The Old Oak

Friday, April 26 until Thursday, May 2, 2024Yukon Theatre

April 26: beer and wine service will be available for the opening night of The Old Oak.

The Old Oak is the last pub standing in a once thriving mining village in northern England, a gathering space for a community that has fallen on hard times.

There is growing anger, resentment, and a lack of hope among the residents, but the pub and its proprietor TJ are known fondly by the clientele. When a group of Syrian refugees move into the floundering village, a decisive rift fueled by prejudices develops between the community and its newest inhabitants. The formation of an unexpected friendship between TJ and a young Syrian woman named Yara opens up new possibilities for the divided village in this deeply moving drama about loss, fear, and the difficulty of finding hope.

The latest film by legendary British director Ken Loach (Sorry We Missed You). Loach is 87 years old and has announced that The Old Oak will be his final film.

Content advisory: Depictions of racism and coarse language.

"With The Old Oak, Ken Loach goes out with one last, full-throated call for brotherhood and solidarity. It's the most hopeful the old soldier's been in years."
—Bilge Ebiri, VULTURE/NEW YORK MAGAZINE

"Extraordinarily compassionate... What could well be Ken Loach's final film has as much fire and fury as his debut Poor Cow did in 1967."
—Damon Wise, DEADLINE