WE have received some super letters from three 11-year-olds at Norton Primary School, who have written praising the cinema and the staff and even making some suggestions.

We will be replying to these in the next few days. It was so nice that they praised our staff so highly for what we know they do so well.

The Milton Rooms has The Milton Rooms Presents: Jaleo Flamenco performing A Compás on Sunday, May 31, at 7pm.

This is an interesting show from the point of view of PA as one of the items to be mic-ed up are the feet. I can’t believe, in the size of the hall, that it will need much addition of feet on the PA.

I haven’t had to do anything for dance since a Radio 2 arts programme where we had tap dance on the radio. Jaleo are offering “a scintillating fusion of heart-rending vocals, explosive footwork and virtuoso guitar playing. Jaleo return to Britain with their latest new stage show A Compás, brimming over with the intoxicating rhythms, palpable energy and joie de vivre which has become synonymous with the company”. Tickets are £15.

 

Films from Friday

We have an amazing mix of eight films this week.

Pitch Perfect 2 (12A and number one in the top 10) looks like a real hoot that seems to get everyone laughing when the trailer comes on.

Tomorrowland: A World Beyond (PG) looks like a classic Disney sci-fi live action adventure film with George Clooney for all families at half-term.

A Royal Night Out (12A and number six in the top 10) continues its run with one show a day.

Far From the Madding Crowd (12A and number five in the top 10) continues for another week.

Spooks: The Greater Good (15 and number four in the top 10) carries on the suspense for yet another week.

Two by Two (U) and Cinderella (U) staying with us for one show a day.

Avengers: Age of Ultron (12A and number three in the top 10) stays for a single show a day as well.

Coming soon Spy (15) is a story of a deskbound CIA analyst who volunteers to go undercover infiltrating the work of a deadly arms dealer in order to prevent a diabolical global disaster.

There are loads of names in this film – Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Alison Janny, 50 Cent and Miranda Hart. It looks like a real comic romp in the style of Bridesmaids.

The Dark Horse (PG) is an ideal film for our area that is booked in from Monday, June 1, at 7.30pm only for four days currently because of the holidays.

Jurassic World (12A) previews on June 11 – here 22 years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now has a fully functioning dinosaur theme park – Jurassic World. After 10 years of operation, visitor rates are declining, so a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor’s interest, which funnily enough backfires horribly. You would think they would have learnt that letting the film cameras in meant something going wrong.

 

Live stage productions

The next is ROH Live Opera: La Boheme on June 10, at 7pm. A few seats on the front row at the time of writing.

The first of the ROH new season is Live Ballet – Romeo and Juliet (12A), Kenneth MacMillan’s famous version of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy set to Prokofiev’s magnificent score.

This Romeo and Juliet shows the colour of street life in Verona with sword fights and celebrations, but MacMillan’s focus is always on the emotions of the young lovers – especially on Juliet as she journeys through the delirious happiness of first love to the shocked, adult perception of her fate. Romeo and Juliet shows on Tuesday, September 22, at 7pm – already great interest and seats are filling up.

We are adding a live film premiere of London Road, which includes what is described as an exclusive question and answer session with key cast and crew following the screening of the film.

The cast includes Olivia Colman, Kate Fleetwood, Anita Dobson and Tom Hardy.

This show was hailed as a remarkable, groundbreaking work during its two sell-out runs. It chronicles the events which shook Suffolk in 2006, when the quiet town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women.

The residents of London Road having struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street follows the community who found themselves at the epicentre of these tragic events. It uses their own words set to an innovative musical score.