February 2016
Hawkins Theatre Newsletter
Trumbo (M)
Running Time: 124 minutes
A fascinating portrait of one of the most emblematic
figures of Hollywood’s Golden Age, TRUMBO stars Bryan
Cranston (Breaking Bad) as prolific screenwriter Dalton
Trumbo.
In 1947, the successful career of Trumbo comes to a
crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are
blacklisted for their political ideologies. Risking everything,
Trumbo refuses to renounce his beliefs, and pays the price
for his commitment to freedom. The studios refuse to hire
him, the US government sentence him to a year in prison,
and the conflict soon entangles everyone in Hollywood –
from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren), to
actors John Wayne and Kirk Douglas, and director Otto
Preminger. With an irrepressible creative talent, Trumbo
would find his way back onto the big screen, writing several
scripts under pseudonyms during his exile, including Roman
Holiday and The Brave One, both of which won Academy
Awards under aliases.
Featuring an exceptional lead performance by Cranston,
TRUMBO is a gripping, spirited drama that sheds light on
one of the darkest chapters in Hollywood history.
Cast
Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, Diane Lane, John
Goodman.
In Advance: Adults $9, Concessions $7 On the Door: Adults $12, Concessions $10
From www.eventfinder.co.nz / www.hawkinstheatre.com
Thursday 4 and Tuesday 23 February 10:00am
Monday 15 and Monday 29 February 7:30pm
Friday 19 February 12:30pm
Spotlight (M)
Running Time: 129 minutes
Starring Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Michael
Keaton, Spotlight tells the gripping true story of a team of
Boston Globe reporters who launch a fearless investigation
into child abuse allegations against the Catholic Church.
What they eventually uncover is a shocking citywide
scandal; almost ninety priests guilty but never convicted,
legal settlements done in private, and a systematic cover-up
of the abuse by
church leadership.
Determined to leave
no stone unturned
in their hunt for the
truth, their
investigation soon
threatens to bring
down some of the
city’s most powerful
figures. Capturing the high-pressure world of in-depth
reportage, Spotlight is a smart, thrilling depiction of
journalism at its best.
Cast
Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev
Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James, Stanley
Tucci.
In Advance: Adults $9, Concessions $7 On the Door: Adults $12, Concessions $10
From www.eventfinder.co.nz / www.hawkinstheatre.com
Thursday 4 February at 7:30pm
Thursday 11 and Wednesday 17 February at 12:30pm
Monday 15 and Thursday 25 February at 10:00am
Youth (M)
Running Time: 118 minutes
Fred (Michael Caine) and Mick (Harvey Keitel), two old
friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the
Alps.
Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick,
a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity
and tenderness on their children’s confused lives, Micks
enthusiastic young writers, and the other hotel guests.
While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he
imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention
of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all
costs to hear him conduct again. YOUTH is a beautifully
crafted study of age, memory, love and yearning directed by
Paolo Sorrentino (THE GREAT BEAUTY).
In Advance: Adults $9, Concessions $7 On the Door: Adults $12, Concessions $10
From www.eventfinder.co.nz / www.hawkinstheatre.com
Thursday 4 and Tuesday 23 February 12:30pm
Wednesday 10 and Friday 19 February 7:30pm
Wednesday 17 and Monday 22 February 10:00am
Suffragette (M)
Running Time: 106 minutes
Brooklyn (M)
Running Time: 112 minutes
The film follows Eilis (Ronan), a young Irish woman who
leaves her small town in Ireland hoping for a brighter future
in 1950s Brooklyn. Despite her initial homesickness, she
falls in love with Tony (Cohen) an Italian-American who
opens her
eyes her new
surroundings.
But a family
tragedy leads
Eilis back to
Ireland, where
her American
sophistication
catches the
eye of the
charming Jim (Gleeson). From the writer and producers of
An Education.
Cast
Carey Mulligan
Helena Bonham
Carter
Meryl Streep
Romola Garai
Ben Whishaw
Brendan Gleeson
In Advance: Adults $9, Concessions $7 On the Door: Adults $12, Concessions $10
From www.eventfinder.co.nz / www.hawkinstheatre.com
SUFFRAGETTE is a thrilling drama that tracks the story of
the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women
who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous
game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
These women were not primarily from the genteel educated
classes, they were working women who had seen peaceful
protest achieve nothing. Radicalised and turning to violence
as the only route to change, they were willing to lose
everything in their fight for equality - their jobs, their homes,
their children and their lives. Maud (Carey Mulligan) was
one such foot soldier. The story of her fight for dignity is as
gripping and visceral as any thriller, it is also heart-breaking
and inspirational.
In Advance: Adults $9, Concessions $7 On the Door: Adults $12, Concessions $10
From www.eventfinder.co.nz / www.hawkinstheatre.com
Wednesday 10 and Friday 19 February 10:00am
Thursday 11 and Tuesday 23 February 7:30pm
Thursday 25 and Monday 29 February 12:30pm
Wednesday 10 and Monday 22 February 12:30pm
Thursday 11 and Monday 29 February 10:00am
Wednesday 17 and Thursday 25 February 7:30pm
Please feel free to contact us:
Tel: (09) 297 7712
Fax: (09) 297 7713
[email protected]
Physical Address:
13 Ray Small Drive
Papakura 2110
Branagh Theatre Live:
The Winter’s Tale (TBC)
Running Time: 210 minutes
Shakespeare’s timeless tragicomedy of obsession and
redemption is reimagined in a new production co-directed
by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, following
their triumphant staging of Macbeth in Manchester and
Manhattan. Judi Dench will play Paulina, Kenneth
Branagh will play Leontes.
When Leontes, King of Sicilia, is overcome by jealousy, his
actions and their consequences reverberate throughout his
kingdom and for generations to come. Only the passion of
two young lovers and the twists and turns of Fate can lead
Shakespeare’s characters to redemption and reconciliation.
Adults $25, Concessions $20
From www.eventfinder.co.nz / www.hawkinstheatre.com
Operatunity Presents...
I Love Paris!
I love Paris! transports us to a side walk cafe in Paris,
conjuring up all that is French: food, history and love especially love! Cameron Barclay, fresh from his world tour
with the Ten Tenors, is joined by Susan Boland, violinist
Jessica Hindin and ever popular Bonaventure AllanMoetaua as they seduce, enchant and capture the essence
of French passion with song styles ranging from Edith Piaf,
Maurice Chevalier, famous 50s ballads, movie themes to
popular opera!
Ticketing Information
Single $32, Group 10+ $29 or Group 30+ $28
From: www.daytimeconcerts.co.nz
Friday 5 February 11:00am
Monday 15 February 12:30pm
NT Live: Hamlet (M)
Running Time: 205 minutes
Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s
Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National
Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great
tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica)
and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National
Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production
live to cinemas.
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart.
Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the
task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his
predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of
the state.
Adults $25, Concessions $20
www.eventfinder.co.nz / www.hawkinstheatre.com
Monday 22 February 7:30pm
Kelvin Cruickshank
Soul Food (R18)
With the outstanding success and popularity of the award
winning series “Sensing Murder”, Kelvin has literally been
swamped with people wanting to see him.
For this reason, he is continuing his series of exclusive
evenings that will help reach out and touch more people at
once.
These evenings will simply be Kelvin working with spirit.
Kelvin will read as many people permitted by spirit per
session, although we do not guarantee he can read
everyone.
Ticketing Information
General Admission $65
www.eventfinder.co.nz / www.hawkinstheatre.com
Thursday 18 February 7:00pm
Sneak Peak at March...
Gods of Egypt - Coming Soon
In this spectacular action-adventure inspired by the classic mythology of Egypt,
the survival of mankind hangs in the balance as an unexpected mortal hero
Bek [Brenton Thwaites] undertakes a thrilling journey to save the world and
rescue his true love. In order to succeed, he must enlist the help of the powerful
god Horus [Nikolaj Coster-Waldau] in an unlikely alliance against Set [Gerard
Butler], the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt’s throne, plunging
the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict. As their
breathtaking battle against Set and his henchmen takes them into the afterlife
and across the heavens, both god and mortal must pass tests of courage and
sacrifice if they hope to prevail in the epic final confrontation.
February Film and Event timetable
Thursday 4 February
Friday 5 February
Wednesday 10 February
Thursday 11 February
Monday 15 February
Wednesday 17 February
Thursday 18 February
Friday 19 February
Monday 22 February
Tuesday 23 February
Thursday 25 February
Monday 29 February
10am
12.30pm
7.30pm
11am
10am
12.30pm
7.30pm
10am
12.30pm
7.30pm
10am
12.30pm
7.30pm
10am
12.30pm
7.30pm
7:00pm
10am
12.30pm
7.30pm
10am
Trumbo
Youth
Spotlight
Operatunity presents... I Love Paris!
Suffragette
Brooklyn
Youth
Brooklyn
Spotlight
Suffragette
Spotlight
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter’s Tale
Trumbo
Youth
Spotlight
Brooklyn
Kelvin Cruickshank Soul Food
Suffragette
Trumbo
Youth
Youth
12.30pm
Brooklyn
7.30pm
10am
12.30pm
7.30pm
10am
12.30pm
7.30pm
10am
NT Live: Hamlet
Trumbo
Youth
Suffragette
Spotlight
Suffragette
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
12.30pm
Suffragette
7.30pm
Trumbo