June 24th Dr Bramwell’s Cult Film and Ice Cream Night at Bom-Bane’s 8pm.
Based on a John Cheever short story, The Swimmer is the tale of a man (Burt Lancaster) who begins at the dawn of a new day to swim in the backyard pool of some friends. As he has a drink with his friends, it occurs to him that a string of other backyard pools reaches all the way across the valley to his own home. Why not swim every one — swim all the way home, as it were? This sounds like a glorious adventure, and indeed it starts that way. He even meets a young woman who agrees to come along on the journey.
As the film moves from morning to dusk, from sunshine to rain, from youth to age and from fantasy to truth, what begins as a perfectly realistic story evolves into something strange, stylised, brilliant and disturbing.
A literary, psychedelic masterpiece that, like the Great Gatsby, offers a devastating portrayal of the American dream.
July 1st Wednesday Bom-Bane’s Picture Palace: Screen, Supper and a Song
7.15pm (with food) or 8pm (just the bar)
Come and join us Wednesday 1st July for an evening of film plus a musical performance related to what we’ll be watching!
Bom~Bane’s Picture Palace – Screen, Supper & a Song for £17 at 7.15 (or £10 at 8pm without food). First Wednesday of the month
July’s film will be The Quiet Girl, an Irish film, and remarkable debut for writer-director Colm Bairéad, offering a deceptively simple reminder that the smallest stories can leave a large emotional impact. 2022
To book email: janebombane@yahoo.co.uk or TEXT 07764 515583
28th and 29th July. Snow on the Line. Details to follow
Tickets will be £10 from jane@bombane.yahoo.co.uk or please TEXT only to 07764515583
We’re pleased to welcome Phil Jones to Bom~Bane’s on 28th & 29th July 7.30pm for:
Snow Along the Line
Snow Along the Line traces the life of an extraordinary yet ordinary woman whose journey spans nearly a century of change. Born in 1928, only months before the Equal Franchise Act granted women full voting rights, her story begins in the industrial heartland of North East England and traces the decline of the mining industry to South Wales.
Through songs, poems, archival images, and off-stae narration, theatre-maker and musician Phil Jones captures the rhythm of a life shaped by both sweeping change and everyday triumph.
The production uses images relating to death which some audience members may find upsetting
Tickets will be £10, no food on either night but our bar will be open!
To book email: janebombane@yahoo.co.uk or TEXT 07764 515583
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