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Jazz Steps: Get Carter | Re-imagined

Get Carter | Re-imagined is a fast-paced, new interpretation of Roy Budd’s classic jazz score for this classic gangster movie starring Michael Caine!

These new arrangements, along with some original compositions in the same genre, take us into the film-noir thriller atmosphere of the ’50s British underworld.

Commissioned by the Ted Lewis Society in honour of the namesake novelist behind the cult film Get Carter Re-imagined had its premiere at the 2021 Hull Jazz Festival, the 50th anniversary of the film. Budd’s soundtrack has some instantly recognisable pieces. New arrangements and original compositions are by Kirkland and Sprakes.

Enjoy an evening of moody noir-music linked with this cult film classic!

Wendy Kirkland – Hammond-influenced keyboards | Dennis Rollins |Pat Sprakes – guitar | Steve Wyndham – drums

Presented by Jazz Steps

Oscar Catch-up: Avatar- The Way of Water (12A)

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive and the tragedies they endure.

“Eccentric, soulful, joyous, dark and very, very blue.” Empire ★★★★★

Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture

Directed by James Cameron
With Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
3hr 12 mins // US 2022

The Whale (15)

From acclaimed director Darren Aronofsky comes The Whale, the story of a reclusive English teacher who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.

“Brendan Fraser seals his comeback in a sensational film of rare compassion” Telegraph ★★★★★

“A film with a very big heart” Independent ★★★★

Winner of 2 Academy Awards including Best Actor (Fraser)

Directed by Darren Aronofsky
With Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins
1hr 57 mins // US 2022

NT Live: The Crucible (12A)- *Extra Screening

Credit: Johan Persson

A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller’s captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma).

Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from trial.

Lyndsey Turner (Hamlet) directs this contemporary new staging, designed by Tony Award-winner Es Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy). Captured live from the Olivier stage at the National Theatre.

“Gripping revival of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece speaks to us with urgent force” Telegraph ★★★★★

The Crucible
by Arthur Miler
directed by Lyndsey Turner

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies (15)

BEST OF ENEMIES by Graham, , Writer - JAMES GRAHAM, Director - JEREMY HERRIN, Designer - Bunny Christie, Lighting - JACK KNOWLES, NOËL COWARD THEATRE, 2022, Credit: Johan Persson/

David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama.

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal.

During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation. As beliefs are challenged and slurs slung, a new frontier in American politics is opening and television news is about to be transformed forever.

Jeremy Herrin (All My Sons) directs this blistering political thriller, filmed live in London’s West End.

“Stylish staging of a landmark TV clash” Guardian ★★★★

Best of Enemies
by James Graham
directed by Jeremy Herrin
inspired by the documentary by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon

The Bonington Players present… The Vicar of Dibley

The Bonington Players return with a stage play by Ian Gower and Paul Carpenter based on the much-loved original television series by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer.

With kind permission of Tiger Aspect Productions

Performed by The Bonington Players

ROH: Il Trovatore (12A)

Passions run high as Manrico and the Count di Luna compete for the affections of Leonora. Little do they know, Manrico’s mother Azucena has been keeping a terrible secret for decades. Soon a curse from the past will rise up from the ashes with devastating implications for them all.
Starring Ludovic Tézier and Jamie Barton, Adele Thomas’s energetic staging sets Verdi’s tale in a Hieronymus Bosch-inspired universe of medieval superstition. Antonio Pappano conducts Verdi’s dramatic score, which features the famous ‘Anvil’ chorus.

OPERA
Company – The Royal Opera
Music – Giuseppe Verdi

Blue Jean (15)

England, 1988 – Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government are about to pass a law stigmatising gays and lesbians, forcing Jean, a PE teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new girl at school catalyses a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core.

“A masterpiece” Telegraph ★★★★★

Directed by Georgia Oakley
With Rosie McEwan
1hr 37 mins // UK 2022

Jazz in the Bar

Jazz in the Bar’s guest this month is jazz vocalist Mandy Tatton who sings beautiful swinging jazz steeped in the influences of Blossom Dearie and Diana Krall.

A regular vocalist with the Nottingham Jazz Orchestra she performs with a number of bands and has worked with famed British jazz singer Lee Gibson.

She will be backed up by the superb Bob Hudson trio who will also perform their own feature numbers to deliver a night of toe tapping finger snapping jazz.

Bük Presents: Women Talking (15)

Based on the best-selling book and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Women Talking is the powerful story of the women of an isolated religious community and their attempt to reconcile a brutal reality with their faith.

“At once timely and timeless.” Observer ★★★★★

We’ve teamed up with Arnold’s newest bookshop Bük, to offer 10 free copies of the book ‘Women Talking’ by Miriam Toews.

Book tickets for this screening for your chance to win a copy!

Or keep hold of your ticket/digital ticket and you can get 10% off the book when you buy from Bük.

  • Bük
    18a Calverton Road
    Arnold, Nottingham
    NG5 8FH

Terms and conditions of prize draw

Every person booking seats for the 7.15pm on Monday 27 February 2023 screening of Women Talking at The Bonington Theatre will be entered into the prize draw.

Entries close at 7.15pm 23 February 2023.

Winners will be drawn at random, and books will be handed out on the night, shortly before the film.

The prize is one of 10 copies of the book ‘Women Talking’ by Miriam Toews.

Also screening, Fri 24 Feb – Thu 9 March