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HARTING FILM NIGHT AT THE COMMUNITY HALL
Thursday 12th March @7.30
The Ballad of Wallis ISland
Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island, dreams of getting his favourite musical duo, Mortimer-McGwyer (Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden), back together. His fantasy quickly turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
WHY SEE THIS FILM? It is a charm
“Prepare for a shock in The Ballad of Wallis Island. The film is a British comedy low in budget and high in whimsy, a combination I for one have learned to dread. And yet the movie is a delight — just the right side of zany, perfectly askew.” Financial Times
“It dodges rom-com formula at every turn in favour of affable comfy-jumper characters, sprightly one-liners and soothing tunes.” The Times
“I loved pretty much every minute of this enormously engaging picture, which reminded me in some ways of Bill Forsyth's 1983 charmer Local Hero.” Daily Mail
“Warm, perceptive and quietly life-affirming.” Empire
The doors and bar open at 7pm and the film commences at 7.30pm, with one interval when the bar will be open and ice creams sold. There is no charge to see the film, but entrance to the hall will be in return for making a donation, suggested £6, to Harting Community Hall Trust.
AT THE HARTING COMMUNITY HALL
SATURDAY 7th MARCH @7.00pm
Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award® -winning hit production, directed by Stephen Daldry.
For 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II met with each of her 12 prime ministers in a private weekly meeting. This meeting is known as The Audience. From Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron, the Queen advised her prime ministers on matters both public and personal. Through these private audiences, we see glimpses of the woman behind the crown and witness the moments that shaped a monarch.
‘Wholly tremendous.’ Daily Telegraph - ‘Funny and truthful.’ The Times
‘Helen Mirren is superb.’ Evening Standard - ‘Helen Mirren dazzles again as the Queen.’ Metro - ★★★★★ Times and Telegraph
The doors and bar will open at 6.30pm. Film starts at 7.00pm. There will one interval when the bar will be open and ice creams sold. Tickets, LIMITED IN NUMBER so please buy in advance, are £15 each. They can be purchased in advance from the Harting Stores or can also be reserved by emailing: Hartingfilms@mail.com and paid for on the door.
Link to The National Theatre Live - https://www.ntlive.com/
OPERA From GLYNDEBOURNE
Saturday 21st March @6pm
DON PASQUALE
Don Pasquale is a comic opera ( opera buffa) about a wealthy, miserly old bachelor who, to spite his disobedient nephew Ernesto, decides to marry a young woman himself to produce an heir, only to be tricked by Ernesto's love, and his friend, into a fake marriage where the "innocent" bride transforms into a shrew, ultimately leading to the couple's happiness and Pasquale's comedic realization.
One of the reasons why Donizetti’s Don Pasquale is regarded as a cornerstone of the Italian comic opera tradition is because its characters are no mere commedia dell’arte stereotypes, but complex, vulnerable human beings. This is brought to the fore in Mariame Clément’s sensitive and perceptive production, which was hailed by the Financial Times as ‘a Glyndebourne classic’. Acclaimed buffo baritone Alessandro Corbelli sings the title role ‘with just the right degree of lugubriousness’, while Danielle de Niese, one of today’s most sought-after sopranos, is an ‘engaging’ and ‘irresistible’ Norina (The Telegraph). Bel canto specialist Enrique Mazzola conducts with flair and panache.
In the Glyndebourne tradition bring your own picnic for the dinner interval. Tables and chairs will be provided!
The doors and bar open at 5.30pm, the performance starts at 6pm, with a dinner interval (45 minutes) when picnics can be eaten, the bar will be open. Tickets £15 each are limited in number so they must be reserved from Hartingfilms@mail.com and paid for at the door with cash or card. Also, tables for 4 or 6 people can also be reserved.
