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Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! (PG)
Dir: Ol Parker 2018 | 114 mins, US
Get ready to sing and dance, laugh and love all over again! Sophie finds out more about her mother Donna's past while seeking guidance on how to handle her pregnancy. The all-star cast includes Meryl Streep, Lily James, Julie Walters, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth.
WHY? An all-new original musical based on the songs of ABBA
'Full of hits and emotion' ★★★★★ The Guardian
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£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
The Australian Ballet: The Merry Widow
114 mins
Created especially for The Australian Ballet and captured live at the Sydney Opera House. Based on the beloved operetta, this lively tale is set in the ballrooms and salons of Belle Époque Paris. Expect enough tangled affairs, narrow misses and jealous lovers to fuel a French farce.
'The Merry Widow is a real crowd pleaser' Dance Australia
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WHY? A laugh-along favourite with hum-along melodies and its heart on its sleeve
£15
Sicilian Ghost Story (15)
Dir: Fabio Grassadonia | Antonio Piazza 2017 122 mins, It/Fr/Ch
(Italian with English subtitles)
Set in a small Sicilian village. 13-year-old Giuseppe vanishes, kidnapped by the men his father crossed. His classmate Luna refuses to accept his mysterious disappearance. Rebelling against the code of silence and collusion that surrounds her, she refuses to give up her search.
WHY? ‘Bewildering in all the right ways, this is a poetic, sublime interpretation of a sorry story' ★★★★ Empire
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£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Hearts Beat Loud (12A)
Dir: Brett Haley 2018 | 97 mins, US
Single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his daughter Sam off to college. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly ‘jam sesh’ into a father-daughter live act.
WHY? Heart-warming drama starring Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson and Toni Collette
'Very likeable, low-key and laid-back comedy-drama' ★★★★ The Independent
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£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Movie Mondays Offer
Monday film screening tickets are £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee.
Parent and Baby Screening
The screening on Tuesday 2 October at 11am is exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. Tickets are £5.50 for adults (including a cup of tea/coffee); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.
Globe on Screen: A Winter's Tale
180 mins
Encore screening. The play illustrates how uncontrollable emotions can range across gender, country, class and age. Its universe is full of monsters, gods and natural disasters. Taking audiences from the stifling atmosphere of the Sicilian court to the unbuttoned joy of a Bohemian festival.
WHY? Shakespeare’s great play of the irrational and inexplicable
'A superb cast deliver striking performances in a production that is knowingly dissonant, from the costumes to the climax' ★★★★ The Guardian
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£15
NT Live: Julie
95 mins.
Encore screening. Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean – which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival.
WHY? A new version of August Strindberg’s play Miss Julie, starring BAFTA Award winning actress Vanessa Kirby (The Crown)
'Provocative and profound’ ★★★★ The Stage
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£15
Pope Francis: A Man of his Word (PG)
Dir: Wim Wenders 2018 | 96 mins, Ch/Va/It/De/Fr
The Pope’s ideas and his message are central in this documentary. It explores his work of reform and his answers to today’s global questions. From his deep concern for the poor and wealth inequality, to his involvement in environmental issues and social justice.
WHY? A personal journey with Pope Francis
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
The Heiresses (12A)
Dir: Marcelo Martinessi 2018 | 98 mins, Py/De/Uy/Br/No/Fr
(Spanish and Guarani with English subtitles)
Chela and Chiquita have been together for over 30 years. They are both descended from wealthy families, but recently their financial situation has worsened. When their debts lead to Chiquita being imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality.
WHY? ‘Ana Brun’s tender lead performance is something to behold’ Little White Lies
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£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Movie Mondays Offer
Monday film screening tickets are £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee.
Oscar Wilde Season Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
150 mins
Filmed live at the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End. Jack, Algy, Gwendolyn and Cecily discover how unsmooth runs the course of true love, while Lady Bracknell keeps a baleful eye on the mayhem of manners.
WHY? Wilde’s much-loved masterpiece throws love, logic and language into the air to make one of theatre’s most dazzling firework displays
'A joyous, irreverent and enjoyable production' ★★★★★ Stage Review
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£15
BlacKkKlansman (15)
Dir: Spike Lee 2018 | 135 mins, US
Early 1970s. Ron Stallworth is the first African-American detective to serve in his police department. He sets out on a dangerous mission to infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. Stallworth soon recruits a more seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman, into the undercover investigation of a lifetime.
WHY? The incredible true story of an American hero, from visionary filmmaker Spike Lee
There are few filmmakers as consistently, burningly passionate as Spike Lee. This is vital and timely work that’s up there with his best' ★★★★ Empire
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£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Cliff Richard Live: 60th Anniversary Tour
150 mins
Britain’s ultimate pop star, Cliff Richard is celebrating 60 years in the music industry and he wants to invite you to the most fabulous big screen party of the year! His incredible energy and passion on stage will sweep you off your feet and be sure to have you swaying in the aisles.
WHY? With a repertoire featuring six decades of such timeless hits as Devil Woman, Congratulations or We Don’t Talk Anymore
£15
Cold War (15)
Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski 2018 | 88 mins, Pl/Fr/UK
(French and Polish with English subtitles)
In the ruins of post-war Poland, Wiktor and Zula fall deeply and destructively in love. They are musicians, forced to play into the Soviet propaganda machine. As they spot their chance to make a break for Paris, both make a split decision that will mark their lives forever. Winner of Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival 2018.
WHY? ‘Mysterious, musically glorious and visually ravishing’ ★★★★★ The Guardian
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£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Movie Mondays Offer
Monday film screening tickets are £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee.
NT Live: King Lear
Run time tbc.
Ian McKellen stars in this encore screening from London’s West End. A contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play.
Two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.
WHY? ‘Ian McKellen reigns supreme in this triumphant production’ ★★★★★ The Telegraph
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£15
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (U)
Dir: Patrick Imbert, Benjamin Renner 2017 | 83 mins, Fr/Be
The countryside isn't always as calm and peaceful as it's made out to be. On this farm, you’ll find a fox that thinks it's a chicken, a rabbit that acts like a stork and a duck who wants to replace Father Christmas!
WHY? Fun-filled animation featuring the voices of Bill Bailey, Adrian Edmondson and Celia Imrie
'The hand-drawn, 2D animation is utterly beguiling, conveying the pleasingly nostalgic feel of a beloved children's book' ★★★★ The List
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£7 (£5 under 16s)
Family and Friends (4 people) £20
Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation (U)
Dir: Genndy Tartakovsky 2018 | 97 mins, US
Drac decides to take a summer vacation on a cruise ship. But the dream holiday soon turns into a nightmare when Mavis realises Drac has fallen for the mysterious captain, Ericka - who is hiding a dangerous secret…
WHY? Featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Kevin James and Steve Buscemi
'The third outing for the Drac Pac proved a success' Empire
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£7 (£5 under 16s)
Family & Friends (4 people) £20
Leaning into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy (PG)
Dir: Thomas Riedelsheimer 2017 | 97 mins, UK/De
Documentary following Andy Goldsworthy on his exploration of the layers of his world and the impact of the years on himself and his art. As Goldsworthy introduces his own body into the work, it becomes even more fragile and personal. But also sterner and tougher.
WHY? Thomas Riedelsheimer’s exquisite film illuminates Goldsworthy’s mind as it reveals his art
'A mesmerising film about art and time' ★★★★ The Guardian
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£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Funny Girl - The Musical
160 mins.
Live screening (Wednesday). Based on the life and career of Broadway star, film actress and comedienne Fanny Brice (Sheridan Smith) and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein. Featuring a host of iconic numbers including People, I’m the Greatest Star, and Don’t Rain on My Parade.
WHY? ‘Triumphant revival of the classic Broadway show’ ★★★★★ The Stage
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£15
Christopher Robin (PG)
Dir: Marc Forster 2018 | 104 mins, US
Join Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and he gang in a brand new adventure. The beloved characters from The Hundred Acre Wood head to London to help find Christopher Robin’s lost briefcase - because the best friends will always be there for you.
WHY? Starring Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell and Mark Gatiss
'As Much a Movie For Adults as It Is For Kids' Time
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£7 (£5 under 16s)
Family and Friends (4 people) £20
Parent and Baby Screening
The screening on Tuesday 30 October at 11am is exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. Tickets are £5.50 for adults (including a cup of tea/coffee); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.
The Children Act (12A)
Dir: Richard Eyre 2017 | 105 mins, UK
Eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye’s (Emma Thompson) marriage to Jack (Stanley Tucci) is floundering. Alongside this, she finds herself having to make a life-changing decision at work - should she force a teenage boy to have the blood transfusion that will save his life?
WHY? Drama based on the novel by Ian McEwan
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Movie Mondays Offer
Monday film screening tickets are £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee.
ROH Live: Die Walkure
280 mins
Live screening (Sunday). The second opera Richard Wagner’s epic Der Ring Des Nibelungen. Among the musical fireworks and Norse mythology, at the centre of this opera are the unforgettable characters and the complex entanglements between them.
WHY? Antonio Pappano, Music Director of The Royal Opera, conducts an international cast
£15
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (15)
Dir: Desiree Akhavan 2018 | 90 mins, US
Cameron Post looks the part of a perfect high school girl. But after she’s caught with another girl in the back seat of a car, Cameron is quickly shipped off to a conversion therapy centre. At the facility, she finds herself subjected to outlandish discipline, dubious ‘de-gaying’ methods and earnest Christian rock songs.
WHY? ‘Chloë Grace Moretz puts in a career-best turn’ ★★★★★ The Guardian
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£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
NT Live: Allelujah! (12A)
by Alan Bennett
170 mins.
Alan Bennett’s sharp and hilarious new play is ‘just what the doctor ordered’ (Daily Telegraph). Filmed live at London’s Bridge Theatre during its limited run.
The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town on the edge of the Pennines, is threatened with closure as part of an efficiency drive. A documentary crew, eager to capture its fight for survival, follows the daily struggle to find beds on the Dusty Springfield Geriatric Ward and the triumphs of the old people’s choir.
Alan Bennett’s celebrated plays include The History Boys, The Lady in the Van and The Madness of George III, all of which were also seen on film. Allelujah! is his tenth collaboration with award-winning director Nicholas Hytner.
WHY? ‘Leaves you bobbing on a wave of happiness’ Independent
£15
Oscar Wilde Season Live: An Ideal Husband
160 mins.
Encore screening, filmed live at the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End. This entertaining and still topical play brings an act of political sin into the heart of the English home. An ambitious government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern’s smooth ascent to the top seems assured until Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning proof of his previous financial chicanery.
WHY? The talented ensemble cast includes real-life father and son Edward and Freddie Fox
'Edward and Freddie Fox, as a father and son, are the star turn in this stylish revival of Wilde’s send-up of a money-mad society' The Guardian
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£15
Oscar Wilde Season Live: A Woman of No Importance
155 mins.
Encore screening from the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End. An earnest young American woman, a louche English lord and an innocent young chap join a house party of fools and grotesques. Nearby a woman lives, cradling a long-buried secret.
First performed in 1893, Oscar Wilde’s marriage of glittering wit and Ibsenite drama satirised the socially conservative world of the Victorian upper class, creating a vivid new theatrical voice which still resonates today.
WHY? Starring Olivier award winner Eve Best and BAFTA nominated actress Anne Reid
'An exhilarating payoff that's a long time coming' The Telegraph
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£15
ROH Live: La Bayadere
185 mins.
Live screening (Wednesday). Marius Petipa’s fantasy, set in legendary India, tells the tale of a temple dancer and the prince who loves her but marries another. The melody and moods of Minkus’s music perfectly match the fluidity and precision of the classical choreography and the drama of the storytelling.
WHY? Natalia Makarova’s production of this 19th century classic ballet brings an exotic world of temple dancers and noble warriors to life
£15
RSC Live: Troilus & Cressida
Run time tbc.
Live screening. Troilus and Cressida swear they will always be true to one another. But in the seventh year of the siege of Troy their innocence is tested and exposed to the savage corrupting influence of war, with tragic consequences.
WHY? Virtuoso percussionist Evelyn Glennie collaborates with RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran to create a satirical futuristic vision of a world resounding with the rhythm of battle
£15
NT Live: The Madness of King George
Run time tbc.
Live screening from Nottingham Playhouse. It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. With the King’s mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the Crown.
WHY? Written by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights Alan Bennett
£15
A Christmas Carol
Based on Charles Dickens own performance adaptation.
Simon Callow and director-designer Tom Cairns have created a one-man theatrical extravaganza of festive story-telling. Following critically acclaimed, sold out theatre seasons in 2011, 2012 and again in 2016, Simon Callow returns to wow audiences with this tour de force performance, reimagined especially for cinema.
WHY? Both heart-warming and deeply moving – it’s a Christmas must see!
'As Christmas theatre goes, it doesn't get more trad than this' TimeOut London
£15
ROH Live: The Nutcracker (U)
150 mins.
Encore screening. Tchaikovsky’s much-loved music is matched to a magical adventure on Christmas Eve for Clara and her Nutcracker doll. Their journey to the Land of Sweets brings with it some of the most familiar of all ballet moments, such as the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Waltz of the Flowers.
Peter Wright’s production for The Royal Ballet keeps true to the spirit of this Russian ballet classic, with period details and dancing snowflakes.
WHY? One of the most delightful ways to discover the enchantment of ballet
'The Nutcracker is perfect for bringing the magic of the festive season to the stage' ★★★★ The Telegraph
£15
The King and I from the London Palladium
180 mins.
Recorded live from London’s iconic Palladium. The multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Centre Theatre’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical.
Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children.
With one of the finest scores ever written including Whistle a Happy Tune, Getting to Know You, and Shall We Dance and featuring a company of over 50 world-class performers.
WHY? ‘Five stars for a sumptuous King and I. Book Now. It’s a hit’ The Times
‘We left the London Palladium on a bright cloud of music - joyous!’ Daily Mail
‘Looks and sounds ravishing. Complete rapture’ The Telegraph
£15
NT Live: Antony and Cleopatra
Run time tbc.
An encore screening from the National Theatre of Shakespeare’s great tragedy of politics, passion and power.
Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.
WHY? Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play the famous fated couple
£15