October Has Plans for You
October at Pivot travels from 1895 Paris to a 1950s Coney Island boardwalk, and a surprising amount of it is very funny. Colours of Time returns for an encore alongside Geelong Gallery’s Discovering the Impressionists After Hours, so the Paris on screen has the paintings to match. Australia’s own Rose Byrne is on Broadway in Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels, raising one toast too many to an old flame, while the Met opens its new season with Così fan tutte in an amusement park and Sandra Oh plays a novelist who refuses to tell polite lies in the National Theatre’s The Misanthrope. The St Kilda Film Festival brings thirteen of the year’s best Australian shorts with the bar open at interval, and John Wilson turns a Hallmark screenwriting workshop into a film about concrete, for three sessions only. Add a Q&A after Allowed to Birth and The Promise for Geelong Design Week, and there’s plenty to plan around. Every session is on sale now.
Colours Of Time ENCORE
Back by popular demand! In conjunction with Geelong Gallery’s DISCOVERING THE IMPRESSIONISTS After Hours – use this link for $10 off adult exhibition tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/after-hours-discovering-the-impressionists/tickets?discountcode=PIVOT10 Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural Normandy, four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history. In 1895, their ancestor Adèle, then aged 21, leaves her hometown to search for her mother in Paris. She discovers a city on the cusp of modernity, bustling with new-found avant-garde creativity, with the rise of photography and the birth of Impressionist painting. As her descendants retrace her steps, they unravel Adèle’s surprising past. The two timelines of 1895 and 2024 intertwine and collide, confronting the cousins’ contemporary attitudes with life in late 19th century Paris, leaving everyone’s future forever changed.
Colours Of Time ENCORE
Back by popular demand! In conjunction with Geelong Gallery’s DISCOVERING THE IMPRESSIONISTS After Hours – use this link for $10 off adult exhibition tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/after-hours-discovering-the-impressionists/tickets?discountcode=PIVOT10 Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural Normandy, four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history. In 1895, their ancestor Adèle, then aged 21, leaves her hometown to search for her mother in Paris. She discovers a city on the cusp of modernity, bustling with new-found avant-garde creativity, with the rise of photography and the birth of Impressionist painting. As her descendants retrace her steps, they unravel Adèle’s surprising past. The two timelines of 1895 and 2024 intertwine and collide, confronting the cousins’ contemporary attitudes with life in late 19th century Paris, leaving everyone’s future forever changed.
Fallen Angels by Noël Coward
Sparkling, dizzying, and deliciously potent, Fallen Angels, Noël Coward’s champagne-fresh comedy of bad manners, shocked and delighted audiences at its 1925 premiere. Two upper-class wives, their husbands away for the day, share a few toasts to their pre-marital dalliances—with the same man, who just may be en route from France to visit. Old rivalries and past scandals bubble to the surface in this intoxicating romp from one of theatre’s comedy masters. Starring Golden Globe-winner Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) and Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (The King and I), with Tracee Chimo, Mark Consuelos (making his Broadway debut), Christopher Fitzgerald and Aasif Mandvi, this new Roundabout Theatre and Tony Award-winning production of ‘pure escapist fun’ (The New York Times) was filmed live on stage at Broadway’s Todd Haimes Theatre and now comes to the big screen.
Fallen Angels by Noël Coward
Sparkling, dizzying, and deliciously potent, Fallen Angels, Noël Coward’s champagne-fresh comedy of bad manners, shocked and delighted audiences at its 1925 premiere. Two upper-class wives, their husbands away for the day, share a few toasts to their pre-marital dalliances—with the same man, who just may be en route from France to visit. Old rivalries and past scandals bubble to the surface in this intoxicating romp from one of theatre’s comedy masters. Starring Golden Globe-winner Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) and Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (The King and I), with Tracee Chimo, Mark Consuelos (making his Broadway debut), Christopher Fitzgerald and Aasif Mandvi, this new Roundabout Theatre and Tony Award-winning production of ‘pure escapist fun’ (The New York Times) was filmed live on stage at Broadway’s Todd Haimes Theatre and now comes to the big screen.
Met Opera 2026-27: Così fan tutte
The Met: Live in HD season kicks off with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love, one of the composer’s most sublime creations. Phelim McDermott’s “colorful, inventive” (The New York Times) staging, inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, sets the uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at the heart of the tale find themselves on one emotional—and literal—thrill ride after another. Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, opposite tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley stars as the cynical Don Alfonso, with soprano Ana María Martínez as the witty maid Despina.
Met Opera 2026-27: Così fan tutte
The Met: Live in HD season kicks off with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love, one of the composer’s most sublime creations. Phelim McDermott’s “colorful, inventive” (The New York Times) staging, inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, sets the uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at the heart of the tale find themselves on one emotional—and literal—thrill ride after another. Soprano Federica Lombardi and mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey sing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, opposite tenor Duke Kim and baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Bass-baritone Gerald Finley stars as the cynical Don Alfonso, with soprano Ana María Martínez as the witty maid Despina.
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter. Eventually, they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
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St Kilda Film Fest Regional Tour
The St Kilda Film Festival Regional Tour takes the best of the 2026 festival program on the road! St Kilda Film Festival is Australia’s largest and longest-running short film festival. The Festival is an Academy Awards qualifying event, showcasing Australia’s emerging cinema. Don’t miss this special encore presentation of 13 of Australia’s Top Short Films, selected from this year’s super-sized program. The films are presented across two sessions in the one screening: ‘Award Winners’, and ‘Director’s Choice’. There will be a short intermission between sessions and the bar will be open. To explore this years programme, visit: stkildafilmfestival.com.au/2026-films/
St Kilda Film Fest Regional Tour
The St Kilda Film Festival Regional Tour takes the best of the 2026 festival program on the road! St Kilda Film Festival is Australia’s largest and longest-running short film festival. The Festival is an Academy Awards qualifying event, showcasing Australia’s emerging cinema. Don’t miss this special encore presentation of 13 of Australia’s Top Short Films, selected from this year’s super-sized program. The films are presented across two sessions in the one screening: ‘Award Winners’, and ‘Director’s Choice’. There will be a short intermission between sessions and the bar will be open. To explore this years programme, visit: stkildafilmfestival.com.au/2026-films/
The History of Concrete – Q&A with John Wilson
Join us for a special screening featuring an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with director John Wilson, in conversation with comedian and film critic Alexei Toliopoulos. Following its sold-out screenings at MIFF, this is an event not to be missed! Only three sessions will be available, and no encore screenings will be added—so book early to avoid missing out. A filmmaker applies lessons from a Hallmark movie writing workshop to pitch a documentary about concrete.
The History of Concrete – Q&A with John Wilson
Join us for a special screening featuring an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with director John Wilson, in conversation with comedian and film critic Alexei Toliopoulos. Following its sold-out screenings at MIFF, this is an event not to be missed! Only three sessions will be available, and no encore screenings will be added—so book early to avoid missing out. A filmmaker applies lessons from a Hallmark movie writing workshop to pitch a documentary about concrete.
Architecture Film Nights presents “The Promise”
Architecture Film Nights brings the stories behind great buildings and design ideas to the big screen at Pivotonian Cinema.
The program features short films highlighting local architects and projects from Geelong and the Surf Coast, followed by The Promise – Architect B.V. Doshi, the acclaimed 2023 documentary directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre.
Architecture Film Nights presents “The Promise”
Architecture Film Nights brings the stories behind great buildings and design ideas to the big screen at Pivotonian Cinema.
The program features short films highlighting local architects and projects from Geelong and the Surf Coast, followed by The Promise – Architect B.V. Doshi, the acclaimed 2023 documentary directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre
Q&A | Allowed To Birth
Allowed to Birth is a powerful new documentary following midwife and educator Kristine Lauria, exploring the global maternal health crisis and what it would take to make childbirth safer, more humane, and more empowering for all. Featuring leading voices in the birth world including Dr Melanie Jackson, Dr Stu Fischbein, Kemi Johnson and more.
Join us in Geelong for a special screening, community connection and conversation. Following the screening, we’ll come together for a meaningful discussion bringing together birthing families, midwives, birthworkers, and allied health professionals.
Q&A | Allowed To Birth
Allowed to Birth is a powerful new documentary following midwife and educator Kristine Lauria, exploring the global maternal health crisis and what it would take to make childbirth safer, more humane, and more empowering for all. Featuring leading voices in the birth world including Dr Melanie Jackson, Dr Stu Fischbein, Kemi Johnson and more.
Join us in Geelong for a special screening, community connection and conversation. Following the screening, we’ll come together for a meaningful discussion bringing together birthing families, midwives, birthworkers, and allied health professionals.