Bulawayo Morning Mirror Extra  - 18th September 2020

THE ACADEMY AND PERFORMING ARTS BULAWAYO 
 
Teaching resumed at the Academy on Monday 14 September and there will be the usual eleven-week
  term ending on Friday 27 November.  The Academy will remain open thereafter for make-up lessons 
 etc.  Full details from the office which is open from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.  - or Tel: 60684 / 67195.

Vusi Ndebele had joined the Academy as Administrator, initially in a part-time capacity, working
  afternoons from 2.00 p.m. He will also be available to teach guitar and piano.  

DVDs will continue on Thursdays starting at 5.00 p.m. and also Fridays from 25 September, as below. 
 Depending on support, afternoon showings may also begin in October.

The Note, the Academy coffee shop, is open and is available for take-aways and deliveries as well as
  light meals before evening DVDs..

 THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER AT N.B. 5.00 P.M.   RAY
'Ray' is a 2004 film telling the story of Ray Charles (played by Jamie Foxx), music legend. Told in his
  adult life with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood,
  which included losing his brother and then his sight at the age of seven, his rise as pianist in a 
touring  band, writing his own songs and running his own band, and then stardom. His addiction to 
drugs and  its effect on his working life and family life is not ignored. The film received critical acclaim
 and was a  major box office success. 
Jamie Foxx creates such a real and vivid person that we almost forget that he is re-enacting someone
  else's life. [Common Sense Media]Foxx's performance is nothing short of amazing, and Hackford's 
film  overall does fine justice to Charles' musical legend and legacy.  [Empire]
 
N.B. 'Ray' runs for two-and-a half hours so the interval will be short and The Note will close at 5.00.
   Food will only be available before the film and, as well as burgers, etc., coffees,smoothies and milk 
 shakes swill also be available.

Admission: US$1.00 [free to Film members]
THURSDAY 24 SEPTEMBER AT N.B. 5.00 P.M.   STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH
Another series resumes! The Jedi Order is on the brink of collapse and Anakin Skywalker no longer 
 believes in the wisdom of his master, Obi-Wan Kenobi. As The Force calls him to decide Padme's fate,
  Anakin will desperately explore every possibility to save his wife from imminent death in childbirth.

All the "Star Wars" movies will continue to entertain us for many years to come. They were grand fun,
  and this last one's a corker. [Chicago Tribune]
"Star Wars: Episode III" fixed everything Episode II did. The story is much better and especially 
 darker. It's just great and I think it's the best "Star Wars" Episode ever. [Metacritic]
 
Admission: US$1.00 [free to Film members]
FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER AT N.B. 5.00 P.M.  SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
Sir John Barbirolli died fifty years ago on 30 July 1970.  He has, of course, close associations with
  Bulawayo having spent a month here for the Rhodes Centenary Festival - and in the course of his
 stay  he laid the foundation stone of the Academy on 30 June 1953.
Although a prolific recording artist, little of his work survives on film bur here is a complete concert 
 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 3 February 3 1959.  It finds the conductor in exemplary 
 form, leading performances of Brahms' Symphony No. 2, Walton's Partita for Orchestra, Delius's 'The 
 Walk to the Paradise Garden' (from 'A Village Romeo and Juliet'), and Barbirolli's own arrangement of 
 selections from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, entitled 'An Elizabethan Suite'.                 
Vintage Barbirolli. It's good to find a video of him at work with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It 
 can't be pretended that this is in first class sound and the photography is black and white.
  Nevertheless the music making shines through. This DVD was a great "find" among other treasures

 from the recording archives of those television companies that regularly televised concerts.  [Amazon]
 
Admission: US$1.00 [free to Red Carpet members] 

PROVISIONAL THEREAFTER
 
Thursday 1 October             The Full Monty
Friday 2 October                 Verdi: Nabucco  [Domingo]                         
Thursday 8 October             The Cassandra Crossing                 
Friday 9 October                 Ballets by Sir Frederick Ashton   
Thursday 15 October           A Good Year'                        
Friday 16 October               Lehar: The Merry Widow                           
Thursday 22 October           District 9
Friday 23 October               Beethoven 250     
Thursday 29 October           Line of Duty - 1
Friday 30 October               Victoria - Ballet
 
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