Rainbow Book and Film Club

Joan, The Musical, The Actors Theatre, Sunday, 4th May, at 1.30pm

Lets watch the show and then head for drinks downstairs. It is a fun afternoon out. Work is hard; life is stressful; lets relax and have a good time together.

Storyline of the musical:
72-year-old Joan has it all. A glittering past as a West End dancer, a chocolate-box maisonette in Seven Dials, and fantastic hair. There's one thing she doesn't have, though: the power of self-belief.

Bruised and scorned by her ex-husband's wayward ways, Joan tumbles down a rabbit hole that brings her face to face with her tattered confidence. Can Joan find her way back to the surface? Or is she destined to languish in the depths of self-care hell?

Tickets are only £8.
Tickets:
https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/joan-the-musical/

Where:
The Actors Theatre
4 Princes Street, Kemptown, Brighton, GB

Located upstairs in the old Marlborough Pub; near St. James St.

How to find us:
I probably will be holding a sign 'Rainbow', if you want to sit with us.

If you get lost or not be able to find our group then just phone or text me on 0777 847 6884. -- Lynne

Film: The Outrun, Wednesday, 7th May, 7.15pm, Ropetackle, Shoreham

Okay, I am just putting this one out there and see if anyone wants to come along. The movie is about a young woman's alcohol addiction and her struggles trying to stay dry and sober. She finds solace in nature, and this is how the story develops. It looks a lovely movie.

If everyone wants then we may meet up at the pub across the street an hour before the film starts, say about 6pm. So, you can meet us at the pub at 6pm, or just come and join us for the film which starts at 7.30pm.

I shall have a sign on the table (or holding the sign) saying 'Film: The Outrun', or just text or phone me.

Ropetackle:
https://ropetacklecentre.co.uk/events/evening-film-the-outrun/

Here is the trailer for the film on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFv-v_wFsK8

Tickets are only £7, and can be bought on the door (box office), or bought here:

https://ropetacklecentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873667061/events/129579804?_gl=1*5t0s64*_ga*NzM2NTg5NzU2LjE3NDE1OTg5MTU.*_ga_XQEGLNTG6T*MTc0MTYyOTYwMy40LjEuMTc0MTYyOTk5NS4wLjAuMA..

Click on the link above as typing it would defeat anyone. :)~

Meeting at the pub across the street from Ropetackle:
The Bridge Pub
87 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, GB BN43 5DE

This is The Bridge Pub's website:
https://www.thebridgeshoreham.com

Where the film is playing:
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Little High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea,
West Sussex, BN43 5EG

Ropetackle Arts Centre is located at near the bridge overpass in the very centre of Shoreham.

Bus:
B&H buses 2 goes to Shoreham, and also Coastliner 700. Get off at the bus stop called 'High Street', and the Ropetackle Arts Centre is right across the street catty-corner (diagonally across the street).

It is easy to get lost or not find our table or seats. If so, then just phone me or text me on 0777 847 6884. -- Lynne

A woman called George....Ali Smith on art, adolescence and gender ambiguity in her time-bending novel......
The first story is about the Italian painter Francesco del Cossa. Del Cossa was a fifteenth century painter from Ferrara. The book follows his story but, touches on the unknown, including his sexuality, which becomes key.
The second part is about a sixteen year old girl called George (actually Georgia). At the start of the section, her mother has died. Her obituary described her as an economist, journalist and Internet guerrilla.
George thinks her younger brother, Henry, is gay and both she and her mother have a (different) female friend with the relationship flirting with lesbianism. George is pedantic and down-to-earth. Her mother is neither so there is a certain amount of mother-daughter clash.