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Victoria and Abdul (PG)
Dir: Stephen Frears 2017 | 111 mins
The true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria’s (Judi Dench) remarkable rule. Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. The two forge a devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle attempt to destroy.
WHY? The latest film from Stephen Frears - director of The Queen, Philomena and Florence Foster Jenkins
'Judi Dench has once more made this iconic figure engagingly human' ★★★★ Empire Magazine
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£7
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
'The sequel to Mamma Mia! takes the first film forward' Variety
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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.
Parent and Baby Screening
The screening on Tues 28 Aug 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. Please note that buggies and pushchairs cannot be taken into the Courtyard Theatre.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (15)
Dir: Martin McDonagh 2017 | 115 mins
Months have passed without a culprit in the murder case of Mildred Hayes’s daughter. She makes a bold move, commissioning three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at revered police chief William Willoughby. A darkly comedic drama from Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh (In Bruges).
Winner of 5 BAFTAs including Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
WHY? ‘Blistering performances and virtuosic screenwriting’ ★★★★★ The Telegraph
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£7
Three Little Pig Tails
Let me in little piggie it's blowing a gale, not by the hairs on my little pink tail.
A brand new version of the classic story set in Paris. A grumpy old wolf is a chef who wants some pigs' tails for his soup. Will the little pigs outwit him?
Age guidance: 3+ years.
WHY? A funny, warmhearted and interactive rustic tale bristling with puppets, live music and lots of joining in
Studio
£10 (£8 under 16s)
Family and Friends (4 people) £32
Tickets/seats are not required for children under 18 months who are happy to sit on laps.
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
Son of Town Hall
Welcome to the mythical world of Son of Town Hall.
They are musicians Ben Parker, from London, and David Berkeley, from New Mexico. They create a world that transcends time and space, complete with Victorian-era outfits, meditations about the sea and songs that beg you to sing along. They have performed to packed audiences across America and Europe.
WHY? ‘Think Simon & Garfunkel lost at sea, and you get a sense of the mythic world at play here’ Philadelphia Inquirer
Studio
£14
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
Presented by Silent Uproar.
A hilarious cabaret musical about depression that explains, sings and throws glitter about how it’s OK not to be OK. Sally’s a happy person. She doesn’t let little things get her down and she almost never cries. But she’s got an illness. It makes her feel like she isn’t the person she wants to be, but she doesn’t want anyone to know about it.
It’s joyful, buoyant, gleeful, slightly silly, sugar coated, unrelenting and completely super happy! (Except for all the bits about depression).
Written by Jon Brittain (Olivier Award-winning Rotterdam), with music by Frisky and Mannish’s Matthew Floyd Jones. Winner of a 2017 Fringe First and the Musical Theatre Review Best Musical.
Suitable for ages 14+ years.
WHY? ‘A mix of wit and low-key emotion that suddenly grips your heart’ The Guardian
★★★★ WhatsOnStage | ★★★★★ British Theatre Guide | ★★★★ The Scotsman
Studio
£14 (£12 Advantage Card)
1 hour
The Muddy Choir
Written by Jesse Briton
“Nee killing, anly singing, and we all go home together.”
It is November 1917 and the Third Battle of Ypres is lurching towards its bloody conclusion. Young soldiers Will, Robbie and Jumbo are thrust into a landscape starkly different to the playing fields and estates of their Sunderland home.
United by their childhood oath “nee killing, anly singing”, Robbie dreams their music will be a ticket away from the front, but attracting the attention of their commanding officers may prove more dangerous than bullets and gas.
Nominated for Best Play for Young Audiences at the Writers Guild of Great Britain Awards 2015, The Muddy Choir tells the story of three soldiers serving with the Durham Light Infantry. Including traditional wartime songs, it is a play about childhood friends growing up in unbearable circumstances and the humanising power of music.
WHY? 'A sensitive memorial to a generation of young men' ★★★★ The Stage
Suitable for ages 13+ years.
Courtyard Theatre
£15 (£13 conc)
Presented by Theatre Centre.
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
The Musicians of Bremen
A visually stunning adaptation of the Grimm’s fairy tale.
A donkey, a cat, a cockerel and a dog are too old to be of any use to their masters. In this tumbling, musical adventure follow their adventures and their extraordinary friendships. It shows that despite our differences, we can be friends, and that we are never too old to live our dreams. With puppetry, movement and trapeze, all accompanied by live music.
Age guidance: 3 – 7 years.
WHY? A highly visual show and non-verbal work for young and hearing impaired audiences
Courtyard Theatre
£10 (£8 under 16s), Family & Friends (4 people) £32
Canary
Meet Agnes, Anne and Betty. They make bombs.
An air raid strikes sending them on a TNT-fuelled journey through euphoric emancipation, forbidden friendship and anarchic dreams. A rare insight into life during the First World War from the unique perspective of Britain’s munitions workers.
WHY? A thrilling physical tragi-comedy commemorating the lives of the 'Canary Girls' and based on true stories
Studio
£14