TheatreOne’s Fringe Flicks presents Jimmy’s Hall Sunday and Monday (Feb. 21-22) at the Avalon Cinema at Woodgrove Centre.
The film recounts the story of activist Jimmy Gralton and his deportation from Ireland during the country’s ‘Red Scare’ of the 1930s. Jimmy’s crime was to build a dance hall on a rural crossroads in an Ireland that was on the brink of civil war.
As the hall grew in popularity its socialist and free-spirited reputation brought it to the attention of the church and politicians who forced its closure and for Jimmy to flee. A decade later, at the height of the Depression, Jimmy returns from to look after his mother, vowing to live the quiet life. As Jimmy sees the poverty and growing cultural oppression, he reopens the hall.
Tickets are $12 and available in advance by phone 250-754-7587, online at www.theatreone.org and at the door for one-hour prior to show times Sunday (Feb. 21) at 1, 4 and 7 p.m., and Monday (Feb. 22) at 7 p.m.
