Buddy’s Winter Dance Party

In January 1959 Buddy Holly began a string of dates in the American Mid-West ‘The Winter Dance Party Tour’, this tour included Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper, Dion & The Belmont’s and of course Buddy Holly himself. Sixty-four years on from what would prove to be Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, & Big Boppers last tour – ‘Buddy Holly’s’ Winter Dance Party Show will celebrate the music of the three Icons of Rock n Roll along with Dion & The Belmont’s hits too.

Hit after Hit from Buddy’s earlier songs ‘Blue Days Black Nights’ and ‘Rock Around with Ollie Vee’, to ‘True Love Ways’ and ‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’. Big Bopper, ‘Chantilly Lace’ & ‘Running Bear’, Ritchie Valens, ‘La Bamba’ & ‘Let’s Go’. Dion, ‘The Wanderer’ & ‘Run Around Sue’ hit after hit they just keep coming.
From authentic attire along with Buddy’s Stratocaster Guitar, the attention to detail will have you believing you are back in 1959, a show not to be missed!

All driven by the fabulous Counterfeit Crickets Rock n Roll Band

Will Rock n Roll in Arnold ever Die? That’ll be the Day!

Nottingham Organ Society: Brett Wales

Nottingham’s very own Brett Wales takes to the stage for the Nottingham Organ Society’s January show!

Presented by the Nottingham Organ Society

ROH: The Nutcracker (U)- Encore Screening

Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive treat for the whole family.

Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Marvel at the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker fight the Mouse King and visit the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince in the glittering Kingdom of Sweets. Peter Wright’s muchloved production for The Royal Ballet, with gorgeous period designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman, keeps true to the spirit of this festive ballet classic, combining the thrill of the fairy tale with spectacular classical dancing.

BALLET
Choreography – Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov
Company – The Royal Ballet
Music – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

*This is a recording of a live broadcast

Empire of Light (15)

From Academy Award®-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, Empire of Light is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around a faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, it follows Hilary (Olivia Colman) a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen (Micheal Ward), a new employee who longs to escape this provincial town in which he faces daily adversity. Both Hilary and Stephen find a sense of belonging through their unlikely and tender relationship and come to experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community.

“Olivia Colman shines in Sam Mendes’ darkening hymn to cinema” Guardian ★★★★

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Directed by Sam Mendes
With Olivia Colman, Michael Ward, Colin Firth
1hr 55 mins // UK 2022

Avatar: The Way of Water (12A)

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive and the tragedies they endure.

“Eccentric, soulful, joyous, dark and very, very blue.” Empire ★★★★★

Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture

Directed by James Cameron
With Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
3hr 12 mins // US 2022

Catch-up Screenings: Ticket to Paradise (12A)

Academy Award® winners George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite on the big screen as exes who find themselves on a shared mission to stop their lovestruck daughter from making the same mistake they once made. From Working Title, Smokehouse Pictures and Red Om Films, Ticket to Paradise is a romantic comedy about the sweet surprise of second chances.

Directed by Ol Parker
With George Clooney, Julia Roberts
1hr 44 mins // US 2022

Corsage (15)

Faced with a future of strict ceremony and royal duties, Empress Elisabeth of Austria rebels against her public image and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.

“Intelligent, quietly defiant, and gorgeously appointed period drama.” The i ★★★★★

“Vicky Krieps puts in a star turn as lonely, patronised Elizabeth of Austria” Guardian ★★★★

Times ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★

*In German, French and English
Directed by Marie Kreutzer
With Vicky Krieps
1hr 54 mins

The Mayor’s Panto- Pinocchio

The Mayor’s Panto is back, and this time it’s the classic tale of Gepetto and his wooden boy, Pinocchio! 

Join us for an evening of fairytale fun, all in aid of a great cause with all proceeds going to the Mayor’s chosen charity, Nottingham Hospitals Charity for young people.

Performed by The Strelley Players

She Said (15)

Two-time Academy Award® nominee Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman, An Education) and Emmy nominee Zoe Kazan (The Plot Against America, The Big Sick) star as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who together broke one of the most important stories in a generation— a story that shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and impelled a shift in American culture that continues to this day.

“A stirring drama about the fall of Harvey Weinstein” Guardian ★★★★

Times ★★★★  Empire ★★★★

Directed by Maria Schrader
With Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan
2hrs 9 mins // US 2022

 

Tony Farrell Big Band

The Tony Farrell Big Band has been performing live music in Nottingham and across the East Midlands since 1991. Full of vibrant energy, the singers and musicians perform music from well-known artists including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, Robbie Williams, Michael Buble, and many more…