the mob. Constantly funny – Holland’s aversion to violence inspires some glorious freakouts from Gosling – and written with wit and style, The Nice Guys is the comedy of the summer.
Fri 27 May – Thu 9 Jun Dir: Whit Stillman Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny Ireland/Netherlands 2016, 1hr 33mins
4–5
Available as Silver Screenings – see p10
When Lady Susan Vernon (Beckinsale) seeks refuge at her in-laws estate to avoid the scandalous rumours about her private life, she becomes determined to arrange husbands for both herself and her reluctant daughter.
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! 15
Fri 27 May – Thu 2 Jun Dir: Richard Linklater Cast: Blake Jenner, Ryan Guzman USA 2016, 1hr 57mins Arriving at university in Texas in the 1980s, baseball pitcher Jake moves into the run-down house reserved for the team and joins fellow freshmen as they try and acclimatise to hedonistic college life. Breezily funny and endearing.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12A
Fri 3 – Mon 6 Jun Dir: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. USA 2016, 2hrs 27mins
After their actions cause huge collateral damage in New York, Washington DC and Sarkovia, the US government decides to bring the Avengers superhero team to heel and make them accountable, leading to a split in the team. On one side is Captain America, who prizes freedom over government meddling, and on the other Iron Man who’s still haunted by the destruction of previous missions. It’s hero against hero in the Russo Brothers rip-roaring action movie.
GREEN ROOM
18
Fri 3 – Thu 9 Jun Dir: Jeremy Saulnier Cast: Anton Yelchin, Patrick Stewart USA 2015, 1hr 35mins
After blagging a gig at a remote warehouse, a young punk band find they’ll be playing for NeoNazis, and things go from bad to worse when they stumble upon a murder backstage. With the skinheads (led by a terrifying Patrick Stewart) determined to leave no witnesses, the band face a brutal fight to escape. From the director of Blue Ruin, Green Room is a tense, blisteringly violent and brilliant tale of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
GOLDEN YEARS
12A
Mon 6 – Thu 9 Jun Dir: John Miller Cast: Bernard Hill, Virginia McKenna UK 2016, 1hr 36mins
OUR KIND OF TRAITOR 15 Fri 10 – Thu 16 Jun Dir: Susanna White Cast: Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis UK 2016, 1hr 48mins
Brit-comedy Golden Years sees law abiding retired couple Arthur (Hill) and Martha Goode (McKenna) fighting back after falling victim to the pensions crisis. Refusing to accept the situation, they team up with some old friends (including an amusing am-dram aficionado played by Simon Callow) to take back what was theirs… by stealing the ‘golden years’ bankers’ bonus fund. Hilarity ensues, with bowls, bingo and bank robbery!
Based on the best-selling novel by John Le Carré. On holiday in Morocco, teacher Perry (McGregor) and his girlfriend Gail are lured into the murky world of international espionage when they meet Dima, a charismatic Russian mafia moneylaunderer who wants to defect to the UK. With the unsuspecting couple roped in to brokering a deal with the British intelligence service, they are soon on the run through
THE DAUGHTER
JOHNNY GUITAR
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Fri 10 – Thu 16 Jun Dir: Simon Stone Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill Australia 2015, 1hr 35mins Struggling to cope with his own inner demons, Christian (Paul Schneider, Parks and Recreation) returns home for his father’s wedding but unearths a long-buried secret. As he tries to right previous wrongs, Christian threatens to destroy the lives of those he left behind. Skilfully adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play, a superb cast including Sam Neill (Peaky Blinders), Geoffrey Rush and Miranda Otto lend their talent to this brilliant edge-of-your-seat thriller.
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Sat 11 & Tue 14 Jun Dir: Nicholas Ray Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden USA 1954, 1hr 50mins
Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden star in Nicholas Ray’s classic Trucolor western, back on the big screen in a brand new 4K restoration. Tough and strong-willed Vienna (Crawford) runs a gambling saloon on the outskirts of town. Disliked by the townspeople – especially former rival Emma (Mercedes McCambridge) who can’t wait to be rid of her – Vienna and her former flame Johnny Guitar (Hayden) find themselves in trouble after helping local outlaw The Dancin’ Kid and his gang.
France and Switzerland – caught between a suspicious MI6 agent (Lewis) and the mafia out for blood – and must figure out who they can trust before it’s too late. A treat for fans of The Night Manager.
RAILWAYS REMEMBERED: BIG SCREEN STEAM!
Sun 12 Jun, 2.30pm Tickets £7.50
The golden age of steam railways comes alive again in this special cinema presentation on our biggest screen – Screen 1! A slice of nostalgic joy, bringing together rare surviving 35mm footage from the earliest railway film records in 1896, plus the 1930s main line expresses of the Big Four, pleasure railways, the post war loco-spotting phenomenon, the 1975 tribute film celebrating 150 years of railways, and much more. Introduced by Rob Foxon.
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MONEY MONSTER
EVOLUTION
15
Fri 17 – Sat 25 Jun Dir: Jodie Foster Cast: Julia Roberts, George Clooney USA 2016, 1hr 39mins
Lee Gates (Clooney), host of TV’s ‘Money Monster’ show, is considered a guru on all things Wall Street. But when he gives his viewers some bad advice, irate investor Kyle Budwell (Jack O’Connell) takes Gates hostage live on air. Instead of stopping the feed, the cameras continue to roll as more people tune in. Kyle decides he’ll take advantage of Gates’ spotlight to expose the sinister culture of Wall Street stocks… while pushing to raise the
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Fri 17 – Mon 20 Jun Dir: Lucile Hadzihalilovic Cast: Max Brebant, Roxane Duran France/Belgium/Spain 2016, 1hr 22mins, subs
value of his own. A tense thriller with the audience as voyeur, forced to watch the unfolding drama in this game of deduction and deceit.
10 year old Nicolas lives with his mother in a remote seaside village. When he sees a dead body in the ocean one day, he begins to question his existence and his surroundings. Why do only women and boys live in his seaside residence? Where are all the men? And why must he, and all the other boys, be hospitalised? A unique and haunting film, with breathtakingly beautiful imagery.
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT 12A
A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING 12A
Guerra’s stunning multi awardwinning film follows two journeys down the Amazon set decades apart. In the early 1900s Theo, a European explorer on the verge of death, travels with Karamakate, the last remaining member of an ancient tribe in search of a plant with mythical healing properties; 40 years later another foreign explorer recruits Karamakate to help him retrace Theo’s journey. Told simultaneously, the two stories ebb and flow together becoming
The film adaptation of Dave Eggers’ acclaimed 2012 novel follows struggling American business man Alan Clay (Hanks), who travels to Saudi Arabia for the once-ina-lifetime chance to pitch a new holographic conferencing system to the king. However he soon discovers that doing business there is a lot different to the States, and when Alan meets a beautiful Saudi doctor (Sarita Choudhury) he starts to rethink his priorities. Hanks –recently voted the most likeable man in Hollywood – is, as ever, eminently watchable.
Fri 17 – Sat 25 Jun Dir: Ciro Guerra Cast: Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet Columbia/Venezuela/Argentina 2015, 2hrs 2mins, subs
Fri 17 – Mon 20 Jun Dir: Tom Tykwer Cast: Tom Hanks UK/USA 2016, 1hr 38mins
an Apocalypse Now-style journey into the dark heart of Colombia’s colonial past.
MYSTERY FILM
18
Fri 17 Jun, 6.30pm Since starting our Mystery Film nights almost a year ago we’ve shown some brilliant cinema, including Scorsese’s Mean Streets on 35mm; The Bishop’s Wife starring Cary Grant; cult comedy Eagle vs Shark; and Francis Ford Coppola’s taut thriller The Conversation starring Gene Hackman. No-one – and we mean, no-one – knows what we’re screening until the film begins, but you can trust that it’ll be great! The mystery film may be any classification up to an 18 certificate. As such, these screenings are for over-18s only.
THE KILLING
PG
Sat 18 & Sun 19 Jun Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray USA 1956, 1hr 25mins
GROUNDSWELL RISING TBC
Sat 18 Jun, 6pm Dir: Renard Cohen USA 2015, 1hr 10mins All tickets £5
Documentary Groundswell Rising takes us into the lives of people from all walks of life and all sides of the political spectrum who are dedicating themselves to resisting, slowing down or stopping fracking. We meet parents, scientists, artists, teachers, clergy, community organisers and business leaders who are convinced that this unproven form of gas extraction is a serious health and environmental
I SAW THE LIGHT
15
Mon 20 – Sat 25 Jun Dir: Marc Abraham Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen USA 2015, 2hrs 4mins
Screening to mark its 60th Tom Hiddleston (The Night anniversary, Kubrick’s third feature Manager) stars – and sings – as film is set around a heist at a racetrack. country and western singer Hank Determined to pull one last big Williams in this bio-pic chronicling job before settling down, veteran this country legend’s rise to fame criminal Johnny Clay (Hayden) and tragic death at the age of assembles a team, including a just 29. Williams created one the sharpshooter, a wrestler and a greatest bodies of work in American corrupt cop, to steal over $2 million music, yet he struggled throughout during a horse race. But he doesn’t his all-too-brief career to cope reckon on one of the men’s double with fame, alcoholism and their crossing wife and femme fatale, effects on his personal relationships. Sherry (Marie Windsor). A masterful Beautifully shot, the film’s talented film-noir with razor-sharp dialogue. cast includes Elizabeth Olsen as Willams’ first wife, Audrey.
risk. Driven by a deep moral conviction, we see how they are standing up to one of the world’s most powerful industries.
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Captain America: Civil War Lazy Sunday: The Nice Guys The Nice Guys
Captain America: Civil War The Nice Guys Green Room Captain America: Civil War The Nice Guys The Nice Guys Love & Friendship Green Room The Nice Guys
Captain America: Civil War The Nice Guys The Nice Guys Green Room The Nice Guys Love & Friendship The Nice Guys Green Room
The Jungle Book Everybody Wants Some!! Love & Friendship Love & Friendship The Jungle Book Sing Street Love & Friendship Everybody Wants Some!! Love & Friendship
Love & Friendship The Jungle Book Love & Friendship The Jungle Book Everybody Wants Some!! Love & Friendship Everybody Wants Some!! Love & Friendship Sing Street
JUNE 2016 1.30pm 1.30pm 3.40pm 4pm 6.10pm 6.15pm 8.40pm 8.45pm 11am 12pm 2.30pm 2.45pm 5.15pm 6.15pm 7.50pm 8.30pm 1pm 1.30pm 3.45pm 5pm 6.15pm 7.45pm 8.30pm 1pm 1.30pm 3.30pm 3.40pm 6.10pm 6.20pm 8.45pm 8.45pm 11am 1.30pm 2.15pm 4pm 5pm 6.15pm 7.45pm 8.40pm
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The Nice Guys Our Kind of Traitor The Nice Guys The Daughter The Nice Guys Our Kind of Traitor The Nice Guys The Daughter
The Nice Guys The Daughter The Nice Guys Our Kind of Traitor The Nice Guys Johnny Guitar The Daughter The Nice Guys
Our Kind of Traitor The Nice Guys The Daughter The Nice Guys The Daughter The Nice Guys Our Kind of Traitor
Robinson Crusoe Lazy Sunday: The Nice Guys Big Screen Steam! The Nice Guys The Nice Guys The Daughter Our Kind of Traitor The Nice Guys
The Nice Guys Robinson Crusoe The Nice Guys The Daughter The Nice Guys Johnny Guitar Our Kind of Traitor The Nice Guys
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Fri 24
Closed for essential maintenance
I Saw the Light Heart of a Dog Embrace of the Serpent Money Monster
Embrace of the Serpent Money Monster Heart of a Dog Money Monster Embrace of the Serpent I Saw the Light
1.30pm Embrace of the Serpent 2.30pm I Saw the Light 4.15pm Heart of a Dog 6.10pm Money Monster 8pm Commentary 8.30pm Embrace of the Serpent
Thu 23
Money Monster Embrace of the Serpent I Saw the Light Money Monster Heart of a Dog Embrace of the Serpent 35mm Club: They Made Me a Fugitive Heart of a Dog Money Monster
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Glyndebourne: The Barber of Seville I Saw the Light
Embrace of the Serpent Heart of a Dog Money Monster – Descriptive
Wed 22
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Our Kind of Traitor The Nice Guys The Nice Guys The Daughter The Nice Guys Our Kind of Traitor
Golden Years The Nice Guys Green Room The Nice Guys Love & Friendship NT Live: The Audience The Nice Guys
Mrs. Brown The Nice Guys Love & Friendship Golden Years The Nice Guys Green Room RSC: Hamlet The Nice Guys
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The Nice Guys Green Room The Nice Guys Golden Years The Nice Guys Golden Years Love & Friendship The Nice Guys
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Golden Years The Nice Guys Love & Friendship The Nice Guys Green Room The Nice Guys Captain America: Civil War
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Love & Friendship The Nice Guys Green Room Captain America: Civil War The Nice Guys
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12pm Lazy Sunday: Money Monster 1pm Angry Birds 2.30pm Embrace of the Serpent 3.20pm A Hologram for the King 5.30pm Evolution 6pm The Killing 7.30pm Embrace of the Serpent 8.15pm Money Monster 1pm Money Monster 1.30pm A Hologram for the King 3.30pm I Saw the Light 3.50pm Evolution 6.10pm Heart of a Dog 6.15pm A Hologram for the King 8pm Embrace of the Serpent 8.30pm Money Monster 1pm 1.30pm
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Money Monster Embrace of the Serpent
10.30am Angry Birds – Autism Friendly 11.30am Angry Birds 1.15pm Embrace of the Serpent 1.45pm Money Monster 4pm Evolution 4.15pm The Killing 6pm Groundswell Rising 6.15pm A Hologram for the King 8.30pm Embrace of the Serpent 8.45pm Money Monster
Sat 18
The Nice Guys The Daughter The Nice Guys Our Kind of Traitor Discover Arts: Leonardo da Vinci The Nice Guys
1pm Money Monster – Audio Described 1.15pm Evolution 3.15pm Embrace of the Serpent 4pm A Hologram for the King 6.15pm Money Monster 6.30pm Mystery Film 8.30pm Evolution 8.30pm Embrace of the Serpent
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Sun 26 – Thu 30 Jun: Box Office will be open for telephone bookings and email enquiries from 9am – 6pm
We’ll reopen on Fri 1 Jul, fresh as a proverbial daisy.
Unfortunately we’re not able to do this work while we’re open, but we’ll be working round the clock to keep the disruption to our programme to a minimum.
From Sun 26 Jun we’ll be closed for a few days so we can carry out some essential maintenance.
You may have noticed that our June programme doesn’t run until the end of the month.
PHOENIX FACELIFT SUN 26 – THU 30 JUN
Stage on Screen
Silver Screening
Access Cinema
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HEART OF A DOG
35MM CLUB: THEY MADE ME A FUGITIVE
PG
Mon 20 – Sat 25 Jun Dir: Laurie Anderson Cast: Jason Berg, Heung-Heung Chin France/USA 2016, 1hr 16mins
Wed 22 Jun, 6.15pm Dir: Alberto Cavalcanti Cast: Trevor Howard UK 1947, 1hr 40mins
“A dreamy, drifty and altogether For our monthly screening from lovely movie” – New York Times. real 35mm film, Trevor Howard Multimedia artist and musician (Brief Encounter) gives a masterful Laurie Anderson reflects on the performance as former RAF officer deaths of her husband Lou Reed, Clem Morgan drawn into a life of her mother, and her beloved crime in Cavalcanti’s (Went the terrier Lolabelle in this tender Day Well?) underrated film-noir. memoir. Anderson stamps Heart Betrayed by his psychopathic of a Dog with her personal style crime-boss and framed for murder, and artistic philosophies, blending Clem goes on the run hoping to get home-movie style footage with revenge. Mixing gritty noir violence her intimate narrative to create a with moments of jet-black humour, beautiful meditation on love and loss. They Made Me a Fugitive is a A moving tribute to man’s best friend. forgotten classic ripe for rediscovery.
COMMENTARY
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Thu 23 Jun, 8pm All tickets £5
The team from Commentary return to Phoenix for their fourth original show, following their success at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival. A talented line-up of comedians, musicians, poets, dancers and more will interact with cinematic content and create one-off performances in another night of media-mashing entertainment, where the boundaries between digital art and live performance are tested. Join host Daniel Nicholas and a raft of performers for an event like no other! facebook.com/commentarylive @CommentaryShow
ACCESS CINEMA DESCRIPTIVE SUBTITLES
SILVER SCREENINGS
Available as Silver Screenings – see p10
Matinee screenings for just £4.60 including refreshments.
LOVE & FRIENDSHIP
For anyone who is deaf or has hearing loss, we show subtitled versions of the latest English language movies in our main cinema screens.
For children and adults on the autistic / Asperger’s spectrum, these screenings have reduced sound levels, partially raised lighting, no trailers and freedom to move around.
MONEY MONSTER
ANGRY BIRDS
U
Wed 1 Jun, 11am
MRS. BROWN
PG
Wed 8 Jun, 10.30am Open to all, screening in partnership with The University of the Third Age (U3A)
THE NICE GUYS
15
MONEY MONSTER
15
Tue 21 Jun, 6.15pm
15
For our customers who are blind or have sight loss, these monthly screenings feature audible descriptions of the action on screen.
MONEY MONSTER Fri 17 Jun, 1pm
U
Sat 18 June, 10.30am
AUDIO DESCRIBED
Wed 15 Jun, 11am
Wed 22 Jun, 11am 10 – 11
AUTISM FRIENDLY
15
STAGE ON SCREEN See some of the world’s greatest stage shows and exhibitions come alive on our cinema screens. Tickets from £10
The Audience (NT Live)
THIS MONTH
HAMLET
(RSC) Wed 8 Jun, 7pm Shakespeare’s searing tragedy, starring Paapa Essiedu in the title role.
THE AUDIENCE
(NT Live) Thu 9 Jun, 7pm Screening in celebration of the Queen’s 90th birthday.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
(Discover Arts) Thu 16 Jun, 7.30pm Explore the story of his life and the treasures he left us.
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
(Glyndebourne Opera) Tue 21 Jun, 6.30pm Mischief and mayhem in Rossini’s comedy.
World Cup ’66 – Minute by Minute Sat 30 Jul, 2.30pm
DISCOVER ARTS St Peter’s and the Papal Basilicas Tue 5 Jul, 7.30pm
R O YA L SHAKESPEARE C O M PA N Y
G LY N D E B O U R N E O P E R A The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Tue 12 Jul, 5.30pm Beatrice and Benedict Tue 9 Aug, 6.30pm
BOLSHOI BALLET
Cymbeline Wed 28 Sep, 7pm
The Golden Age Sun 16 Oct, 4pm
King Lear Wed 12 Oct, 7pm
The Bright Stream Sun 6 Nov, 3pm
B R A N A G H T H E AT R E L I V E
The Nutcracker Sun 18 Dec, 4pm The Sleeping Beauty Sun 22 Jan, 3pm
Romeo and Juliet Sat 9 Jul, 7.30pm The Entertainer Thu 27 Oct, 7.15pm
See our website for full details and more shows in 2016, and to buy tickets (with no booking fee).
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PHOENIX FACELIFT SUN 26 – THU 30 JUN
FAMILY FILMS
You may have noticed that our June programme doesn’t run until the end of the month. From Sun 26 Jun we’ll be closed for a few days so we can carry out some essential maintenance. Unfortunately we’re not able to do this work while we’re open, but we’ll be working round the clock to keep the disruption to our programme to a minimum. We’ll reopen on Fri 1 Jul, fresh as a proverbial daisy. Sun 26 – Thu 30 Jun: Box Office will be open for telephone bookings and email enquiries from 9am – 6pm
THE JUNGLE BOOK
PG
Sat 28 May – Thu 2 Jun USA 2016, 1hr 45mins
Disney’s spectacular live-action reworking of this treasured family classic. With CGI beasts voiced by a host of Hollywood stars – including Bill Murray as Baloo the bear – and stunning special effects, it’s terrific fun whatever your age.
RELAX IN OUR CAFÉ BAR
12 – 13
Available as Silver Screenings – see p10
Dinner and a movie, a light bite or maybe just a coffee while you browse our free wi-fi… there are plenty of reasons to visit our Café Bar. All our food is freshly prepared and cooked to order, and with a new summer menu and an everchanging selection of delicious dishes on our specials board you’re sure to find something to tickle your taste buds. Choose from an extensive range of delicious new wines, local ales, ciders and bottled world beers – you can take your drink into the cinema too.
Soak up the sun in our lovely outdoor space, where we also grow our own fresh herbs and salad to use in our dishes. And don’t forget that MyPhoenix Member and Friend cardholders save 10% on food and drink in our Café Bar. FOOD SERVED: Mon – Sat 11am– 9pm Sun 10am – 6pm
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12A Fri 3 – Mon 6 Jun USA 2016, 2hrs 27mins
It’s Captain America versus Iron Man in this rip-roaring action thriller. After the Avengers superhero team’s actions cause huge collateral damage in New York and Washington, the US government decides to bring them to heel, leading to a split in the team.
There’s loads of good stuff for families at Phoenix, with great films, free Spark activities and workshops, and a tasty children’s menu in our Café Bar... plenty to keep you and your little ones busy this half-term.
31 MAY – 3 JUN Come down to our Digital Playground to play, learn and invent with brilliant new creative technologies. We’re chock-full of amazing interactive activities handpicked for the digital generation.
CAVE AUX BULLES (BUBBLES’ CELLAR) ROBINSON CRUSOE
PG
Sat 11 – Sun 12 Jun Belgium/France 2016, 1hr 30mins The classic story, but told from the animals’ point of view. Tuesday, an outgoing parrot, lives with his animal friends in paradise. After a violent storm, they wake to find a strange creature on the beach – Robinson Crusoe – and against the odds, they discover the true power of friendship.
Tue 31 May – Fri 3 Jun 11am – 4pm Suitable for all ages Cube Gallery, Free entry
Cave Aux Bulles (Bubbles’ Cellar) is an enchanting interactive artwork that transforms the shadows of ordinary soap bubbles into tiny animations which pop and spring to life as birds and balloons. Simply blow into the ‘bubble blower’ and watch a magical scene appear before your eyes. Cave aux Bulles is by Swiss artists Joelle Aeschlimann, Pauline Saglio, and Mathieu Rivier.
ANGRY BIRDS
POSTCARDS TO PERU: MAKING DIGITAL POSTCARDS Tue 31 May – Thu 2 Jun 10.30am – 4pm each day Suitable for: 7-11 years Price: £75
Imagine you are in a faraway land then create digital postcards of your imaginary experiences. Taking the story of Paddington as a starting point, this fun three-day course will build skills in developing and telling a story, sound recording, lighting, and using a camera.
PG
Sat 18 – Sun 19 Jun Finland/USA 2016, 1hr 37mins
Just why are those birds so angry? When mysterious green piggies visit an island paradise populated entirely by happy, flightless birds, outcasts Red, Chuck and Bomb try to figure out what those pesky pigs are up to.
FREE SPARK ACTIVITIES EVERY DAY CREATIVE WORKSHOPS A series of short drop-in activities, with a different one each day.
EMOFIE Create a short film of your face by taking selfies!
DROP-IN CINEMA A selection of brilliant short films playing all day in our micro cinema.
OTOTO SOUND LAB A weird and wonderful collection of everyday objects make crazy sounds. All you have to do is touch them!
LEARN AT PHOENIX From acting tutorials to discussion groups, get more out of film with one of our short courses. Visit our website to find out more and to book online.
SHAKESPEARE ON SCREEN Thursdays, 7 Jul – 28 Jul (4 sessions) 7pm – 8.30pm Price: £48 / £40 conc.
Coinciding with the Shakespeare400 celebrations, we take a look at the many ways in which the Bard’s plays have been approached in the movies, and how the stage is now represented live on screen.
14 – 15
Available as Silver Screenings – see p10
TALKING PICTURES SUMMER Mondays, 11 Jul – 19 Sep (10 sessions) Tuesdays, 12 Jul – 20 Sep (10 sessions) 10.30am – 12pm Price: £80 / £70 conc.
Share your love of film with this 10 week course of tutor-led group discussions that put the cinema week into focus. The course fee includes a ticket to the 1pm or 1.30pm film screening.
BACK TO THE EIGHTIES
MORE ACTING FOR FILM
Remember The Breakfast Club, Raiders of the Lost Ark, or Labyrinth? The 1980s saw a new era of family movies, teenage angst and spectacle-laden blockbusters. Join us as we take a look back at the films that defined one of the most popular decades in cinema.
A practical, exercise-based intermediate level course, delving deeper into the art and execution of film acting. We’ll cover a wide range of topics including professional development, auditioning, and on-set best practice.
Sat 20 Aug 10.30am – 4pm Price: £15
BOOK TO FILM
Fridays, 9 Sep – 14 Oct (6 sessions) 2pm – 3.30pm Price: £72 / £60 conc. The world of literature provides filmmakers with rich source material, but is it actually possible to please the book lovers and the film audience who are new to the story? We’ll examine the ways that classics, pulp fiction, dystopian futures – and some supposedly unfilmable books – have made it onto the big screen.
Wednesdays, 5 Oct – 9 Nov (6 sessions) 7pm – 8.30pm Price: £72 / £60 conc.
HOLLYWOOD AND POLITICS Sat 15 October 10.30am – 4pm Price: £15
Since ‘Mr Smith’ went to Washington back in 1939, Hollywood has been in thrall to the excitement of the political process and the power of the President. As the 2016 race to the White House heats up, we’ll take a look how life and art have frequently mirrored each other in the theatre of US politics.
ART AT PHOENIX
LUCI ELDRIDGE & MEG RAHAIM: FRAMED EXPANSE Fri 10 Jun – Sun 31 Jul Cube Gallery, Free
Framed Expanse is an exhibition of new work exploring the relationship between digital technologies and printmaking, commissioned to coincide with Leicester Print Workshop’s Small Print International. An ongoing fascination with how landscape is represented by digital technologies is what drives the individual practices of Luci Eldridge and Meg Rahaim. Whether rural or urban, peopled or desolate, landscape is now often encountered on-screen through the eyes of drones, web cameras and robotic explorers. However, these views remain partial and immaterial, manipulated, flattened and framed by technologies we do not fully comprehend.
FRAMED EXPANSE EXHIBITION LAUNCH & ARTIST’S TALK Tue 21 Jun, 6.30pm Free
Join us for drinks to celebrate the launch of the exhibition, including a talk from Luci Eldridge about making new work for Framed Expanse, her research trip to NASA and printmaking at our neighbours, Leicester Print Workshop. Booking not required.
Be it a pixelated flourish of cloud algorithmically rendered in the sky above Google Street View or the distant landscape of the planet Mars imaged by NASA’s rovers, landscape as a 360-degree physical experience is reconstructed via these devices, withdrawn into a flat two-dimensional image. Using printmaking, analogue photography, etching, collage and textile the digital is overturned in favour of the handmade as a means to reposition oneself within the distant and remote landscapes we encounter through the digital screen.
EXHIBITION WALK & TALK Sat 25 Jun, 10am – 3pm £15
Starting at Attenborough Arts Centre to view Small Print International, this guided tour continues to Framed Expanse here at Phoenix before heading to Leicester Print Workshop to take in the work of Small Print selectors Wuon-Jean Ho and Angela Hardin. Book through leicesterprintworkshop.com
COMING NEXT MONTH Look out for family workshops inspired by Framed Expanse – details in our July brochure.
NEW FILM TICKET FOR UNDER 25s Under 25s pay just £6 for films at Phoenix, from 1 Jun
OPENING TIMES
TICKETS
Mon – Fri
Sat – Sun & bank holidays
Box Office
9am – 9pm
10am – 9pm
Café Bar & Cube Gallery
9am – 11pm
10am – 11pm
Food Served
11am – 9pm
11am – 9pm (Sat) 10am – 6pm (Sun)
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After 5pm & Weekends
£8.60
£6.90
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£7.70
£6.90
£6.00
MyPhoenix Members & Friends
£1 off standard Full and Conc ticket price
TICKET OFFERS
PARKING There is a pay and display car park next to Phoenix. Parking costs £1 for up to 2 hours, £2 for 3 hours, £4 all day, and is free after 6pm. On Sundays and bank holidays there is a £1 charge from 6am-6pm and a maximum stay of 3hrs.
Autism Friendly / Supported Environment Screenings
£4.00 one free carer ticket available for CEA cardholders
Family tickets
Adult + child £10 Adult + 2 children £15 2 adults + 2 children £20
Rutland Street NCP on Halford Street (LE1 1TQ) is a short walk from Phoenix and costs £4.80 all day for Phoenix customers. Tickets must be validated at the Box Office.
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3D cost an additional £1.50 (3D glasses included) Art exhibitions are all FREE entry
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Combine the film of your choice with a meal
£14.75 / £13.25 conc.
ACCESS Front of building & Halford St NCP
Hearing loops in building
Wheelchair spaces available
Baby changing facilities
Guide dogs are welcome
Toilet & washing facilities
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