The magic of the Bolshoi Ballet comes to the big screen at Cinema Nouveau

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The season of ballets from Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet company continues with the screening of The Golden Age, which releases at Cinema Nouveau on Saturday, November 12 for limited screenings.

The other productions in this season include: The Nutcracker (December 17), Swan Lake (February 18, 2017), The Sleeping Beauty (March 10), A Contemporary Evening (April 21) and finally, A Hero of our Time (May 12). The ballets are brought to the big screen by Fathom Events, BY Experience and Pathé Live. Continue reading

Acclaimed new SA film Hatchet Hour opens in cinemas

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Hatchet Hour, a Ladybug Films production which recently scooped the Best Foreign Film Award at the LA Femme International Film Festival, opens in selected SA cinemas on November 4. The film is presented by the National Film & Video Foundation in association with the Department of Trade & Industry and M-Net.

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Cinema Nouveau to screen ‘The Threepenny Opera’ as part of NT Live

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Cinema Nouveau will be screening the landmark of 20th century musical theatre, The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann, as part of the National Theatre Live series.

This new production was directed by Rufus Norris for the National Theatre on London’s South Bank and filmed live at the Olivier Theatre. Continue reading

André Rieu returns to the big screen with his spectacular 2016 concert

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Andre Rieu, affectionately known as the ‘King of Waltz’, is one of the world’s most popular music artists, renowned for staging spectacular concerts filled with beautiful music, glittering ballgowns and amazing lighting and fireworks.

The 2016 Maastricht Concert from Vrijthof, one of the most beautiful squares in Holland, is no exception.

South African fans will be delighted that this year’s surprise-filled concert will be broadcast on the big screen at Cinema Nouveau theatres at the Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg, Brooklyn Mall in Pretoria, Gateway in Durban and V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on October 15 at 7.45pm and October 16 at 2.30pm.  Continue reading