Ballet, Broadway dreams, crime caper, car race and a genius’ teenage years
Cinema programme at Stephen Joseph Theatre includes Ealing Studios’ Lavender Hill Mob, Amy Winehouse bio-pic Back to Black and Ralph Fiennes as Macbeth
Classic comedy and dazzling new dramas are on offer at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre in May. Film programmer Steve Carley said: “A busy month for theatre fans: from the ROH we have three magnificent live streamings; there’s Ralph Fiennes as Macbeth, filmed live at London’s Dock X; the latest in the Big Screen Musicals season, with 42nd Street – The Musical, and Michael Sheen in the National Theatre’s hit production, Nye.”
Films at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in May are:
ROH Live: Carmen (sung in French with English subtitles): Damiano Michieletto’s sizzling new production evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet’s score, which features Carmen’s sultry Habanera and the rousing Toreador Song. Wednesday, May 1 at 6.45pm The Trust Fall: Julian Assange: A powerful documentary of how WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange went from being feted for giving a new definition to press freedom to ending up a high security prisoner in HM Prison Belmarsh.
Thursday, May 2 at 1.45pm and Friday, May 3 at 7.45pm
Macbeth: Ralph Feinnes and Indira Varma: A couple corrupted by their relentless lust for power have blood on their hands. Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma bring Shakespeare's gripping tale of power and revenge to life.
Look out for set and costume design by Frankie Bradshaw, whose designs for the Stephen Joseph Theatre include Di and Viv and Rose, and Jess and Joe Forever.
Thursday, May 2 at 7.45pm and Friday, May 3 at 1.45pm
Civil War: Written and directed by Alex Garland, this dystopian war movie stars Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno and Nick Offerman, and focuses on a team of journalists travelling across the States during a rapidly escalating Second American
Civil War.
Saturday, May 4 at 2.45pm and 7.45pm; Tuesday, May 7, Wednesday, May 8 at 7.45pm; Thursday May 9 at 1.45pm
NT Live: Nye: Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.
The epic new Welsh fantasia is written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris.
Thursday, May 9 at 7pm; Friday May 10 at 1.45pm.
Back to Black: A new biopic based on the life of Amy Winehouse, played by Marisa Abela. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, the film also stars Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville.
Friday, May 10 at 7.45pm; Saturday, May 11 at 2.45pm and 7.45pm; Monday MY 13, Tuesday, May 14 at 7.45pm; Thursday, May 16 at 1.45pm and 7.45pm; Friday, May 17 at 1.45pm. Approximate running time: 122 minutes
Big Screen Musicals: 42nd Street – The Musical: The story of Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes who gets her big break on Broadway.
This is the largest-ever staging of the Tony Award-winning musical, filmed live at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane.
Friday, May 7 at 7pm and Saturday May 18 at 2.45pm. First ever 4K restoration of the classic 1950s British crime com
The Lavender Hill Mob:
edy about a meek bank clerk who hatches a plan to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers. Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James and Audrey Hepburn star.
Saturday, May 18 at 7.45pm, Monday, May 20 at 7.45pm, Thursday, May 23 at 1.45pm
Perfect Days (Japanese with English subtitles): Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo: a life of simplicity and daily tranquility.
The highly anticipated return to feature filmmaking of Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire), Perfect Days celebrates the hidden joys and minutiae of Japanese culture.
Tuesday, May 21 and Thursday, May 23 at 7.45pm
ROH Live: The Winter’s Tale: Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Christopher Wheeldon’s ballet is an award-winning modern classic adapted from Shakespeare’s profound story of love and loss. Wednesday, May 22 at 7.15pm The Great Race (1965 – dementia-friendly screening): At the turn of the 20th Century, a host of colourful characters set out on a 20,000-mile auto race from New York to Paris; madcap hilarity ensues – including the biggest custard pie fight ever filmed.
Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood star in the Oscar-winning slapstick comedy. With a short introduction and tea/coffee break
Friday, May 24 at 1pm
Big Banana Feet: Rarely seen since its initial release, this documentary follows Billy Connolly on his 1975 Irish tour. A comedy charmer, which can now be seen in all its glory thanks to a BFI restoration, featuring iconic stand-up material alongside fascinating behindthe-scenes glimpses.
Friday, May 24 at 7.45pm, Saturday, May 25 at 2.45pm and 7.45pm
Challengers: Romantic drama starring Zendaya as former tennis prodigy turned coach Tashi, married to a champion (Mike Faist) on a losing streak. Her strategy for his redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against his former best friend and her former boyfriend (Josh O’Connor).
Tuesday, May 28, Wednesday, May 29 at 7.45pm; Thursday, May 30 and Friday, May 31 at 1.45pm
ROH Live: Message in a Bottle: Acclaimed dance theatre production set to the music of
Sting. The international refugee crisis is at the centre of this imagined story about a displaced family, and a universal tale of loss, fear, survival, hope and love. Songs include Every Breath You Take, Roxanne and Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, in new arrangements. Thursday, May 30 at 7.20pm Moviedrome: Young Einstein (1988): Yahoo Serious writes, directs and stars as the young scientist who turns the science community upside down with discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock ‘n’ roll. Moviedrome brings you the chance to discover, or rediscover, cinema that's cult, classic or somewhere in between. Each film has an intro from film expert George Cromack. Friday, May 31 at 7.45pm Cinema tickets at the Stephen Joseph Theatre for films are £8 (concessions £7; Circle members/NHS/under-30s £6); Exhibition on Screen films, £12; event cinema, live and delayed live streamings, £18.
Dementia-friendly films: £6 and carers go free.
To book, call the box office on (01723) 370541 or visit the theatre’s website: www.sjt. uk.com