Putting on a Show Film Series

Overview

If you love the cinema but hate paying a small fortune to attend (it's the large popcorn bucket — gets you every time), this film series is for you. The Art Gallery of New South Wales are hosting an epic three-month film series for the 20th Biennale of Sydney — and it's completely free.

Between March 23 and June 8, they'll be showing a programme of films in the Gallery's Domain Theatre, all curated around the theme of performance. Performance in film has changed considerably over the years. And while we now applaud realistic performances, a snapshot of life and story with no cracks in the fourth wall, well-loved films of the past tend to shatter the fourth wall with all-singing, all dancing performances mid-act.

The films chosen demonstrate the power of performance and how it can subversively portray themes of culture, class and gender in a myriad of different ways. Titles screening throughout the film series include An American in Paris, The Wizard of Oz, and The Red Shoes, amongst others.

Films will screen on Wednesdays and Sundays from March 23 to June 8, on Saturdays on April 9 and 23 and May 21, and on Monday, March 28. See the full program here.

Image: MGM.