Apr 2024

Date/Time
Event
Description

An American in Paris – The Musical

18/04/2024
7:30 pm - 10:15 pm

This breathtakingly beautiful Tony Award-winning Broadway musical inspired by the Oscar winning MGM film, tells the impassioned story of discovering love in the ‘City of Light’.  Jerry Mulligan is an American GI striving to make it as a painter in a city suddenly bursting with hope and possibility.  Following a chance encounter with a beautiful young dancer named Lise, the streets of Paris become the backdrop to a sensuous, modern romance of art, friendship and love in the aftermath of war.  

Featuring the gorgeous music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin (including the classic hits, Wonderful and I Got Rhythm), stunning designs and show-stopping choreography, this incredible production received a record-setting 28 five-star reviews from the critics.


Io Capitano

19/04/2024 - 20/04/2024
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

The story of Seydou and Moussa, two Senegalese teenagers who leave Dakar to travel to Europe where they believe opportunities await. On a journey neither could have imagined, the boys face the dangers and the beauty of the desert, the shock of detention centres in Libya, and the perils of the sea in their pursuit of a better life, in an epic story that offers a deeply human perspective on the migrant crisis.

Directed by two-time BAFTA-nominee Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Tale of Tales), IO CAPITANO has been nominated for Best International Feature at the Academy Awards, and won the Silver Lion and Best Young Actor Awards at Venice Film Festival.


Io Capitano (matinee)

20/04/2024
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

The story of Seydou and Moussa, two Senegalese teenagers who leave Dakar to travel to Europe where they believe opportunities await. On a journey neither could have imagined, the boys face the dangers and the beauty of the desert, the shock of detention centres in Libya, and the perils of the sea in their pursuit of a better life, in an epic story that offers a deeply human perspective on the migrant crisis.

Directed by two-time BAFTA-nominee Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Tale of Tales), IO CAPITANO has been nominated for Best International Feature at the Academy Awards, and won the Silver Lion and Best Young Actor Awards at Venice Film Festival.


Drive Away Dolls

21/04/2024
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Ethan Coen’s lesbian crime caper follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.


On the Waterfront

22/04/2024
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny’s thugs, and later meets the dead man’s sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers


NT Live – Nye

23/04/2024
7:00 pm - 9:45 pm

Written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island), this epic new Welsh fantasia will be broadcast live from the National Theatre.
Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.


Wallingford on Film (matinee)

24/04/2024
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

A fundraising event for the Corn Exchange, two films featuring Wallingford will be shown for the bargain price of £5. ‘Wallingford: the story of an ancient town’ looks at the colour, drama and excitement of Wallingford’s long history, followed by ‘Map of Midsomer’, narrated by John Nettles and including various local people and places.


The Royal Ballet – Swan Lake

24/04/2024
7:15 pm - 10:45 pm

Classical ballet’s most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness returns to the Royal Opera House stage


Wallingford on Film

25/04/2024
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

A fundraising event for the Corn Exchange, two films featuring Wallingford will be shown for the bargain price of £5. ‘Wallingford: the story of an ancient town’ looks at the colour, drama and excitement of Wallingford’s long history, followed by ‘Map of Midsomer’, narrated by John Nettles and including various local people and places.


Ghostbusters – Frozen Empire

26/04/2024
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm

The Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.


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