The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family. Haunted by the death of his only son, Hamnet, he struggles to mend the broken relationship with his wife and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as a husband and father.
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellan
UK, 2018; 101 minutes
“Branagh leaves viewers with the impression that even the foremost genius of the English language and his family were ordinary people”.
– The Washington Post
“A quiet and meditative portrait of the artist as a retiree, this lacks incident or high stakes but has an elegiac feeling of regret and reckoning that fits its subject’s twilight years.”
– Empire
Tickets: $11 Adult, $10 with Film Buff Card, $8 Youth.
All prices include HST.
FilmBuffs save $1 and enjoy free popcorn!
Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. General admission seating, tickets at the door.
Thank you to our community partners Kew Home, Bailey House B&B, Bridgetown Watch & Clock Repair, and Oakhaven Bike Barn/Joy Elliott Landscape Architectural Design.
Great Lake Swimmers is a beloved indie folk act in Canada and beyond. The CBC has called them “a national treasure” and their music has taken them around the world, sharing a sound that is at once familiar and distinct, using the tools of folk music as the starting point to delve deeper.
Great Lake Swimmers have twice been nominated for Juno Awards, have been shortlisted for the prestigious Polaris Prize, and won a Canadian Indie Award for Favourite Folk/Roots Artist/Group. They have shared the stage as support for such musical luminaries as Robert Plant, Feist, and Calexico, and have appeared as headliners for many of Canada’s major Folk Music festivals. Their relentless touring schedule and countless live shows have helped them develop devoted fan bases across Canada, the US, Europe, the UK and many points beyond. Mojo dubbed them “Ambient Zen Americana” and Exclaim has described them as a “cherished blend of folk and orchestral indie pop.”
TICKETS available online (see below) or at the Box Office (902.532.7704)
- Member Price: $26.09 + hst = $30
- General Price: $29.57 + hst = $34
- Youth Price: $10.45 + hst = $12
Click here to see a PDF of the Seating plan. Let us know your preferred seat and we will secure the closest available option. Tickets will be held at the Box Office for pick up.
Online ticket sales for this event are closed.
at the Fort View Golf Course
The 11th Annual Tournament of King’s has been RESCHEDULED for:
Saturday September 28 at 9:00am
- 9am – Registration
- 10am – Captains Meeting
- 11am Tee-Off
- 3pm Meal, Reception & Prizes
For updates, please call King’s Theatre at 902-532-7704 or Fort View Golf Course at 902-532-7267
Click here for Registration Form and Online payment options.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!!!
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of release of The Beatles’ Abbey Road with the 1964 classic A Hard Day’s Night, the greatest jukebox movie ever made, Re-Mastered
6:30-7:00pm Photo Shoot at the Rainbow Crosswalk. Grab a group of four. Each group will be included in a draw for free movie passes!
Movie starts at 7:30pm
A Hard Day’s Night captures the biggest band in the world at the height of Beatlemania. Directed by Richard Lester and originally released in 1964, the film follows the Beatles over a 36-hour period that sees them traveling by train, hiding out from fans in a hotel room, losing Paul McCartney‘s grandfather multiple times and, finally, arriving just in the nick of time for their TV performance. It blends elements of documentary with concert film, in addition to plenty of just-for-fun scenes, like the band responding to fan mail, chasing down Paul’s grandfather at a casino and goofing off during rehearsals for their TV concert.
The undeniable heart of A Hard Day’s Night, though, is the music. Serving both as a soundtrack and a means of propelling the plot forward, almost all the hits from the titular album appear in the film. The title track plays as the band run from a horde of fans in the opening scene, while an impromptu performance of “I Should Have Known Better” provides a tender moment on the band’s train ride.
Over time, the film has revealed itself to be rather like the enigmatic opening chord to “A Hard Day’s Night” itself — it’s tough to pin it down exactly, but the second you hear it, you’re flooded with nostalgia, intrigue and pure joy.
Tickets: $11 Adult, $10 with Film Buff Card, $8 Youth.
All prices include HST.
Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. General admission seating, tickets at the door.
Thank you to our community movie partners Annapolis Home Hardware and Tripp’s Gallery,
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New date!!
Puccini`s La Boheme, the world’s most popular opera, returns in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production starring a cast of young stars, including Sonya Yoncheva as the fragile Mimì and Michael Fabiano as the poet Rodolfo. Marco Armiliato conducts.
Music: Giacomo Puccini
Language: Italian, with English subtitles
Run Time: 3 hours 20 minutes
Synopsis
An exciting young cast stars in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production of La Bohème, the most-performed opera in Met history. Sonya Yoncheva stars as Mimì opposite Michael Fabiano as the passionate writer Rodolfo. Susanna Phillips reprises the role of the flirtatious Musetta and Lucas Meachem sings the role of her lover, the painter Marcello. The cast also features Alexey Lavrov and Matthew Rose as Rodolfo and Marcello’s friends Schaunard and Colline and Paul Plishka as Benoit and Alcindoro in this performance, led by Marco Armiliato.
Cast
Sonya Yoncheva, Susanna Phillips, Michael Fabiano, Lucas Meachem, Alexey Lavrov, Matthew Rose, Paul Plishka
Directors
Composer: Giacomo Puccini, Conductor: Andris Nelsons, Production: Sir David McVicar
TICKETS:
- Member Price: $13.90 + hst = $16.00
- General Price: $17.40 + hst = $20.00
- Youth Price: $ 6.95 + hst = $8.00
Reserved seating. Tickets on sale in advance online, by phone, at the Theatre, and at the door.
Doors open 45 minutes before the show.
Click here to see a PDF of the Seating plan. Let us know your preferred seat and we will secure the closest available option. Tickets will be held at the Box Office for pick up.
REFUND/EXCHANGE POLICY: We do not give cash refunds but are happy to give a full credit for future purchases if tickets are cancelled with a 24-hour notice. Click here for more information about ticket policies.
Online ticket sales for this event are closed.
Oscar for best original song.
***FREE ADMISSION****
Dress for a fall evening, bring your favourite blanket and something comfy to sit on.
Sing alongs welcome!
King’s Film Society would like to thank our generous partners for either donating services or helping us cover the costs for this special outdoor presentation: Annapolis Board of Trade, Annapolis Home Hardware Building Centre, the Town of Annapolis Royal and King’s Theatre.
Bows and great big thanks go out to Nancy & Bill Smith and Cathy & Peter Malon.
Roger Waters, co-founder, creative force and songwriter behind Pink Floyd, presents his highly anticipated film, Us + Them, featuring state-of-the-art visual production and breath-taking sound in this unmissable cinema event.Filmed in Amsterdam on the European leg of his 2017 –2018 Us + Them tour which saw Waters perform to over two million people worldwide, the film features songs from his legendary Pink Floyd albums (The Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, Animals, Wish You Were Here) and from his last album, Is This The Life We Really Want?Waters collaborates once more with Sean Evans, visionary director of the highly acclaimed movie, Roger Waters The Wall, to deliver this creatively pioneering film that inspires with its powerful music and message of human rights, liberty and love.
A King`s Theatre Special On Screen Presentation
All Tickets: $12
All prices include HST.
Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. General admission seating, tickets at the door.
Elapultiek (ehl-ah-bool-dee-egg) – “we are looking towards” – is a 2-person play written by Bear River (L’sitkuk) playwright shalan joudry. It marks the first time Two Planks and a Passion Theatre has commissioned a Mi’kmaq playwright from Nova Scotia to create a new work for the company. The show was a huge success as an outdoor performance last Summer. Now, Elapultiek begins its journey as a touring indoor production.
In the course of the play, two biologists (one white, one Mi’kamq) are thrown together each night to count the swifts, and in the process challenge each others’ way of seeing. It’s a beautiful piece that is funny and moving, exploring reconciliation on a personal level.
King’s Theatre debuts the stage version of this play. Because the play was designed to be performed “in the round”, King’s Theatre will be seating patrons directly on the stage.
ABOUT THE PLAY
In the time of Idle No More, a young Mi’kmaw drum singer and a Euro-Nova Scotian biologist meet at dusk each day to count a population of endangered Chimney Swifts. As the relationship deepens over time, they struggle with their differing views of the world. Each ‘count night’ reveals a deeper complexity of connection to land, history, and ecology, and of reconciliation on a personal level.
Playwright and performer shalan joudry is an oral storyteller, hand-drum singer and poet from the traditional district of Kespukwitk (southwest Nova Scotia). Following years of raising children, performing, writing, and ecology work, Shalan now lives and works in her community of Bear River First Nation, sharing messages of reconnecting to both land and culture.
Halifax actor and dramaturge Matthew Lumley co-stars.
Directed by Ken Schwartz of Two Planks and a Passion Theatre.
Click here to read the CBC story about how this play is inspiring Reconciliation.
TICKETS available online (see below) or at the Box Office (902.532.7704)
- Member Price: $19.15 + hst = $22
- General Price: $20.85 + hst = $24
- Youth Price: $10.45 + hst = $12
Click here to see a PDF of the Seating plan. Let us know your preferred seat and we will secure the closest available option. Tickets will be held at the Box Office for pick up.
shalan jodrey and Ken Schwartz
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he struggles to reconnect with his family and reconstruct the community he longs for, his hopes blind him to the reality of his situation. A wistful odyssey populated by skaters, squatters, street preachers, playwrights, and other locals on the margins, The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a poignant and sweeping story of hometowns and how they’re made—and kept alive—by the people who love them.
USA; 120 min
Director: Joe Talbot
Stars: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Danny Glover
“The Last Black Man in San Francisco is an indelibly beautiful story of love, family and loss in America from two childhood friends turned filmmakers. “
–The New York Times
Tickets: $11 Adult, $10 with Film Buff Card, $8 Youth.
All prices include HST.
FilmBuffs save $1 and enjoy free popcorn!
Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. General admission seating, tickets at the door.
Thank you to our community partners Kew Home, Bailey House B&B, Bridgetown Watch & Clock Repair, and Oakhaven Bike Barn/Joy Elliott Landscape Architectural Design.
The Music Center Presents: JONI 75 – A Birthday Celebration
A King`s Theatre Special On Screen Presentation
All Tickets: $12
All prices include HST.
Doors open 45 minutes before showtime. General admission seating, tickets at the door.