From the Live Stage to the Screen The fabulous third season of National Theatre Live with four productions.

Live from the Met… Götterdämmerung Sat, Feb 11, 8:45 am ends 3:30 pm

National Theatre Of Londom Tarvelling Light Thursday FEB 9th 7:00

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Leonardo

Now playing Feb 3^rd - 9^th Click on posters for trailers and more info

The Descendants Fri to Wed 7:00 Thu 7:15 Matinees Sat Sun Tue 2:00

The Iron Lady Fri to Wed 7:15 (Ends wed…) Matinees Changed times Sat Sun 1:00 * Tue 2:15

The Muppets Matinees Sat Sun 3:30

Travelling Light Thu 7:00 FEB 9^th only Adults $20 Seniors $17

Matt King (George Clooney), an indifferent husband and father, has to reconnect with his two young daughters when his wife is involved in a boating accident and falls into a coma. While struggling to make a decision about whether he should sell the family land that has been handed down through the generations, he uncovers a troubling secret about his wife. Rated PG 2hrs

The story of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain. The film opens with Thatcher, a widow in her 80s and goes back through her youth as the daughter of a grocer; her early interest in politics; her years at Oxford through to her 1959 entry into Parliament and the 2005 London terrorist attacks. Rated PG 1hr50

On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever to save the Muppet theatre and reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways. Rated G 1hr45

4 STARS ‘Enchanting. A golden-hearted tragicomic fable.’ The Times ‘Antony Sher is explosively energetic.' Evening Standard from the London Stage  Nicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the birth of cinema  Running time 3hrs

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^Leonardo Live ^Wed Feb 22nd 1:00 ^Prices including HST... $18 for Adults $15 for Students and Seniors     $12 for Child, 13 years and under

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^Experience a very special cinematic presentation in your local movie theater: LEONARDO LIVE, a preview of the UK's National Gallery landmark exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, captured live and broadcast on a delayed basis to movie screens around the world. This never-before-seen exhibition brings together the largest number of Leonardo’s rare surviving paintings ever assembled in one collection. Art lovers globally will have the chance to be part of this highly-anticipated gallery opening, the first-ever captured live for global movie theatre audiences. The program will be presented by internationally acclaimed art historians and broadcasters Tim Marlow and Mariella Frostrup.

The Metropolitan Opera’s Emmy Award winning series Live in HD continues for a sixth season with live transmissions. Gotterdammerung (live) Sat, Feb 11, 8:45 am Ernani (live) Sat, Feb 25, 9:45 am Manon (live) Sat, April 7, 8:45 am La Traviata (live) Sat, Apr 14, 9:45 am Tickets on sale Now! General Admission $20 Seniors, Students and Members  $17 Children $10 Please email us at info@starcinema.ca You can also call and leave a reservation… 250-655-3384 And tickets will be held for you…

The Bolshoi Ballet International symbol of Russian culture and traditions, the Bolshoi’s productions meet the highest international standards. With a wide repertoire ranging from national classics and worldwide masterpieces to grandiose new productions, the Bolshoi aims to place its classical heritage into the context of a modern Russian society and embrace new approaches to creative work as well as new technologies. $18 Adults $15 for Students and Seniors $12 for Child, 13 years and under Le Corsaire Mon March 12 1:00 Medora, a young Greek girl, is sold to Pasha by a slave dealer. The pirate Conrad seizes Medora and declares his love for her. Conrad's right-hand-man, who is jealous of Conrad, sends Medora back to the slave dealer who again sells her to Pasha. Conrad and his men show up to take Medora away again but he is recognized through his disguise, captured, and sentenced to death. To save his life, Medora, who is in love with Conrad, plots with a slave girl, Gulnare, to escape. Medora agrees to marry Pasha but during the ceremony Gulnare takes Medora's place, having the ring placed on her finger. That evening Medora dances for Pasha, having convinced him to lay down his weapons, and Conrad enters to take her away. Gulnare produces the ring and declares herself Pasha's lawful wife. The ship on which Medora and Conrad escape sinks in a terrible storm but the two lovers are saved when they wash up on a rocky island. The Bright Stream Mon April 30 1:00 The Bright Stream celebrates the illusory nature of love with mistaken identities, hilarious deceptions and happy resolutions. During a harvest festival on a collective farm in the Russian steppes, a Moscow dance troupe arrives to entertain the workers, upsetting the applecart to humorous effect. Ratmansky plumbs the genius of Dmitri Shostakovich's vivid folk music to reveal the soul of his actor-dancers with a zest for deft characterization in movement. Raymonda Mon June 25 1:00 Act I: Raymonda, who is betrothed to Jean de Brienne, is celebrating her birthday. Jean, who is expected to arrive the next day, has send some presents in advance. One of these presents is an embroidered portrait of himself. First, however, Abderman arrives and tries to court Raymonda. Raymonda then dreams that Jean comes down from his portrait to dance with her, however, when she wakes up she finds that Abderman is there again to "renew his amorous proposals." Act II: The festivities continue, and Abderman asks Raymonda to dance. Then, he and his accomplices attempt to abduct her. However, at that moment Jean arrives with his brother, the King of Hungary. There is a duel and Abderman is killed.

Wagner’s Götterdämmerung (384 minutes) With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried—the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts. (live) Sat, Feb 11, 8:45 am ends 3:30 pm

Verdi’s Ernani (229 minutes) Angela Meade takes centre stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Marcello Giordani plays her mismatched lover and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast. Showtimes: (live) Sat, Feb 25, 9:45 am ends 1:50 pm (live) Sat, Feb 25, 9:45 am ends 1:50 pm

Massenet’s Manon – New Production (248 minutes) Anna Netrebko’s dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met’s Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium. (live) Sat, April 7, 8:45am ends 1:10 pm

Verdi’s La Traviata (187 minutes) Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.. (live) Sat, Apr 14, 9:45 am ends 1:10 pm

Prices (all our prices include tax) Film Ticket Prices Adult……………..……..$9.00 Student ………..….....$7.50 (14yrs +, College, and University) Seniors (65+)……… $7.50 Child …………………...$6.00 (3 to 13 yrs)

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