The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night Time
Thursday 6th September
4 STARS Guardian, Time Out, Evening Standard, Telegraph, Independent, Independent on Sunday, Sunday Times
‘If ever there was a perfect theatrical marriage of performance and effect, this is it.’ – Times
Doors open 6.30pm, Screening starts at 7.00pm
Tickets £10.00 stbf
Mark Haddon’s celebrated, multi-award-winning novel is beautifully and imaginatively adapted into a stage play for the first time. Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears’ dead dog, Wellington. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in his book to solve the mystery. He has an extraordinary brain, exceptional at maths but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
To see the trailer CLICK HERE
Highlights from the London International Animation Festival
Saturday 8th September
The Electric Palace is excited to present highlights from the London International Animation Festival featuring two programmes of children’s animation films and a screening of the Best of the Film Festival. With highlights from its eighth year, the annual festival spans the breadth of the medium, from cute and family-friendly to dark and experimental, with everything in between.
Children’s Animation Films suitable for 0-6yrs
Doors 1.30pm, Starts 2.00pm, Runtime 75mins, Tickets £3 each or £5 for both children’s screenings
A programme of amazing films selected for our most extra-special audience – plus whichever grown-ups they want to bring along. Suitable for 0-6 year-olds, these films bring the wonder of animation onto the big screen. They’re entertaining, thought provoking, colourful and enchanting – without a toy or games ad in sight!
Children’s Animation Films suitable for 7 yrs +
Doors 3.00pm, Starts 3.30pm, Runtime 75mins, Tickets £3 each or £5 for both childrens screenings
Suitable for 7-14 year-olds and featuring all styles and techniques from the latest computer technology to traditional handmade animation they are a snapshot of all that is great about kid’s animation – and show that animation has no limits or boundaries.
Best of the London International Animation Festival
Tickets £5.00 available on the door, Doors 7.00pm, Starts 7.30pm, Runtime 75mins
The London International Animation Festival (LIAF) proudly showcases the whole spectrum of creative animation, showing that animation is for everyone. Best of the Festival showcases films from many countries around the world, a snapshot of what is happening in animation now with every concievable style, technique and genre including theBritish 2011 Oscar nominees and winners.
Jesca Hoop
Tuesday 18th September
‘Lyrically The House That Jack Built is a masterpiece.’ The Quietus
Tickets £10.00 stbf in advance or £12.00 on the door
Doors open 7.00pm
A sensual, esoteric singer/songwriter whose odd, sparse songs nod to influences like Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell and Vashti Bunyan, Jesca Hoop has lived all over the map, and her dense life experience seems to be reflected in her layered music. The follow up to 2009’s critically acclaimed Hunting My Dress, her new album, The House That Jack Built, displays a striking duality: light and dark, head and heart, it juxtaposes the macabre and visceral with a disarmingly candid intimacy. The resulting combination is powerfully evocative, with overarching themes of biology, nature and humanity – Hoop’s stone-turning observations are mired in the equal beauty and violence of a nature that, for her, is clearly red in tooth and claw.
To hear Jesca’s work CLICK HERE
Buddy Holly’s Rock ‘n’ Roll jukebox
Thursday 20th September
“Buddy Brilliant!” Graham Norton, BBC1
“The audience were dancing in the aisles and roaring for more” The Stage
Tickets £14.50stbf / EP Friends £12.50 stbf
Doors open 7.00pm, Starts 8.00pm
A fresh and talented cast continue the traditions of this record breaking show now celebrating its 20th terrific year. Buddy Holly wrote some of the most enduring rock and roll classics; That’ll Be The Day, Oh Boy!, True Love Ways, Peggy Sue, Rave On and many more. From an era when the stars worked together and influenced each other this show features all of
Buddy’s classics plus the greatest hits from the legends of the 50s and 60s including Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Little Richard and The Beatles.
To hear their work CLICK HERE
The Garden Opera Company present: La Boheme
Saturday 22nd September
“Garden Opera, the small touring company without equal in Britain” Opera Now
Tickets £25.00 in advance stbf, £27.00 on the door
Doors open 6.30pm, starts 7.30pm
ROMANCE • JOIE DE VIVRE • HEARTBREAK … La Bohème is one of the world’s most popular and captivating operas. With its emotionally charged story of two star-crossed lovers and some of Puccini’s most ravishingly beautiful music. Humour and drama are interlaced and La bohème never fails to enthral.
For more inforamtion on the company and videos of their performances please CLICK HERE
Hip Hop night with the People Under The Stairs
Friday 28th September
Doors open 7.30pm
Tickets £12.00 stbf
Los Angeles based People Under The Stairs, Double K (Michael Turner) and Thes One (Christopher Portugal) are the most successful fully independent hip-hop duo in the history of Hip-Hop. Since their initial full length release in 1998, People Under The Stairs have performed more than a thousand sold out shows, festivals and world tours spanning 6 continents and 40 countries. With a pioneering DIY ethic, “The P” as they are referred to by their fans, have self-managed, produced and engineered 7 full-length albums and countless singles and side projects. The musical sensibility punctuating their unique brand of hip-hop has not only earned them the title “The Steely Dan of Rap Music” but consistent critical acclaim. Their illustrious career includes an appearance on The Simpson’s 20th Anniversary Special, a John Peel Session at Abbey Road, and groundbreaking performances at key festivals such as Glastonbury, Coachella and Bonaroo, the last of which was noted by SPIN magazine as “Simply the best performance of Friday… Period”.
Hear them in action by CLICKING HERE
For further information on all our events or to book tickets please call Bridport Tourist Information Centre on 01308 424901.
