Bealtaine 2018

This May, Brewery Lane Theatre & Arts Centre will host three FREE events

as part of the nationwide Bealtaine Programme :

Tuesday 8th May 8:15pm FILM - "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967)

A daughter arrives home to announce to her parents that she is about to wed a

brilliant research physician, who is black. This creates considerable social

turmoil for the upper-middle-class family. The young man tells the parents that unless

they give their unreserved consent he will not marry their daughter.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, directed by Stanley Kramer and written by

William Rose, is an exploration of the limits of racial tolerance disguised as a

romantic comedy.

Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn lead an all star cast

Tuesday 22nd May 8:15pm FILM - "Sully" (2016)

On January 15, 2009, just moments after takeoff, US Airways Flight 1549 made a forced

water landing in New York City’s icy cold Hudson River. The poise and skill of Captain

Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger ensured the safety of all 155 passengers and crew.

Shortly after, investigators used computer simulations to charge Sullenberger and his

co-pilot with having put the passengers and the plane needlessly at risk.

Clint Eastwood, working from a superbly structured script by Todd Komarnicki, tells

the story of Sullenberger’s multiple ordeals with economy and precision, achieving a

tone that echoes its protagonist’s grace under pressure. In 40 years of cinematic

storytelling, Eastwood has been obsessed with the mysterious coexistence of the heroic

and the ordinary. In Tom Hanks, he has found the perfect performing partner - sober,

self-deprecating, self-effacing to embody that theme.

Friday 25th May 8:15pm SHOW - "The Six Marys"

BREWERY LANE THEATRE

& ARTS CENTRE

Bealtaine 2018

A daughter arrives home to announce to her parents that she is about to wed a

brilliant research physician, who is black. This creates considerable social

turmoil for the upper-middle-class family. The young man tells the parents that unless

they give their unreserved consent he will not marry their daughter.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, directed by Stanley Kramer and written by

William Rose, is an exploration of the limits of racial tolerance disguised as a

romantic comedy.

Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn lead an all star cast

On January 15, 2009, just moments after takeoff, US Airways Flight 1549 made a forced

water landing in New York City’s icy cold Hudson River. The poise and skill of Captain

Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger ensured the safety of all 155 passengers and crew.

Shortly after, investigators used computer simulations to charge Sullenberger and his

co-pilot with having put the passengers and the plane needlessly at risk.

Clint Eastwood, working from a superbly structured script by Todd Komarnicki, tells

the story of Sullenberger’s multiple ordeals with economy and precision, achieving a

tone that echoes its protagonist’s grace under pressure. In 40 years of cinematic

storytelling, Eastwood has been obsessed with the mysterious coexistence of the heroic

and the ordinary. In Tom Hanks, he has found the perfect performing partner - sober,

self-deprecating, self-effacing to embody that theme.

THE SIX MARYS - presented by Jean Farrell - is a nostalgic, hilarious and

bitter-sweet play that weaves the story of six girls born in 1950's Ireland and

christened Mary. Presented through diary excerpts and interspersed with songs

and soundtracks from the eras, The Six Marys depicts the social history of the time :

the stork; the comics & the catechism; the nuns, the processions and the gym slips;

the hops, the hopes and the "big Day"; the babies, the teenagers and the reality.

This journey of self discovery is laced with one-liners guaranteed to have you in stitches.

Duration 50 minutes

Bealtaine 2018

A daughter arrives home to announce to her parents that she is about to wed a

brilliant research physician, who is black. This creates considerable social

turmoil for the upper-middle-class family. The young man tells the parents that unless

they give their unreserved consent he will not marry their daughter.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, directed by Stanley Kramer and written by

William Rose, is an exploration of the limits of racial tolerance disguised as a

romantic comedy.

Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katharine Hepburn lead an all star cast

On January 15, 2009, just moments after takeoff, US Airways Flight 1549 made a forced

water landing in New York City’s icy cold Hudson River. The poise and skill of Captain

Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger ensured the safety of all 155 passengers and crew.

Shortly after, investigators used computer simulations to charge Sullenberger and his

co-pilot with having put the passengers and the plane needlessly at risk.

Clint Eastwood, working from a superbly structured script by Todd Komarnicki, tells

the story of Sullenberger’s multiple ordeals with economy and precision, achieving a

tone that echoes its protagonist’s grace under pressure. In 40 years of cinematic

storytelling, Eastwood has been obsessed with the mysterious coexistence of the heroic

and the ordinary. In Tom Hanks, he has found the perfect performing partner - sober,

self-deprecating, self-effacing to embody that theme.

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THE SIX MARYS - presented by Jean Farrell - is a nostalgic, hilarious and

bitter-sweet play that weaves the story of six girls born in 1950's Ireland and

christened Mary. Presented through diary excerpts and interspersed with songs

and soundtracks from the eras, The Six Marys depicts the social history of the time :

the stork; the comics & the catechism; the nuns, the processions and the gym slips;

the hops, the hopes and the "big Day"; the babies, the teenagers and the reality.

This journey of self discovery is laced with one-liners guaranteed to have you in stitches.

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Duration 50 minutes