The Metropolitan Opera: La Sonnambula

The Metropolitan Opera: La Sonnambula

Following triumphant Met turns in Roméo et Juliette, La Traviata, and Lucia di Lammermoor, Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found. In his...
NT Live – Mrs Warren’s Profession

NT Live – Mrs Warren’s Profession

Mrs. Warren’s Profession Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic. Vivie Warren is a...
Film Club – Genevieve (1953)

Film Club – Genevieve (1953)

Hailsham Pavilion Film Club Presents… Genevieve (1953) It ought to be illegal to let “Genevieve” on the streets! Overview Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home. Film...
The Royal Ballet: La Fille mal gardée

The Royal Ballet: La Fille mal gardée

Lise, the only daughter of Widow Simone, is in love with the young farmer Colas, but her mother has far more ambitious plans for her. Simone hopes to marry her off to Alain, the son of the wealthy proprietor Thomas. Desperate to marry Colas rather than Alain, Lise...