Extend and Pilates next week

Message from Margaret Lycett

EXTEND and PILATES:

There will be no Extend or Pilates next Wednesday, 6th June, as our instructor, Jill, has to attend a two day course. 

Both will resume, as normal, the following Wednesday, 13th June.  She sends her sincere apologies. 

Karen will still welcome us, and anyone who would like to join us, at Cafe eleven at 10.30am on Wednesday as usual.

 

--   Yoland Brown  Brownhill House B&B & Garden, Ruyton XI Towns nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR  Tel:  01939 261 121  brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk  www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.org uk  www.eleventowns.com  ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club - www.ShACC-uk.org  MAILING LIST  for Ruyton XI Towns area  Yo`s blog:  http://Yo-emails.blogspot.co.uk

Churchyard Working Party

Message from Chris Ayers.

Weather permitting there will be a Churchyard Working Party this Saturday, 2nd June 10 a.m.-12 noon. Refreshments provided. Please bring your own tools. This coincides with the Garden Club Coffee Morning  which starts at 10.30 a.m. but it's possible to do the two if you want.   

--   Yoland Brown  Brownhill House B&B & Garden, Ruyton XI Towns nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR  Tel:  01939 261 121  brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk  www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.org uk  www.eleventowns.com  ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club - www.ShACC-uk.org  MAILING LIST  for Ruyton XI Towns area  Yo`s blog:  http://Yo-emails.blogspot.co.uk

WARNING - AGS Trees & Landscapes

Important WARNING from Ed Garbet, Park Gate.

Someone claiming to represent this organisation called today offering a professional and reliable landscaping and tree felling service. The leaflet describing the company was very professionally done but an internet search revealed that the genuine article is based in the South West of Scotland. I contacted AGS and it seems that some members of the travelling community are using the same name and logo. They strongly advise against using this company as they are unreliable and will probably not be trained, insured or qualified to carry out any work.  Be Aware!  Best Regards  Ed Garbett 

--   Yoland Brown  Brownhill House B&B & Garden, Ruyton XI Towns nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR  Tel:  01939 261 121  brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk  www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.org uk  www.eleventowns.com  ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club - www.ShACC-uk.org  MAILING LIST  for Ruyton XI Towns area  Yo`s blog:  http://Yo-emails.blogspot.co.uk

Fwd: Celebrating summer in a Shropshire garden

Remember Brownhill House Garden is still open by arrangement - just drop me an email to arrange a day and time.

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Subject:	Celebrating summer in a Shropshire garden
Date:	Mon, 28 May 2018 06:13:02 +0000
From:	The National Garden Scheme in Shropshire <allisonpwalter@gmail.com>
Reply-To:	allisonpwalter@gmail.com
To:	Name <brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk>

View this email in your browser Celebrating summer in a Shropshire garden! Over the first summer weekend of the year, three beautiful Shropshire gardens will be opening their garden gates to visitors, sharing their delightful green spaces and serving up lovely homemade teas as part of the National Garden Scheme,  raising money for cancer and caring charities including Macmillan, Marie Curie, Hospices UK and many others. A full list of the charities supported by the National Gardens Scheme can be found here:  https://www.ngs.org.uk/who-we-are/beneficiaries/ The following Shropshire gardens will be opening for the Scheme next weekend: NEW! Saturday 2nd June (2-6pm):  Cruckfield House, Shoothill, Ford, Shrewsbury, SY5 9NR; a new garden to the Scheme, this delightful and romantic garden over 3 acres is bound to delight visitors on a summer's afternoon:  https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden/garden/14085/ NEW! Sunday 3rd June (1-5pm): 2 School Cottages, Hook-a-Gate, Shrewsbury, SY5 8BQ: another new garden to the Scheme with many elements to enjoy amongst its 3 acres with woodland walks and views over the Welsh hills:  https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden/garden/35310/ Sunday 3rd June (12-5pm): WIndy Ridge, Church Lane, Little Wenlock, Telford, TF6 5BB: one of Shropshire's best gardens enjoyed by visitors from all over the country; plant-packed, with a picture around every corner:  https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden/garden/19863/ MANY THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Thank you all for recently confirming your continued support for the National Garden Scheme in Shropshire, it is much appreciated.  This email is safe to forward to all your family and friends - please encourage as many people as possible to attend our garden openings - we are raising vital funds for cancer and nursing charities. Many thanks, from, Allison Allison Walter, County Organiser, NGS Shropshire Please follow us on social media: Facebook: Shropshire NGS Twitter: @shropshireNGS Copyright © 2018 The National Gardens Scheme in Shropshire, All rights reserved. Confirmed supporter of the National Garden Scheme in Shropshire Our mailing address is: The National Gardens Scheme in Shropshire Stonewood Barn 2 The Beeches, Marton Hill Marton, Shropshire SY21 8JY United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Cliffe Garden Coffee morning

Message from Margaret Lycett.

Cliffe Garden Club: 

A reminder of the Coffee Morning to be held this Saturday, 2nd June, at the home of Peter and Lynn Evans at Castle View, Ruyton XI Towns (next to the Village Hall) at 10.30am.

Large selection of plants for sale, draw, cake stall etc.

Everyone welcome.

 

--   Yoland Brown  Brownhill House B&B & Garden, Ruyton XI Towns nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR  Tel:  01939 261 121  brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk  www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.org uk  www.eleventowns.com  ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club - www.ShACC-uk.org  MAILING LIST  for Ruyton XI Towns area  Yo`s blog:  http://Yo-emails.blogspot.co.uk

Next RXI Towns Parish Council Meeting Tues 5 June 2018 at 7.30 pm at The Victoria Room

Message from Sue Hackett, Ruyton XI Towns Parish Clerk.

Ruyton XI Towns Parish Council will be holding their next Parish Council Meeting on 5 June 2018 at 8.30 pm at The Victoria Room

The meeting agenda is attached for your information. Council are expected to discuss arrangements for a volunteer litter pick, the LED replacement scheme and much more...

If your interested in any of these items or simply want to find out more please come along to the meeting.

As you will be aware the Council has a new website which is well worth a visit; particularly if you want to catch up with council activities:

http://www.ruytonxitownsparishcouncil.org.uk/

--   Yoland Brown  Brownhill House B&B & Garden, Ruyton XI Towns nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR  Tel:  01939 261 121  brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk  www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.org uk  www.eleventowns.com  ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club - www.ShACC-uk.org  MAILING LIST  for Ruyton XI Towns area  Yo`s blog:  http://Yo-emails.blogspot.co.uk

Little Ness Village Hall Summer Events

Message from Christina Russell, Valeswood.

Little Ness Village Hall Summer Events to be pencilled in! 

LITTLE NESS VILLAGE HALL 

FAMILY CAR TREASURE HUNT

16TH JUNE, REGISTER AT 12PM

ENTRY £10 per CAR

RETURN TO BBQ SELLING HOT DOGS

(approximately 70 miles circuit) 

LITTLE NESS VILLAGE HALL 

ANNUAL VILLAGE FETE

14th JULY AT 2PM

FREE ADMISSION 

CAKE STALLS, BRIC-A-BRAC, 

PLANT STALL AND MUCH MORE !

--   Yoland Brown  Brownhill House B&B & Garden, Ruyton XI Towns nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR  Tel:  01939 261 121  brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk  www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.org uk  www.eleventowns.com  ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club - www.ShACC-uk.org  MAILING LIST  for Ruyton XI Towns area  Yo`s blog:  http://Yo-emails.blogspot.co.uk

Hanging baskets for sale

I  have had an email from Chris Riley of Eardiston whose neighbour suggested he advertise his lovely hanging baskets on the Mailing List.

Chris Riley from Eardiston has some beautiful hanging baskets to sell - see attached pictures.

Please contact Chris - chris.riley52@googlemail.com

--   Yoland Brown  Brownhill House B&B & Garden, Ruyton XI Towns nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR  Tel:  01939 261 121  brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk  www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.org uk  www.eleventowns.com  ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club - www.ShACC-uk.org  MAILING LIST  for Ruyton XI Towns area  Yo`s blog:  http://Yo-emails.blogspot.co.uk

Ruyton XI Towns VILLAGE QUIZ

Message from Colin Case.

Another go at a quiz – 23^rd June. A Black & White Poster – cheap to print and display near you.

 

 

 

Colin Case Tel:    +44 1939 260 628 Mob:  +44 7860 904 006 VOIP: +44 1939 328 243

 

 

--   Yoland Brown  Brownhill House B&B & Garden, Ruyton XI Towns nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR  Tel:  01939 261 121  brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk  www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.org uk  www.eleventowns.com  ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club - www.ShACC-uk.org  MAILING LIST  for Ruyton XI Towns area  Yo`s blog:  http://Yo-emails.blogspot.co.uk

Lapwings and Curlews survey

Message from Claire Backshall, Community Wildlife Group.

The Tanat to Perry survey group's next meeting is on 6th June, when Leo Smith will present results from the fieldwork carried out during the past three months.  

It's not too late for people to get involved in the project: anyone with an interest in Lapwings or Curlews is welcome!  I'd be glad if you could send this poster to your mailing list and hope that some of your readers will come along -

--   Yoland Brown  Brownhill House B&B & Garden, Ruyton XI Towns nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR  Tel:  01939 261 121  brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk  www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.org uk  www.eleventowns.com  ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club - www.ShACC-uk.org  MAILING LIST  for Ruyton XI Towns area  Yo`s blog:  http://Yo-emails.blogspot.co.uk

I love Ruyton XI Towns

Are you looking for a present for someone who lives and/or loves Ruyton XI Towns?

Check out `I love Ruyton XI Towns` on Ebay where you can find all sorts of merchandise, from a cotton bag to mobile phone covers and other small items.

Might be useful to put on top of the wardrobe ready for Christmas!

Yoland

--   Yoland Brown  Brownhill House B&B & Garden, Ruyton XI Towns nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR  Tel:  01939 261 121  brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk  www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.org uk  www.eleventowns.com  ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club - www.ShACC-uk.org  MAILING LIST  for Ruyton XI Towns area  Yo`s blog:  http://Yo-emails.blogspot.co.uk

Fwd: June Film Screenings & Events at kinokulture cinema, Oswestry

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Subject:	June Film Screenings & Events at kinokulture cinema, Oswestry
Date:	Sat, 26 May 2018 19:01:43 +0000
From:	kinokulture <info@kinokulture.org.uk>
Reply-To:	kinokulture <info@kinokulture.org.uk>
To:	yoland@eleventowns.com

View this email in your browser Welcome to the June edition of the kinokulture cinema newsletter. We have two wonderful literary adaptations coming to our screen this month 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society' at the beginning of the month and 'On Chesil Beach' at the end of the month. Our Event Cinema Broadcasts include the third in our season of Oscar Wilde plays 'An Ideal Husband' and a brand new production of 'Swan Lake' from The Royal Opera House. We are also pleased to present a Live Shadow Puppet Show from local puppeteers Tell-A-Vision. Documentary screenings include 'Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story' exploring the genius mind behind the beautiful screen icon and 'Even when I Fall' the story of Circus Kathmandu, Nepal's first and only circus.  Amongst our regular programme Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda's 'The Third Murder' turns convention on its head in a captivating courtroom drama and The brilliant Oscar winning 'Three billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri' returns to our screen for a special one off screening.  all of our June screenings are now on sale and available to book online via our website: http://www.kinokulture.org.uk Ticket prices for regular screenings are £7.00 Adult & £5.00 Under 16's Prices for Event Cinema & Live broadcasts vary depending on the distributor. Please scroll down to see full information & booking links for all of this month's films. Doors open 30 minutes before the screening time and parking is available in The Horse Market car park just a short walk from the cinema. Our cafe/bar space sells a range of light refreshments and is licensed in the evenings and on Saturdays. The cinema has a loop system and is also  installed with Mobile Connect - Sennheiser's WiFi based system that enables low-latency transmission of audio content to mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.  We can now easily provide assistive listening, audio description and interpretation channels to your own mobile phone. all you need to do is download the 'Sennheiser  Mobileconnect' App for free from the Android or ITunes app store and listen through headphones connected to your mobile phone. This service can be used by anyone needing hearing assistance but is also very useful for people who can not understand the indecipherable mumbling of certain actors when they are 'In character'. We look forward to seeing you this month. June Film Screenings & Events at kinokulture cinema  9 Arthur Street, Oswestry, SY11 1JN The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (12A) Friday 1st June  7:30pm Saturday 2nd June 7:30pm Thursday 7th June 1:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/239180 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167   A writer seeks inspiration in the tales of a Guernsey reading group in this British tale of keeping calm and carrying on.   Striking up an unexpected bond with the book club of the title, writer Juliet Ashton quickly becomes enchanted with their tales of island life under the Nazi occupation during WWII. Deciding there's enough material to turn their tale into a book of its own, she travels to Guernsey in order to tell their story. To do so however, she stirs ghosts from the past whose effects are still keenly felt for a community for whom retelling old tales means reliving a nightmare.    Affectionately adapting the bestselling novel, a blend of humour and warm nostalgia ensure this lengthy-titled film will find fans across the ages.   Director: Mike Newell Cast: Lily James, Jessica Brown Findlay, Michiel Huisman, Matthew Goode, Katherine Parkinson, Tom Courtenay, Glen Powell   Run time: 123 mins Lore (15) Oswestry Film Society Screening Tuesday 5th June 7:30pm Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's Please note that membership or tickets for Oswestry Film Society screeningscannot be booked through kinokulture. Please book online through the Oswestry Film Society website: https://www.oswestryfilmsociety.com/currentseason Or email: oswestryfilmsociety@gmail.com How do you come to terms with the horrors your parents have committed? This moving drama, set at the end of World War 2, tells the story of 14 year old Lore and her siblings as they make a desperate journey across war ravaged   Germany to the safety of their Grandmother's home. Their parents - both staunch Nazis - have been arrested by the Allies, and as the children make their perilous trek they have to face up to the misplaced beliefs of their mother and father. Beautiful cinematography and a haunting mood make this a powerful take on the legacy of the holocaust.    "Beautifully photographed and acted by an exquisite cast of children who never make a single move that is calculated or less than believable." The Observer.    (German with English subtitles) Australia/Germany / 2012/ 109 mins  Oscar Wilde Season: An Ideal Husband (12A) Encore Screening Wednesday 6th June  7:15pm Tickets: £15.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/461230 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 A new production of the Rolls-Royce of English comedies, Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, will be broadcast live to cinemas from the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End.    This entertaining and still topical play brings an act of political sin into the heart of the English home. As an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern's smooth ascent to the top seems assured until Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning proof of his previous financial chicanery.    This is the third play from the Oscar Wilde Season, a year-long celebration of the brilliant Victorian playwright being staged by the Classic Spring Theatre Company.   Run time: 180 mins    Even When I Fall (12A) Thursday 7th June  7:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/486395 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 The formation of Nepal's first circus is told through the stories of two female victims of human trafficking as they rebuild their lives and confront age-old prejudices.  Filmed over six years, Even When I Fall is an intimate and beautiful documentary touching on the importance of education and the need for female empowerment.  Sheetal and Saraswoti met as teenagers in a Kathmandu refuge, survivors of child trafficking to corrupt Indian circuses and brought back across the border to a Nepal they could barely remember. Even When I Fall traces their journey as they confront the families that sold them, seek acceptance within their own country and begin to build a future. They struggle against the odds and without education, but inadvertently these girls were left with a secret weapon by their captors – their breathtaking  skills as circus artists . With 11 other young trafficking survivors, Sheetal and Saraswoti form Circus Kathmandu – Nepal's first and only circus.   Directors: Sky Neal & Kate McLarnon UK 2016 Run time: 1 hour 33 mins Nepali with English subtitles The Leisure Seeker (15) Friday 8th June  7:30pm Saturday 9th June 7:30pm Thursday 14th June 1:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/242266 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 The Leisure Seeker is the nickname of the old RV used by Ella and John Spencer to go on vacation with their children in the 1970s. On a summer morning, to escape a destiny of medical care that would keep them apart forever, the couple leave their adult and intrusive children astonished as they hop on board that dated vehicle and dash down Old Route 1 towards Key West for a new adventure. John is muddle-headed and forgetful but strong, Ella is feeble and fragile but still very lucid, together they seem to barely make up a whole person.    Their trip through an America they no longer recognize – between hilarious moments and others of pure terror - is their chance to retrace their married life nourished by passion and devotion, but also by secret obsessions that abruptly resurface and bring surprising revelations right up to the very end.   USA 2018 Cast: Christian McKay, Donald Sutherland, Helen Mirren Run time: 1 hour 52 mins Director: Paolo Virzì   Royal Opera House Live: Swan Lake (12A) Tuesday 12th June  7:15pm Tickets: £15.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/463328 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 The Royal Ballet performs a new production of Tchaikovsky's magnificent classical ballet. Production and additional choreography by Liam Scarlett and designs by John Macfarlane.   Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a beautiful woman, Odette, he is enraptured. But she is under a spell that holds her captive, allowing her to regain her human form only at night.  The evil spirit Von Rothbart, arbiter of Odette's curse, disguises his daughter Odile as Odette to trick Siegfried into breaking his vow of love. Fooled, Siegfried declares his love for Odile, and so dooms Odette to suffer under the curse forever.    Swan Lake was Tchaikovsky's first score for ballet. Given its status today as arguably the best loved and most admired of all classical ballets, it is perhaps surprising that at its premiere in 1877 Swan Lake was poorly received. It is thanks to the 1895 production by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov that Swan Lake has become part of not only ballet consciousness but also wider popular culture. That success is secured not only by the sublime, symphonic sweep of Tchaikovsky's score, but also by the striking choreographic contrasts between Petipa's royal palace scenes and the lyric lakeside scenes created by Ivanov.  Swan Lake has had a special role in the repertory of The Royal Ballet since 1934. Since then there has been a succession of productions, the most recent of which was overseen by Anthony Dowell. This Season the Company creates a new production with additional choreography by Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett. Scarlett, while remaining faithful to the Petipa-Ivanov text, will bring fresh eyes to the staging of this classic ballet, in collaboration with his long-term designer John Macfarlane.   A fresh look at the great classic, The Royal Ballet's new production is the Company's first in 30 years.   Run time: 3 hours including two intervals   Doc of the Month: Bombshell (12A) (15) Wed 13th June May  7:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/486405 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 The film rediscovers Hollywood wild-child Hedy Lamarr, not only as a screen idol but as the brilliant mind who coinvented 1940s wireless technology still used today. Directed by Alexandra Dean and Exec. Produced by Susan Sarandon the screening and Q&A will be broadcast live across the UK and Ireland via satellite by Dogwoof, in partnership with UN Women National Committee UK. Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr was known as the world's most beautiful woman – Snow White and Cat Woman were both based on her iconic look. However, her arresting looks and glamorous life stood in the way of her being given the credit she deserved as an ingenious inventor whose pioneering work helped revolutionise modern communication. Mislabeled as "just another pretty face," Hedy's true legacy is that of a technological trailblazer.   "A vivid portrait of one of the most remarkable, pioneering women of Hollywood's Golden Age." **** Little White Lies   "Lamarr was an enigma: a great brain trapped in a silly, spurious image of glamour, while her real talent was allowed to wither. A sad but fascinating story." ***** The Guardian   Director: Alexandra Dean. Cast: Nino Amareno, Charles Amirkhanian, Jeanine Basinger. Run time: 89 mins   The Third Murder (15) Thursday 14th June 7:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/493825 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda (Still Walking) turns convention on its head with this captivating courtroom drama.  Leading attorney Shigemori takes on the defence of murder-robbery suspect Misumi who served jail time for another murder 30 years ago.  Shigemori's chances of winning the case seem low - his client freely admits his guilt, despite facing the death penalty if he is convicted.  But as he digs deeper into the case, as he hears the testimonies of the victim's family and Misumi himself, the once confident Shigemori begins to doubt whether his client is the murderer after all. Kore-eda gives a piercing attack on the Japanese death sentence with a film that looks at the complexities of finding the truth.   "The Third Murder is a treat - intrigue-laden shots and cinematography, subtleties in the expressions of the starring cast, spots of dotty humour and an oddly ethereal atmosphere that is gripping." **** Sunday Independent   Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan 2017 Japanese with English subtitles Run time: 2 hours 5 mins   Tully (15) Friday 15th June 7:30pm Saturday 16th June 7:30pm Free Booking link: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/242590 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Marlo (Charlize Theron), a mother of three, including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Mark Duplass). While at first hesitant to accept the extravagance, she comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny, Tully (Mackenzie Davis).  A funny, moving, and insightful look at motherhood that features captivating performances by its two female leads.   "[Charlize] Theron and [Mackenzie] Davis are dynamite together, the actresses playing off each other like two sides of the same coin." Indiewire   "With the help of Theron and Davis' magnetic chemistry, Cody and Reitman's synergy, and an intricate yet touching story about motherhood, Tully perfectly blends comedy and drama, creating a powerful, tender meditation on societal stigmas." Film Inquiry   Director: Jason Reitman USA 2018 Cast: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston Run time: 96 mins   Dean Spanley (U) Oswestry Film Society Screening Tuesday 19th June  7:30pm Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's Please note that membership or tickets for Oswestry Film Society screenings cannot be booked through kinokulture. Please book online through the Oswestry Film Society website: https://www.oswestryfilmsociety.com/currentseason Or email: oswestryfilmsociety@gmail.com     Turn of the 20th century  England; Henslowe Fisk (Jeremy Northam) does his best to raise the spirits of his cantankerous father with their weekly outings. Horatio (Peter O'Toole) willingly joins his son but it does little to cheer him, emotionally distant as he is, dwelling on the loss of a son and his wife. Whilst attending a lecture about the transmigration of souls by a visiting Hindu swami, their paths cross with that of Vicar Dean Spanley (Sam Neill). Spanley invites them both to dinner and a strange evening ensues, one that just might soften Horatio's hard heart.  ​ "This is a delightful, oddly moving film, immaculately acted, carefully skirting whimsy, and nicely located in its period." The Guardian UK / 2008/ 100 mins Edie (U) Wednesday 20th June 7:30pm Thursday 21st June 7:30pm Tickets: £7.00 adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/244959 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 British actress Sheila Hancock gets a plum role in Simon Hunter's thoughtful, exploratory drama which premiered to acclaim at Edinburgh.   She is Edith 'Edie' Moore, a gruff, bitter woman in her eighties. After the death of her controlling husband George, Edie's already strained relationship with her daughter Nancy begins to worsen, as she tries to convince Nancy that she can still live independently. Meanwhile, Edie decides to fulfil a long-held dream of climbing a Scottish mountain and against Nancy's wishes, heads to Scotland, employing Jonny (Kevin Guthrie) to get her the right equipment and train her for the gruelling climb. As the pair talk, bicker and have fun, they reveal more about their lives to each other against the sublime landscapes of the Scottish Highlands. It's a touching, tender portrait of late-life adventure and self-discovery, strengthened by uplifting cinematography and an authentic, career-best performance by Hancock.   "At its heart, director Simon Hunter has created a light and upbeat film that shares a similar tone to Ken Loach's 'The Angels' Share'.  However, peel back the surface and there are underlying themes that challenge the social stereotypes of ageing and friendships within our society." **** Movie Review World   Director: Simon Hunter UK 2017 Cast: Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan, Amy Manson Run time: 102 mins   That Goodnight (12A) Friday 22nd June  7:30pm Saturday 23rd June 7:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/237295 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 This enthralling film is a wonderful tribute to the late John Hurt. He plays Ralph, a once famous writer who is terminally ill and wants to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son Michael.   That Good Night stars award winner, John Hurt (The Elephant Man, Midnight Express) in his last leading role as Ralph, a once-famous film director in his seventies who has two missions in life. Ralph wishes to be reconciled with his son, Michael (Max Brown, Spooks), and, to ensure that he is not a burden to his devoted wife, Anna (Sofia Helin, The Bridge), as he goes "into that good night". Ralph hires the services of the mysterious "Visitor" (Charles Dance, Game of Thrones) who unexpectedly guides him to find new meaning in his life.    Set in the stunning hilltops of the Algarve coastline of Portugal, this life affirming drama exploring family relationships is based on the stage play by NJ Crisp and inspired by the poem of Dylan Thomas.   "A fond farewell to a much-loved legend" Hollywood Reporter   Director: Eric Styles UK/Portugal 2017 92 mins   Tell-A-Vision - Time Will Tell ( Shadow Puppet Show) Wednesday 27th June 7:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/482650 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Tell a Vision have created a wonderful combination of storytelling with shadow theatre. This is a unique, ancient form of storytelling and is the oldest type of puppetry in the world. This style of entertainment began thousands of years ago; before televisions and computers were invented. The magic comes from you, the audience, to believe in the shadows and let the story come to life   The show consists of 3 stories, each with a purpose and moral:   Pedlar of Swaffham: A Man who follows his dreams Anarchy in Oswestry: The Time Is Now Death in a Nut: The Cycle Of Life   Run time: 75 mins including interval   The performance is suitable for anyone between the ages of 8 - 108.     Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (15) Thursday 28th June 7:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/504011 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Three Billboards is back on our screen for one night only because we had a little gap to fill and we love it so much. So if you missed out last time around make sure to book tickets and if you did see it before then why not experience the ride again?   Martin McDonagh's follow-up to Seven Psychopaths is a characteristically pitch-black comedic drama featuring a blistering central performance from Frances McDormand. It's been seven months since her daughter was murdered and foul-mouthed, tough-as-nails Mildred Hayes (McDormand) is fed up. Fuelled by grief and outraged that the investigation has gone quiet, she provokes the local police department with a series of messages plastered on three disused billboards outside her home town of Ebbing, Missouri.    So begins a rapidly escalating and very public feud between Mildred and venerated community leader and family man, Chief Willoughby (Woody Harrelson). The situation is exacerbated when blundering side-kick, Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell) gets involved. Just as unhinged as Mildred, but with a significantly lower IQ, Dixon's penchant for violence is stoked by his leaden, borderline psychotic mother to whom he is unhealthily attached. McDonagh's screenplays are consistently audacious and his sleight-of-hand here is to make the victim (or more accurately, the victim's mother), a righteous, nasty woman who is just as hell-bent on rebuffing sympathy as she is on getting justice.   Like many of McDonagh's best and most profane characters, Mildred has a fibrous moral code. Her indignant blustering is frequently triggered by social injustice and small-town bigotry – 'it seems to me that the police department is too busy torturing black folks to solve actual crime' – and her increasingly reckless actions are prompted by a deep-seated sense of guilt and regret.  McDonagh's latest exploration of the American psyche is by turns riotously funny and deeply sobering, cutting to the quick of social division and tearing to shreds – like the tattered billboards that Mildred papers over – the all-American dreaminess of the Capra-esque small town. A universally splendid cast is rounded out by Abbie Cornish, Peter Dinklage, John Hawkes, Clarke Peters and Caleb Landry Jones. Clare Stewart - The BFI   "Frances McDormand is commanding as a woman avenging the murder of her daughter in Martin McDonagh's modern-day western." ***** The Guardian   "Like the best movies often do, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" leaves audiences with a complex set of emotions, and with a hard-to-define hint of the profound." **** San Francisco Chronicle   Director: Martin McDonagh Cast: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage USA 2017 Run time: 115 mins   On Chesil Beach (12A) Friday 29th June  7:30pm Saturday 30th June  7:30pm Thursday 5th July  1:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/244950 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Ian McEwan's adaptation of his novel, directed by Dominic Cooke, is an emotionally charged exploration of love, sex and marriage, featuring superb performances by Lady Bird star Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle (Dunkirk).   It is summer 1962, and England has yet to undergo the social changes that ushered in a new morality synonymous with the Swinging Sixies and Beatlemania. Florence and Edward are just married and honeymooning on the dramatic coastline of Chesil Beach in Dorset. In thier stifling hotel underlying tensions between the young couple surface, casting unexpected shadows across wedding night.   "It's a lyrical and rapturous film - a repressed passion play, funny, delicate and heartbreaking." Variety   "The lead actors are both marvellous... Yet the film's most impressive performance might come from director Dominic Cooke, who has delivered an assured, wistful debut." *** Globe and Mail   UK 2018 Run time: 110 mins Director: Dominic Cooke Cast: Anne-Marie Duff, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Samuel West, Saoirse Ronan   Up & Coming Highlights In July Stems: Live Soundtrack To The Stars (PG) Wednesday 25th July  7:30pm Tickets: £10.00 adult/£8.00 Under 16's Book online: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/510521 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 We are pleased to present specially selected and edited images from our solar system and deep space, set to a dynamic and elegantly powerful live soundtrack, composed and performed by genre defying band 'Stems'. The follow up to their acclaimed BFI commissioned Georges Méliès live soundtracks.  It is a gig, a film and a journey through the infinite wonders of the universe.  Stems were formed in the UK in 2011 by founder member and composer John Dorr, with the idea of mixing classical composition and instruments with rock. The music is often described as 'Cinematic' and sometimes labelled Post- Rock or Neo- Classical. Since 2013 they have toured Europe several times and developed a following based on their reputation for intense and beautiful concerts, often performing with local string players to expand the sound. Performing shows with Michael Rother (Neu!), Russian Circles, Tides from Nebula, Pelican, My Baby, Lovely Eggs. In 2018 the band relocated to Nuremberg and completed their most ambitious project so far - which includes visuals from NASA and is entitled 'Soundtrack to the stars' Run time: 50 mins July also sees the launch of kinoclub welcoming you to a world of British & World independent cinema.  Kinoclub will run throughout the year with fours seasons of 8 films featuring a diverse range of documentary, restored classics and brand new feature films from across the world. Season 1 opens with 'Nothing Like a Dame' on Wednesday 4th july and also includes a new 4K restoration of 'The Piano', 'Lean On Pete' and 'New town Utopia' all screening in July. Tickets for individual screenings can be bought at our usual price of £7.00 Adults/£5.00 Under 16's or Season Memberships can be bought for £32.00 giving entry to all 8 films in Season 1 for just £4.00 per film. Look out for more news on kinoclub season 1 with tickets and membership on sale soon.   An American In Paris The Musical returns to our screen for a special encore screening on Sunday 22nd July at 3:00pm. If you missed this truly wonderful West End production the first time around make sure to book and if you did get to see it you may want to experience it all over again.   ★★★★★ I would beg, borrow or steal to see it all again  Financial Times ★★★★★ The best-looking and best-danced musical in town is an instant classic The Stage Online booking: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/506073 Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2018 kinokulture, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to join our mailing list or have shown an interest in our previous screenings and activities Our mailing address is: kinokulture 9 Arthur St OSWESTRY, Shropshire SY11 1JN United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? 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