VICTORIA & ABDUL:
106 minutes
Friday, November 3 – 7 pm,
Saturday, November 4 – 4 & 8 pm,
Sunday, November 5 – 4 & 8 pm,
Wednesday, November 8 – 7 pm,
and Thursday, November 9 – 7 pm.
The extraordinary true story of an unlikely friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria’s (Judi Dench) remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity.
Insider’s tip: “Judi Dench can do no wrong, and playing Queen Victoria for the second time in the richly satisfying Victoria and Abdul is an acting lesson par excellence that proves how rapturous it is to watch this great artist do everything right” (Rex Reed, New York Observer). Gary Thompson, Philadelphia Daily News, adds: “Victoria & Abdul, though, is Dench’s show. She wrings dignity and humanity (and a good deal of comedy) from Lee Hall’s broadly drawn scenario, much as she did in this movie’s cross-cultural bookend, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.”