KINO-TEATR

A new exhibition in the lead up to Christmas.

A selection of paintings with a vague connection to the festive season.

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Directed by the Oscar and Bafta winning director Sir Steve McQueen, starring Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn, The Outrun) and Harris Dickinson (Triangle of Sadness). Follow the stories of a group of Londoners during the events of the British capital bombing in World War II

'A monumental achievement in British cinema' ★★★★★ The Independent

'A thrilling, moving, morally provoking odyssey'★★★★★ The Telegraph

'Blitz is a moving love letter to London' ★★★★★ Metro

'McQueen grips you until the final moments' Observer

Antonio Forcione and Sarah Jane Morris are an acoustic Jimi
Hendrix and a politicised Janis Joplin. They cover a broad spectrum of
music from Acoustic Soul to African Blues, from Motown to Township.
This formidable musical pairing is unique and can bring laughter and
tears.

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Famed for her association with the ‘Communards’ in the mid-80s (the
fabulous hit “Don’t leave me this way” is still requested at every
party!) and infamous for a banned rendition of the classic ‘Me and Mrs
Jones’, Sarah Jane Morris has always attracted as much attention for
her politics as for her soul-driven voice. Numerous solo albums later,
pop stardom on the continent, and a diverse set of musical
collaborations on record, film and stage, Morris continues to steer her
unorthodox career to greater heights.

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Hailed as the 'Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar', award-winning
Forcione is considered one of the most charismatic and inventive
performers to come out of Europe in recent years. He breaks the
mould of most conventional, popular guitar sounds be it in the field of
jazz, Spanish, African, Brazilian or improvised music. International
tours have brought high critical acclaim from as far as Australia and
Hong Kong to Russia, Africa, Cuba, the Caribbean, USA and all over
Europe. Artistic, intense, and formidably inventive, Antonio is a performer of
genuine distinction. Ever unpredictable, his is a celebration of the
unexpected elements in life, a music of rare delicacy, humour and, not
least, passion.

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'A voice that can excite shivers of passion and delight … Soaring,
swooping, sensual and sophisticated, this voice is more than a style,
it’s a force of nature … Torch song, soul standard or smoky blues, the
message remains constant: human passion with a dazzling voice'
Neil Spencer, The Observer on Sarah Jane Morris

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'A performer of world class status ... forceful and with an enviable
technique, he takes the guitar to new levels of expression combining
its melodic powers with dramatic percussive effects. Forcione boldly
goes where no guitarist has gone before and the results are quite
spectacular ... miss him at your peril' The Stage on Antonio
Forcione

Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Festival, Anora is a romantic comedy-drama directed by Sean Baker. The story follows the beleaguered marriage between Brooklyn stripper Anora (Mikey Madison, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood) and the son of a Russian oligarch Ivan Zakharov (Mark Eydelshteyn, Pravednik), and features a supporting cast of Yura Borisov (Compartment No.6), Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan (Lost&Found in Armenia) and Aleksei Serebryakov (McMafia). 

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‘Anora plays like a wild dream — first joyous, then catastrophic and always fiercely unpredictable‘ New York Times

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‘There was something about it that reminded us of the classic structures of Lubitsch or Howard Hawks, and then it did something completely truthful and unexpected’ Greta Gerwig, director (Ladybird, Barbie)

This Christmas, be transported into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true. 

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This enchanting ballet was written by Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev with choreography by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton.

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Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953) wrote two of the greatest 20th-century ballet scores, Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella. His symphonic fairytale Peter and the Wolf has frequently been adapted for dance. His many operas include The Love for Three Oranges, The Gambler, Betrothal in a Monastery and War and Peace.

In 1939, Frederick Ashton first began to consider creating a full-length work, the Company's first three-act ballet. Inspired by other balletic adaptations of Cinderella coming out of Russia, Ashton chose to create his own version of Charles Perrault’s famous rags-to-riches story. Set to Prokofiev’s exquisite score, the ballet received its premiere in 1948, featuring Moira Shearer and Michael Somes in the lead roles.

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The designs of this production of Cinderella are heavily influenced by nature and flowers. As the Fairy Godmother and the Seasons’ fairies come into Cinderella’s world, the muted tones of the family living room are taken over by a burst of colour. The creative team behind the exquisite world of Cinderella includes set designer Tom Pye (My Neighbour Totoro, Olivier award for Best Set Design), costume designer Alexandra Byrne (Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Academy Award for Best Costume Design), lighting designer David Finn (Brokeback Mountain), video designer Finn Ross (Les Miserables, Frozen) and illusions by Chris Fisher (Harry Potter and The Cursed Child)

Adrian Dunbar (Line of Duty, Ridley) and Tony Award winning  Stephanie J. Block (Into The Woods, The Cher Show) lead a stellar cast in a sizzling new 5-star production of Kiss Me, Kate, filmed live at the Barbican in London especially for the big screen. 

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Cole Porter’s legendary musical comedy has backstage shenanigans, Shakespearean sonnets and singing gangsters – not to mention a romance that’s just too darn hot – and a full-scale orchestra performing the show tune classics Brush Up Your Shakespeare, Too Darn Hot, Always True To You (In my Fashion) and Tom, Dick or Harry. A simple love story about two people who just can’t stand each other, Kiss Me Kate is unmissable all-zinging entertainment. 

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Running time: 160 mins

'A glorious Golden Age spectacular' ★★★★★ The Telegraph

'Great songs, hot dancing, smart gags and glorious characters'

★★★★★  Daily Mail

HIPCC third prize winner in 2022, Mariamna Sherling is a pianist of enormous talent and versatility. She wowed audiences in the final round with her performance of the Prokofiev concerto, and then again in 2023 when she returned to Hastings with the first prize winner Shunta Morimoto for a gala concert at the White Rock Theatre.

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Now we’re very pleased to welcome her to Kino-Teatr with a recital she has devised with the Christmas season in mind, encompassing music by Bach, Liszt, Pletnev and Tchaikovsky, including the concert suite from the ballet The Nutcracker. 

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Black Tie event.

Amongst the towering landscape of the Swiss Alps, a gifted young physicist meets an elusive pianist – one who knows things about him that he’s never told another living soul. Before he knows it, his curiosity traps him inside a mind-bending metaphysical web of murder and mystery. Set in 1962, against the backdrop of Cold War tensions and a world of paranoid conspiracy, the secrets that lie beneath the mountains are slowly revealed as his investigations deepen and the gripping truth is revealed. 

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Drawing on the cinema of masters like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch and Fritz Lang, director Timm Kröger impeccably blends past and present, reality and the surreal, to create something utterly unique. Ambitious, compelling and visually breathtaking, The Universal Theory is a lush cinematic mystery not to be missed.

Directed by Timm Kröger and starring Jan Bülow & Olivia Ross. In German with English subtitles. 

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★★★★ 'This wonderfully slippery Hitchcockian sci-fi is an elegant puzzle box full of ingenious ideas' Time Out

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'Superbly crafted' Variety

The Real Roger Moore, directed by Jack Cocker.

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In collaboration with Roger Moore’s family and with access for the first time to personal archive and footage, this definitive feature length documentary will chart the extraordinary life and influence of a British icon.

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Roger Moore’s significance as a pop culture figure has often been overlooked. In this film his legacy will be reassessed and reframed, revealing him as an actor who came to define an era and represented a new kind of masculinity. His James Bond was a departure from the ruggedness of Sean Connery, he was funny, stylish, even a little camp. And the world loved him for it.

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The film will delve into the man behind the smooth persona, attempting to understand the actor and what made him tick on a deeper level than we’ve seen before. In public appearances and interviews he was always breezy and uncomplicated but underneath there were surprising insecurities and dysfunctional relationships.

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Through accounts by those who knew him best, including two of his children, we will peel back the layers to uncover The Real Roger Moore.
 

Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive treat for the whole family. Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs bring festive charm to Peter Wright’s beloved Royal Ballet production, as fairytale magic comes together with spectacular dancing in this unforgettable classic ballet.

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Captured live December 2023
Running time: 165 minutes, one interval.

Simon&thePope will play some of their trademark hypnotic drum, bass and spoken word grooves, to help while away that anticipatory hour before The Bavard Bar. 

The Christmas Bavard Bar is always an extra special show, but this year promises to be so good we’re doing it twice! Join us either Wednesday 18th December or Friday 20th December to take part in the fun.

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In addition to the usual mix of fabulous speakers sharing their unique and extraordinary passions and the hilarious highjinx of KP Lite, Oojah Kappivvy, Bohemia Road, Make It Stop and Pearl or Dean, we are, thanks to Kamikaze Komedy, joined by extra special guest and top comic... Tony Law! (Have I Got News For You, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, etc.) who will round off the night with a set of his wonderfully surreal and absurdist comedy!

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Piano Man Dan, Bav-artist Maria O’Neill, Marky Sparky and your glittering MC, Tim B’vard will of course also be there to manage the madness and guide you through this jam-packed evening – don’t miss it!

A 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift, which Philip Van Doren Stern self-published in 1943 and which is in turn loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol.

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​The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his personal dreams, in order to help others in his community, and whose thoughts of suicide on Christmas Eve bring about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody.

The welcome return of Liane Carroll to Kino-Teatr, accompanied by Roger Carey on bass and Russell Field on drums.

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London born, Hastings raised, award-winning singer-pianist Liane Carroll is one of the UK's greatest musical treasures. A soulful, emotive singer, Liane is capable of reducing other singers and listeners alike to tears with her heartbreaking ability to live a lyric or make them jump with joy with her breathless vocal virtuosity.

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What really makes Carroll stand out is that she sings every song as if she wrote it. Classically trained since she was three, Carroll is a superb pianist and her unique ability to inhabit a lyric is underpinned by a true musicality that lifts her interpretations into the realms of art in their own right.

Celebrating the Twelfth Night of Christmas or Noche de Reyes, one of the main holidays in Spain, Kino-Teatr's favourite flamenco dancer Jesus Olmedo will be joined by Demi Garcia, Adrian Sola & Araceli Garcia.

Holding  100% score at Rotten Tomatoes reviews website, Head South is the director Jonathan Ogilvie’s autobiographical fiction set in 1979 Christchurch, New Zealand. The film premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2014. 

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Angus, alone for a couple of weeks with his world-weary father, is drawn into the underground post-punk music scene. Desperate to fit in with this magnetic but fickle subculture, Angus distances himself from his true friends and lies about his musical abilities to his new 'friends'. Caught out by his own deceit he must become the musician he pretended to be. With the support of his friends, especially the talented Kirsten, Angus navigates self-doubt, derision, harmful behaviour and a family tragedy to take the stage for the first time.

Four women: four curious love stories. Juan Diego Flórez leads a fantastic cast in Offenbach's dream-like opera.

Through the haze of the years, a poet remembers the women he loved. But when it comes to matters of the heart, nothing is as it seems. Particularly when the devil himself is involved…  

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Journeying back to his school days, Hoffmann relives his childhood romance with Olympia, a model student in every sense. Doomed love follows him into adulthood, where the dancer, Antonia, is taken from him too soon. Meanwhile, the sensual courtesan Giulietta has her own secret agenda. As memory and fantasy becomes increasingly blurred, will Hoffmann find the enigmatic Stella before it is too late?

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New Production captured live November 2024

Running time: 245 minutes with two intervals
Sung in French with subtitles

A narrative of musical sketches from the northern landscapes of Grieg’s native fjords to the mystery of the Baltic Sea surrounding the snowy shoreline of Estonia. The programme includes Edvard Grieg (Norway), Ester Mägi (Estonia, 1922 – 2021) and Lūcija Garūta (Latvia,1902 – 1977)

Eva Maria Doroszkowska is a concert pianist. Born in Poland, she studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and completed her postgraduate studies in Amsterdam. She was awarded a scholarship to the Royal Danish Academy Soloist Programme and specialises in the Eastern European Composers. 

This is Shaolin Caravan.

The duo of Paul May and Duke Garwood with special guests. 

Playing all the hits and giving the deepest duende only pure music can provide. 

A History of Jazz Piano with Neil Bullock on drums and Paul Morgan on Bass.

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This show features music from Jelly Roll Morton through to Chick Corea with tributes to many well known players (including J. P Johnson, Fats Waller, Bill Evans, Thelonius Monk, Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner and Art Tatum) as well as some lesser known personal favourites (e.g. Dodo Marmarosa and Willie ‘the Lion’ Smith).

For this extravaganza Mike is joined by two superb musicians: Neil Bullock who recently wowed the audience at the Kino with his drumming on 'Concert by the Sea' and Paul Morgan, considered by many to be the UK's number one jazz bassist.

Hannah Shilvock is a bass clarinetist who has recently played at the Royal Opera House, Chichester Cathedral, St George's Bristol & Chapel Royal Brighton. She performs alongside a wonderful pianist, Viola Lenzi.  

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​Viola Lenzi was born in Italy and studied at a Conservatoire in Livorno before coming to London and completing her postgraduate advanced diploma at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music. 

The Bavard Bar. "A delightful blend of TED, comedy and Radio 4. Sort of."

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Three passionate speakers. Three distinct passions. From meteorites to crop circles, circuit-bending to the James Bond theme on Kazoo, you never know what you're going to hear as passions are kept secret until the night.

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Interspersed with nonsense including the KP Lite, Oojah Kappivvy, Bohemia Road and 'Make it Stop’. With music from Piano Man Dan playing songs themed around the night's passions, bav-artistry from Maria O’Neill, and all hosted by MC Tim B'vard.

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The Bavard Bar. "Avoiding life’s questions to give you the answers."

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. 

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While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.

 
Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation, and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.

180 mins

Following the smash hit success of his Silver Jubilee show ( ★★★★★ Telegraph) Luke Wright returns to Kino-Teatr with a new set of poems that get to grips with the idea of JOY. Is it possible, as a 42 year old to feel pure unbridled happiness, and what does it look like?

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With a mix of the of the comic and the wistful, JOY takes in consumerism, boozing, cancer scares, abseiling vicars, and the joy of language itself. We might have to go down to come up, but we’ll get there in the end. Come let a little joy into your life with a raconteur and wordsmith at the top of his game!

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'Breathtaking … with a sharpness and wisdom that lifts the soul, and soothes the battered heart' ★★★★ The Scotsman

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'Britain’s finest performance poet' ★★★★★ Life As Theatre 

Can poetry capture joy? Let’s find out. The Fringe’s favourite poet returns with stacks of brilliant, big-hearted poems that get to grips with joy in mulchy middle-age. 

'Winning combination of honesty, humour, ire and wonder' ★★★★★ Stage

Supported by Colchester Arts Centre