The Playboy of the Western World

Written by David Ireland
Directed by Finn den Hertog

"Raw, excruciating, and often alarmingly funny."—Daily Mail

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.

Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…

The Fifth Step

Written by David Ireland
Directed by Finn den Hertog

"Raw, excruciating, and often alarmingly funny."—Daily Mail

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.

Hamlet

Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Robert Hastie
180 minutes

"So, a well-put together, beautifully choreographed production but one with a frustrating emotional vacuum at its centre."—The Guardian

Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one.

Vadym Kholodenko and Friends

A Van Cliburn Gold Medalist in 2013 and a Fort Worth favorite, Vadym Kholodenko combines fierce pianism, an unrivalled breadth of repertoire, and a level of interpretative refinement that ascends to the realms of poetry.

Pre-Concert Lecture at 1:15 pm
Performance at 2 pm

Program includes:
Johannes Brahms — Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78
Ed Green — Trio for Strings
César Franck — Piano Quintet in F Minor
*Please note that artists or program may be subject to change.

Atrium String Quartet

A CMSFW favorite, the Atrium String Quartet is one of the most inspiring, dynamic, and charismatic ensembles on the musical scene. The Russian-born quartet, which currently resides in Berlin, Germany, celebrates their 25th anniversary this year. To commemorate this milestone, they will perform the program from their inaugural concert in 2000.

Pre-Concert Lecture at 1:15 pm
Performance at 2 pm

Laura

Directed by Otto Preminger, 1944
NR; 88 minutes

“Less a crime film than a study in levels of obsession, Laura is one of those classic works that leave their subject matter behind and live on the strength of their seductive style.” —Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

Scarlet Street

Directed by Fritz Lang, 1945
NR; 102 minutes

“In his images and his storytelling, Lang drew together masses of intersecting lines, steel cables that pulled his characters to their doom or their reward.” —Jaime N. Christley, Slant Magazine

Though immortalized in cinema as a fast-talking gangster or charismatic villain, in this film Edward G. Robinson (Little Caesar, Double Indemnity, The Ten Commandments) plays Christopher Cross, a timid, recreational artist whose attraction to a younger woman throws his life into a downward spiral.

Double Indemnity

Directed by Billy Wilder, 1944
NR; 107 minutes

“This shrewd, smoothly tawdry thriller, directed by Billy Wilder, is one of the high points of nineteen-forties films.” —Pauline Kael, The New Yorker

Academy Award-nominee Barbara Stanwyck (Baby Face, The Lady Eve) embodies the archetypal femme fatale in this essential classic from legendary Hollywood director Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, Some Like it Hot.)

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