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Rook Lane Film Nights – AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS
Posted on January 29, 2013
January 29, 2013
Drawn from Louis Malle’s own childhood experiences in the 1940s, this simple chronicle of childhood friendship is increasingly touched by and reactive to the events of the time in much the same way as its two protagonists encounter them.
Rook Lane Film Night – ONE FROM THE HEART
Posted on January 29, 2013
January 29, 2013
An idiosyncratic musical set in Las Vegas in all its 4th July excess – perhaps not what might be expected of this director…
Rook Lane Film Night – THE BLUE KITE (LAN FENG ZHEN)
Posted on January 29, 2013
January 29, 2013
A Beijing family’s eye-view of daily life in China in the fifteen years leading up to the Cultural Revolution in 1966. The first in our latest series of Sunday night films at Rook Lane Arts.
Rook Lane Film Nights Special Edition: The Third Man
Posted on January 3, 2013
January 3, 2013
Step out of the cold and into post-war Vienna for the Carol Read classic film starring Orson Welles. Tea and viennese confections will be served and those in film noir attire get discounted entry.
Kammerphilharmonie Europa – in association with Jackdaws and Frome Concerts Group
Posted on December 11, 2012
December 11, 2012
The packed programme is full of delights including Vivaldi, Bach and Grieg. This is a rare chance to hear the acclaimed Cologne-based Chamber Philharmonic Europe.
Coffee Concert – Ensemble Amaranthos
Posted on November 23, 2012
November 23, 2012
Led by Portuguese flautist, Marta Goncalves this international ensemble enjoy successful careers performing together and in other chamber groups and early music outfits such as the OAE, Florilegium and La serenissima.
Coffee Concert: Gemma Rosefield & Benjamin Nabarro
Posted on November 5, 2012
November 5, 2012
We have wondered for several years how a solo cello programme would be received as part of our Coffee Concert series. In the end we felt that a pairing in which the cello is an equal partner to the violin would be more widely appreciated.
Coffee Concert: Badke String Quartet
Posted on November 5, 2012
November 5, 2012
A return visit by this sensational quartet who defied illness and snowy weather to perform in our 2009 season, since when two personnel changes have strengthened and honed their taut and precise playing.
Jane Taylor in Concert
Posted on November 5, 2012
November 5, 2012
Fresh from their live session on Radio 2 with Bob Harris, the award winning Jane Taylor Band, first championed by Johnnie Walker, returns to Frome as part of a UK Tour.
Rook Lane Film Night – What Price Hollywood?
Posted on November 5, 2012
November 5, 2012
What Price Hollywood? One of the best behind-the-scenes looks at the old Hollywood studio system that was ever made.
