Airdrie Town Hall Cinema

TurandotCinema Live: Turandot

Wednesday 22 March 2023, 7.15pm

Sunday 26 March 2023, 2pm

Adults £15, Over 60 £12.50,Under 12’s £10

In the court of Princess Turandot, suitors who fail to solve her riddles are brutally killed. But when a mysterious Prince answers one correctly, suddenly he holds all the power – and a glorious secret. When life hangs in the balance, can love conquer all?

Puccini’s score is rich in musical marvels (featuring the famous aria ‘Nessun dorma’), while Andrei Serban’s production draws on Chinese theatrical traditions to evoke a colourful fantasy tableau of ancient Peking. Antonio Pappano conducts Anna Pirozzi in the title role and Yonghoon Lee as Calaf.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Running time: 3 hours and 20 minutes (including two intervals)
Certificate 12A – children must be accompanied by an adult

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Cinema: Brian and Roger Eno Live at the AcropolisCinema: Brian & Roger Eno Live at the Acropolis

Adults £15, Over 60 £12.50,Under 12’s £10
Brian Eno and Roger Eno have been recording together since 1983. This unique musical event not only sees the two brothers performing live together for the first time but is one of the very rare occasions that Brian Eno has ever performed live in front of an audience.
In front of a sell-out crowd and against a backdrop of spectacular images being projected onto the stones of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus amphitheatre, Brian and Roger perform atmospheric musical landscapes from legendary productions that include ambient records, television soundtracks, and film scores.
Rated – 12A

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CinderellaCinema Live: Cinderella

Sunday 16 April 2023, 2pm
Adults £15, Over 60 £12.50,Under 12’s £10

Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella celebrates its 75th anniversary this Season. The ballet’s opening night in 1948, featuring Moira Shearer and Michael Somes in the lead roles, was received rapturously. After over a decade away from the Royal Opera House stage, Ashton’s timeless reworking of Charles Perrault’s famous rags-to-riches story returns, showcasing the choreographer’s deft musicality and the beauty of Prokofiev’s transcendent score. A creative team steeped in the magic of theatre, film, dance and opera brings new atmosphere to Cinderella’s ethereal world of fairy godmothers and pumpkin carriages, handsome princes and finding true love.

Running time: Approximately 3 hours

Certificate 12A

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The Marriage of FigaroCinema: The Marriage of Figaro

Sunday 30 April 2023, 2pm
Adults £15, Over 60 £12.50,Under 12’s £10

Servants Figaro and Susanna are filled with excitement on their wedding day, but there’s a hitch: their employer, the Count Almaviva, has dishonourable intentions of his own towards the bride-to-be.
With more twists than a page boy’s stockings, the story of Mozart’s comic opera will surprise and delight you at every turn. Come for the music and stay for the cross-dressing hilarity, all unfolding over the course of one crazy, topsy-turvy day in the Almaviva household. Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts a truly international cast in David McVicar’s timeless production.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Running time: 4 hours (including one interval)

Cert 12A – all children must be accompanied by an adult
Filmed in January 2022

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The Sleeping BeautyCinema Live: The Sleeping Beauty

Sunday 28 May 2023, 2pm
Adults £15, Over 60 £12.50,Under 12’s £10
Magic and fairytale characters are brought to life through ballet in this well-known family favourite.

Choreography: Marius Petipa
Additional choreography: Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon
Production: Monica Mason and Christopher Newton after Ninette de Valois and Nicholas Sergeyev
Music: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Original designs: Oliver Messel
Additional designs: Peter Farmer
Lighting designer: Mark Jonathan
Conducted by: Koen Kessels

Running time: 3 hours and 25 minutes (including two intervals)
Certificate 12A – all children to be accompanied by an adult

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Il TrovatoreCinema Live: Il Trovatore

Sunday 18 June 2023, 2pm
Adults £15, Over 60 £12.50,Under 12’s £10
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.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Running time: 3 hours and 25 minutes (including one interval)
Cert 12A – all children must be accompanied by an adult

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