Spring Brochure 2020

Quarterhouse
LIVE SCREENING
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE
(ENCORE)
Fidelio
Sunday 22 March, 2pm |
Tickets £12, £10 conc/member
Beethoven’s only opera is an
uplifting story of risk and triumph.
In this new production, conducted
by Antonio Pappano, Jonas
Kaufmann plays the political
prisoner Florestan, and Lise
Davidsen his wife Leonore who
daringly sets out to rescue him.
Tobias Kratzer’s new staging brings
together the dark reality of the
French Revolutionary ‘Terror’ and
our own time to illuminate Fidelio’s
inspiring message of shared
humanity.
THEATRE
FILM
DOC CLUB
Shooting the Mafia (cert 18)
Wednesday 25 March, 7.30pm | Tickets £5,
£4 conc/members
In the streets of Sicily, beautiful, gutsy Letizia
Battaglia pointed her camera straight into the
heart of the Mafia that surrounded her and
began to shoot. The striking, life-threatening
photos she took documenting the rule of the
Cosa Nostra define her career.
Shooting the Mafia weaves together
Battaglia’s striking black-and-white
photographs, rare archival footage, classic
Italian films and the now 84-year-old’s own
memories to paint a portrait of a remarkable
woman whose bravery and defiance helped
expose the Mafia’s brutal crimes.
A skype Q&A will follow the screening,
hosted by Violet Pictures.
A MR AND MRS CLARK PRODUCTION
Louder Is Not Always Clearer
Performed by Jonny Cotsen
Thursday 26 March, 7.30pm | Pay What You Decide
Jonny is a teacher, a workshop leader and an avid football fan. He’s just become a father.
His friends say that he’s outgoing and that he loves music, festivals and nightclubs. Jonny is deaf.
He was born deaf to hearing parents who were afraid that disability would stigmatise their son
and the family.
An honest portrayal of the vulnerability of a deaf man, created and performed by a deaf man.
For a hearing audience it is an illuminating and emotional experience. For deaf audience members
the show is a familiar tale of misunderstanding and isolation. For all audiences it is a humorous and
moving story of one man’s attempt to cope, to fit in and be accepted.
Creative Folkestone 18 quarterhouse_uk 01303 760750
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