Swing girls

Saturday 25th May

“With a wonderful toe-tapping soundtrack, a gallery of amiable characters & a gutsy energy, ‘Swing Girls’ is a resounding success … a production that will leave most viewers grinning from ear-to-ear & humming along to the melodies … a delightful Japanese gem.”
Andrew Saroch | Far East Films

91% Rotten Tomatoes

“ enough comic mishaps to fill a half-dozen other movies, …entertaining throughout, managing to feel fresh & new in a way few movies on this formula ever manage, from any country. Its infectious high spirits keep us watching… a genuinely fun movie”
Japanonfilm


”far better than it frankly has any right to be”
James Morehead, Opus

Swinging

If the goal of this movie was to make you feel good then it is accomplished in spades. The simplicity of the narrative and the precision of the comedic elements deliver on all counts and is a perfect hit for those who loved The Commitments, Brassed Off or School of Rock..

Swing music is all about having fun, getting on that dance floor and just going for it? Swing Girls reflects that fun nature and esthetic of Swing music. It's supposed to make you feel good. It's supposed to bring a smile to face. You ain't got that thing if you ain't got that swing.

This is a tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.

Swing Girls has a lot of similarities with School of Rock in that its a bunch of misfits that are thrust into the world of music accidentally. Initially they couldn't care less but eventually they fall in love with their instruments and jazz too. Jazz fans need to check it out!!

There are some things to note about the performances in the movie. All the music scores in the movie were performed by the actor and actresses themselves. In fact, many of the actresses had never played an instrument before. They took intensive music lessons at Yamaha Music School for several months before the shooting began. And to promote the movie, the actor and the actresses performed live in concerts in Japan and USA. There is also a DVD of those performances as well.

This movie sure has swing baby.

CAST: Juri Ueno | Yûta Hiraoka | Shihori Kanjiya

DIRECTOR: Shinobu Yaguchi

SET MENU | THEME: Japanese

Welcome glass of Grace Koshu Kayagatake,.a light & floral white wine from Yamanashi, Japan.

Negima Yakitori (Chicken skewers) with rainbow sesame slaw followed by Matcha swiss roll.

Programme:

6:00pm Event opens with welcoming drinks in the courtyard

7:45pm Dinner served

8:15pm Film starts

9:15pm Interval

11:30 Bar closes

Times may vary

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PLEASE NOTE: We serve delicious two course set menus which are carefully prepared with local organic ingredients wherever possible and cooked on site and themed for each event, however we are unable to cater for specific dietary requirements. Occasionally we may need to adjust the menu depending on availability, as in our search for authenticity, this sometimes becomes too difficult.