Saturday 8 June at 8:00 pm in the Templar Arts & Leisure Centre 
(doors open 7:30pm for complimentary refreshments)

Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Michael Gambon, and Pauline Collins star in Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut.

Quartet   (2013)

Cert: 12, 98 mins

Synopsis

Beecham House is abuzz. The rumor circling the halls is that the home for retired musicians is soon to play host to a new resident. Word is, it’s a star. For Reginald Paget (Tom Courtenay), Wilfred Bond (Billy Connolly) and Cecily Robson (Pauline Collins) this sort of talk is par for the course at the gossipy home. But they’re in for a special shock when the new arrival turns out to be none other than their former singing partner, Jean Horton (Maggie Smith). Her subsequent career as a star soloist, and the ego that accompanied it, split up their long friendship and ended her marriage to Reggie, who takes the news of her arrival particularly hard. Can the passage of time heal old wounds? And will the famous quartet be able to patch up their differences in time for Beecham House’s gala concert?

Reviews

…from The Telegraph:

“Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, starring Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay, is a charming tale about a group of retired British opera singers.”
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.…from The Sunday Times:
“Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut is a sweet hymn to ageing at an all-too-rapid beat.”
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