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Dec
17
Sat
Happenstance Theatre’s physical comedy workshop @ The Astor Theatre
Dec 17 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Explore the genre of physical comedy and learn how to make an audience laugh without using words. This workshop explores physical techniques that support comic performance, with exercises in stillness, focus, reaction, status, the inclusion of the audience and theatrical clowning. Students develop an understanding of the importance of timing in comedy…and of course, no physical comedy workshop would be complete without learning a bit of Slapstick, without getting hurt!

Mark Jaster draws on his training with Étienne Decroux and Marcel Marceau. Sabrina draws on her training in the LeCoq pedagogy with Dody DiSanto with concentration in the realm of the theatrical clown. Their complementary approaches combine to address nuts-and-bolts physical, technical and structural skills and the more esoteric issues of honesty, presence and accessibility.

The workshop will take place at 10am, prior to Pinot & Augustine’s show on the Astor stage at 3pm. For ages 8-15 it will last approximately 2 hours. Priced at $10.

HAPPENSTANCE THEATER is an award-winning, professional company committed to devising, producing and touring original, performer-created visual, poetic Theater. With the simplest means – movement, silence, theatrical clown, music, text, physical comedy and beauty – we seek to elevate the moment when the performers and audience meet, to lift the encounter beyond the daily and pedestrian into the realms of dreams, poetry, and art. Meaning is often discovered by happenstance.
www.HappenstanceTheater.com

Pinot & Augustine – clown duo @ The Astor Theatre
Dec 17 @ 3:00 pm

A sure-fire 45-minute, bilingual, crowd-pleaser, PINOT & AUGUSTINE is a classic, family-friendly clown duo inspired by the golden age of Circus. Pinot is the authoritarian clown in fancy clothes and white cone hat. Augustine is the appealing red-nosed bumbler who punctures his pomposity. Their show bubbles over with physical comedy, virtuosity and musical surprises from the sublime to the ridiculous: from lyrical melodies on a musical saw to pratfalls and a whoopee cushion.

“If you’d like or need to be reminded of the pure and simple joy of life, PINOT & AUGUSTINE will do the trick. 

Their show is pure entertainment, clean and fresh fun…The Most Adorable Show in the World!”                                                                                                                                   – DC Metro Theatre Arts

HAPPENSTANCE THEATER is an award-winning, professional company committed to devising, producing and touring original, performer-created visual, poetic Theater. With the simplest means – movement, silence, theatrical clown, music, text, physical comedy and beauty – we seek to elevate the moment when the performers and audience meet, to lift the encounter beyond the daily and pedestrian into the realms of dreams, poetry, and art. Meaning is often discovered by happenstance.

The Banshees of Inisherin @ The Astor Theatre
Dec 17 @ 7:00 pm

Showtimes: Friday 16th December, 2:30 and 7pm. Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th – 7pm.

This movie has been getting great reviews – Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson star in Martin McDonagh’s latest pitch-black comedy about two lifelong friends who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Screenplay by: Martin McDonagh
Produced by: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan, Kerry Condon

Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes

Rated: R

Dec
18
Sun
The Banshees of Inisherin @ The Astor Theatre
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm

Showtimes: Friday 16th December, 2:30 and 7pm. Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th – 7pm.

This movie has been getting great reviews – Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson star in Martin McDonagh’s latest pitch-black comedy about two lifelong friends who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Screenplay by: Martin McDonagh
Produced by: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan, Kerry Condon

Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes

Rated: R

Dec
21
Wed
**CANCELLED** Tár @ The Astor Theatre
Dec 21 @ 2:30 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd December, 2:30pm and 7pm each day

From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár. TÁR examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world. Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career when all elements seem to conspire against her.

Runtime: 2 hours 38 minutes

Rated: R

**CANCELLED** Tár @ The Astor Theatre
Dec 21 @ 7:00 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd December, 2:30pm and 7pm each day

From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár. TÁR examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world. Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career when all elements seem to conspire against her.

Runtime: 2 hours 38 minutes

Rated: R

Dec
22
Thu
**CANCELLED** Tár @ The Astor Theatre
Dec 22 @ 2:30 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd December, 2:30pm and 7pm each day

From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár. TÁR examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world. Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career when all elements seem to conspire against her.

Runtime: 2 hours 38 minutes

Rated: R

**CANCELLED** Tár @ The Astor Theatre
Dec 22 @ 7:00 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd December, 2:30pm and 7pm each day

From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár. TÁR examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world. Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career when all elements seem to conspire against her.

Runtime: 2 hours 38 minutes

Rated: R

Dec
23
Fri
**CANCELLED** Tár @ The Astor Theatre
Dec 23 @ 2:30 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd December, 2:30pm and 7pm each day

From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár. TÁR examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world. Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career when all elements seem to conspire against her.

Runtime: 2 hours 38 minutes

Rated: R

**CANCELLED** Tár @ The Astor Theatre
Dec 23 @ 7:00 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd December, 2:30pm and 7pm each day

From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár. TÁR examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world. Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career when all elements seem to conspire against her.

Runtime: 2 hours 38 minutes

Rated: R

Jan
11
Wed
Empire of Light @ The Astor Theatre
Jan 11 @ 2:30 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th, Friday 13th, Saturday 14th January at 2:30pm and 7pm all days. Sunday 15th January 7pm only.

A romance develops in a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Hilary struggles with depression, lives alone, has been prescribed lithium by her doctor, and is having an extramarital affair with her boss Donald Ellis. From Academy Award® winning director Sam Mendes, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a compelling and poignant drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. It is sure to be a favourite during this year’s awards season.

Starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, Colin Firth.

Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes

Rating: R

 

Empire of Light @ The Astor Theatre
Jan 11 @ 7:00 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th, Friday 13th, Saturday 14th January at 2:30pm and 7pm all days. Sunday 15th January 7pm only.

A romance develops in a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Hilary struggles with depression, lives alone, has been prescribed lithium by her doctor, and is having an extramarital affair with her boss Donald Ellis. From Academy Award® winning director Sam Mendes, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a compelling and poignant drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. It is sure to be a favourite during this year’s awards season.

Starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, Colin Firth.

Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes

Rating: R

 

Jan
12
Thu
Empire of Light @ The Astor Theatre
Jan 12 @ 2:30 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th, Friday 13th, Saturday 14th January at 2:30pm and 7pm all days. Sunday 15th January 7pm only.

A romance develops in a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Hilary struggles with depression, lives alone, has been prescribed lithium by her doctor, and is having an extramarital affair with her boss Donald Ellis. From Academy Award® winning director Sam Mendes, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a compelling and poignant drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. It is sure to be a favourite during this year’s awards season.

Starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, Colin Firth.

Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes

Rating: R

 

Empire of Light @ The Astor Theatre
Jan 12 @ 7:00 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th, Friday 13th, Saturday 14th January at 2:30pm and 7pm all days. Sunday 15th January 7pm only.

A romance develops in a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Hilary struggles with depression, lives alone, has been prescribed lithium by her doctor, and is having an extramarital affair with her boss Donald Ellis. From Academy Award® winning director Sam Mendes, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a compelling and poignant drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. It is sure to be a favourite during this year’s awards season.

Starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, Colin Firth.

Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes

Rating: R

 

Jan
13
Fri
Empire of Light @ The Astor Theatre
Jan 13 @ 2:30 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th, Friday 13th, Saturday 14th January at 2:30pm and 7pm all days. Sunday 15th January 7pm only.

A romance develops in a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Hilary struggles with depression, lives alone, has been prescribed lithium by her doctor, and is having an extramarital affair with her boss Donald Ellis. From Academy Award® winning director Sam Mendes, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a compelling and poignant drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. It is sure to be a favourite during this year’s awards season.

Starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, Colin Firth.

Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes

Rating: R

 

Empire of Light @ The Astor Theatre
Jan 13 @ 7:00 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th, Friday 13th, Saturday 14th January at 2:30pm and 7pm all days. Sunday 15th January 7pm only.

A romance develops in a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Hilary struggles with depression, lives alone, has been prescribed lithium by her doctor, and is having an extramarital affair with her boss Donald Ellis. From Academy Award® winning director Sam Mendes, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a compelling and poignant drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. It is sure to be a favourite during this year’s awards season.

Starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, Colin Firth.

Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes

Rating: R

 

Jan
14
Sat
Empire of Light @ The Astor Theatre
Jan 14 @ 2:30 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th, Friday 13th, Saturday 14th January at 2:30pm and 7pm all days. Sunday 15th January 7pm only.

A romance develops in a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Hilary struggles with depression, lives alone, has been prescribed lithium by her doctor, and is having an extramarital affair with her boss Donald Ellis. From Academy Award® winning director Sam Mendes, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a compelling and poignant drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. It is sure to be a favourite during this year’s awards season.

Starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, Colin Firth.

Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes

Rating: R

 

Empire of Light @ The Astor Theatre
Jan 14 @ 7:00 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th, Friday 13th, Saturday 14th January at 2:30pm and 7pm all days. Sunday 15th January 7pm only.

A romance develops in a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Hilary struggles with depression, lives alone, has been prescribed lithium by her doctor, and is having an extramarital affair with her boss Donald Ellis. From Academy Award® winning director Sam Mendes, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a compelling and poignant drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. It is sure to be a favourite during this year’s awards season.

Starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, Colin Firth.

Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes

Rating: R

 

Jan
15
Sun
Empire of Light @ The Astor Theatre
Jan 15 @ 7:00 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 11th, Thursday 12th, Friday 13th, Saturday 14th January at 2:30pm and 7pm all days. Sunday 15th January 7pm only.

A romance develops in a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Hilary struggles with depression, lives alone, has been prescribed lithium by her doctor, and is having an extramarital affair with her boss Donald Ellis. From Academy Award® winning director Sam Mendes, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a compelling and poignant drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. It is sure to be a favourite during this year’s awards season.

Starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, Colin Firth.

Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes

Rating: R

 

Jan
18
Wed
Framing Agnes @ The Astor Theatre Liverpool
Jan 18 @ 2:30 pm

Showtimes: Wednesday 18th, Thursday 19th, 2:30pm and 7:00pm

After discovering case files from a 1950s gender clinic, a cast of trans actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and access.

starring: Angelica Rose, Chase Joynt, Zackary Drucker, Jen Richards, Silas Howard, Max Wolf Valerio, Stephen Ira

Runtime: 1h 15m