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When an environmental crisis sees London submerged by flood waters, a young family is torn apart in the chaos. As a woman (Jodie Comer) and her newborn try and find their way home, the profound novelty of motherhood is brought into sharp focus in this intimate and poetic portrayal of family survival.
“Jodie Comer shines in all too believable disaster drama” Guardian ★★★★
Times ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★
Directed by Mahalia Belo
With Jodie Comer
1hr 41 mins // UK 2023
Based on the extraordinary character at the centre of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book and one of the best-selling children’s books of all time, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.
“Timothée Chalamet’s Chocolate Factory prequel is a superbly sweet treat” Guardian ★★★★★
“The most fun you’ll have in a cinema all year” Telegraph ★★★★★
Independent ★★★★ Empire ★★★★
Directed by Paul King
With Timothée Chalamet
1hr 57 mins // US 2023
A woman’s painful journey of self-realisation sees her face prejudice, abuse and sexual violence in this musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel, featuring jubilant and defiant songs in the face of challenging themes.
Nominated for 1 Academy Award– Best Supporting Actress (Danielle Brooks)
Directed by Blitz Bazawule
With Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks
2hr 20 mins // US 2023
Sass Brown & The River Deep Band (headline)
Sass Brown has been performing her tribute to Tina Turner all over the UK and into Europe for the past 12 years. A seasoned performer who can get any party going with her tribute to a stage, film and musical icon. Not to be missed!
The Zenyth Collective (support) from 6.30pm
The Zenyth Collective formed in 2021 by Tony ‘Bass Fingers’ are a talented group of Nottingham musicians covering feel good classic rock and indie songs.
Come on everybody it’s time for Peppa’s Cinema Party! This year Peppa Pig celebrates her 20th anniversary and to mark such a HUGE occasion she is throwing the MOST EPIC PARTY EVER – and all of her friends are INVITED! (That’s YOU!) Featuring the voices of Katy Perry as Ms. Leopard and Orlando Bloom as Mr. Raccoon in an episode of the 3-part Wedding Party story, the whole family can enjoy 10 never-before-seen Peppa Pig episodes!
And with 5 brand new songs, as well as 11 interactive entertainment shorts with Peppa and her friends playing, dancing and singing in the real world, you and your little ones will be moving and grooving with Peppa in a whole new way! So grab your coat and jump into your boots, let’s be on our way to the Peppa Cinema Party!
65 mins
Illumination, creators of the blockbuster Minions, Despicable Me, Sing and The Secret Life of Pets comedies, invites you to take flight into the thrill of the unknown with a funny, feathered family vacation like no other in the action-packed new original comedy, Migration.
“This handsome tale of two ducklings perfectly fits the half-term bill” Telegraph ★★★★
Directed by Benjamin Renner
Voiced by Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks
1hr 30 mins // US 2023
Flying High Youth Theatre and Drama groups perform extracts from past NT Connections plays, followed by Flying High Young Company’s 2023 production of Wind/Rush Generation(s) by Mojisola Adebayo. This play is about the British Isles, its past and its present written for all young people to perform regardless of their cultural background, skin colour, ability or gender.
Tickets: £8.00 each (£5.00 under 25s)
Age recommendation: 14+
Warning: Some strong language and references to disturbing events in the past
*Please note, this performance will start at 7.30pm, not 7pm as previously stated
Popular organist Robert Davies will play a new and varied concert programme featuring music from great musicals, light classics, ballads and stirring marches, along with music from the 60’s and 70’s. An eclectic collection from Bach to the present day.
The Boys in the Boat is a sports drama based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction book written by Daniel James Brown. The film, directed by George Clooney, is about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world.
Directed by George Clooney
With Joel Edgerton, Callum Turner
2hrs 4 mins // US 2023
Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play.
1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.
Written by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and designed by Es Devlin (The Crucible), the Evening Standard award-winning best new play was filmed live during a sold-out run at the National Theatre.
“Mark Gatiss gives the performance of his career in this shiver-making drama” Telegraph ★★★★★
The Motive and the Cue
a new play by Jack Thorne
directed by Sam Mendes