Much Ado About Dying (2022) (15)
SCREENING AS PART OF FROM PAGE TO SCREEN FILM FESTIVAL
Tickets: Adult £8 | Cons & U25’s £6
Simon Chambers is in India shooting a film when his uncle David , an anarchic retired actor who is missing the limelight, summons him home to England: ‘I think I may be dying.’ Everything that could go wrong does go wrong as David fights with Simon, refusing to go into a care home, and insisting on dying in the squalor of his unheated tumble-down house. He can’t find his false teeth but knows nearly all the lines from his beloved Shakespeare. David’s real life starts to echo King Lear as he starts giving away thousands of pounds to the hot young “carer” who pops in from time to time. Simon and his uncle endure fire, cancer, delirium and the dreaded ‘care home’, to gift this award-winning final performance to the world.
Join us for a post screening Q&A with Simon Chambers
DIRECTOR | Simon Chambers
SOURCE TEXT | Inspired by King Lear by William Shakespeare
Dates & Tickets
| Date | Time | Ticket |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 28 April, 2024 | 4:00pm | Buy Tickets |
Reviews
‘‘In its refreshingly frank look at the end of life, Much Ado About Dying becomes a thought- provoking study of what it means to live.’’