Footlights Society 2025/26 Programme
NT Live Les Liaisons Dangereuses
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where, among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.
Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.
Aida on Sydney Harbour
In Aida, Verdi masterfully pits the intimate affairs of the heart against the grandeur of the universe, where kingdoms rise and fall and the sands of time grind onwards. There could be no grander setting for an opera than Sydney Harbour itself, awash with the light of the city
and the Sydney Opera House silhouetted against the setting sun.
Running time - 156 mins (inc. 15 mins interval)
Doors open 6:30 pm
Opera Starts 7:00 pm
Tickets £10.00
Turner & Constable
Pembridge Parish Hall is bringing one of British art's great rivalries to our screen. Turner & Constable, the latest from Exhibition on Screen, marks the 250th anniversary of the births of J.M.W. Turner and John Constable — two painters who transformed landscape art in completely opposite directions. Critics of the day called it a clash of "fire and water": Turner's blazing skies and emotional drama against Constable's quiet, idealised rural England.
Directed by David Bickerstaff, the film has been made with privileged access to Tate Britain's blockbuster exhibition Rivals and Originals, running until 12 April. Expect intimate views of sketchbooks, personal belongings, and expert commentary that places the two side by side — as they so often were in life. Sit back and enjoy.
