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Decades of Musicals

Sunday 3rd May: 7:30 p.m. - Film: Show Boat (1936)

Sing-a-long-a-Sunday! The first stop on our monthly jazz-hands journey through the decades via the glorious medium of musical film. More Info

Sunday 7th June: 7:30 p.m. - Film: 42nd Street (1933)

The quintessential "backstage" musical More Info

Sunday 6th September: 7:30 p.m. - Film: An American In Paris (1951)

We push on through to the fifties with this Gene Kelly / Vincente Minnelli classic. The story of ex-G.I. Jerry's (Gene Kelly) sojourn in Paris, this has everything you could ask for in a musical. Gems such as 'I Got Rhythm', Embraceable You and Nice Work If You Can Get It, glorious Technicolor (as ever) and an 18 minute long mini-ballet. Quite possibly why celluloid was dreamt up. More Info

Sunday 4th October: 7:30 p.m. - Film: Jailhouse Rock (1957)

1950s musical More Info

Sunday 1st November: 7:30 p.m. - Film: Kiss Me Kate (1953)

"The Greatest of all Great MGM Musicals!" Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew meets Cole Porter in this play within a musical within a film. Originally filmed in 3D - expect a surfeit of objects thrown at the camera as well as classic ditties 'So In Love', 'Too Darn Hot' and (in canny preparation for next week's festival of the same name!) 'Wunderbar'. Keep your eyes peeled for the Bob Fosse cameo. More Info

Sunday 6th December: 7:30 p.m. - Film: The Proud Valley (1940)

Musical or manifesto? More Info

Sunday 10th January: 7:30 p.m. - Film: Les Demoiselles De Rochefort (1967)

Agnes Varda and Jacques Demy collaborate directing the charming Catherine Deneuve and Gene Kelly. Its a companion piece to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 using the same magical combination of a Michel Legrand score, immaculate kitsch art direction and a romantic story line to make the heart sing too. More Info

Sunday 7th February: 7:30 p.m. - Film: THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

'The Hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years'. Come and see this ever-favourite Hollywood musical. Every song is a classic that you will want to belt out, or whistle, or hum, or mime while you watch the story of love, fun and song unfold on screen. More Info

Sunday 4th April: 7:30 p.m. - Film: New York, New York (1977)

Scorsese's homage to the 1940's MGM musical and to the titular city. Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro pair-up as lovers who struggle through the post WW11 entertainment industry, singing Kander and Ebb classics as they go. Not nearly as much froth as you might expect from a musical. Ticket includes apple pie! More Info

Sunday 6th June: TO BE CONFIRMED, 7:30 p.m. - Film: Decades of Musicals: Peau D'ane (1970)

Sunday 5th September: TO BE CONFIRMED, 7:30 p.m. - Film: Decades of Musicals