<img src='' title='Archives: What's On Events' alt='' id='templ_icon_' width='' height='' /> Archives: What's On Events

Description.

Wish (U)

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wish is an all-new musical comedy welcoming audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force: a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe, King Magnifico, to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.

Empire ★★★ Independent ★★★

Directed by Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn
Voiced by Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine
1hr 38 mins // US 2023

Jazz in the Bar with John Sanderson and Sue Benson

Jazz in the Bar’s guests this month are John Sanderson and Sue Benson. John plays fluently on all the saxes and flute with a silky smooth swinging sound on ballads and jazz standards. Sue adds her expressive vocals to the mix, and joins Bob for a couple of vocal duets.

With the fab Bob Hudson Trio accompanying and doing their own feature numbers it will be a night of toe tapping finger snapping jazz!

The Killer (15)

The Killer. Michael Fassbender as an assassin in The Killer.. Cr. Netflix ©2023

After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.

“Terrific David Fincher thriller about a philosophising hitman.” Guardian ★★★★★ 

Directed by David Fincher
With Michael Fassbender
1hrs 58 mins // US 2023

Behold Ye Ramblers! – a new play by Neil Gore

Behold Ye Ramblers! is the story of the Clarion Ramblers, their contribution to the Right To Roam and to the health and wellbeing of working people after its formation well over a hundred years ago.

The Clarion Movement itself was made up by readers of the ‘The Clarion’ newspaper that formed clubs dedicated to leisure and educational pursuits – Clarion cyclists, Clarion Ramblers, Scouts, Clarion Vocal Unions (choirs), and so on – and to the promotion of Socialism.

Songs from “The Clarion Song Book” will provide much of the backdrop for the show.

80 mins + interval

CBeebies Panto: Robin Hood (U)

The CBeebies Panto is coming back in cinemas for yet another Christmassy adventure, this time with Robin Hood at the helm!

As always, the show will feature many of CBeebies’ most popular actors and presenters. Full of catchy songs, dancing, and pantomime fun, it promises to be the must-see Christmas event for pre-schoolers and their families.

60 mins

The Marvels (12A)

Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan, Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team-up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as “The Marvels.”

“Marvellous!” Independent ★★★★

Directed by Nia DaCosta
With Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani
1hr 45 mins // US 2023

Seaside Special (12A)

A love letter to Britain from our friends in Europe, Jens Meurer’s funny, bittersweet and loving Seaside Special visits the town of Cromer, Norfolk as it prepares for its annual end-of-pier variety show during the summer of 2019.

With the show due to be performed twice a day for three months, we meet the performers, the team pulling it together, and the townsfolk who will flock to each show day after day. In the background Brexit is hitting its stride, and as we see the talent and the passion driving the show, we also witness a microcosm of a Britain in flux.

All shot beautifully on 16mm film, Seaside Special is affectionate and funny filmmaking reflecting the eccentricities of classic English entertainment while the country sets out to leave its European neighbours.

“Vivid and richly affectionate” Guardian ★★★★

Seaside Special: German film captures British traditions at time of Brexit – BBC News

Read what our Film Programmer Jeremy had to say here…

“A humorous, melancholic time-capsule of a rather unique moment in time — the dying days of the UK’s decades old relationship with Europe. Yet there’s little anger or divisiveness here. For want of a better term, it’s keep calm and carry on. ” Filmhounds ★★★★

Directed by Jens Meurer
1hr 33 mins // GER 2023

Food + Film: Seaside Special (12A)

A love letter to Britain from our friends in Europe, Jens Meurer’s funny, bittersweet and loving Seaside Special visits the town of Cromer, Norfolk as it prepares for its annual end-of-pier variety show during the summer of 2019.

With the show due to be performed twice a day for three months, we meet the performers, the team pulling it together, and the townsfolk who will flock to each show day after day. In the background Brexit is hitting its stride, and as we see the talent and the passion driving the show, we also witness a microcosm of a Britain in flux.

All shot beautifully on 16mm film, Seaside Special is affectionate and funny filmmaking reflecting the eccentricities of classic English entertainment while the country sets out to leave its European neighbours.

“Vivid and richly affectionate” Guardian ★★★★

Read what our Film Programmer Jeremy had to say here…

“A humorous, melancholic time-capsule of a rather unique moment in time — the dying days of the UK’s decades old relationship with Europe. Yet there’s little anger or divisiveness here. For want of a better term, it’s keep calm and carry on. ” Filmhounds ★★★★

*Food will be served from 6.45pm onwards, with the film starting at 7.30pm

*Mini Fish + Chips will be served from 6.45pm onwards

Directed by Jens Meurer
1hr 33 mins // GER 2023

Also screening, Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 December

 

Live & Local: Rhubarb Theatre… Finding Chester

Finding Chester takes us on a bumpy journey around Britain’s treasured towns, cities and countryside, as our two unlikely heroes follow the tracks of the missing moggy.  From Leicester to Lands’ End, London to the Lakes.  Will Chester and Edith be reunited?  Join Rhubarb Theatre to find out.

Rhubarb Theatre, known for their imaginative styles of storytelling, perform this fun filled fantasy for all the family. Prepare for hilarity, poignancy, and surprises around every corner. Finding Chester  is a show told through visual inventiveness, puppetry, mask, dance, song and lots of laughter.

Presented by Live & Local

National Theatre Live: Dear England (15)

Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s (Sherwood) gripping examination of nation and game. The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?

With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt, to take team and country back to the promised land.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Rupert Goold (Judy) directs this spectacular new play.

Dear England
a new play James Graham
Directed by Rupert Goold

*Additional screenings may be added at a later date