Get out of the house on the third Wednesday evening of each month and enjoy films on the big screen with us!

The Drill Hall Film Society screens classic films at an affordable price in comfortable tiered seating in our air-conditioned theatre. Grab a delicious snack and beverage from the bar, and be part of our lively film discussions after each show.

Become a Film Society subscriber for just $60 and gain entry to 11 films/year (or $50 if you’re a Drill Hall Theatre Company associate member). Casual guest rates cost $10/film.

Renewals due in July.

Contact Sonia on 0406 090 260 or email on [email protected] for more information or to become a member.

Wednesday 19th February @ 7pm

Chicago is based on real events from the 1920s that were first the basis of a satirical play by journalist Maurine Watkins before being turned into a musical by Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb, and John Kander in 1975.

From its first song-and-dance to its final curtain call, Boardway choreographer and first-time film director, Rob Marshall takes us right back to that era of high-living, speak-easy nightclubs, sexual decadence and death teetering on the abyss of total lawlessness. We’re in the Roaring ’20s, and murder – as seedy attorney Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) so aptly puts it – is “a form of entertainment.”

The narrative centres on Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger), the hard-working gal who dreams of showbiz glory. A no-good low-life uses her sexually and tries to dump her, so she fills him full of lead. Pending trial, Roxie winds up in the women’s prison, meeting über-vamp Velma (Catherine Zeta-Jones), a nightclub chanteuse who has just handed her sister a one-way ticket to Violentdeathville for fooling around with her husband. And then there’s Billy Flynn, an appallingly venal criminal lawyer who specialises in this kind of case, adept not merely at manipulating juries but credulous newspapermen as well, spinning them sensational tales to create the publicity and marketing deals which are going to pay his monster fee.

But what glorious songs! Razzle-Dazzle, All That Jazz, Cellblock Tango – these are showtunes with nuclear warheads – to say nothing of the prison matron (Queen Latifah)’s When You’re Good to Mama.

It won dozens of awards including the Academy Award for Best Picture and numerous acting awards for Zellweger, Zeta-Jones and Gere.