PLUS LIVE SCREENINGS AT BROADWAY CINEMA

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ARTS & CULTURE IN

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We are delighted to bring an exciting new programme of world class arts and cultural events to the town. Letchworth has a thriving arts scene with a vibrant local arts centre, a much loved art deco cinema and a rich variety of workshops, exhibitions and cultural events. With plans afoot this year to convert the Broadway Cinema into a live theatre and a new arts centre scheduled to open in 2017, we believe that an even busier arts and cultural programme will add great value to the world’s first garden city.

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If you’re one of the many people who have tickets to Broadway Cinema’s screening of War Horse, I recommend our own production, The Table, on 7th of March at St Francis Theatre. Brought to you by the brilliant Blind Summit, The Table features puppetry every bit as magical as that of War Horse.

Our exciting visual arts exhibition, A Vision of Utopia in collaboration with Digswell Arts Trust, turns the entire town into a gallery with 11 new commissions on show at various iconic sites across Letchworth.

June sees the arrival of Ukrainian-British violist Maxim Rysanov who performs in the Spirella Ballroom with the Russian violin virtuoso Alexander Sitkovetsky, part of a longer term artist residency for a musician who has already graced some of the world’s biggest classical music stages.

Finally, do look out for details of other creative activities taking place across Letchworth. A few selected highlights are listed on pages 22 and 23.

I hope there is something in the programme that interests you and I look forward to seeing you at the events.

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and cultural events. Help us plan future programmes by sharing

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Since its first performance at the National Theatre in 2007, War Horse has become an international smash hit.

Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France.

Filled with stirring music and songs, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life sized puppets by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage.

WAR HORSE (Theatre)Live broadcast Thursday 27 February SOLD OUT Recorded Encore Sunday 2 March, 13:30 Recorded Encore Monday 10 March, 19:30 at Broadway Cinema

Tickets: £10 for recorded shows. Includes a glass of wine or soft drink

To buy tickets visit the Broadway Cinema Box Office or book online at www.broadway-cinema.com

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Turning Letchworth Garden

City into an Art Gallery This exhibition will have

residents and visitors seeing and experiencing familiar sites

in Letchworth in new and exciting ways. Mark Prescott,

Creative Producer

A Vision of Utopia is set to dazzle Letchworth Garden City with a spectacular display of art installations which will appear across the town throughout March and April with artworks unveiled in stages.

The exhibition created in collaboration with Digswell Arts Trust, sees 11 new commissions from some of the UK’s most innovative artists, who draw their inspiration from Letchworth’s unique heritage. Their work takes many varied forms from projections, textile, sculpture, animation, arts, ceramics and performance in some of Letchworth’s most iconic locations including the Railway Station, Spirella Building, the Fountain, International Garden Cities Exhibition and Broadway Cinema.

Why A Vision of Utopia?

“The original Utopian vision of the town was as a city of the future, enjoying the benefits of both town and country. In pursuing this vision, Letchworth was endowed with some iconic places and buildings which are central to the town’s identity today.

The exhibition seeks to connect the utopian vision of the Garden City, with the town today by reimagining this ideology through a fake ‘archive’ of what could have been and of what might be in the future.”

Rob Burton, Digswell Arts Trustee

A VISION OF UTOPIA VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONMarch - April 2014 at various locations across Letchworth Garden City

For further information visit www.letchworth.com/artsandculture or call Letchworth Tourist Information Centre on 01462 487868

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Rob Burton is a trustee of Digswell Arts

and an art curator specialising in

contemporary art and sculpture.

A VISION OF UTOPIA artists:

Johann Arens

Christina Byrant

Mario Ercol Borza

Miche Follano

Chris Groombridge

Nick Jeeves

Permindar Kaur

Maxine King

Karen Picton

Tina Reid

Samara Scott

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House and Blind Summit present The Table

Moses is a cantankerous 3 man operated puppet with a cardboard head… who lives on a table. Tonight he wants to tell you an epic story about God and Moses, life and death and puppetry… on a table. But he gets easily distracted.

A cross between Tommy Cooper and Eddie Izzard this table-top-puppet-philosopher-cum-stand-up-comedian is the funniest ‘piece of cardboard’ you’ll ever meet.

Just back from a sellout tour of the USA, the team behind the 90 foot Voldemort in the London Olympic Ceremony, brings you a 2 foot high puppet in an unforgettable show.

HOUSE presentS BLIND SUMMIT WITH THE TABLEFriday 7 March, Doors Open 19:00, Show starts 19:30 at St Francis Theatre, St Francis College, Broadway, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3PJ

For ages 12+ Tickets: £14 including a glass of wine or soft drink; £12 concessions, £45 family ticket (two adults and two children)

To book tickets go online at www.letchworth.com/artsandculture Visit Letchworth Tourist Information Centre or call 01462 487868

WHY IT’S A MUST SEEBlind Summit will amaze you with their wild humour and

astounding puppetry. If you like Tommy Cooper, Russell Brand

or Eddie Izzard, you’ll love this!

“ Blind Summit are the UK’s puppet masters” The Guardian

“ Dazzling” THE SCOTSMAN

“ Astonishingly accomplished” THE TELEGRAPH

“ Beckett meets Tommy Cooper... Brilliantly Funny” TIME OUT

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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Ballet)Wednesday 19 March, 19:15 Live broadcast at Broadway Cinema Sunday 23 March, 13:30 Recorded Encore (Tickets £10)

Tickets: £15 Includes a glass of wine or soft drink To buy tickets visit Broadway Cinema Box Office or book online at www.broadway-cinema.com

Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season

First staged in St Petersburg in 1890, The Sleeping Beauty is the pinnacle of classical ballet: a perfect marriage of Petipa’s choreography and Tchaikovsky’s music and a glorious challenge for every dancer on stage. It is also The Royal Ballet’s signature work.

To mark the Company’s 75th birthday in 2006, Monica Mason and Christopher Newton revitalised its landmark 1946 production, which re-established Petipa’s choreography as recorded by Imperial

Ballet régisseur Nicholas Sergeyev, to a scenario and staging developed by Ninette de Valois herself, founder of The Royal Ballet.

With Oliver Messel’s gorgeous original designs wonderfully re-imagined by Peter Farmer, and additional choreography by Anthony Dowell, Christopher Wheeldon and Frederick Ashton, today’s Sleeping Beauty not only captures the mood of the original but shows that this is very much a living work for The Royal Ballet, growing and changing with the Company while celebrating its past.

Winner Best Production Theatre Auckland Fringe Festival

Winner Best Puppetry Adelaide Fringe Festival

Winner Best Solo Show New York Fringe Festival

“ If Pixar had a theatrical division… they’d create something like this show.” NYTheatre.com

A highly acclaimed award-winning show for children that uses a unique blend of mime, puppetry, live and recorded music, and animation to present an exploration of the next and oldest frontier: the deep blue sea.

Seas have risen, billions have died. Alvin Sputnik is our only hope. He must venture to the bottom of the ocean to find his wife’s lost soul and save humanity.

The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik is a tiny tale set in the deepest dark blue sea, of a solitary explorer with a heart as big as a whale. Direct from sellout seasons in New York, Sydney, and Auckland this multi award-winning piece of heartwarming “theatrical magic” (Sunday Mail) is a one-man micro-epic about enduring love and the end of the world. “…akin to a theatrical Wall-E” (New York Times).

THE ADVENTURES OF ALVIN SPUTNIK: DEEP SEA EXPLORERFriday 21 March 2014, 16:00 at Letchworth Arts Centre 2 The Arcade, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3EW

For ages 8+ Tickets: £8; £5 children; £24 family ticket (two adults and two children)

Buy tickets online at www.letchwortharts.org or call Letchworth Arts Centre on 01462 670788

WHY IT’S A MUST SEEA gorgeous, compelling and

magical one man show by Tim Watts which manages to create this amazing

deep sea world, drawing in children and adults alike. I’m thrilled to bring

this multi-award winning show to Letchworth Arts Centre!

Maria Iredale, Chief Executive, Letchworth Arts Centre

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This special event offers an exclusive private view of the BP exhibition Vikings: life and legend, presented live in your local cinema. Introduced by British Museum Director Neil MacGregor and presented by historian and broadcaster Michael Wood, the exhibition will be brought to life by curators Gareth Williams and Tom Williams, alongside experts on Viking ships and swords, burial and beliefs, and language and legacy.

With demonstrations, stunning close-up photography of the Viking objects in the exhibition and a live, torch-lit burial in the grounds of the Museum, the broadcast of Vikings Live will be a reminder of how the Vikings have shaped our modern lives.

VIKINGS LIVE from the British MuseumThursday 24 April 2014, 18:45 Live broadcast at Broadway Cinema

Tickets: £15 Includes a glass of wine or soft drink To buy tickets visit the Broadway Cinema Box Office or book online at www.broadway-cinema.com

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Following his delightful full-length ballet Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Christopher Wheeldon continues his highly successful collaboration with designer Bob Crowley and composer Joby Talbot to create his first ballet based on a Shakespeare play, the late romance The Winter’s Tale.

The story follows the destruction of marriage through consuming jealousy, the abandonment of a child, and a seemingly hopeless love. Yet through remorse and regret – and after a statue comes miraculously to life – the ending is one of forgiveness and reconciliation.

It is powerful material for ballet, with a story that allows for the portrayal of intense emotions between and within the characters, and the opportunity for the Company to create not just new central characters but the whole world around them.

THE WINTER’S TALE (Ballet)Monday 28 April 2014, 19:15 Live broadcast at Broadway Cinema

Tickets: £15 Includes a glass of wine or soft drink

To buy tickets visit the Broadway Cinema Box Office or book online at www.broadway-cinema.com

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KING LEAR (Theatre)Thursday 1 May, 19:00 Live broadcast at Broadway Cinema

Tickets: £15 Includes a glass of wine or soft drink

To buy tickets visit the Broadway Cinema Box Office or book online at www.broadway-cinema.com

Academy Award winner Sam Mendes returns to the National Theatre to direct Simon Russell Beale in the title role of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Lear’s world descends into chaos.

Following his production of Richard II in October 2013, RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran continues his exploration of Shakespeare’s history plays with Henry IV Parts I and II, an epic, comic and thrilling vision of a nation in turmoil.

RSC Associate Artist Antony Sher returns to the Company to play the infamous comic knight Falstaff. He is joined by Jasper Britton as Henry IV and Alex Hassell as Prince Hal. Jasper returns following his performance as the Marquis de Sade in Marat/Sade (2011); Alex returns to the RSC following his recent credits in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cardenio and The City Madam.

With his crown under threat from enemies both foreign and domestic, Henry IV prepares for war. Having deposed the previous king, he is only too aware of the tenuousness of his position, and of the price to be paid if he falters.

As his father prepares to defend his crown, Prince Hal is languishing in the taverns and brothels of London, revelling in the company of his friend, the notorious Sir John Falstaff. With the onset of the war, Hal and Falstaff are thrust into the brutal reality of the battlefield, where Hal must confront his responsibilities to family and throne.

HENRY IV Part I (Theatre)Wednesday 14 May 2014, 18:45 Live broadcast at Broadway Cinema

Tickets: £15 Includes a glass of wine or soft drink

To buy tickets visit the Broadway Cinema Box Office or book online at www.broadway-cinema.com

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Known for his dazzling performance at BBC’s Last Night of the Proms, Maxim Rysanov has quickly established himself as one of the world’s most vibrant and charismatic classical musicians.

Beginning his studies in Moscow, Maxim’s journey to Letchworth is not so much ‘From Russia with Love’ rather, from Russia to Letchworth via some of the world’s greatest musical stages.

This concert, the first of a series, is performed in partnership with the great Russian violin virtuoso Alexander Sitkovetsky and features works by Bach and Mozart. Staged in the round in the Spirella Ballroom, this intimate concert promises to be Hertfordshire’s musical highlight of the year.

MAXIM RYSANOV AND ALEXANDER SITKOVETSKY MOZART & BACH (Classical Music)Tuesday 10 June 2014, Doors open 18:30, Performance starts 19:30 The Spirella Ballroom, The Spirella Building, Bridge Road, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4ET

Tickets: £14 including a glass of wine or soft drink; £12 concessions, £45 family ticket (two adults and two children)

To book tickets go online at www.letchworth.com/artsandculture Visit Letchworth Tourist Information Centre or call 01462 487868

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WHY IT’S A MUST SEEA unique opportunity to

experience two classical music virtuosos bring Bach and

Mozart’s glorious work to life in the stunning setting of

the ballroom.

Pip, a seven year-old orphan boy, visits his mother’s grave. A frightening encounter with an escaped convict begins a series of events that will change his life forever.

Written by one of England’s greatest authors, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations is the profound and complex story of Pip’s journey through life. Some of his most memorable characters – the terrifying Magwitch, Joe Gargery the kind and generous blacksmith, the eccentric Miss Havisham, the cold and beautiful Estella, – are vividly brought to life in this anarchic and joyful telling of this glorious tale.

Using Dickens’ original text (well, mostly!), David Mynne takes you on a journey that brings you a ‘cast of thousands’ in a skilful, one-man adaptation of this epic story.

David Mynne presents GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Live Theatre)Wednesday 11 June 2014, 19:30 at Broadway Cinema

For ages 10+ Tickets: £14 including a glass of wine or soft drink; £12 concessions, £45 family ticket (two adults and two children)

To book tickets go online at www.broadway-cinema.com Visit Letchworth Tourist Information Centre or call 01462 487868

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A riotous exposure of entrepreneurial greed by Olivier Award-winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn (Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval). A Small Family Business returns to the National Theatre for the first time since its celebrated premiere in 1987, when it won the Evening Standard Award for Best New Play.

Jack McCracken is a man of principle in a corrupt world. But not for long. Moments after taking over his father-in-law’s business he’s approached by a private detective armed with some compromising information. Jack’s integrity fades away as he discovers his extended family to be thieves and adulterers, looting the business from their suburban homes. Rampant self-interest takes over and comic hysteria builds to a macabre climax.

A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS (Theatre)Thursday 12 June, 19:00 Live broadcast at Broadway Cinema

Tickets: £15 Includes a glass of wine or soft drink

To buy tickets visit the Broadway Cinema Box Office or book online at www.broadway-cinema.com

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Following its smash-hit live broadcast in 2012, the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time returns to cinemas.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has been hailed by The Times as ‘a phenomenal combination of storytelling and spectacle’. Winner of 7 Olivier Awards in 2013, including Best New Play.

Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears’ dog Wellington, he records

each fact about the event in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of the murder. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (Theatre)Thursday 22 May, 19:00 Recorded Encore at Broadway Cinema

Certificate: 15 Tickets: £15 Includes a glass of wine or soft drink

To buy tickets visit the Broadway Cinema Box Office or book online at www.broadway-cinema.com

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Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season

This early Puccini masterpiece makes a welcome return to Covent Garden after an absence of over 20 years, in a new production by Jonathan Kent under the baton of Music Director Antonio Pappano.

The exciting Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais sings the title role. A consummate Puccini soprano, Opolais caused a sensation as Madama Butterfly in 2011, and with Manon Lescaut, the bold but impressionable heroine, we will see a very different side of her character. She is matched in star power by Jonas Kaufmann as her lover, Des Grieux, and Christopher Maltman as her cynical brother Lescaut.

This is a much anticipated new production, and Kent’s vision of a young girl who faces temptation in the big city will surely resonate with today’s audience.

MANON LESCAUT (Opera)Tuesday 24 June, 18:45 Live broadcast at Broadway Cinema

Tickets: £15 Includes a glass of wine or soft drink

To buy tickets visit the Broadway Cinema Box Office or book online at www.broadway-cinema.com

King Henry’s health is failing as a second rebellion threatens to surface. Intent on securing his legacy, he is uncertain that Hal is a worthy heir, believing him more concerned with earthly pleasures than with the responsibility of rule.

Meanwhile, Falstaff is sent to the countryside to recruit fresh troops. Among the unwitting locals,

opportunities for embezzlement and profiteering prove impossible to resist as Falstaff gleefully indulges in the businessof lining his own pockets.

As the King’s health continues to worsen, Hal must choose between duty and loyalty to an old friend in Shakespeare’s heartbreaking conclusion to this pair of plays.

HENRY IV PART II (Theatre)Wednesday 18 June, 18:45 Live broadcast at Broadway Cinema

Tickets: £15 Includes a glass of wine or soft drink

To buy tickets visit the Broadway Cinema Box Office or book online at www.broadway-cinema.com

ARTS & CULTURE IN LETCHWORTHThere’s an exciting and innovative programme of arts and cultural events happening this spring in Letchworth Garden City, from art exhibitions to dance workshops, artist residencies and drama performances.

Letchworth Arts Centre

Letchworth Arts Centre runs a varied mix of workshops, art exhibitions, music, comedy and classes. 

One of their season highlights is the Hue Exhibition which takes place this April. It’s a wonderful exhibition of inspiring work by 10 contemporary textile artists from the Settlement.

The exhibition runs from 2 to 29 April and is open, Monday to Friday 10:00 to 17:00 and Saturday 10:00 to 15:00. Admission is free.

www.letchwortharts.org

Digswell Arts Trust

In June, Digswell Arts Trust artists will be running a series of free workshops for Letchworth schools and families in the Fenners building, with the generous support of North Hertfordshire District Council and the Heritage Foundation. This is a great opportunity for people to engage with artists making new art in a studio environment. There will be an accompanying art exhibition. Workshops will include: pottery, printmaking, textiles, drawing and painting, sculpture and illustration. The artists taking part are: Debbie Bent, Amanda Bloom, Jane Glynn, Christine Harrison, Abu Jafar, Louise Lahive, Lizzie Lane and Helen Mason, all fellows of the Digswell Arts Trust.

www.digswellartstrust.com

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FOR A FULL LIST OF WHAT’S

ON IN LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY VISITwww.letchworthgc.com

The Settlement

The Settlement runs a wide variety of courses for adults including arts and crafts, hobbies, fitness, languages, academic studies and much more.

On Saturday 7 June there will be a multitude of stalls including plants, cakes, book and crafts, and games for children (but adults can try too). Refreshments will also be available. 09:00 to 12:30 at The Settlement, Nevells Road, Letchworth Garden City. Entry £1 (includes a lucky ticket draw for a prize hamper). Accompanied children FREE

For more information visit www.letchworthsettlement.org.uk or call The Settlement on 01462 682828

The Settlement Players

The Settlement Players present “Neville’s Island” by Tim Firth (author of Calendar Girls) on 12 to 14 June. Dubbed “a comedy in thick fog” it tells of the misfortune of 4 out-of-condition, middle-aged businessmen sent off on a team-building exercise in the Lake District.  What should have been a bonding process turns into a muddy, bloody fight for survival – with laughs.

Performances start at 19:45 at The Settlement, Nevells Road, Letchworth Garden City. 

Tickets £7 from David’s Music, Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City from 17 May.

www.settlement-players.org.uk

Rhapsode

Rhapsode is a social enterprise that works with communities, artists, organisations and spaces.

Rhapsode has its own gallery and community venue called Dot to Dot which is found on The Wynd in Letchworth. The gallery’s community artist residency programme brings a different artist into the town centre every month to put together a programme of fun engaging events. These happen in the gallery but also around the town. Visit the gallery or their website for more information: www.rhapsode.org.uk

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Your opportunity to explore the history of the Garden City movement from Ebenezer Howard’s early vision to the growth of Garden Cities across the world.

THE INTERNATIONAL GARDEN CITIES EXHIBITIONSaturdays 10:00 to 17:00; Sundays 11:00 to 16:00; Group visits by appointment throughout the week at 296 Norton Way South, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 1SU

Admission FREE

To arrange a tour visit www.garden-cities-exhibition.com or call 01462 476070

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SPRING PROGRAMME OF ILLUSTRATED TALKS19:30 start, open from 18:30 at the International Garden Cities ExhibitionStrictly limited to 25 places. Book early to avoid disappointment

LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY DURING WORLD WAR IITuesday 11 March 2014Exploring life on the home front and some of the town’s incredible

contributions towards the war effort.

THE PIONEER YEARSTuesday 8 April 2014A look at the very earliest days of Letchworth Garden City and

some of the unique people that made their home here.

GARDENS IN LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITYTuesday 6 May 2014A green-fingered look at the history of Letchworth’s gardens

and open spaces.

FATHER ADRIAN FORTESCUE ANDTHE CHURCH OF ST. HUGH OF LINCOLNTuesday 17 June 2014A look back at this fascinating man and the history of

the town’s church he founded.

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To book a place visit

www.garden-cities-exhibition.com

or call01462 476070

Letchworth FilmClub is run by local volunteers who enjoy quality movies in the friendly and informal atmosphere of Broadway Cinema. The club operates independently of the cinema – with the support of the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation.

The FilmClub puts on an annual season of twelve films between September and June. The programme is financed by membership subscriptions, ticket sales and a grant from the Arts Council for North Hertfordshire, which is gratefully acknowledged.

Letchworth FilmClub membership entitles you to entry to all the club’s films plus:

• 10% discount on all items at David’s two shops (excludes special offers, £5 minimum spend).

• The right to vote for titles for next season.

Films are shown at 19:45 on Sunday evenings (usually the first Sunday of the month).

Membership from just £33 per season/£28 Concession Guests: £5 on the door/£4 Concession

To sign up to the FilmClub mailing list email: info@letchworthfilmclub.com

FILM CLUB LISTINGSKOSMOS (12A) Sunday 2 March 2014, 19:45 at Broadway Cinema

Dir: Erden. Turkey/Bulgaria, 2009. 122 mins

Arriving in a small Turkish town, a stranger called Kosmos strikes up a strange relationship with a local single mother.

THIS IS NOT A FILM (U) Sunday 16 March 2014, 19:45 at Broadway Cinema

Dir: Panahi. Iran, 2011. 74 mins.

The director is under house arrest pending appeal on a six-year prison

sentence and faces a 20-year ban on making films. This is not a film, but a

message in a bottle.

LORE (15) Sunday 6 April 2014, 19:45 at Broadway Cinema

Dir: Shortland. Germany/Austria/UK, 2012. 109 mins.

Germany 1945. Allied forces are sweeping the country looking for war criminals. Panic in a bourgeois household of a senior Nazi officer; papers are burnt, arrests are made. Lore is left to care for her four siblings.

BROKEN (15) Sunday 11 May 2014, 19:45 at Broadway Cinema

Dir: Norris. UK, 2012. 91 mins.

London, the present. 11-year old Skunk lives with her lawyer father, Archie, and au pair. Events turn comfortable suburbia into chaos as she makes her way in life.

BEFORE THE REVOLUTION (X) Sunday 1 June 2014, 19:45 at Broadway Cinema

Dir: Bertolucci. Italy, 1964. 112 mins.

A middle-class youth, living in Parma, considers his own life and attitudes before opting for conformity.

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To find out more about plans to bring

live theatre to the stage at Broadway Cinema visit www.broadway-cinema

.com/theatreproject

For all theatre, music and visual arts events visit www.letchworth.com/artsandculture or call Letchworth Tourist Information Centre on 01462 487868

To buy tickets for cinema screenings or for Great Expectations visit the Broadway Cinema Box Office or book online at www.broadway-cinema.com

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ARTS & CULTURE CALENDAR

FOR A FULL LIST OF WHAT’S

ON IN LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY VISITwww.letchworthgc.com

Event Date Location

War Horse Recorded Encore Sun 02 Mar Broadway Cinema

A Vision of Utopia March – April Various

The Table: Blind Summit Fri 07 Mar St Francis Theatre

War Horse Recorded Encore Mon 10 Mar Broadway Cinema

The Sleeping Beauty Wed 19 Mar Broadway Cinema

Alvin Sputnik Fri 21 Mar Letchworth Arts Centre

The Sleeping Beauty Recorded Encore Sun 23 Mar Broadway Cinema

Vikings Live Thu 24 Apr Broadway Cinema

The Winter’s Tale Mon 28 Apr Broadway Cinema

King Lear Thu 01 May Broadway Cinema

Henry IV Part I Wed 14 May Broadway Cinema

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Recorded Encore Thu 22 May Broadway Cinema

Maxim Rysanov and Alexander Sitkovetsky Tue 10 Jun Spirella Ballroom

Great Expectations Wed 11 Jun Broadway Cinema

A Small Family Business Thu 12 Jun Broadway Cinema

Henry IV Part II Wed 18 Jun Broadway Cinema

Manon Lescaut Tue 24 Jun Broadway Cinema

We recommend booking in advance to avoid disappointment.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of all information. However, please double check before making your journey.