MELKSHAM Assembly Hall is set to show more live entertainment, as well as blockbuster films on its very own big screen.
King Lear by William Shakespeare is to be screened live from the National Theatre on Thursday 1st May at 7.00pm. Tickets are £10 with doors opening at 6.00pm.
The next cinema screenings at Assembly Hall are: Saturday 26th April, 10.00am, Mr. Peabody & Sherman (U) and Friday 2nd May, 7.00pm, Dallas buyers Club (15)
For all showings tickets at 10.00am are £3 for under 15s and £4 for adults. All tickets from 5.00pm are £6 each. Doors open 30 minutes before the show and there is a licensed bar, tea and coffees.
Synopsis:
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (U): Mr. Peabody is a business titan, inventor, scientist, gourmand, two-time Olympic medalist and genius…who also happens to be a dog. Using his most ingenious invention, the WABAC machine, Mr. Peabody and his adopted boy Sherman hurtle back in time to experience world-changing events first-hand and interact with some of the greatest characters of all time. But when Sherman breaks the rules of time travel, our two heroes find themselves in a race to repair history and save the future.
Dallas Buyers Club (15): Dallas 1985. Electrician and sometimes rodeo bull rider Ron Woodroof lives hard, which includes heavy smoking, drinking, drug use (primarily cocaine) and casual sex. He is racist and homophobic. While in the hospital on a work related injury, the doctors discover and inform him that he is HIV+, and that he will most-likely die within thirty days. Ron is initially in angry denial that he would have a disease that only “faggots” have, but upon quick reflection comes to the realization that the diagnosis is probably true. He begins to read whatever research is available about the disease. As he cannot pay for any drug which may save or at least prolong his life, he goes searching for it by whatever means possible.
Live at Assembly Hall
King Lear (Live Screening): Academy Award winner Sam Mendes (James Bond: Skyfall, American Beauty) returns to the National Theatre to direct Simon Russell Beale (Timon of Athens, Collaborators) 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.
