A Merry Carlton Male Voice Choir Christmas

Get your Christmas off to a flying start, just a few sleeps before the special day. The afternoon of musical magic starts at 2pm.

Prepare to be delighted as Nottingham’s male singers, Carlton Male Voice Choir presents your favourite Christmas classics, infused with theatrical flair, that will leave you enchanted.

The same concert in 2024 SOLD OUT well before Christmas!  Do not miss out.  Book today!

Take advantage of the Early Bird offer to save £3 off the main ticket price – only available for tickets booked before 1 October 2025.

Book now to avoid missing out and to save £3 off the main ticket price.

Click Here to Buy Tickets Today – A Merry Carlton MVC Christmas, 2025! – The Bonington Theatre, Arnold, Nottingham

Flying High Film Workshop- Bridget Jones

We would love you to join us for this once a month opportunity for adult members of the community to come together for fun, camaraderie, learning, sharing food and film.

10.30 – Exploration workshop examining the themes, context, characters, ideas and plot of the film as well as examining the acting styles and direction.

12.30 – A light buffet style lunch, teas and coffees

1.30 – Watching the film explored in the workshop

3.34 – End of Film

 

Thursday 20th March – Bridget Jones – Mad About the Boy 

Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, a woman whose inimitable approach to life and love redefined an entire film genre.

Does Bridget’s ability to triumph, despite adversity, lead her to happiness at last through finally marrying top lawyer Mark Darcy and becoming the mother of their baby boy?

No! – in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan. She’s now a single mother to 10-year-old Billy and 6-year-old Mabel and is stuck in a state of emotional limbo, raising her children with help from her loyal friends, including her former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant).

Pressured by her Urban Family —Shazzer (Sally Phillips), Jude (Shirley Henderson) and Tom (James Callis), her work colleague Miranda (Sarah Solemani), her former editor Richard Finch (Neil Pearson) and her gynaecologist, Dr. Rawlings (Emma Thompson) — to forge a new path toward life and love, Bridget goes back to work and even tries out the dating apps, where she’s soon pursued by a dreamy and enthusiastic younger man (Leo Woodall).

Now juggling work, home and romance, Bridget grapples with the judgment of the perfect mums at school, worries about Billy as he struggles with the absence of his father, and engages in a series of awkward interactions with her son’s rational-to-a-fault science teacher (Chiwetel Ejiofor)

Oscar Catch-up Screenings: Anora (18)

Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Winner of 5 Academy Awards including Best Film, Best Director (Sean Baker) and Best Actress (Mikey Madison)

“Sean Baker’s screwball Cinderella tale vaults him towards greatness” Guardian ★★★★★

“Mikey Madison blazes in this very modern Pretty Woman tale”  Telegraph ★★★★★

BBC ★★★★ Independent ★★★★

Directed by Sean Baker
With Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov
2hrs 19 mins // US 2024

And Then There Were None…

And Then There Were None is a gripping stage adaption of Agatha Christie’s renowned mystery novel, which has captivated audiences, since its first publication in 1939. Set against the backdrop of a remote island off the Devon coast, this play invites viewers into a world of suspense and intrigue where ten strangers are summoned under mysterious circumstances. Each character harbours dark secrets from their past, and as they gather in an isolated mansion, they soon discover that they have been lured there for a sinister purpose.

Performed by the Nottingham Academy of Performing Arts.

Directed by Bex Kate and K.Mannering

Blondish – Blondie Tribute

BLONDISH bring to life the classic Blondie hits, like Heart of Glass, Call Me, Maria, One Way Or Another, Atomic, Denis, Sunday Girl, Hanging On The Telephone, Rapture, Dreaming, Union City Blue, The Tide is High and many more.

BLONDISH are the ultimate Blondie tribute band – no other tribute band comes as close to reproducing the sound of one of the greatest late 70s/early 80s New Wave bands.

The five-piece band is made up of some of the country’s top musicians who are committed to using their wealth of experience, and attention to detail, to deliver a stunning show that fulfils their mission of doing justice to one of the most original and talented bands that New York has ever produced.

Comedy Hotspot

4 more brilliant acts will make their way to the wonderful Bonington Theatre in Arnold on Friday 11th April. As usual we have a mix of styles, the stage will look great, the welcome will be warm and the show will run like a dream.

All we need to help us to create that perfect atmosphere is another bumper crowd. So if you fancy it, then why not gather up some pals and secure your seats to what promises to be yet another top class night packed with laughter.

Please email jim@comedyhotspot.co.uk if you require a Disabled/Wheelchair Seat

Bookings can be made here…

The Last Showgirl (15)

When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, showgirl Shelly (Pamela Anderson) sets out to plan her next act. Reconciling the decisions she’s made and the life she’s built, she decides to repair her complicated relationship with her daughter (Billie Lourd). With an outstanding ensemble cast that includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Brenda Song and Kiernan Shipka, The Last Showgirl is a joyous tribute to a long-gone Las Vegas – and all the women who made it glitter. Directed by Gia Coppola and featuring a Golden Globe-nominated performance from Pamela Anderson, who dazzles in the role of a lifetime, this poignant film of resilience, rhinestones and feathers is simply unmissable.

“Pamela Anderson is ‘a revelation’ in poignant Las Vegas-set drama” BBC ★★★★

Directed by Gia Coppola
With Pamela Anderson
1hr 28 mins // US 2024

Becoming Led Zeppelin (12A)

Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in Led Zeppelin’s own words and is the first officially sanctioned film on the group.

Directed by Bernard MacMahon
2hrs 1 min // US 2024

Oscar Catch-up Screening: Nickel Boys (12A)

Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

“Colson Whitehead novel becomes intensely moving story of a racist reform school” Guardian ★★★★★

Observer ★★★★★ Empire ★★★★★ Independent ★★★★★ Times ★★★★★ Little White Lies ★★★★★

Nominated for 2 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay

Directed by RaMell Ross
2hrs 20 mins // US 2024

The Snowman (U) + Live Brass Band

Originally published in 1978, The Snowman, created and illustrated by Raymond Briggs has become one of the world’s most popular children’s books, selling in excess of 8.5 million copies worldwide and being translated into over 15 languages.

In 1982, Raymond Briggs’ classic picture book The Snowman was adapted as a 26-minute animated film. The Snowman was first shown in the UK on 26 December 1982 and has since been shown every year on Channel 4; it has also delighted audiences across the world.

We’ll be joined by Unite the Union Brass Band, who some might have seen this year performing the soundtrack to Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers, who will once again provide the magical score for this delightful animation.

The Unite the Union Brass Band will be back with us in February for another grand day out with Wallace & Gromit and The Wrong Trousers!