NHS founder film just the medicine
Michael Sheen plays the titular Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the creator of the NHS.
Written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island), this epic new Welsh fantasia, Nye (12A), is not to be missed and it is being shown on the big screens at both the Robert Burns Centre film Theatre and Annan Lonsdale Cinema on Tuesday at 7pm.
Broadcast live from the Olivier stage of the National Theatre, the Event Cinema production sees Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan confronted with death and his deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.
Swan Lake remains to this day one of the best-loved works in the classical ballet canon – and fans in the region have the chance to watch an epic performance by the Royal Ballet this week.
Under the Event Cinema banner, Royal Ballet Swan Lake will be performed live from Covent Garden onto the screens at both the Annan Lonsdale Cinema and the RBCFT in Dumfries on Wednesday from 7.15pm to 10.45pm, including two intervals.
Tchaikovsky’s sensational score combines with the evocative imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane to heighten the dramatic pathos of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov’s quintessential ballet classic.
Out hunting, Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans. One among them transforms into the beautiful human Odette and he is immediately enamoured. But Odette is bound by a spell which keeps her captive as a swan during the day. Can Siegfried free her?