MTC RETROGRADE x CINEMA NOVA SPECIAL SCREENING: Wednesday May 6, 6.30pm. In collaboration with Melbourne Theatre Company and their upcoming production of Retrograde, join us for a special screening of GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER, introduced by director Bert LaBonté and actor Donné Ngabo, who portrays a young Sidney Poitier. Premiering in Australia, Retrograde explores a pivotal moment in Poitier’s early career, bringing to life his defining encounter with Hollywood powerbrokers.

After a 10-day Hawaiian vacation, Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton) returns to her San Francisco home with John Prentice (Sidney Poitier), her brand-new fiancé. Although he's a successful doctor and a Nobel Prize candidate, her parents, Christina (Katharine Hepburn) and Matthew (Spencer Tracy), are taken aback when they discover John is black.

Join us for this special event and catch Melbourne Theatre Company's Retrogradefrom 16 May to 27 June - at Arts Centre Melbourne.