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Cookham and Maidenhead Arts Trail Exhibition
The Cookham and Maidenhead Arts Trail will be showcasing the work of many of the artists taking part in this year’s trail.
Works in diverse media will include painting, glass, jewellery, ceramics, printmaking and photography. The exhibition will be open either side of the trail weekend itself.
For the sixth year, local artists will be opening their studios to the public on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 September.
- 10:30 -22:00 FREE
Zumba (Sundays)
Led by Annet Bowler.
A fun and friendly, easy to follow class. Get fit and exercise in disguise to uplifting Latin rhythms.
Spring
Sun 12 Jan – 26 Apr (exc 2 Feb and 12 Apr)
11am – 12pm
£6 per class
If the tutor is unavailable for a session, a replacement will be provided wherever possible.
- 11:00 FREE
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut (15)
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola 2019 183 mins, US
Army Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is a troubled man. He’s sent on a dangerous trip into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade American colonel named Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has succumbed to the horrors of war and barricaded himself in a remote outpost.
WHY? A newly restored cut of Coppola’s spectacular cinematic masterpiece
'It’s a masterpiece' ★★★★★ The Times
Read the full review here
Courtyard Theatre
£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.
- 14:00 FREE
Youth Theatre (H)
Led by Troublemaker Theatre Company
Your chance to be on stage and in the spotlight!
Join the only youth drama group in Maidenhead which rehearses in a professional theatre!
Our friendly theatre company lead the sessions, where you’ll have fun and meet new friends.
Pick up performance skills from stage combat to acting for camera and physical theatre to accents, while working with scripts from famous playwrights or made up by you.
Terms 10 weeks long, no auditions, suitable for all abilities and end with a sharing or showcase.
This Spring term, Youth Theatre Group H will be working towards a performance of 'An Utterly Fictitious History of Maidenhead'. A devised performance which uses the groups collective imagination to create a show looking at how our home town came to be.
Over the course pupils will work on songs and sketches to improve vocal technique, stage presence and theatrical timing.
Sundays
4pm
£97 per term
School Year 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11
'Gave me the skills and confidence to get into drama school and pursue a career in acting' Lizzy Maillard
‘I went on to get a degree in film and theatre, and now teach drama to children myself’ Ryan Tomlinson
'Film-making at 15, scripting at 16, and crying that it had to end at 18. 5yrs later, I'm working full-time in television' Kat Mace
Photography credit Luminous Photography.
Click here to visit the Troublemaker Theatre Company website
- 16:00 FREE
Line Dancing
Led by Julie Antonsen.
A mix of dance styles ranging from Waltz and Cha Cha to Irish Dancing style. A variety of music accompanies these styles such as Shania Twain and Keith Urban (country) to Rebecca Ferguson and Megan Trainer (pop) with everything in between.
No partner necessary.
Autumn 2021
Tues 2 Nov – 21 Dec (exc 30 Nov)
8pm – 9pm
£10 per class
Spring 2022
Tues 11 Jan - 19 Apr (exc 29 Mar, 5 Apr and 26 Apr)
8pm – 9pm
£10 per class
Suitable for 18+ years
- 18:15 FREE
Blinded By The Light (12A)
Dir: Gurinder Chadha 2019 117 mins, UK
1987. Music fanatic Javed discovers the illustrious back catalogue of Bruce Springsteen and his world is turned upside down. He yearns to escape his rundown hometown and the rules of his traditional Pakistani household. Javed finds himself caught in between two worlds and must discover if he too is Born to Run…
WHY? A timely coming of age story, from the director of Bend It Like Beckham and based on the memoir of Guardian journalist Sarfraz Manzoor
'An exuberant anthem to the importance of music, the need to be seen and the hope of new possibilities' ★★★★ Empire
Read the full review here
Courtyard Theatre
£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.
Bring Baby Screenings
The screening on Tuesday 17 September at 11am is exclusively for parents, carers and grown-ups 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 cup of tea); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not permitted.
- 19:30 FREE