Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this absolutely joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.
Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.
This is a much more gender fluid and modern production than Wilde would ever have succeeded in getting onto stage, it's a "giant wink to the audience" to quote BBC R4's Front Row, which "achieves lift off and lightness" leaving the audience euphoric.
Based on the best-selling memoir by Amy Liptrot, THE OUTRUN is set in the otherworldly Orkney islands of Scotland. A brutally honest drama about addiction and recovery, strength and survival, mental health and the ability of the sea, the land and of people to restore life and renew hope. After a decade away in London, 29-year-old Rona returns home to the Orkney Islands. Sober but lonely, she tries...
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo ( Harriet , Broadway’s The Color Purple ) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by pri...
Robbie Williams tells the story of his journey from childhood, through talent competitions and auditions, to to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That and his tempestuous relationships with other band members, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring. It'...
Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in his wake. This latest offering from visionary director Robert Eggers, offers an elevated, dark, and terrifying film about an ancient vampire’s deadly and destructive obsession with a young woman and the looming threat he poses to her city. Starring Nichola...
After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the highly secret and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the centre of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall. The suspense is killing..... well, you'll just have to wait and s...
Rafiki relays the legend of Mufasa to lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick.. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion a journey of misfits searching for their destiny and working together...
Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are an up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcé, brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together -- falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family -- a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation. As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn ...
Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet. Director Jeff Fowler ...
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.
"As the first Indian feature invited to compete at Cannes in nearly three decades, Payal Kapadia's narrative début would be notable enough; that the movie is so delicately felt and sensuously textured is cause for outright celebration" – Justin Chang, New Yorker. Her film (which went on to win the Grand Prize at Cannes) tells the story of 3 women… and a big city. The city is Mumbai, a bustling h...
Join us for a celebration of the life of George, a wonderful dog and certainly a man's best friend. Hear the story of local fellrunner Jacob Tonkin and his dog George, stunningly filmed over a number of years by local filmmaker James Appleton in and around Keswick and set in the mountains we all know and love. After two sold-out screenings with Q&As with Jacob and James, this is your chance to s...
Four women and four curious love stories. Juan Diego Flórez leads a fantastic cast in Offenbach's dream-like opera. Through the haze of the years, a poet remembers the women he loved. But when it comes to matters of the heart, nothing is as it seems. Particularly when the devil himself is involved. Journeying back to his school days, Hoffmann relives his childhood romance with Olympia, a model st...
Members' Choice Steve McQueen puts his genius to work on this drama about the bombing of London in the war, whilst Saoirse Ronan acts her heart out as a mother whose son goes missing. Rita lives in a working-class neighbourhood trying to survive the threat of bombs whilst working in a factory and volunteering at a shelter. Afraid for her son George's life she, like many others sends him to the ...
Marin is 70 years old and has lived alone for decades since her husband died and her children left home. Even her weekly meeting with her previously wild friends have slipped to monthly…and then yearly. Feeling isolated and lonely, she decides to take her future into her own hands and "sets out to revamp her love life. Before long, her eye is caught by taxi driver Faramaz. Throwing caution to the ...
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert Live (40th Anniversary)
Sun 2 Feb to Tue 4 Feb
CAMERON MACKINTOSH presents BOUBLIL & SCHÖNBERG’S legendary musical LES MISÉRABLES – THE STAGED CONCERT . Based on the novel by VICTOR HUGO with music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG, lyrics by HERBERT KRETZMER and original French text by ALAIN BOUBLIL and JEAN-MARC NATEL. Seen by over 120 million people worldwide, LES MISÉRABLES is undisputedly one of the world’s most popular musicals. Coinciding wi...
Before you think this is a German scientific documentary, let me say that Jessica Kiang's review in Variety is entitled "A sumptuous homage to Hitchcock packaged as a Metaphysical Noir"; all is not what it seems! It is 1961. We join Johannes, a student, off to a conference in Switzerland with his amazingly grumpy tutor Dr Julius Strahten. They are joined by Professor Henry Blomberg, who helped t...
Reading the reviews of 'Black Dog' it soon comes over that everyone enjoyed it, almost against their will. What looks like a post-apocalyptic, Mad Max setting, or maybe a Clint Eastwood loner western, is in fact set on the fringes of the Gobi Desert in China, the loner here is Lang – just released from long-term jail and returning to his hometown. But the town is being destroyed to make ready for ...
Members' Choice François Ozon's latest takes a stage play from the 1930s and produces a frothy, beautiful, #MeToo film for the 2020s full of twists and turns, comedy and drama; what more could we ask for? "Nadia Tereszkiewicz is Madeleine, a glamorous young actress who has looks, style and panache but, alas, no money and only a modicum of talent. To make things worse for her, it is made clear t...
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this absolutely joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find...
