The 6th BWTB is a little different this year. We are screening the film "Chimes at Midnight" (1966) written, directed, and starring Orson Welles. The Brew in "Brew With the Bard" includes beer, coffee, and tea.
ABOUT THE FILM
When King Henry IV ascends to the throne, his heir, the Prince of Wales, is befriended by Sir John Falstaff, an old, overweight, fun-loving habitual liar. Through Falstaff's eyes we see the reign of King Henry IV and the rise of Henry V.
MORE DETAILS
The crowning achievement of Orson Welles’s later film career, Chimes at Midnight returns to the screen after being unavailable for decades. This brilliantly crafted Shakespeare adaptation was the culmination of Welles’s lifelong obsession with the Bard’s ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff, the loyal, often soused childhood friend of King Henry IV’s wayward son, Prince Hal. Appearing in several plays as a comic supporting figure, Falstaff is here the main event: a robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero, played by Welles with lumbering grace. Integrating elements from both Henry IV plays as well as Richard II, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor, Welles created an unorthodox Shakespeare film that is also a gritty period piece, one that he called “a lament . . . for the death of Merrie England.” Poetic, philosophical, and visceral—with a kinetic battle sequence centerpiece as impressive as anything else Welles directed—Chimes at Midnight is as monumental as the figure at its center.
WHEN?
There will be two showings of the film at 2pm and 5pm on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at The Screening Room, 127 E Congress St, Tucson, AZ, 85701.
HOW DO I ATTEND?
Purchase your ticket here or purchase a ticket at the door the day of the event. All tickets are $7 each, seating is limited. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages as well as snacks will be available for purchase at the venue.
IT’S CALLED BREW WITH THE BARD – DO I HAVE TO DRINK A BREW?
No, absolutely not. You can drink whatever you want, including but not limited to water, soda, or juice. To each their own.
Date & Time
May 7, 2023 2:00 PM-6:00 PM
Venue Details
The Screening Room
127 East Congress Street Tucson, Arizona 85701
Tucson Fringe Festival
The Tucson Fringe Festival is an unjuried, uncensored performing arts festival. Since 2011, following international fringe tenets, the festival provides artists with low-risk, low-cost opportunities to perform by using economies of scale to reduce venue rental costs and by taking only 20%, and sometimes 0%, of the artist’s earnings. Tucson Fringe also provides the Tucson arts community with avant-garde, non-traditional performing arts at low-cost ticket prices.
The festival does not curate or select the performances, maintaining an environment in which everyone and anyone can perform. This ensures that underrepresented artistic voices, such as people of color, the LGBT+ community, women, and other marginalized genders, are championed in our community.
The festival takes place in January every year across multiple venues in downtown Tucson. On average, every year the festival has 20+ shows with between 50-60 performances during the festival weekend.
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