Girl From The North Country – Cinema Live

Written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson and featuring Tony Award-winning orchestrations by Simon Hale, Girl From The North Country reimagines 20 legendary songs of Bob Dylan as they’ve never been heard before, including “Forever Young,” “All Along The Watchtower,” “Hurricane,” and “Like A Rolling Stone.”

It’s 1934 in Duluth, Minnesota. We meet a group of wayward travellers whose lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life and hope. Experience this “profoundly beautiful” Broadway production (The New York Times) brought to vivid life by an extraordinary company of actors and musicians to the big screen.

Running Time: 2h 25mins  Rated cert 15

The Marriage of Figaro – ROH Screening

Mozart’s comic opera is packed with plot twists, forbidden desires and unforgettable melodies, combining laugh-out-loud comedy with moments of breath-taking beauty.
Running Time: Approx 3h 30mins

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera was celebrated with a fully-staged, lavish production.

It was filmed in the sumptuous Victorian splendour of the Royal Albert Hall.

Starring Ramin Karimloo as The Phantom and Sierra Boggess as Christine, together with a cast and orchestra of over 200 and some special guest appearances.

Runtime: 2h 40mins (including interval)  Cert: PG

 

Miss Saigon (25th Anniversary Show)

The epic love story tells the tragic tale of young bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with American GI Chris – but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon.

Shot in front of a live audience at the Prince Edward Theatre, this screening gives fans the chance to enjoy the spectacular, sell-out event that was Miss Saigon’s 25th anniversary performance.

Cinemagoers will also witness a special finale that sees the cast joined on stage by original cast members Jonathan Pryce, Lea Salonga and Simon Bowman.

Runtime: 3h 7mins (including 2 intervals)  Cert: 15

Firebrand (12A)

Jude Law is taking on a king size role in this film that takes a look at one of England’s most famous monarchs, Henry VIII, and his final wife, Katherine Parr, played by Alicia Vikander.  (2 h)

Harold and the Purple Crayon (PG)

Inside of his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it.

After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life-and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible.

When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own. Harold and the Purple Crayon is the first film adaptation of the beloved children’s classic that has captivated young readers for decades.

Running Time: 1h 32mins

Garfield (U)

Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat is about to have his biggest adventure yet, in a rather reluctant road trip alongside his scruffy alleycat dad, Vic and long-suffering sidekick Odie!

Sounds like a recipe for disaster, not meatball marinara! This hilarious, high-stakes heist is a true family affair. (1h 41mins)

IF (PG)

From writer and director John Krasinski, IF is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends — and what she does with that superpower — as she embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids.  (1h 44mins)

Prima Facie – NTLive Screening

Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas.

Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge.

Prima Facie takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game.

Justin Martin directs this solo tour de force, captured live in 2022 during a sold out run at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End.

Running Time:  2h 36mins

Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne’s dance version of Tim Burton’s classic – Event Screening

Filmed live in March 2024 at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, this ’visually arresting and ceaselessly inventive’ (★★★★★ Metro) production is ‘the perfect treat for all the family’ (★★★★★ The Times).

Matthew Bourne’s magical dance production of Edward Scissorhands has carved a place in the hearts of audiences worldwide since its premiere in 2005. Based on the classic Tim Burton movie and featuring the hauntingly beautiful music of Danny Elfman and Terry Davies, Bourne and his New Adventures Company return to this witty, bittersweet story of an incomplete boy left alone in a strange new world.

In a castle high on a hill lives Edward; a boy created by an eccentric inventor. When his creator dies he is left alone and unfinished with only scissors for hands until a kindly townswoman invites him to live with her suburban family. Can Edward find his place in the well-meaning community which struggles to see past his curious appearance to the innocence and gentleness within?