Thursday 1 November

Reading of a new Play THE HARVEST CHAMBER Welcome to GensInc, an online police state 100 years in the future. GI5949 and GI3317 have relatively calm lives with cyber-jobs, cyber-partners and cyber-hobbies. One day, they receive a task: They must meet in the flesh and develop an intimate relationship. The conflict? Neither of them have ever seen another person before.
No compassion. No desire. Only a book. How strong is fear propaganda?

Readers: Mala Ghedia and Cornell Adams Writer/Director: Ashley Brandt Produced by: 3 of Cups Productions Friday 2 November 9pm Dinner and Film around 11pm The Gangs All Here (1943) Busby Berkeley OK Folks this is film is about as close to drugs as you will ever get on the big screen, Back when war was good and everyone supported the troops away from home. Carmen Miranda (with her high hills filled with cocaine so not to get caught by the studio) sings and dances in the biggest hat ever in glorious Technicolor. Don't worry if you don't get the story there is none. "Don't be a square from Delaware" Hair (1979) Milos Forman Back when war was bad and everyone knew it. This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius. This time no one had to hide the cocaine on the set.

Sunday 4 November 14:00 Bridge and Brunch

The Wireless in the back.... Old Time Radio Fun Card Games, Board Games and Word Games come by today at 14:00 for our Bridge Afternoon, Learning, playing and making lots of mistakes if Alan is your partner. All is possible great fun for all.

Tuesday 6 November 9 pm

Baby Doll (1956) Elia Kazan Screenplay by Tennessee Williams. Condemned by the Catholic church Legion of Decency.

Here is a review from Zestygirl on IMDb The crumbling ruins of a deep south plantation, circa 1956. Karl Malden running through empty rooms, yelling "BayBee DOLLLLL!" The dementia-ridden elderly aunt forgetting to turn on the stove before cooking the greens. The old guys lounging around the yard, laughing and watching Malden's frenzied activities like it's must-see TV. Kooky gorgeous Baby Doll sucking her thumb, sleeping in her crib. And Eli Wallach: ah, what a specimen. He's intense, he's irresistible. He's relentlessly "handsy" like a high school boy on a date; he never, ever, for a moment, lets up. It's impossible to take your eyes off of him. This movie is perplexing and wonderful, it really is more of a place and an atmosphere than a story. Twisted, and in a good way. The characters are as wild and inexplicable as any you've seen in a David Lynch movie. Your jaw will drop, you'll laugh out loud, and the whole weird place just gets better each time you watch it.

The book is better but the film is pretty good. Did Eli Wallach ever do wrong?