Coming Soon

Italian Film Festival 2025 - MY DAUGHTER (Una Figlia)

Sunday 9 November 2025 at 2.00pm. Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Ivano DeMatteo (Mia IFF24) this compelling drama about forgiveness and parental love that is loosely based on Ciro Noja’s novel Whatever Happens (Qualunque cosa accada) tackles the aftermath of a serious crime committed by a teenager. Pietro (Stefano Accorsi) is a middle-aged man devastated by the loss of his wife, and has been left to raise their teenage daughter Sofia alone. In their shared grief, their bond becomes intense and all-encompassing—two souls healing each other’s wounds through unwavering love and mutual dependence. But when Pietro attempts to move forward and start a new life with a new partner, the fragile balance of their father/daughter relationship shatters and in a moment of uncontrollable rage, his teenage daughter commits an unthinkable act. As Sofia faces the consequences of her actions, Pietro is left to confront a devastating reality as his love for his daughter is put to the test. Caught between heartbreak, guilt, and his paternal instinct, Pietro must ask himself whether he can forgive her. Adults: $16.00, Concessions: $14.00.

Movie specifics

  • 103 minutes
  • Release date: 
    9 Nov 2025

Italian Film Festival 2025 - SIBLINGS (La vita da grandi)

Sunday 9 November at 4.15pm. Italian with English subtitles. The directorial debut from actress Greta Scarano (The Perfect Dinner IFF22), fun dramedy Siblings is inspired by the true story of Margherita and Damiano Tercon, who in 2020 co-wrote the book Mia sorella mi rompe le balle. Irene (Matilda De Angelis) is trying to build a regular life in Rome when she is forced to return to her hometown Rimini, to take care of Omar (newcomer Yuri Tuci), her 40-year-old autistic brother. She will find out that Omar has very clear ideas about his future: he does not want to live with her at all when their parents are no longer around. Instead, he convinces Irene to give him an intensive course in adulthood to enable him to become independent. More importantly, he aims to fulfill his dreams, such as participating in the talent show that will make him a famous singer. A joyous tale about overcoming obstacles and daring to go beyond the limits imposed by society and others, Siblings explores the universal bond between siblings. Adults: $16.00, Concessions: $14.00.

Movie specifics

  • 96 minutes
  • Release date: 
    9 Nov 2025

Guadalupe: Mother Of Humanity - Community Screening

In 1531, on a quiet hill near Mexico City, a heavenly apparition changed the course of history.

The Virgin Mary appeared to a humble indigenous peasant named Juan Diego, and left behind a miraculous sign: her image imprinted on his cloak, known as the tilma. 

To this day, the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe remains perfectly intact and on display, defying time, science, and logic. The tilma, made of cactus fiber, should have disintegrated in just 20 years — yet it has endured for nearly five centuries. Even more astonishing, the image on the tilma contains an entire codex of hidden messages, has survived an acid spill and even a bomb blast.

Based on true events, "Guadalupe: Mother of Humanity"  explores the miraculous image that defies explanation, the extraordinary events and miracles that have followed, and the enduring message of love and hope.

Because some miracles refuse to fade!

Screening Thursday November 13 at 6pm.
All Tickets $15 - On Sale HERE.

Movie specifics

  • 103 minutes
  • Release date: 
    13 Nov 2025

Now You See Me: Now You Don't

The Four Horsemen return along with a new generation of illusionists performing mind-melding twists, turns, surprises, and magic unlike anything ever captured on film. Stars: Jesse EisenbergWoody HarrelsonIsla FisherRosamund Pike

Movie specifics

  • 113 minutes
  • Release date: 
    13 Nov 2025

The Running Man

In a near-future society, The Running Man is the top-rated show on television—a deadly competition where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins, with every move broadcast to a bloodthirsty public and each day bringing a greater cash reward. Stars: Glen PowellJosh BrolinMichael Cera

Movie specifics

  • 133 minutes
  • Release date: 
    13 Nov 2025

Wicked - 2024 Re-Release

Before the arrival of the epic conclusion in WICKED FOR GOOD, catch up on the first part of the WICKED saga, back on the big screen. Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart. Stars: Ariana GrandeCynthia ErivoJeff Goldblum.

Movie specifics

  • 160 minutes
  • Release date: 
    13 Nov 2025

Wicked: For Good - Friends For Good Screening

Join us for a special Wicked: For Good - Friends For Good Screening at The Empire.

Wednesday November 19
6:00pm - Tickets on sale HERE

After challenging the Wizard's totalitarian regime in Oz, Elphaba must grapple with her identity as the "Wicked Witch of the West". Meanwhile, the Wizard has given Glinda the title "Glinda the Good" and a public status as the nation's defender against Elphaba. The two witches must make decisions that seal their fates. Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh

Movie specifics

  • 137 minutes
  • Release date: 
    19 Nov 2025

Wicked: For Good

After challenging the Wizard's totalitarian regime in Oz, Elphaba must grapple with her identity as the "Wicked Witch of the West". Meanwhile, the Wizard has given Glinda the title "Glinda the Good" and a public status as the nation's defender against Elphaba. The two witches must make decisions that seal their fates. Stars: Cynthia ErivoAriana GrandeJeff GoldblumMichelle Yeoh

Movie specifics

  • 137 minutes
  • Release date: 
    20 Nov 2025

Paris Opera Ballet: Polyakov's Giselle

Encore screenings! As the ultimate romantic ballet Giselle wows audiences in Paris with another sold-out run, here's a chance to revisit a classic performance. The story begins like a fairy tale: a charming peasant girl Giselle (stunning étoile Dorothée Gilbert) falls in love with Albrecht (Mathieu Ganio), whom she believes to be a simple villager, but who is actually a duke. However, Albrecht is already promised to someone else, and when Giselle discovers this, she goes mad and dies, joining the Wilis—ghostly girls betrayed by unfaithful lovers. Will Giselle seek revenge by luring Albrecht to his death, or will she let love and forgiveness triumph? First performed in 1841, the ballet by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli marked a new era in Western dance. Pointe shoes, arabesques, and white tutus evoke a fantastical, diaphanous world that has become the very embodiment of romanticism.

Screening Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 November 2025 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 26 November 2025 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 120 minutes
  • Release date: 
    22 Nov 2025

Dead Of Winter

Recently widowed, Barb travels through snowbound Northern Minnesota to scatter her deceased husband’s remains at the remote lake where they shared their first date. En route she discovers a teenage girl, kidnapped and held hostage in an isolated cabin in the middle of nowhere. With no phone service and hours from the nearest town, she has become the young girl's only hope for survival… but at what cost to herself?  Stars Emma ThompsonJudy GreerMarc Menchaca

Movie specifics

  • 98 minutes
  • Release date: 
    27 Nov 2025

Zootopia 2

Brave rabbit cop Judy Hopps and her friend, the fox Nick Wilde, team up again to crack a new case, the most perilous and intricate of their careers. Stars: Quinta BrunsonJason BatemanKe Huy QuanShakira

Movie specifics

  • 108 minutes
  • Release date: 
    27 Nov 2025

National Theatre Live - The Fifth Step

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.  After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friend ship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five–the moment of confession–dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.  Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London’s West End.

Screening Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 November 2025 at 1.00pm
Adults: $25.00, Concessions: $23.00

Movie specifics

  • Release date: 
    29 Nov 2025

Royal Ballet: Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardée

65 years after its premiere, The Royal Ballet invites you to (re)discover Frederick Ashton’s ballet of pure sunshine. Lise (Francesca Hayward), the only daughter of Widow Simone, is in love with the young farmer Colas (Marcelino Sambé), but her mother has far more ambitious plans for her. Simone hopes to marry her off to Alain, the son of the wealthy proprietor Thomas. Desperate to marry Colas rather than Alain, Lise contrives to outwit her mother’s plans. Whisking us away into pastoral bliss with Hérold’s cheerful score and Osbert Lancaster’s colourful designs, this affectionate portrayal of village life combines exuberant good humour and brilliantly inventive choreography in what is undoubtedly Ashton’s love letter to the English countryside.

Screening Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 November at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 3 December at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 135 minutes
  • Release date: 
    29 Nov 2025

Seniors Morning Tea Screening of Twiggy

Join us for a Seniors Morning Tea - Twiggy. Wednesday December 3 at 10.30am, All Tickets $12 (includes light morning tea) - click HERE for Online Tickets. An intimate, star-studded dive into the birth of an icon, and everything that followed. A look at the life of the greatest it-girl of all time. Featuring contributions from Dustin Hoffman, Paul McCartney, Charlotte Tilbury, Joanna Lumley, and many more, TWIGGY is an exploration of the model's upbringing, career, relationships, and everything else that has made her the woman she is today, and the first time the icon has told her story first-hand.

Movie specifics

  • 94 minutes
  • Release date: 
    3 Dec 2025

Eternity

In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with (Miles Teller) and her first love (Callum Turner), who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive. Stars Miles TellerElizabeth OlsenCallum TurnerDa'Vine Joy Randolph.

Movie specifics

  • 115 minutes
  • Release date: 
    4 Dec 2025

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

One year has passed since the supernatural nightmare at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Former security guard Mike has kept the truth from his 11-year-old sister, Abby, concerning the fate of her animatronic friends. When Abby sneaks out to reconnect with Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy, she sets into motion a terrifying series of events that reveal dark secrets about the true origin of Freddy's. Stars: Josh HutchersonMatthew LillardMckenna Grace

Movie specifics

  • Release date: 
    4 Dec 2025

Nuremberg

The Allies, led by the unyielding chief prosecutor, Robert H. Jackson (Michael Shannon), have the task of ensuring the Nazi regime answers for the unveiled horrors of the Holocaust while a US Army psychiatrist (Rami Malek) is locked in a dramatic psychological duel with former Reichsmarschall Herman Göring (Russell Crowe). Stars: Rami MalekRussell CroweMichael Shannon

Movie specifics

  • 149 minutes
  • Release date: 
    4 Dec 2025

Twiggy

Limited Season. An intimate, star-studded dive into the birth of an icon, and everything that followed. A look at the life of the greatest it-girl of all time. Featuring contributions from Dustin Hoffman, Paul McCartney, Charlotte Tilbury, Joanna Lumley, and many more, TWIGGY is an exploration of the model's upbringing, career, relationships, and everything else that has made her the woman she is today, and the first time the icon has told her story first-hand.

Movie specifics

  • 94 minutes
  • Release date: 
    4 Dec 2025

Royal Ballet: Ashton's Cinderella

Encore screenings! This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton is a theatrical experience for all the family that transports audiences into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true. Stuck at home and put to work by her spoiled Step-Sisters, life for Cinderella (Fumi Kaneko) is dreary and dull is dreary and dull. Everything changes when she helps a mysterious woman out...With a little bit of magic, she is transported into an ethereal new world – one where fairies bring the gifts of the seasons, where pumpkins turn into carriages, and where true love with the prince (William Bracewell) awaits.

Screening Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 December 2025 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 165 minutes
  • Release date: 
    6 Dec 2025

The Grinch (2018)

All Tickets $10! Christmas Eve screening Wednesday December 24 at 3.45pm - Tickets on sale HERE! The Grinch grows increasingly annoyed with the ever-growing festive cheer that engulfs the village of Whoville. So, he teams up with his dog to ruin the festive spirit by being a spoilsport. Stars: Benedict CumberbatchRashida JonesKenan Thompson

Movie specifics

  • 90 minutes
  • Release date: 
    11 Dec 2025

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Jake and Neytiri's family grapples with grief after Neteyam's death, encountering a new, aggressive Na'vi tribe, the Ash People, who are led by the fiery Varang, as the conflict on Pandora escalates and a new moral focus emerges. Stars: Sam WorthingtonSigourney WeaverZoe SaldañaKate Winslet

Movie specifics

  • Release date: 
    18 Dec 2025

Royal Ballet: Wright's The Nutcracker

The magician Herr Drosselmeyer needs to save his nephew. Hans-Peter has been transformed into a Nutcracker; the only way to save him is for the Nutcracker to defeat the Mouse King and find a girl to love and care for him. A flicker of hope comes in the form of the young Clara, whom Drosselmeyer meets at a Christmas party. With some magic, a cosy Christmas gathering turns into a marvellous adventure. Peter Wright’s ‘The Nutcracker’ has enchanted audiences since its 1984 premiere by the Company. Featuring Tchaikovsky’s most familiar melodies and brought to life by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s exquisite designs, ‘The Nutcracker’ is sure to be a festive firecracker for all ages.

Screening Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 December 2025 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 24 December 2025 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 145 minutes
  • Release date: 
    20 Dec 2025

Die Hard (1988) - Christmas Eve Screening

All Tickets $10! The Empire's favourite action hero returns for one night only in our Christmas Eve screening of THE BEST Christmas movie ever - Die Hard! December 24 6:45pm - Tickets on sale HEREJohn McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during Christmas party.

Movie specifics

  • 132 minutes
  • Release date: 
    24 Dec 2025

Anaconda

Doug and Griff have been best friends since they were kids, and have always dreamed of remaking their all-time favourite movie: the cinematic "classic" Anaconda. When a midlife crisis pushes them to finally go for it, they head deep into the Amazon to start filming. But things get real when an actual giant anaconda appears. Stars: Jack BlackPaul RuddThandiwe NewtonSteve Zahn

Movie specifics

  • Release date: 
    26 Dec 2025

Rental Family

A down-and-out actor living in Tokyo is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental-family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of self-discovery. Stars: Brendan FraserTakehiro HiraMari Yamamoto

Movie specifics

  • 110 minutes
  • Release date: 
    26 Dec 2025

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants

Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman – a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate – on a seafaring comedy-adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before. Stars: Tom KennyBill FagerbakkeMark HamillClancy Brown.

Movie specifics

  • Release date: 
    26 Dec 2025

Song Sung Blue

Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams. Stars: Hugh JackmanKate Hudson

Movie specifics

  • Release date: 
    1 Jan 2026

The Choral

1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks. They must also engage a new chorus master, and despite their suspicions that he has something to hide, their best bet seems to be Dr. Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) – driven, uncompromising, and recently returned from a career in Germany. Stars: Ralph FiennesRoger AllamAlun Armstrong

Movie specifics

  • 113 minutes
  • Release date: 
    1 Jan 2026

The History of Sound

In 1917, Lionel — a young, talented music student — meets David at the Boston Conservatory, where they bond over a deep love of folk music. Years later, Lionel receives a letter from David, leading to an impromptu journey through the backwoods of Maine to collect traditional songs. This unexpected reunion, ensuing love affair, and the music they collect and preserve, will shape the course of Lionel’s life far beyond his own awareness. Stars: Paul MescalJosh O'Connor

Movie specifics

  • Release date: 
    8 Jan 2026

The Pout-Pout Fish

THE POUT-POUT FISH is the hilarious and heartwarming story of an unlikely duo: Mr Fish a prickly recluse and Pip a hyperactive sea dragon, who embark on a daunting quest. Stars: Nick OffermanAmy SedarisMiranda Otto

Movie specifics

  • 92 minutes
  • Release date: 
    8 Jan 2026

Hamnet

From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful love story that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet. Stars: Jessie BuckleyPaul MescalEmily Watson

Movie specifics

  • Release date: 
    15 Jan 2026

La Scala Shostakovich’s: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

New Production! Always a glittering affair, La Scala’s gala season opening night is one of the opera calendar's most significant events. This year, the company marks the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death with a new staging of his masterpiece. The story follows Katerina (American soprano Sara Jakubiak), the lonely young wife of a merchant, who begins a passionate affair with one of his workers, Sergey (acclaimed tenor Najmiddin Mavlyanov), commencing a cycle of violence that will lead her to ruin. Maestro Riccardo Chailly conducts one of 20th Century opera’s most powerful scores, celebrated for its raw emotional force, vivid orchestration, and unflinching portrayal of passion

Screening Saturday 31 January & Sunday 1 February 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 4 February 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 210 minutes
  • Release date: 
    31 Jan 2026

Royal Opera: Verdi's La Traviata

Live and love, to the last breath. At one of her lavish parties, celebrated Parisan courtesan Violetta (Ermonela Jaho) is introduced to Alfredo Germont (Giovanni Sala). The two fall madly in love, and though hesitant to leave behind her life of luxury and freedom, Violetta follows her heart. But the young couple’s happiness is short-lived, as the harsh realities of life soon come knocking. As intimate as it is sumptuous, ‘La traviata’ features some of opera’s most famous melodies. In director Richard Eyre’s world of seductive grandeur, the tender and devastating beauty at the centre of Verdi’s opera shines bright.

Screening Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 February 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 18 February 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 180 minutes
  • Release date: 
    14 Feb 2026

La Scala: Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte

New Production! A top-flight cast features in a new staging of Mozart and Da Ponte’s comic masterpiece of love, trust and the fickleness of human behaviour from acclaimed director Robert Carsen. As part of a bet with Don Alfonso (Gerald Finley),

Ferrando and Guglielmo (Giovanni Sala and Luca Micheletti) must try to seduce each other’s fiancées, Fiordiligi and Dorabella (Elsa Dreisig and Nina van Essen). When both yield, and the ruse is revealed, all four must reckon with the fallout. Tackling Mozart’s exquisite and nuanced music is British conductor Alexander Soddy, much in demand at Covent Garden, the Metropolitan, and the Staatsoper of Vienna and Berlin.

Screening Saturday 28 February & Sunday 1 March 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 4 March 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 190 minutes
  • Release date: 
    28 Feb 2026

National Theatre Live - Hamlet

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.  National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director, Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.

Screening Saturday 28 February & Sunday 1 March 2026 at 1.00pm
Adults: $25.00, Concessions: $23.00

Movie specifics

  • Release date: 
    28 Feb 2026

Royal Ballet: McGregor's Woolf Works

Virginia Woolf defied literary conventions to depict rich inner worlds – her heightened, startling and poignant reality. Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor leads a luminous artistic team to evoke Woolf’s signature stream of consciousness writing style in this immense work that rejects traditional narrative structures, set to an original score by Max Richter. A collage of themes from ‘Mrs Dalloway’, ‘Orlando’, ‘The Waves’ and Woolf’s other writings, this Olivier-award winning ballet triptych captures the heart of Woolf’s uniquely artistic spirit.

Screening Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 March 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 18 March 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 165 minutes
  • Release date: 
    14 Mar 2026

Teatro Di San Carlo: Cherubini’s Medea

New Production! Join us for the first ever performance of Cherubini's masterpiece at Naples' San Carlo Theatre - the world's oldest continuously active opera venue - with celebrated soprano Sondra Radvanovsky singing the tour-de-force title role made famous by Maria Callas. The opera recounts the tragic tale of Medea, a mythic sorceress betrayed by her husband Jason (award-winning tenor Francesco Meli), when he chooses to abandon her to marry Glauce (rapidly rising Italian soprano Désirée Giove), the princess of Corinth. Overcome with grief and fury, Medea will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance… Staged by multi award-winning film and theatre director Mario Martone, with Riccardo Frizza on the podium.

Screening Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 March 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 180 minutes
  • Release date: 
    21 Mar 2026

Royal Ballet: Wright's Giselle

The peasant girl Giselle has fallen in love with Albrecht. When she discovers that he is actually a nobleman promised to another, she kills herself in despair. Her spirit joins the Wilis: the vengeful ghosts of women hell-bent on killing any man who crosses their path in a dance to the death. Wracked with guilt, Albrecht visits Giselle’s grave, where he must face the Wilis – and Giselle’s ghost. Peter Wright’s atmospheric and bewitching 1985 production of this quintessential Romantic ballet is a classic of The Royal Ballet repertory. Set to Adolphe Adam’s evocative score and with atmospheric designs by John Macfarlane, ‘Giselle’ conjures up the earthly and otherworldly realms in a tale of love, betrayal and redemption.

Screening Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 April 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 15 April 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 140 minutes
  • Release date: 
    11 Apr 2026

Opéra De Paris: Verdi's Un Ballo Di Maschera

Screening direct from Paris, an all-star new performance of Verdi’s lush and gripping drama. A masquerade ball may seem like the place to be for a party, but its costumes and disguises can also encourage intrigue. Verdi’s opera was inspired by the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden at a ball in 1792. But to avoid the scandal of representing a regicide on stage, Verdi set the story in America, focusing on the impossible love between Riccardo (Matthew Polenzani), the governor of Boston, and

Amelia (Anna Netrebko), the wife of his unforgiving best friend, Renato (Ludovic Tézier). Blending lightness and seriousness, Verdi's music was a hit from the moment it premiered in Rome in 1859. Director Gilbert Deflo keeps the American setting but moves it to the time of Lincoln to better confront the world of reason and morality with that of intuition and belief.

Screening Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 April 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 22 April 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 170 minutes
  • Release date: 
    18 Apr 2026

Royal Opera: Wagner's Siegfried

New Production! Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into enchanted slumber... Moments of transcendent beauty and heroic triumph sparkle in the third chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle, brought to life under Barrie Kosky’s inspired eye following his spectacular ‘Das Rheingold’ (2023) and ‘Die Walküre’ (2025). Andreas Schager, in his much-anticipated debut with The Royal Opera, stars as Siegfried, alongside Christopher Maltman’s towering Wanderer, Peter Hoare’s treacherous Mime and Elisabet Strid’s radiant Brünnhilde. Antonio Pappano conducts, drawing out the unspoken tensions and ethereal mysticism of Wagner’s dynamic score.

Screening Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 May 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 6 May 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 330 minutes
  • Release date: 
    2 May 2026

Paris Opera Ballet: Preljocaj's Le Parc

Encore Screenings! ‘What has become of love today?’ asked Angelin Preljocaj in 1994, when he created Le Parc for the Paris Opera Ballet. Thirty years later, the world has changed again, but his timeless ballet has travelled around the world. In a French-style garden, the choreography draws us into the seduction games of the Grand Siècle and the Age of Enlightenment, appealing to our classical musical and literary imagination: famous works by Mozart, the Map of Tendre, Dangerous Liaisons. But Preljocaj breaks with tradition by introducing a contemporary soundtrack and a choreographic language composed of broken lines and sensual movements. Like the final pas de deux, where the bodies whirl around for a languorous kiss: a moment of grace that has become the signature of this ballet.

Screening Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 May 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 20 May 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 100 minutes
  • Release date: 
    16 May 2026

Royal Opera: Mozart's The Magic Flute

Princess Pamina (Grammy-winning American soprano Julia Bullock) has been captured. Her mother (Kathryn Lewek), the Queen of the Night, tasks the young Prince Tamino (Samoan-Kiwi tenor Amitai Pati) with her daughter’s rescue. But when Tamino and his friendly sidekick, Papageno (Huw Montague Rendall), embark on their adventure, they soon learn that when it comes to the quest for love, nothing is as it really seems. Guided by a magic flute, they encounter monsters, villains, and a mysterious brotherhood of men – but help, it turns out, comes when you least expect it… Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production, with the star cast assembled led by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut.

Screening Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 June 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 10 June 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 185 minutes
  • Release date: 
    6 Jun 2026

Opera Di Roma: Puccini's Tosca

To celebrate the 125th anniversary of Puccini's most Roman masterpiece, Opera di Roma presents a special performance of Alessandro Talevi’s lauded staging. Created in collaboration with the Archivio Storico Ricordi, it is a remarkable revival of the opera's original 1900 production, featuring gorgeous sets and costumes (by Carlo Savi and Anna Biagiotti respectively) that painstakingly reconstruct Adolf Hohenstein's original designs, crafted by hand using traditional techniques. On the podium is Daniel Oren, while the exceptional leading voices on stage include Eleonora Buratto (Tosca), Jonathan Tetelman (Cavaradossi), and Luca Salsi (Scarpia). Faithful to the libretto and original direction, this performance offers a rare occasion to see Tosca as Puccini’s first audiences did!

Screening Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 June 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 24 June 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 180 minutes
  • Release date: 
    20 Jun 2026

Opera Di Roma: Wagner's Lohengrin

New Production! Opera di Roma opened its season with Damiano Michieletto's new production of Wagner’s compelling romantic opera. Acclaimed tenor Dmitry Korchak sings the title role of the mysterious swan knight who comes to the rescue of the virtuous duchess Elsa (American soprano Jennifer Holloway in her Teatro Costanzi debut) after she is wrongly accused of murder - on the condition that she never asks his name. Ekaterina Gubanova sings the scheming Ortrud, and Tómas Tómasson her husband Telramund, who ensure Elsa won’t be able to resist temptation. Opera di Roma Music Director Michele Mariotti conducts the magnificent score, filled with ethereal strings and angelic choruses, including the famous Bridal Chorus.

Screening Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 July 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 8 July 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 260 minutes
  • Release date: 
    4 Jul 2026

Paris Opera Ballet: Nureyev's The Nutcracker

Celebrate Christmas in July with Rudolf Nureyev’s Paris Opera Ballet reinterpretation of The Nutcracker. Snowflakes, flowers and enchanted landscapes form the backdrop to a dazzling choreography, with sets and costumes emphasising the strangeness of E.T.A. Hoffman’s original 1816 tale that inspired Marius Petipa's 1892 ballet. One Christmas Eve, young Clara (Dorothée Gilbert) receives a nutcracker puppet and dreams of a fantasy world where toys and anxieties come alive. Guided by the wooden puppet who has become Prince Charming (Guillaume Diop), she bravely confronts her fears and desires in a tale of self-discovery, brought to life through Tchaikovsky's sparkling, colourful score.

Screening Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 July 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 29 July 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 130 minutes
  • Release date: 
    25 Jul 2026

La Scala Bizet's: Carmen

New Production! Myung-whun Chung, who from 2027 will become Music Director of the Teatro alla Scala, conducts this new production of Bizet’s Carmen, a co-production with Madrid’s Teatro Real and London’s Royal Opera House (whose premiere staging was screened in cinemas in June 2024). Chung guides a cast that is ideally suited to their roles, with lauded French mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine as the free-spirited gypsy Carmen, Vittorio Grigolo as the soldier Don José who's willing to risk it all for her love, and Giorgi Manoshvili as the jealous bullfighter Escamillo. Director Damiano Michieletto and set designer Paolo Fantin reduce local colour, crafting instead a minimalist and compelling spectacle that foregrounds the protagonists’ inescapable fate.

Screening Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 August 2026 at 1pm
Plus Wednesday 5 August 2026 at 11am
Adults: $27.00, Concessions: $20.00

Movie specifics

  • 210 minutes
  • Release date: 
    1 Aug 2026