Coming in 2014 to James Theatre Dungog…

Friends of the James Theatre
Saturday 8 March from 11am

Flickerfest

Four sessions of an entertaining award-winning selection of Australian (and International) shorts handpicked from over 2,300 entries, as well as dinner behind the screen before the evening session. Come to all four, or just pick the one you like most. Read more…

 

Dungog Film Society
Sunday 16 March at 7pm

Philomena (M)

A 2013 British comedy-drama film, nominated for four Academy Awards, including for best picture and Judi Dench (who plays Philomena) for best actress. The film is based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith, which tells the true story of Philomena Lee’s 50-year-long search for her son, a boy conceived out of wedlock… Read more…

 

Dungog Tractor Trek
Thursday 20 March at 7.30pm

The Back of Beyond (G) and
Heritage Farming in Australia

Two iconic Australian documentaries with the traditional “cuppa” in the interval. Tickets $10 at the door include the interval cuppa. ‘The Back of Beyond’, made in 1954 features Tom Kruse, the Birdsville mailman, who worked the Birdsville Track mail run from 1936 to 1957, driving his Leyland Badger truck… Read more…

 

Julien Wilson Trio
Sunday 6 April at 3pm

Jazz Concert - ’Swailing’

The Trio comprises award-winning saxophonist Julien Wilson (2008 Jazz Artist of the Year), Stephen Magnusson on guitar, and Steve Grant on accordion. ‘Swailing’ means burning to encourage regrowth and symbolises the mix of old and new material played by the Trio. Tickets $20 (family $50, children 5-15 $8, under 5, free) including afternoon tea at interval. Read more…

 

Easter Movies

Saturday 19 April at 3pm – children/family movie – to be selected soon
Saturday 19 April at 7pm and Monday 21 April at 2pm – movie to be selected soon

 

Dungog Film Society
Sunday 27 April at 7pm

Stories We Tell (M)

A documentary which unpeels the complex life of Diane, an aspiring actress and mother, and the shockwaves that a series of impulsive actions unleash on her children, husband and community. Read more…

 

Down Memory Lane
Thursday 1 May at 10am

The Maltese Falcon

This film has been consistently named as one of the greatest films of all time. It stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his’ femme fatale’ client… Read more…

 

Dungog Film Society
Sunday 18 May at 7pm

American Hustle (MA)

This film tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld, who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser is forced to work for a wild FBI agent… Read more…

 

Maitland Gilbert & Sullivan & Musical Society
Saturday 31 May at 7.30pm and Sunday 1 June at 2pm

Pirates of Penzance