Hobart's most luxurious cinema: so sought after that we recommend booking in advance. Bookings can be made online, in person at Museum Reception, or by phoning 03 6277 9971 (credit card required).

Check for session updates to our program here, on Facebook, at the cinema, and on the O device. We also advertise in The Mercury every Thursday and Saturday.

Meals or refreshments from the Void Bar or the upstairs Café are welcome in the cinema. Conveniently, each of our comfy seats has a retractable table in the arm.

FRANCESCA DA RIMINI (Zandonai)
Zandoni's compelling excerpt from Dante's Inferno.

Duration: 3hrs 57 mins including intermission (approx)
May 4, 5, 6, 9 at 11am
Final encores:
Wed May 22 at 12pm

GIULIO CESARE (Handel)
Handel's baroque rendering of the Ceaser-Cleopatra legend.

Revised Duration: 5hrs 15mins including trailers and intermission.
Check ferry/bus times.
May 18, 19, 20, 23 at 11am
Final encores:
Mon May 27 at 12pm
Thur May 30 at 12pm

Coming Soon

Met Winter Highlights Season
Four classic Metropolitan Opera productions to warm your winter.
Subscription pricing available*

CARMEN (Bizet)
The 2009 debut of director, Richard Eyre. Stars Elna Garranca as Carmen; Robert Alagna as Don Jose; and Mariusz Kwiecien as Escamillo.
Duration: 3hrs 10 mins including intermission (approx)
Sat June 22 at 1.30pm
Sun June 23 at 11am
Mon June 24 at 1pm
Thur June 27 at 1pm

IL TROVATORE (Verdi)
David McVicar's 2011 production. With Patricia Racette, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Jeljko Lucic.
Duration: 2 hrs 50 mins including intermission (approx)
Sat July 27 at 2pm
Sun July 28 at 11am
Mon July 29 at 2pm
Thur Aug 1 at 2pm

LA TRAVIATA (Verdi)
Natalie Dessay as Violetta and Mathew Polenzani as Alfredo in Willy Decker's brilliant 2011 modernist vision of Verdi's timeless tragedy.
Duration: 3hrs including intermission (approx)
Sat Aug 24 at 1pm
Sun Aug 25 at 11am and 2pm
Mon Aug 26 at 2pm

TURANDOT (Puccini)
Franco Zeffirelli's classic 2009 production starring Maria Guleghina in the title role and Marcello Giordani as Calaf.
Duration: 2hrs 35 mins approx including intermission (approx)
Sat Sept 21 at 1pm
Sun Sept 22 at 11am
Mon Sept 23 at 2pm
Thur Sept 26 at 11am

Tickets

Single opera:
Adult $27
Concession $22
Child $15

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Subscription season discount*:
Adult $24
Concession $20

*Subscription discount applies where three or more operas are purchased in one booking. Operas from the Met 2012-13 and Winter Highlights seasons may be combined. Only available at MONA Museum Reception or (03) 6277 9971.

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NT Live captures live stage performances from the National Theatre UK in high definition video for screening in cinemas worldwide.

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People
By Alan Bennet
Duration: 2hrs 45mins including 20 min intermission

News: Even More People!
Absolutely final additional screenings:
Sat May 25 at 1pm
Sun May 26 at 1pm

Tickets available online soon. Meanwhile book via Museum Reception 03 6277 9971.

People spoil things; there are so many of them and the last thing one wants is them traipsing through one's house. But with the park a jungle and a bath on the billiard table, what is one to do? Dorothy (Frances de la Tour) wonders if an attic sale could be a solution.

Alan Bennett is one of Britain's most celebrated playwrights, and the much anticipated People is the sixth of his plays to have its premiere at the National Theatre. Following its original run The History Boys transferred to Broadway, winning the Tony Award for Best Play in 2006, and toured internationally before being turned into a film, again directed by Nicholas Hytner and with a cast including Frances de la Tour.

Bennett and Hytner also collaborated on the award-winning play and film The Madness of King George and their last stage production, The Habit of Art, was broadcast as part of National Theatre Live in 2010.

'Outrageously funny and provocative.' Independent

 ''Moments of tenderness and droll social insight that show Bennett at his best.' Independent

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This House
By James Graham
Duration: 3hrs including intermission (approx)

Sat June 8 at 1pm
Sun June 9 at 11am
Mon June 10 at 1pm
Thur June 13 at 1pm

It's 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain's political parties battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes. In this hung parliament, the ruling party holds on by a thread.

James Graham's biting, energetic and critically-acclaimed new play strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes who roll up their sleeves, and on occasion bend the rules, to manoeuvre a diverse and conflicting chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments.

A funny and moving political epic.' The Times

'Astute, funny and hugely enjoyable.' Financial Times

'Jeremy Herrin's production recaptures, with abundant theatricality, the mayhem of Westminster politics.' Guardian

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The Audience
By Peter Morgan
Duration: 2hrs 50 mins  including intermission (approx)

Sat July 6 at 11am & 2pm
Sun July 7 at 11am & 2pm
Mon July 8 at 11am & 2pm
Fri July 12 at 11am
Sat July 13 at 2pm
Sun July 14 at 11am

More dates to be announced soon.

Helen Mirren returns to her acclaimed role as Queen Elizabeth II in a riveting new play by the author of Skyfall (co-writer), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Frost/Nixon; and The Queen.

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Tickets

Adult $25
Concession $22
Child $15

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Romeo & Juliet

Based on Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular ballets in the world. Originally commissioned by the Leningrad Kirov Ballet in 1934, Sergei Prokofiev's ballet did not premiere at the Kirov stage until 1940 and at the Bolshoi until 1946 as the dancers declared it "un-danceable" and the score inaudible. Today, it is considered to be Prokofiev's most valued work due to the high melodic inspiration, the great variety of rhythms and the memorable main characters.

Duration: 2hrs 25 mins including intermission (approx)

Sat June 29 at 1pm
Sun June 30 at 11am
Mon July 1 at 11am
Thur July 4 at 11am

Tickets

Adult $25
Concession $22
Child $15

Schools or Dance School group discount available. Contact MONA Museum Reception for details.

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Next production:

An evening with Ekman, Eyal & Behar, León & Lightfoot, Inger
Duration: 2 hours 40 mins (approx, subject to change)

Sat June 1 at 1pm
Sun June 2 at 11am
Mon June 3 at 1pm
Thur June 6 at 1pm

NDT 2 puts its unique signature on this varied programme featuring newcomers and familiar faces, plus live accompaniment by Holland Symfonia. The programme features Studio 2 by choreographers in residence Sol León and Paul Lightfoot - an expressive, dynamic work to beautiful music by Arvo Pärt. You will also see works by the company's two associate choreographers: the award-winning ballet Dream Play by Johan Inger and a new work by Alexander Ekman. You can also see new work by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, two talented dancemakers from Ohad Naharin's Batsheva Dance Company.

Tickets

Adult $25
Concession $22
Child $15

Schools or Dance School group discount available. Contact MONA Museum Reception for details.  

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Or book at MONA Museum Reception (03) 6277 9971.

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Exhibition: Great Art on Screen is a new series of cinema events presenting major international art exhibitions currently on show during 2013, captured in high definition for the big screen by the producers of Leonardo Live, which screened at MONA in 2012. Each event, hosted by art historian Tim Marlow, goes beyond the gallery with exclusive behind-the-scenes exhibition coverage, biographical profiles and present day views of significant locations in the life of each artist.

The series began in April with Manet: Portraying Life, a career-encompassing collection of the portraiture of Edouard Manet, at the Royal Academy of Arts. In October, the final instalment, Vermeer and Music is a unique perspective on the masterpieces of Johannes Vermeer, presented at the National Gallery in London.

Next event:

MUNCH 150

Begins Sat 13 July and Sun 14 July.

A close-up view of the greatest number of works by Edvard Munch yet assembled, to mark the 150th anniversary of the artist's birth. Co-hosted by the National Museum and the Munch Museum in Oslo.

Session times and ticket pricing to be announced soon.

Special schools packages available for sessions on July 15, 17, 18 and 19.

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