Thursday 5th November   7.00 pm

A National Theatre Live presentation
Cert. 12A   135 min.

Josh O’Connor (The Crown, Challengers) leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic.

1930s New York, at the height of the Depression.  Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing.  He must confront what he’s willing to sacrifice, who he’s willing to become and how to find his place in a world that demands he choose a side.

Captured live from the Almeida Theatre and featuring a live string quartet, Olivier Award-winner Sam Yates (Vanya) directs this propulsive drama exploring ambition, identity, and the high price of success.

★★★★★ “Josh O'Connor is a knockout in this superb boxing drama” Sunday Times
★★★★ “ A ravishingly string-swept revival of Clifford Odets’ American tragedy ... it feels thoroughly alive” Time Out
★★★★ “Josh O’Connor is a standout in a lacerating takedown of capitalist greed” The Independent
★★★★ “Josh O’Connor’s return to the stage in Golden Boy is a knockout” The Telegraph
★★★★ “A stirring, on-the-nose melodrama that feints and jabs its way to its message-heavy conclusion” WhatsOnStage

Seats are £12 and £10 each, plus 25p supplement if booking online.

Doors open 6.30 pm.  Refreshments

Contains moderate bad language, injury detail, discrimination, threat

Thursday 12th November   8.00 pm

2026   Cert. 12A (TBC)   115 min.

Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon

On 27th July 1986, Queen performed the largest-ever stadium concert at the Népstadion in Budapest in front of 80,000 ecstatic fans.  The concert was part of the famed Magic Tour, which was the last time the band toured with lead singer Freddie Mercury.

With three years to go before the fall of the Berlin Wall, this was the first Western rock concert performed in a stadium behind the then Iron Curtain.  Some fans had travelled from as far away as Russia and Poland to see the concert.  It was of such significance to the Hungarian authorities and film industry that a group of the country’s top film cameramen and technicians were brought together to film it for posterity.

Now, this original concert film has been beautifully rescanned and remastered in 4K Ultra High Definition alongside a dynamic new audio mix, featuring many of Queen’s favourite tracks – “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Radio Ga Ga”, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, “I Want To Break Free” and “We Are The Champions” along with many more.

“The image quality is wonderful – you’ll feel like you’re there” Brian May
“It turned out to be the last ever tour we did with Freddie. We were very much at a peak. Great memories of that tour” Roger Taylor

Doors open 7.30 pm.  Refreshments

Thursday 19th November   7.30 pm

1959   Cert. PG   136 min.

Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Middle-aged New York advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Grant) is pursued by group of foreign spies led by the ruthless Phillip Vandamm (Mason) after Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent.  Thornhill is framed for murder but manages to escape the police by boarding a train bound for Chicago.  On the train he meets the beautiful, mysterious blonde Eve Kendall (Saint) who hides him from the police and becomes his romantic ally.

Thornhill and Kendall are pursued across the States by both the spies and the government.  Vandamm’s men lure Thornhill to an isolated rural stretch in Indiana, leading to the iconic, suspenseful crop-duster airplane attack.  The film culminates in a dramatic rescue and escape at the top of Mount Rushmore.

This standard bearer from the Warner Bros. deep catalogue is now available in 4K Ultra High Definition with a brilliant HDR10 transfer and an impressive new Atmos audio mix.

★★★★★ “Hitchcock’s funniest, most ambitious film. You can’t look away” The Guardian
★★★★★ “Certifiable classic territory, Hitchcock's glossiest entertainment is the closest the trickster ever came to an action movie. A justifiable masterpiece” Empire
★★★★★ “Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest is a magnificent thriller, but it's also very funny” The Telegraph
★★★★★ “Hitch delivers emotional highs and lows with perfect timing, allowing moments of relief to break out before mounting another crescendo of excitement” BBC Film
97% Rotten Tomatoes critics’ reviews

Doors open 7.00 pm.  Refreshments

Contains mild violence and sex references

Thursday 26th November   8.00 pm

2025   Cert. PG   97 min.

Glenn Close, Anders Danielsen Lie, Emily Matthews

Director: Charlie McDowell

Based on the classic 1972 novel by Tove Jansson, The Summer Book is a moving drama film about an eight-year-old girl named Sophia, her grieving father and her wise but cantankerous grandmother.

Following the recent death of Sophia’s mother, the family spend a transformative summer together on a remote, unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland.  While the father remains numb from the loss, Sophia (Matthews) and her grandmother (Close) explore rocky shores, share honest truths, and navigate the delicate transition of growing up while the grandmother confronts her own mortality.

★★★★ “A bracingly unsentimental drama ... Glenn Close is a wonderfully cranky Grandma” The Times
★★★★ “A film full of love and intrigue, blending cultural and generational ideas to create heartfelt stories with meaningful characters” UK Film Review
★★★ “Glenn Close brings her totemic presence to this gentle movie ... affecting and distinctive” The Guardian
★★★ “The film treats the heaviest of subjects with the gentlest of touches” Radio Times

Doors open 7.30 pm.  Refreshments

Contains mild bad language, upsetting scenes, threat

Thursday 14th January   7.00 pm

A National Theatre Live presentation
Cert. 15 TBC   160 min. TBC

Emmy and Tony winner Christine Baranski makes her West End debut alongside Academy Award-nominated stage and screen legend Richard E. Grant in Noël Coward’s irresistible comedy.

Judith Bliss retired from her life-on-stage and she misses the applause.  Idling away at their country home, the rest of the family are too self-involved to be a good audience.  So, Judith invites a young fan as her guest for the weekend.  But unbeknownst to her, each of the Blisses has a guest of their own arriving at the very same time...

Captured live at Wyndham’s Theatre in the West End, Emily Burns directs this stinging new production.

★★★★ “Christine Baranski and Richard E. Grant offer up a light and delicious West End confection” WhatsOnStage
★★★★ “A vibrant, perfectly ludicrous parody of 1920s Britain ... ridiculous, unpredictable, theatrical and just a damn good evening out” Radio Times
★★★★ “A feel-good production with all the glamour – this Coward classic is full of joy” The Upcoming
★★★★ “A riotous new production of Noël Coward’s classic” Metro

Seats are £12 and £10 each, plus 25p supplement if booking online.

Doors open 6.30 pm.  Refreshments

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