Show Me Shorts 2024: The Sampler
Thursday 24 October 2024
7:00 PM
Highlights of the festival are collected together in this package of short films. Equal parts moving and silly, you’ll find here stories of triumph, friendship, fantastic creatures, and familial love. Stars include the likes of Joanna Lumley and Ben Whishaw, alongside local actors who shine. An excellent way to sample Show Me Shorts like a box of chocolates. Join us for some sweet treats!
Space available: 50+
Saturday 2 November 2024
1:00 PM
Ancient Babylon comes to life in this classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze portrays Nabucco, the King of Babylon, who is supernaturally driven mad when he proclaims himself God, then restored to health when he repents. Rating M | run time 3 hrs 5 mins (excluding intermission)
Space available: 50+
ART BEATS: Botticelli - Florence & The Medici
Thursday 7 November 2024
7:00 PM
Beauty, creativity, genius: the Renaissance Florence of Lorenzo de' Medici
Space available: 50+
Thursday 21 November 2024
7:00 PM
Rafo is a divorced father in his forties who lives like a single in his twenties until his cute and determined 11-year-old daughter, Margarita, knocks on his door and moves into his home without previous notice. The life of Rafo will give a dramatic, chaotic and funny shake-up through which he will discover himself and other people like Claudia, his pretty neighbor. Margarita will change the life of Rafo and everybody around her, forever. Country: Peru Language: Spanish (With English subs) Genre: Comedy
Space available: 50+
Friday 22 November 2024
6:00 PM
When a family becomes concerned about their mother’s well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83 year-old man who becomes a new resident–and a mole inside the home, who struggles to balance his assignment with becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents. Country: Chile Language: Spanish (With English subs) Genre: Documentary
Space available: 50+
Friday 22 November 2024
8:00 PM
Adoniran Barbosa, an old samba legend, tells a young waiter stories from his past in a São Paulo city that no longer exists. He recalls an old house where he used to live with his dearest friends Joca and Mato Grosso, their quest for the love of Iracema and other stories and characters that were eternalized in his songs, chronicles of a metropolis where real estate speculation rules. Country: Brazil Language: Portuguese (With English subs) Genre: Biographical/drama
Space available: 50+
Saturday 23 November 2024
4:00 PM
In 1979 Cuba, flamboyant gay artist Diego (Jorge Perugorría) attempts to seduce the straight and strait-laced David (Vladimir Cruz), an idealistic young communist, and fails dismally. But David conspires to be "friends" with Diego so he can monitor the artist's subversive life for the state. As Diego and David discuss politics, individuality and personal expression in Castro's Cuba, a genuine friendship develops between the two. Can it last in such an oppressive environment? Country: Cuba Language: Spanish (With English subs) Genre: Romantic comedy
Space available: 50+
Saturday 23 November 2024
7:00 PM
Thirty four year old Goyo, a former open water swimming champion, has been hiding out in the desert. Wrongly accused of doping in the Santa Fe-Coronda Marathon, a 57 kilometer river swim, he has abandoned his career and his dreams. Eight years later, Goyo returns to Santa Fe where the marathon will be held again to try to re-gain his title and clear his name. However, long buried emotions come back to haunt him. He meets Chino, a stubborn and disciplined pool swimmer, who tries hard to be selected for the national team, but fails. Identifying with Chino, Goyo asks him to be his guide on the boat that follows him during the marathon. Country: Argentina Language: Spanish (With English subs) Genre: Drama
Space available: 50+
Sunday 24 November 2024
4:00 PM
Amaia has just become a mother and realizes that she doesn't really know how to be one. When her partner goes away for several weeks because of his job, she decides to go to her parents' house, in a lovely coastal village in the Basque Country, and so share the responsibility of looking after her baby. What Amaia doesn't know is that, even though she is a mother now, she is still a daughter. Country: Spain Language: Spanish and Vasco (With English subs) Genre: Drama
Space available: 50+
Sunday 24 November 2024
7:00 PM
The Load is a story of action and romance that takes place in New Spain at the end of the 16th century. It tells of the intense and dynamic journey of a Tameme indigenous man and a young Spanish noblewoman through the vast landscapes of the New World in search of justice. Country: Mexico Language: Spanish and Nahuatl (With English subs) Genre: Drama
Space available: 50+
Nat Theatre Live | The Motive and the Cue
Thursday 5 December 2024
6:00 PM
Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play. Rating PG | run time 2 hrs 50 mins
Space available: 50+
