Wednesday 24th February 7.30pm
King of Kong (PG)
Tickets on door £4
Dir: Seth Gordon, 2007, USA, 79 min.
With Billy Mitchell, Steve Wiebe, Walter Day, Todd Rogers.
If this was a work of fiction you might be forgiven for finding it a bit OTT. But this is a documentary and these characters are for real. Billy and Steve share an overwhelming obsession – to be the World Champion of the video game Donkey Kong. Billy is defending the title, won in 1982, challenged by Steve, an all time loser at everything else. Billy, who refers to himself in the third person, is willing to stoop to any lengths rather than be beaten.
DANCE/FILM
Friday 26th February 7.30pm
Moving Arts East
Celebrating Dance and Film
Tickets £5
An evening of dance on film and live dance performances organised by the new dance initiative for North Suffolk, Moving Arts East, a collective of dance artists living and working in the local area promoting dance opportunities for people of all ages. Recent projects have included digital film technology.
Pre-show there will be an exhibition of film and photographs in the Concourse
Saturday 27th February 7.30pm
Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman
Tickets £12/£10
The brilliant, innovative harping of Máire Ní Chathasaigh, Irish Traditional Musician of the Year 2001, and the astonishing virtuosity and versatility of English guitar wizard Chris Newman, has been heard all over the world: now they come to The Cut for the first time.
They bring their addictive and stylish cocktail of powerhouse Irish dance-music, gorgeous airs, evocative old songs and striking new compositions – with shots of hot jazz and bluegrass thrown in! Their new CD FireWire has garnered extraordinary critical acclaim.
Wednesday 3rd March 7.30pm
Burnt by The Sun (15)
Tickets £4
Dir: Nikita Mikhalkov, 1995, RUSSIA, 135 min.
With Oleg Menchikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Nadia Mikhalkov.
Colonel Kotov is spending the summer with his young wife and six year old daughter in their dacha in the heart of the Russian countryside. Surrounded by family and friends the days pass idyllically by. When Cousin Dimitri arrives from Moscow he charms everyone with his games and piano playing. But this is 1936, when Stalin’s show trials are at their height, and Dimitri is on a mission which will cast a shadow over them all.
POETRY
From Prose to Poetry
A creative writing workshop with Mimi Khalvati
Thursday 4th March at 7.30pm
Tickets £6
Thursday 4th March, 4 – 6pm
Mimi Khalvati & Roger Robinson
An exhilarating mix of sustaining and vibrant voices
An inspiring and insightful workshop leader and founder of The Poetry School, Mimi Khalvati will look at the relationship of prose to poetry: “I notice that many people, in writing poems, lose the fluency and naturalness they have in prose. In this workshop we’ll turn prose into poems – and explore the differences between poetry or prose chopped up into verse.” A rare opportunity to try some new approaches and generate fresh work with one of the most outstanding teachers in the business.
Further information: The Poetry Trust, 01986 835950
To book tickets: The Cut Box Office 0845 6732123
The Cut café & bar will be happy to provide good things to eat and drink for workshop
attenders wanting supper before the evening reading.
THEATRE
Friday 5 March 7.30pm
Open Space Theatre Company
84 Charing Cross Road
by James Roose-Evans
Tickets £8.50/£6
Following their success with Private Lives, by Noel Coward, Open Space Theatre Company are now touring this amusing but deeply moving drama.
Portraying a trans-Atlantic relationship spanning the two decades after the Second World War. A burgeoning New York writer with a quirky sense of humour (Helene Hanff) sends an enquiry to a London bookshop, sparking a growing affection with its staff, particularly the shop’s manager (Frank Doel). The two appear to have little in common in their lives – except a rich love and knowledge of books.
