Monday 11 April 2016

GOD OF CARNAGE – April 26th to 30th – 8 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  SHOWTIME IS 8 PM EACH NIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

Pocket Theatre and Cinema CNC present....  

GOD OF CARNAGE 

a play by Yasmina Reza.


For cinema fans, this is like a movie, but in SUPER-ENHANCED 3-D! So real! so alive! You’d almost think you are there!

Our production takes place April 26th to April 30th. Tickets are available at Books and Company for all five screenings  shows. Seating is limited, the run is short, so get on down to B and C and secure your place in Prince George dramatic history, all for the low, low price of $15 regular, $12 student, senior, unemployed.

Our skilled cast – Frank Caffrey, Katherine Trepanier, Mark Wheeler, and Allison Haley – brings this story to life for you in room 1-306 at the College of New Caledonia.


Play Description:
Winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Play [USA] and the 2009 Olivier Award for Best Comedy [UK], God of Carnage presents two couples, the Novaks and the Raleighs, trying to resolve a playground incident in which the Raleighs’ son, Benjamin, knocked out two of the Novaks’ son, Henry’s, teeth with a stick.

The forced veneer of civilization presented by Veronica and Michael Novak and Annette and Alan Raleigh peels off rather quickly, as any attempt to proceed civilly somehow gets sidetracked, proving that we don’t ever get too far from the playground and the rules of engagement therein. The delight of watching Yasmina Reza’s play finds itself described in that most lovely of German words: Schadenfreude!


        “God of Carnage,” definitely delivers the cathartic release
        of watching other people’s marriages go boom.
        A study in the tension between civilized surface and
        savage instinct, this play is itself a satisfyingly
        primitive entertainment with an intellectual veneer.”
            – BEN BRANTLEY, The New York Times

Film Day! April 20th – DEFENDOR and THE WORLD BEFORE HER

Cinema CNC, in conjunction with CNC Communications Services presents FILM DAY IN CANADA, April 20th. This event is free and open to everyone; come on in and celebrate Canadian Film with us. Both screenings will be in room 1-306 at the College of New Caledonia.

We are pleased to present two films that represent the range of Canadian Cinema: DEFENDOR is a comedy, and THE WORLD BEFORE HER is a documentary. There will be popcorn, prizes, and fun for all. Check out the description and trailer below and tell your friends.









































April 20th, 2016, at NOON: DEFENDOR

2009 - 95 mins - Comedy
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings, Sandra Oh, Elias Koteas
Director: Peter Stebbings
Writer: Peter Stebbings
Producers: Nicholas Tabarrok


 A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and doesn't belong in, but is committed to fighting when he changes into a vigilante super-hero of his own making, Defendor. With no power other than courage Defendor takes to the streets to protect the city's innocents!


The trailer:









































April 20th, 2016, at 2 pm: THE WORLD BEFORE HER

2012 - 90 mins - Documentary
Director: Nisha Pahuja
Writer: Nisha Pahuja
Producers: Ed Barreveld, Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe

Ruhi Singh is a small town girl with big city dreams. She sets off to Bombay to win the title of Miss India--a launching pad to fame and a surefire way to stand out in a country of 1.2 billion people. Just hours from the Miss India beauty boot camp is another training ground for girls--that of the Durga Vahini, a Hindu nationalist group exclusively for women. Here we meet Prachi Trivedi, a young, fearsome drill sergeant training Indian girls to fight against Western culture, Islam and Christianity by any means necessary including violence. Gliding back and forth between the action of the two camps, the dreams and conflicts of India and young Indian women are laid bare-- the two opposing worlds aren't as far away from each other as they seem.

The trailer: