The Friends of Queens Park Theatre are delighted to present the film THE DUKE as a prelude to Seniors' Week 2022
Jim Broadbent & Helen Mirren, anyone ?
THE DUKE is a 2021 Comedy drama from the UK, rated M, 1 hour and 36 minutes long, in English, no subtitles.
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly -- he had long campaigned for pensioners to receive free television. What happened next became the stuff of legend.
A light supper is served in the QPT foyer at 5:30pm.
The film screens INSIDE the QPT auditorium at 6pm sharp.
All tickets are $20, everyone's welcome.
Seating is unreserved, so you may find your friends in the foyer and sit together for the film