★★★★ – BBC. Beetlejuice is back! 36 years after their first encounter with the “ghost with the most” (Keaton), the Deetz family return to Winter River following a family tragedy.

"★★★★ – a gleefully zany farce packed with knock-out punchlines and great practical effects" – BBC

"★★★★ – songs, dancing, a hint of romance, a touch of the macabre, a bit of sexiness and a lot of humour" – Evening Standard

Join us on Fri 6 Sep from 7pm for our opening night party! Come dressed as your favourite character from a Tim Burton film, enjoy themed drink & food specials, party games and win prizes in the raffle before the 8pm screening.

Beetlejuice is back! 36 years after their first encounter with the “ghost with the most” (Keaton), the Deetz family return to Winter River following a family tragedy.

When Lydia’s rebellious teenage daughter Astrid (Ortega) discovers the bizarre history of her family, a portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened and it's only a matter of time until the mischievous Betelgeuse returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.

Please note: The 11.30am screening on Thu 12 Sep is a Cinema Bambino screening.

• This screening is exclusively for parents and carers with babies under 12 months old.
• Customers must be accompanied by a child under 12 months to be permitted entry.
• These are not family screenings so there is no admittance to children over 12 months.

Please note our Lazy Sunday offer for the 12.30pm show on Sun 8 Sep has now sold out.

Regular film tickets are still available and our Café Bar will be open as normal serving food and drink.

Join us for bottomless brunch on Saturdays and Sundays. Relax with friends and family and enjoy a delicious brunch freshly prepared by our team of talented chefs, with a choice of drinks. Cheers!

Join us for bottomless brunch in The Nest on Saturdays and Sundays. Relax with friends and family and enjoy a delicious brunch freshly prepared by our team of talented chefs, with a choice of drinks – including cocktails, mocktails, prosecco, beers, and ciders.

View the Bottomless Brunch menu

Bottomless Brunch T&Cs

– Sittings are for 1.5hrs from the start of your booked timeslot.

– Bottomless drinks apply for your booked sitting.

– One drink per person at a time, replenished once previous drink is finished

– Food and drink options specified on the Bottomless Brunch menu. Upgrades available at an additional charge.

– Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

Inside of his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. When he leaves for the real world his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible!

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 real 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!

Family tickets are £6 per person (£1.25 admin fee p/p). Discount applied at checkout.

An adaptation of Elizabeth Fremantle’s book The Queen’s Gambit, Firebrand is set in in Tudor England, where Katherine Parr, reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of King Henry VIII.

An adaptation of Elizabeth Fremantle’s book The Queen’s Gambit, Firebrand is set in in Tudor England, where the accomplished and educated Katherine Parr (Vikander), reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of King Henry VIII (Law). But her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given that her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded, or dead.

Thrown into a paranoid royal court and conspired against by treacherous courtiers, Katherine must put her own plan into place to ensure her survival.  

★★★★ – Guardian. Imprisoned in Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, Divine G finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men.

"★★★★ – A powerful, deeply felt drama" – Guardian

"★★★★ – a beautifully compassionate film about regaining lost humanity through the arts" – Flickering Myth

"★★★★ – Colman Domingo shines in this love letter to uncaged male vulnerability" – Time Out

★★★★ – BBC

When Divine G is imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, he finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men. When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy.

A stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring Colman Domingo (Rustin, The Color Purple) and Paul Raci (Sound of Metal) alongside an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors.

★★★★★ – The Times. Widely considered one of Coppola’s best, The Conversation is a slow-burn thriller that embodies the paranoia and fear of the Cold War era.

"★★★★★ – Francis Ford Coppola’s ignored masterpiece" – The Times

"★★★★★ – A fantastic reminder of why 70s Hollywood is so often the benchmark for modern moviedom to aspire to" – Empire

"★★★★★ – an intricate and unsettlingly subtle character study" – BBC

★★★★★ – Eye for Film

Widely considered one of Coppola’s best, The Conversation is a slow-burn thriller that embodies the paranoia and fear of the Cold War era. Harry Caul, a brilliant yet paranoid surveillance expert, has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he’s spying on will be murdered.

"★★★★★ – a near-perfect movie" – The Times. Reissued in a new 4K restoration to mark its 55th anniversary, this classic crime caper deserves to be seen on the big screen!

"★★★★★ – a near-perfect movie" – The Times

"★★★★★ – Is there a film - certainly a British film - that delivers a greater infusion of pure joy than The Italian Job?" – Telegraph

★★★★★ – Empire

Reissued in a new 4K restoration to mark its 55th anniversary, this classic crime caper deserves to be seen on the big screen!

Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) is out of jail and on the make with an ingenious plan for the heist of the century. Aided and abetted by top criminal mastermind Mr Bridger (Coward), Charlie sets off with a crack team of ne'er-do-wells (and three very special minis) to steal a fortune from under the noses of the Turin Polizei.

★★★★★ – Eye for Film. This swashbuckling adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' famous novel has proved a smash-hit in its native France, and follows the fate of young Edmond Dantes.

"★★★★★ – A masterful adaptation that stands as one of the best renditions of Dumas' work to date" – Eye for Film

"★★★★ – thrilling and visually stunning adaptation" – The Times

This swashbuckling adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' famous novel has proved a smash-hit in its native France and follows young Edmond Dantes - the target of a sinister plot who is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit.

After fourteen years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Returning rich beyond his wildest dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo and sets out for revenge on those who betrayed him.

French with English subtitles

A cinematic concert film immortalising last summer’s historic show, which saw blur perform their iconic and much-loved songs for 150,000 fans.

A cinematic concert film immortalising last summer’s historic show, which sold out in under two minutes, and saw blur perform their iconic and much-loved songs for 150,000 fans in a transcendent, once-in-a-generation performance that delivered a sweep of ecstatic 5* reviews.

Matt Smith (Doctor Who) and Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) star in this stylish adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s folk horror novel.

Matt Smith (Doctor Who, The Crown) and Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud) star in this stylish adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s folk horror novel.

In 1970s rural Yorkshire, Richard and Juliette Willoughby’s seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their young son Owen starts acting increasingly out of character.

Come behind-the-scenes! Heritage Open Days, a rare opportunity to visit our projection room and see how the magic of cinema is made possible.

Come behind-the-scenes! As part of Heritage Open Days, a rare opportunity to visit our projection room and see how the magic of cinema is made possible.

Meet one of our projectionists, learn how films and live shows are chosen and screened at Phoenix, and see 35mm alongside the latest digital projection.

No step-free access - please note that the tour is in our projection room which is only accessible via a short staircase of 8 steps.

Coppola’s crime epic follows the fortunes of the Corleone Crime Family and the rise of youngest son Michael from family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

Screening as part of our John Cazale season with a double bill on Sun 8 Sep and single screenings of each film later in the month.

Heralded as two of the greatest films ever made, Coppola’s crime epic follows the fortunes of the Corleone Crime Family and the rise of youngest son Michael from family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

*Please note these screenings have no adverts and will start promptly at the below times.

Tickets for individual films are now on sale via in person at box office or call 0116 242 2800.

Running order, please note the films will start promptly with no adverts.

2.15pm - The Godfather

5.10pm - 20min break

5.30pm - The Godfather: Part II

8.50pm - End

★★★★★ – Guardian. This magical retelling of the Orpheus myth turns the lyre-playing singer of Greek legend into a famous left-bank poet in post-war Paris.

"★★★★★ – one of cinema's great artistic masterpieces" – Radio Times

"A magical enduring classic, to be seen again and again" – Observer

★★★★★ – Empire

★★★★★ – Guardian

★★★★★ – BBC

This magical retelling of the Orpheus myth turns the lyre-playing singer of Greek legend into a famous left-bank poet in post-war Paris. Fallen out of favour and lost for poetic inspiration, Orphée becomes obsessed with a mysterious black-clad princess.

With its unforgettable imagery — the dissolving mirror through which characters pass into the next world, the leather-clad, death-dealing motorcyclists – and magical special effects, Cocteau creates a work of haunting beauty that follows the poetic logic of a dream.

Screening as part of Surrealism Season - in partnership with University of Leicester to mark the centenary of the publication of the Surrealist Manifesto in Paris.

It’s Figaro’s wedding, and you’re invited to join the Almaviva household for an uproarious day of revelation and scandal.

It’s Figaro’s wedding, and you’re invited to join the Almaviva household for an uproarious day of revelation and scandal.

Mozart’s comic opera is packed with plot twists, forbidden desires and unforgettable melodies, combining laugh-out-loud comedy with moments of breathtaking beauty.

Image credit: The Marriage of Figaro at The Royal Opera House 2015. Photo by Mark Douet

We’ve teamed up with Jokes On Us for our new regular comedy night at The Nest, every second Wednesday of the month. Expect 3 top quality acts, plus a compare, guaranteeing you an evening of midweek mirth.

We’ve teamed up with Jokes On Us for our new regular comedy night at The Nest, every second Wednesday of the month.

Expect 3 top quality acts, plus a compare, guaranteeing you an evening of midweek mirth.

Advance booking highly recommended to avoid disappointment.

September line-up:

Joe Sutherland (Dave's Hypothetical)
Chelsea Birkby (Winner Laughing Horse Best Newcomer at Edinburgh Fringe)
Hasan al Habib (Birmingham Breaking Talent Winner)
MC Alex Hylton (Winner 'Best Show' Leicester Comedy Festival)

Doors open 7.30pm, show starts at 8pm

Suitable for age 14+

October line-up:

Harriet Dyer (Rosie Jones’ Disability Comedy Extravaganza, The Russell Howard Hour)

Richard Todd (Edinburgh Fringe veteran)

Kieran Flynn (rising Midlands star)

MC Ryan Mold (house compere at Syston Comedy Club)

Please note, line-ups may be subject to change

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

★★★★ – Telegraph

★★★★ – The Times

★★★★ – Guardian

★★★★ – WhatsOnStage

Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve, The End We Start From) 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.

Jimmy Erskine is the most feared and vicious theatre critic in 1930s London. However when his paper is bought out by a new owner his career is in the cross hairs and he strikes a faustian pact with a struggling young actress.

Jimmy Erskine (McKellen) is the most feared and vicious theatre critic in 1930s London. However when his paper is bought out by a new owner (Mark Strong) his career is in the cross hairs and he strikes a faustian pact with a struggling young actress (Arterton).

The three soon find themselves entangled in a sinister whodunit and their strange triangle of blackmail and betrayal winds tighter and tighter to devastating effect. Based on Anthony Quinn’s best-selling murder mystery.

★★★★ – BBC. Based on the life of the legendary photographer Lee Miller, this compelling biopic features a powerhouse performance by Kate Winslet.

★★★★ – BBC

After a career as a model in the 1920s, Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller (Winslet) develops a fascination with the power of photography.

When war breaks out in Europe, she heads for the front lines to document the conflict. Her photos expose Nazi atrocities and the horrors of the concentration camps, but she faces a battle to get her pictures published.

Based on the life of the legendary photographer, this compelling biopic features a powerhouse performance by Winslet, with an incredible supporting cast including Andrea Riseborough and Josh O’Connor.

LAZY SUNDAY

Our Sun 15 Sep, 12.30pm screening has a Lazy Sunday option - a film and brunch ticket for £14.95

• Choose the Lazy Sunday ticket option, join us from 11am on Sunday and simply show your ticket at the Café Bar to choose your brunch.
• Breakfast menu can be viewed here. Each brunch includes a tea or filter coffee.
• We suggest arriving at least an hour before the film starts to allow time to order and eat.

70-year-old Mahin has been living alone in Tehran since her husband died and her daughter left for Europe. One afternoon, tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalise her love life

"★★★★★ – wonderfully sweet and funny" – Guardian

70-year-old Mahin has been living alone in Tehran since her husband died and her daughter left for Europe.

One afternoon, tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalise her love life. But as Mahin opens herself up to a new romance, what begins as an unexpected encounter quickly evolves into an unpredictable, unforgettable evening.

A delightful drama that premiered to critical acclaim at the Berlin Film Festival.

Persian with English subtitles.

Azra (Amrit Kaur) flies back to her ancestral home in Pakistan to be reunited with her grieving mother Mariam (Nimra Bucha), with whom she has a strained relationship.

"bursting with creative energy" – The Hollywood Reporter

Azra (Amrit Kaur) flies back to her ancestral home in Pakistan to be reunited with her grieving mother Mariam (Nimra Bucha), with whom she has a strained relationship.

Struggling to fit the image of the perfect daughter, Azra finds herself transported, through Bollywood-inspired flashbacks, to 1960s Karachi, sparking a connection between her mother’s wild youth and her own life in 90s Canada.

English and Urdu with English subtitles

Please note: The 11.30am screening on Thu 19 Sep is a Cinema Bambino screening.

• This screening is exclusively for parents and carers with babies under 12 months old.
• Customers must be accompanied by a child under 12 months to be permitted entry.
• These are not family screenings so there is no admittance to children over 12 months.

Mistreated by her callous family and terrifying headteacher Miss Trunchbull, Matilda uses her telekinetic abilities to teach them a lesson in this heartwarming '90s classic. Screening to mark Roald Dahl Day.  

Mistreated by her callous family and terrifying headteacher Miss Trunchbull (a fabulously nightmarish Pam Ferris), Matilda uses her telekinetic abilities to teach them a lesson in this heartwarming '90s classic.

Beloved by parents and children alike, Danny DeVito's Matilda is back on the big screen to mark Roald Dahl Day.

Join us in our Café Bar on Sat 14 Sep, 1pm – 3pm for a free family workshop where you'll get the chance to create your own Roald Dahl book covers!

Family tickets are £6 per person (£1.25 admin fee p/p). Discount applied at checkout.

In the concluding part of our film theory series we dive into the subject of film form, and learn how to decode and analyse meanings and messages in cinema. Guided by your tutor you’ll develop the tools and techniques to look beneath the surface and unlock a deeper appreciation for the textual craftsmanship in filmmaking.

In the concluding part of our film theory series we dive into the subject of film form, and learn how to decode and analyse meanings and messages in cinema. Guided by your tutor you’ll develop the tools and techniques to look beneath the surface and unlock a deeper appreciation for the textual craftsmanship in filmmaking.

Part 1: Film Form Elements – ‘meanings’ and ‘messages’ in cinema

Part 2: Introduction to Semiotics

Part 3: Applying Semiotics

Part 4: Structuralism and Post-Structuralism (including narrative theory)

Part 5: Applying Structuralism and Post-Structuralism (including narrative theory)

Part 6: Analysis of Film Extract

FURTHER INFORMATION

Price: £20 / £18 Members

Tutor: Connor Winterton

Booking Information:

This one-day course will run at Phoenix on Saturday 14 September 2024, 11.30am – 5pm.

You must be 18 or over to attend.

Cancellation Policy:

We do not offer refunds for cancellations of bookings, except in exceptional circumstances. In the event that an advertised course is withdrawn, we will endeavour to give 7 days’ notice and a full refund will be made.

View our Learner Agreement.

ABOUT THE TUTOR

Dr Connor Winterton is subject area lead and lecturer in Media Studies at Loughborough College. Connor has a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies, has lectured at undergraduate level, and has taught numerous short courses at Phoenix. Connor also produces and hosts the pop culture podcast Connor-tations, available for free on Spotify, and is also a reviewer and interviewer for the online publication Borrowing Tape.

"★★★★★ – The greatest gangster film ever made" – Total Film. After an attempt on the life of the head of the Corleone crime family, his youngest son Michael reluctantly becomes involved in the family business.

"★★★★★ – A measured, deathly serious epic" – Guardian

"★★★★★ – The greatest gangster film ever made" – Total Film

"★★★★★ – Coppola's masterpiece reveals something new every time you watch it" – BBC

"★★★★★ – marked the dawn of the age of the mega-movie" – Empire

After an attempt on the life of the head of the Corleone crime family, his youngest son Michael reluctantly becomes involved in the family business.

Screening as part of our John Cazale season.

A symphony of the ordinary life of the "little people" following a group of people sharing a house in Shanghai.

The unemployed university student, the woman who is forced to sell herself, the primary school teacher who can barely make ends meet, the old newspaper vendor whose son died in the war, all these people live under one "roof" in Shanghai, a symphony of the ordinary life of the "little people".

With English subtitles.

Global Stage on Screen is a new season bringing 10 selected stage works from Asia to cinemas in the UK. The programme includes classics well-known to western audiences presented with an Eastern interpretation, alongside original stories drawn from the rich and vibrant Chinese artistic culture.

★★★★★ – The Times. Věra Chytilová’s surrealist cinema classic is perhaps also the most adventurous and anarchic Czech movie of the 1960s.

"★★★★★ – As subversive as it is hilarious" – The Times

"★★★★ – A surrealist fantasy of the banality and conformity of Czech society" – Radio Times

★★★★★ – Time Out

Věra Chytilová’s surrealist cinema classic is perhaps also the most adventurous and anarchic Czech movie of the 1960s – a satirical, wild and irreverent story of rebellion which sees two young women revolt against a degenerate, decayed and oppressive society, attacking symbols of wealth and bourgeois culture.

Defiant feminist statement? Nihilistic, avant-garde comedy? This cinema enigma is a riotous, punk-rock poem of a film that’s both hilarious and mind-warpingly innovative.

Screening as part of Surrealism Season - in partnership with University of Leicester to mark the centenary of the publication of the Surrealist Manifesto in Paris.

★★★★★ – Telegraph. From the provocatrice director of Revenge, this outrageous mix of body-horror and uncompromising satire takes a scalpel to the misogyny of beauty standards.

"★★★★★ – Demi Moore storms Cannes with a shocking body-horror nightmare" – Telegraph

"★★★★ – heralds the squelchy, sick-making birth of a new horror maestro" – Time Out

"★★★★ – will have audiences gasping, wincing, and laughing in disbelief" – BBC

★★★★ – Guardian

Fading celebrity Elisabeth Sparkle (Moore) is fired from her low-rate TV workout show because of her age.

However, a proposal from a mysterious laboratory offers her a miraculous black market drug – a cell-replicating substance promising to create a younger, better version of herself.

From the provocatrice director of Revenge, this outrageous mix of body-horror and uncompromising satire takes a scalpel to the misogyny of beauty standards.

In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. But her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself.

In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. But her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself.

At times playing like a thriller, Shuchi Talati’s feature debut has picked up awards in the festival circuit and was produced by a majority female crew in order to create a safe space where "girls could be girls".

After suffering a catastrophic near-fatal spinal injury, professional rugby player Ed Jackson's world changed forever. An inspiring, thought-provoking film about unexpected change, hope and finding renewed purpose in life.

After suffering a catastrophic near-fatal spinal injury, professional rugby player Ed Jackson's world changed forever.

This new documentary follows Ed's journey on his recovery as he achieves the mental and physical heights of Snowdonia, the Alps and Himalayas, and the life-altering challenges closer to home.

An inspiring, thought-provoking film about unexpected change, hope and finding renewed purpose in life.

Please note: The 11.30am screening on Thu 26 Sep is a Cinema Bambino screening.

• This screening is exclusively for parents and carers with babies under 12 months old.
• Customers must be accompanied by a child under 12 months to be permitted entry.
• These are not family screenings so there is no admittance to children over 12 months.

Come with us on a journey through the weird, the wonderful, the cult and the long forgotten... into the world of mystery film. Nobody knows what the film will be until the lights drop and the opening titles roll.

Come with us on a journey through the weird, the wonderful, the cult and the long forgotten... into the world of mystery film. Nobody knows what the film will be until the lights drop and the opening titles roll.

A Phoenix favourite that regularly sells out – book early to guarantee your seat and enjoy surprise cinema.

The Mystery Film may be any classification up to an 18 certificate. As such, these screenings are for over-18s only.

Join us upstairs in The Nest for an evening of spoken word! Some-Antics presents an excellent featured poet, open mic, a poetry slam with cash prize, music from Ninja Bob, and the world famous Some-Antics raffle!

After the roaring success of our first night at Phoenix, we're back this September!

Join us upstairs in The Nest for an open mic, poetry slam, Ninja Bob playing tunes and featured poet - Nottingham legend Chris Oliver.

Bob will be playing tunes from 7pm and the poetry will start at 8pm, and don't forget there will be the world famous Some-Antics raffle!

10 open mic slots available, 3 mins per poet.

7 slam slots available.

Slam Etiquette:

• Three minutes per poet

• Points deducted for going over time

• Two rounds of slam

• Original material only

• Audience judged

• Just for fun or rhyme to the death, either way bring a smile!

The slam winner takes home a custom Some-Antics notebook, £25 cash prize and a place in our Championship Slam 2024!

All tickets £4. Some-Antics have a free entry policy for those who are unwaged or on low incomes.

We video record performances which are available on our Youtube channel after the event. If you don't want your performance recorded or published, or don't want to be photographed, please let one of the team know.

To book a slot send a message to the Some-Antics Facebook page or Sammy Nour, or email [email protected], we also have slots available on the night on a first come first served basis.

Raised by Jewish Communists, left-wing activist Pierre Goldman turned to robbery in the late 1960s following time spent with the guerrilla movement in Venezuela.

Raised by Jewish Communists, left-wing activist Pierre Goldman turned to robbery in the late 1960s following time spent with the guerrilla movement in Venezuela.

Accused of two murders (which he denied) and several armed robberies (some of which he admitted), his trial gripped and divided France.

This thrilling new film immerses us in the court case, as the intelligent and mercurial Goldman throws his own trial into chaos, challenging a society torn apart by racism and injustice.

★★★★ – Independent. Screening to celebrate Batman Day (yes, really!), this ridiculously enjoyable animation features the caped crusader in Lego form.

"★★★★ – a genuine love letter to all things Batman" – Flickering Myth

"★★★★ – Why can't non-Lego movies be as funny, exciting and weirdly moving as this?" – Guardian

★★★★ – Independent

Screening to celebrate Batman Day (yes, really!), this ridiculously enjoyable animation features the caped crusader in Lego form.

Surprise, surprise – the Joker's planning another hostile takeover of Gotham City.

Can Batman save the day? Probably, but only if he learns the art of teamwork and stops wanting to do everything himself. Tricky for a lone vigilante.

All tickets £4 (+£1.25 admin fee for non-members)

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Young farm boy Luke Skywalker is thrust into a galaxy of adventure when he intercepts a distress call from the captive Princess Leia.

"★★★★★ – one of the most memorable and glorious fantasies ever made" – BBC

"★★★★★ – the timeless tale of good versus evil with ground-breaking special effects and a dazzling array of intergalactic characters" – Radio Times

★★★★★ – Telegraph

Luke Skywalker begins a journey that will change the galaxy in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Nineteen years after the formation of the Empire, Luke is thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets desert recluse Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Obi-Wan begins Luke’s Jedi training as Luke joins him on a daring mission to rescue the beautiful Rebel leader Princess Leia from the clutches of Darth Vader and the evil Empire.

★★★★★ – BBC. The saga continues in the electrifying Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

"★★★★★ – By far the best part of the trilogy, Empire is a classic that completely transcends its genre, with a reputation that can only grow and grow" – BBC

★★★★★ – Total Film

★★★★★ – Time Out

The saga continues in the electrifying Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

After the events of A New Hope, Imperial forces continue to pursue the Rebels. Luke journeys to the planet Dagobah to train with Jedi Master Yoda, who has lived in hiding since the fall of the Republic, but when Luke battles Darth Vader, he learns the shocking truth of his past.

★★★★ – Empire. As the Empire prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, in a final climactic duel Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader.

★★★★ – Empire

★★★★ – BBC

In the epic conclusion of the saga, the Empire prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, while the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor.

A familiar story to lovers of the stage, Sophocles' classic play is given a fascinating new interpretation by the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre.

A familiar story to lovers of the stage, Sophocles' classic play is given a fascinating new interpretation by the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre.

Agamemnon returned from Troy in triumph, but was murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her adulterer, Ecclesiastes. Fearing for the fate of her brother Orestes, her eldest daughter Electra secretly sent him to Chrysa in the region of Phocis. Eight years later, Electra is reunited with Orestes, who has returned to his homeland, and an epic of revenge is unleashed.

With English subtitles.

Global Stage on Screen is a new season bringing 10 selected stage works from Asia to cinemas in the UK. The programme includes classics well-known to western audiences presented with an Eastern interpretation, alongside original stories drawn from the rich and vibrant Chinese artistic culture.

Director Michael Cimino’s masterpiece follows the lives of three men from a small, close-knit Pennsylvanian town who fight in the Vietnam War.

Director Michael Cimino’s masterpiece features Cazale’s last role and was completed just months before his death.

Following the lives of three men from a small, close-knit Pennsylvanian town who fight in the Vietnam War, it’s a thrilling, bleak and powerful drama with superb performances from the ensemble cast.

This spectacular, sell-out 25th anniversary gala performance of the global stage sensation also features appearances by the original cast including Jonathan Pryce and Lea Salonga.

"The most thrilling, soaring and emotionally stirring musical with magnificent performances" – Daily Telegraph

This spectacular, sell-out 25th anniversary gala performance of the global stage sensation also features appearances by the original cast including Jonathan Pryce and Lea Salonga.

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.

Matthew Bourne’s magical dance production of Edward Scissorhands is based on the classic Tim Burton movie and features the hauntingly beautiful music of Danny Elfman and Terry Davies.

"★★★★★ – visually arresting and ceaselessly inventive" – Metro

"★★★★★ – 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?

We are delighted to be partnering with Leicester Jazz House for a series of concerts this autumn/winter, the first of which is from The Binker Golding Quartet.

“Composer and saxophonist Binker Golding is one of the most exciting musicians at the heart of the UK's jazz revolution” – EFG London Jazz Festival 2024

We are delighted to be partnering with Leicester Jazz House for a series of concerts this autumn/winter, the first of which is from The Binker Golding Quartet.

Whether it’s with his Americana-inspired jazz band, his duo Binker and Moses, or any other line-up, Binker Golding has a reputation of being one of London’s most hard-hitting jazz performers and is known for his lyrical compositions and tough tenor playing, with songs influenced by the traditions of jazz, blues, Americana and heartland rock.

His albums Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers and Dream like a Dogwood Wild Boy are records that not only showcase great jazz playing, but tell stories too. His third solo album – which features Philip Achille (harmonica), Billy Adamson (guitar), Daniel Casimir (bass), Jamie Murray (drums), Benet McLean (violin), Sarah Tandy (piano) and Artie Zaitz (Hammond organ) – is expected to be out in the near future.

Binker was the recipient of the 2020 Jazz FM award for best instrumentalist. He has also won numerous awards with his duo Binker and Moses, with drummer Moses Boyd, including a MOBO award in 2015 for their debut album.

Line-up:

Binker Golding  – tenor sax

Billy Adamson – guitar

Daniel Casimir – bass

Jamie Murray – drums

Runtime includes a 30-minute interval (approx).

Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.

"★★★★ – Saoirse Ronan is remarkable in a sensitive recovery drama" – Guardian

★★★★★ – Eye for Film

Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away.

As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.

Saoirse Ronan delivers a career-best performance among the dazzling beauty of Scottish landscapes in this moving adaptation of the award-winning 2016 memoir by Amy Liptrot.

LAZY SUNDAY

Our Sun 29 Sep, 12.30pm screening has a Lazy Sunday option - a film and brunch ticket for £14.95

• Choose the Lazy Sunday ticket option, join us from 11am on Sunday and simply show your ticket at the Café Bar to choose your brunch.
• Breakfast menu can be viewed here. Each brunch includes a tea or filter coffee.
• We suggest arriving at least an hour before the film starts to allow time to order and eat.

A Roman epic set in an imagined modern America, genius artist Cesar fights for a utopian leap forward. But his idealism forces him into fierce conflict with despotic Mayor Cicero.

"★★★★ – Succession crossed with Batman Forever and a lava lamp" – Telegraph

Francis Ford Coppola’s spectacular passion-project finally lands in cinemas.

A Roman epic set in an imagined modern America, in the city of New Rome genius artist Cesar Caitlina (Driver) fights for a utopian leap forward. But his idealism forces him into fierce conflict with despotic Mayor Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito) who remains committed to the tenets of greed, special interests and partisan warfare.

Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Emmanuel), the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties.

★★★★★ – Guardian. The ultimate experience from the twisted world of midnight-movie surrealism, David Lynch’s deranged debut changed everything that would follow it.

"★★★★★ – a true original" – Time Out

★★★★★ – Guardian

★★★★★ – Eye for Film

The ultimate experience from the twisted world of midnight-movie surrealism, David Lynch’s deranged debut changed everything that would follow it.

Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) is the hapless hero in a dystopian industrial slum. When his girlfriend unexpectedly gives birth to a wormlike creature Henry tries to do the right thing, but crushed by his responsibilities as a father and oppressed by the gloom of his apartment the dark world of dreams start to crash in on his psyche.

Screening as part of Surrealism Season - in parternship with University of Leicester to mark the centenary of the publication of the Surrealist Manifesto in Paris.

"★★★★★ – One of the greatest sequels ever" – The Times. Winner of 6 Academy Awards and 2 BAFTAs, Francis Ford Coppola’s epic follow up to classic The Godfather.

"★★★★★ – One of the greatest sequels ever" – The Times

"★★★★★ – It is even better than the first film, and has the greatest single final scene in Hollywood history, a real coup de cinma" – Guardian

"★★★★★ – an unflinching stare into the darkest moral abyss" – Time Out

★★★★★ – Little White Lies

★★★★★ – Empire

Winner of 6 Academy Awards and 2 BAFTAs, Francis Ford Coppola’s epic follow up to the The Godfather screens as part of our John Cazale season.

Both a sequel and a prequel, an expertly crafted exploration of the rise of Vito Corleone (De Niro) and the fate of his son, Michael (Pacino).

We are excited to welcome cultural icon Don Letts to Phoenix for an extended Q&A, hosted by Dare to Diva founder Carol Leeming MBE, after a screening of documentary Rebel Dread which tells the story of his legendary career.

Tickets £12 / £10 Members

We are excited to welcome cultural icon Don Letts to Phoenix for an extended Q&A, hosted by Dare to Diva founder Carol Leeming MBE, after a screening of documentary Rebel Dread which tells the story of his legendary career.

Letts’ reputation has been firmly established in both the film and music industry by a substantial body of work over five decades. He came to notoriety in the late ‘70s as the DJ that single-handedly turned a whole generation of punks onto reggae, and it was while working as a DJ that he made his first foray into filmmaking with The Punk Rock Movie. Letts’ directorial credits span music videos and documentaries covering the likes of Gil Scot-Heron, The Jam, Sun Ra, George Clinton and most recently Paul McCartney. His first feature film Dancehall Queen (co-directed by Rick Elgood) was shot on location in Jamaica 1997, and will be screening at Phoenix in October as part of our Black History Month programme.

Following the Rebel Dread screening and Q&A, why not head to The International for a DJ set from Don Letts himself – visit the-international.co.uk for more details.

Presented in partnership with Dare to Diva and Leicester’s International Arts Centre.

Join us for an evening of wine tasting with our supplier Woodthorpe Wines. Certified Sommelier Matthew Whitaker will guide you through a bespoke menu of hand-picked wines paired with a selection of delicious cheeses.

Join us for an evening of wine tasting with our supplier Woodthorpe Wines. Certified Sommelier Matthew Whitaker will guide you through a bespoke menu of hand-picked wines paired with a selection of delicious cheeses.

Woodthorpe Wines founder and certified Sommelier Matthew Whitaker has selected delicious wines from some of the world's best wine makers, including classics and other lesser-known treats for you to discover.

Matthew has been popping corks for the last 20 years in restaurants, bars and private tasting events, so you'll be able to sit back, relax and enjoy the night.

Wines with integrity from grape to glass!

Director Ola Ince debuted in the intimate, candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse with this ‘inspired’ (The Guardian), ‘profound’ (Evening Standard) and ‘masterfully redefined’ (West End Best Friend) take on Shakespeare’s blistering tragedy.

Celebrated by many, Othello has risen through the ranks of the Met police. But can his hard won reputation, his marriage to Desdemona, and his own subconscious survive the toxic systems that surround him?

Sixteenth-century Venice becomes modern-day London’s Docklands, as Othello grapples with many of the same issues that successful Black people have faced for centuries. This is an Othello for our times.

Experience Shakespeare’s confronting look at the destructive impact of institutional racism, toxic masculinity, and a justice system locked in a vicious cycle of self-fulfilling prophecy.

Director Ola Ince debuted in the intimate, candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse with this ‘inspired’ (The Guardian), ‘profound’ (Evening Standard) and ‘masterfully redefined’ (West End Best Friend) take on Shakespeare’s blistering tragedy.

Presented by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage. Angels on Diamond Street spotlights three women fighting for social justice in an African-American church in Philadelphia. A documentary about compassion that invites us to forget about all borders, be they of race, nationality or religion.

Presented by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage.

Angels on Diamond Street spotlights three women fighting for social justice in an African-American church in Philadelphia.

We follow head cook Mamie Mather, former Black Panther Barbara Easley-Cox and Pastor Renee Mackenzie at the soup kitchen of the Church of the Advocate: a national monument with a rich history in the civil rights movement.

When an undocumented Mexican immigrant family - Carmela Apolonio Hernandez and her children - asks the church for sanctuary, they are welcome with open arms. Pastor Mackenzie courageously defies the ICE immigration authorities in an act of civil disobedience.

A documentary about compassion that invites us to forget about all borders, be they of race, nationality or religion.

We are delighted to be partnering with Leicester Jazz House for a series of concerts this autumn/winter, the second of which is from Liane Carroll.

 "Liane Carroll has that rare ability to meld effortless, often transcendent vocal and piano technique, with heart stopping emotion and soul bearing power" – Peter Quinn of Jazzwise

Vocalist, pianist and composer Liane Carroll is capable of reducing listeners to tears with her heart-breaking ability to inhabit a lyric, or of making an audience jump for joy with her breath-taking vocal virtuosity.

Over her distinguished career Liane has garnered numerous awards, including Best British Vocalist (BBC Jazz Awards), Best Female Jazz Vocalist (Ronnie Scott's Awards) and Best Jazz Album of the Year (Parliamentary Jazz Awards). Once seen never forgotten!

“One of the most stylistically flexible pianists around, with a marvellous, slightly husky singing voice" – Dave Gelly, Observer

"A powerful, soul-inflected performer with an Ella Fitzgerald-like improv athleticism and an emotional frankness on ballads" – John Fordham, Guardian

Runtime includes a 30-minute interval (approx).

The people have spoken! We asked our social followers for your favourite pyjama party film and ‘90s classic Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion was the hands-down winner.

Tickets £13 / £13 Members

The people have spoken! We asked our social followers for your favourite pyjama party film and ‘90s classic Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion was the hands-down winner.

Join us in The Nest from 7.30pm for our epic ‘Romy and Michele’ pyjama party with themed cocktails and mocktails, fun games and even a tombola! PJs/ loungewear/slippers all welcome and B.Y.O.B (that’s Bring Your Own Blanket!) so you can snuggle on a beanbag, curl up on a sofa and reeelaaax.

Tickets include popcorn, and a welcome drink on arrival.

Apittame Arts presents a short film showcase from black filmmakers across the UK, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A about the topics covered in the works.

Apittame Arts presents a short film showcase from black filmmakers across the UK, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A about the topics covered in the works.

Apittame Arts was founded in 2019 to bring people together to engage in the arts and build a sense of community, with the aim of centring marginalised peoples stories and creating a space that helps people find their tribe.

The multi award-winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy featuring Andrew Scott (All of us Strangers, Fleabag) returns to the big screen.

The multi award-winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy featuring Andrew Scott (All of us Strangers, Fleabag) returns to the big screen.

As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.

Filmed live from The Old Vic in London during a sold out run in 2019, Matthew Warchus (Matilda: The Musical) directs this giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness.

Sacrifice is a classic Peking opera adapted from The Orphan of Zhao, the first Chinese opera to become known in Europe.

Paying tribute to Xiaodong Meng’s legendary last performance of Sacrifice in 1947, Peiyu Wang, the star of modern Peking Opera, staged this production on the same date and in the same place 71 years later.

Sacrifice is a classic Peking opera adapted from The Orphan of Zhao, the first Chinese opera to become known in Europe.The audience was all in awe in the theatre, and maybe you will be too!

With English subtitles.

Global Stage on Screen is a new season bringing 10 selected stage works from Asia to cinemas in the UK. The programme includes classics well-known to western audiences presented with an Eastern interpretation, alongside original stories drawn from the rich and vibrant Chinese artistic culture.

Presented by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage. After a half-truth lands her under immense financial pressure, Ludi Alcidor embarks on a frantic scour through Miami's private care-taking world in an increasingly desperate attempt to send money to her family in Haiti.

Presented by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage.

After a half-truth lands her under immense financial pressure, Ludi Alcidor embarks on a frantic scour through Miami's private care-taking world in an increasingly desperate attempt to send money to her family in Haiti.

English and Haitian Creole with English subtitles

Join us for an evening to mark the centenary of the Surrealist Manifesto publication. Try your hand at surrealist writing techniques while sampling cocktails and mocktails, before a lecture from Dr Madeleine Chalmers, Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Leicester.

Join us from 6pm for an evening celebration of all things Surrealist. Beginning with The Surrealist Café where you can try your hand at surrealist writing techniques and party games, all while sampling special themed cocktails and mocktails as a tribute to the collaborative café culture at the heart of surrealist meetings.

The evening will finish with a feature-length lecture at 7pm from Dr Madeleine Chalmers, Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Leicester, tracing the history of surrealism and exploring how surrealist ideas and aesthetics have been taken up globally. The lecture will include rare full screenings of Jean Vigo’s Zéro de conduite (1933, 41mins), Jan Švankmajer’s The Flat (1968, 13mins), plus excerpts from celebrated artist films.

Tickets:

£12 (+ £1.25 admin fee)

Why not add a drink to your ticket and sample a themed cocktail or mocktail as a tribute to the collaborative café culture at the heart of surrealist meetings. Simple choose one of the ticket options and present your ticket at bar on arrival:

£15 including cocktail (+ £1.25 admin fee)

£14 including mocktail (+ £1.25 admin fee)

Share your love of film with this 10-week course of group discussions, led by tutor Kenton Hall. The price includes a cup of tea/filter coffee and a ticket to the weekday daytime screening of your choice.

Join like-minded film enthusiasts for this 10-week course of tutor-led group discussions that put the cinema week into focus and help you get more from your cinema experience. Tutor Kenton Hall will share film clips and talk about forthcoming movies and film industry news.

Included in the price of the course is a cup of tea/filter coffee and a ticket to the weekday daytime screening of your choice, to be used in the same week as your session.

If you have access requirements please book via Box Office so we can ensure that your specific needs can be accommodated.

PLEASE NOTE: The course will run from 10.30am – 12pm, though Phoenix does not open to the general public until 11am. Your drinks which are included in the course fee will be available from the bar.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Price: £95 / £85 conc / £80 Members

Tutor: Kenton Hall

Booking Information:

This 10-week course will run at Phoenix on Mondays, 10.30am – 12pm, from 14 Oct – 16 Dec 2024.

You must be 18 or over to attend.

Member discount available.

Cancellation Policy:

We do not offer refunds for cancellations of bookings, except in exceptional circumstances. In the event that an advertised course is withdrawn, we will endeavour to give 7 days’ notice and a full refund will be made.

View our Learner Agreement.

ABOUT THE TUTOR

Kenton Hall is an award-winning Canadian writer, director, musician, and teacher, with numerous short and feature film credits to his name – both behind and in front of the camera. Kenton also teaches a BTEC in Creative Media Production through Leicester College and The Art of Screenwriting here at Phoenix. He has played a variety of roles on stage and screen, from Les Miserables and Muppets Most Wanted to 4th Floor of Singapore and Father to Fall. He wrote, directed, and co-starred in the feature film A Dozen Summers, published the comic memoir Bisection, about living and parenting with bipolar disorder, and co-wrote the Audible Drama Getting Better, starring Rhod Gilbert, Kathryn Drysdale, and Mark Gatiss.

Share your love of film with this 10-week course of group discussions, led by tutor Kenton Hall. The price includes a cup of tea/filter coffee and a ticket to the weekday daytime screening of your choice.

Join like-minded film enthusiasts for this 10-week course of tutor-led group discussions that put the cinema week into focus and help you get more from your cinema experience. Tutor Kenton Hall will share film clips and talk about forthcoming movies and film industry news.

Included in the price of the course is a cup of tea/filter coffee and a ticket to the weekday daytime screening of your choice, to be used in the same week as your session.

If you have access requirements please book via Box Office so we can ensure that your specific needs can be accommodated.

PLEASE NOTE: The course will run from 10.30am – 12pm, though Phoenix does not open to the general public until 11am. Your drinks which are included in the course fee will be available from the bar.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Price: £95 / £85 conc / £80 Members

Tutor: Kenton Hall

Booking Information:

This 10-week course will run at Phoenix on Tuesdays, 10.30am – 12pm, from 15 Oct – 17 Dec 2024.

You must be 18 or over to attend.

Member discount available.

Cancellation Policy:

We do not offer refunds for cancellations of bookings, except in exceptional circumstances. In the event that an advertised course is withdrawn, we will endeavour to give 7 days’ notice and a full refund will be made.

View our Learner Agreement.

ABOUT THE TUTOR

Kenton Hall is an award-winning Canadian writer, director, musician, and teacher, with numerous short and feature film credits to his name – both behind and in front of the camera. Kenton also teaches a BTEC in Creative Media Production through Leicester College and The Art of Screenwriting here at Phoenix. He has played a variety of roles on stage and screen, from Les Miserables and Muppets Most Wanted to 4th Floor of Singapore and Father to Fall. He wrote, directed, and co-starred in the feature film A Dozen Summers, published the comic memoir Bisection, about living and parenting with bipolar disorder, and co-wrote the Audible Drama Getting Better, starring Rhod Gilbert, Kathryn Drysdale, and Mark Gatiss.

Tumble down the rabbit hole in this ballet adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s famous family story.

Tumble down the rabbit hole in this ballet adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s famous family story.

Journey through Wonderland with Alice and encounter a host of curious characters in Christopher Wheeldon’s unique theatrical interpretation.

Image credit: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland © ROH Johan Persson 2011

Presented by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage. A trio of short films from celebrated British-Nigerian director Ngozi Onwurah's, including the seminal The Body Beautiful from 1990.

Presented by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage.

Coffee Coloured Children (1988)

17 minutes

An intimate experimental monologue about the trauma of racial harassment and self-hate that accompanies growing up mixed-race, this short film examines the complexity of Britain's racial 'melting pot'. Performance art based in rituals of water and fire explores the psychological journey of trying to assimilate to and overcome the unachievable standard of whiteness.

The Body Beautiful (1990)

24 minutes

This autobiographical narrative redefines female beauty and sexuality by reflecting on filmmaker Ngozi Onwurah's relationship with her mother. Onwurah's discovery of her sexual appeal as a young model is combined with an intimate account of her mother Madge's experience of desexualisation after having a mastectomy. The cinematic treatment of the female body challenges viewers to acknowledge the rarely-seen sexuality and desire of (mature) women, outside of dominant beauty standards.

White Men Are Cracking Up (1994)

20 minutes

Masie Blue is an enigmatic Black Widow figure under investigation by detective Margrave for her involvement in the suicides of successful white men. Through the blurred lines of perception and reality, the myth of the Black feminine mystique is explored under the guise of a murder mystery. Written by playwright Bonnie Greer, the film explores the fetishisation of Black women as a manifestation of white male insecurity.

★★★★★ – Time Out. Raimi’s semi-remake, semi-sequel builds on (and dare we say betters?) his original film The Evil Dead.

"★★★★★ – The gaudily gory, virtuoso, hyper-kinetic horror sequel/remake uses every trick in the cinematic book, and confirms that Bruce Campbell and Raimi are gods" – Empire

"Delirious, demented and diabolically funny" – Time Out

"★★★★ – One of the most visually inventive, relentless, and truly original films ever made" – BBC

★★★★★ – Radio Times

Raimi’s semi-remake, semi-sequel builds on (and dare we say betters?) his original film The Evil Dead.

Bruce Campbell again stars as Ash Williams, vacationing in a remote cabin with his girlfriend. Little do they realise that the cabin’s previous inhabitant was experimenting with the Necronomicon – The Book of the Dead - and evil forces now lurk in the woods! It’s up to Ash, his shotgun, and his handy chainsaw to send these deadites back to hell. Grrroooovy.

Presented by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage. Zora Neale Hurston, path-breaking novelist, pioneering anthropologist and one of the first black women to enter the American literary canon, established the African American vernacular as one of the most vital, inventive voices in American literature.

Presented by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage.

Zora Neale Hurston, path-breaking novelist, pioneering anthropologist and one of the first black women to enter the American literary canon (Their Eyes Were Watching God), established the African American vernacular as one of the most vital, inventive voices in American literature.

This definitive film biography, eighteen years in the making, portrays Zora in all her complexity: gifted, flamboyant, and controversial but always fiercely original.

A school campus is thrown into chaos when a new principal establishes a host of new rules, causing fall-out with staff and students alike.

Soon after she starts her job, a new principal establishes a host of new rules, upsetting her staff and her students. Gossip swirls that the new principal and vice principal are at loggerheads, poisoning the atmosphere.

An accident involving a student leads to the popular vice principal's transfer. This angers the students, who demand that the authorities officially explain the circumstances and administer justice.

A campus crisis is about to explode. Exams are looming, yet a student movement is about to unfold. How should the principal, vice principal, teachers, school board, student council and students handle the crisis?

Will they accept the truth they strive to uncover?

With English subtitles.

Global Stage on Screen is a new season bringing 10 selected stage works from Asia to cinemas in the UK. The programme includes classics well-known to western audiences presented with an Eastern interpretation, alongside original stories drawn from the rich and vibrant Chinese artistic culture.

The Phoenix all-nighter horror marathon returns! Join us for a night of classic, cult and downright weird horror films.

The Phoenix all-nighter horror marathon returns! Join us from 10pm for a night of classic, cult and downright weird horror films.

Bottomless tea / coffee will be available to buy to keep you going through 5 movies, and your all-nighter ticket includes a breakfast bap before the final film.

Who will survive, and what will be left of them?

FILM LINE-UP

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

 - We open with Philip Kaufman's sublime sci-fi horror starring Brooke Adams and the much missed Donald Sutherland as health inspectors who discover humans are being replaced with alien pod people!

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The rest of the film line-up will be announced soon.

End time is approx. 8am on Sun 27 Oct.

Tickets (all include breakfast bap before final film):

£30 Adults

£25 Members

White Nanny, Black Child tells the stories of a group of Nigerian children fostered by white families in the 70s and reveals the heartfelt impact of their challenging upbringing.

White Nanny, Black Child tells the stories of a group of Nigerian children fostered by white families in the 70s and reveals the heartfelt impact of their challenging upbringing, in a moving and sometimes unsettling meditation on identity belonging and the nature of family.

An evening of holding space as we reflect on the Black care experience hosted by care experienced poet, Ty'rone Haughton, including a panel discussion between Black and care experienced professionals, including Ade Anifowose, who features in the documentary.

Presented by Literati Arts in partnership with Dare to Diva productions and Phoenix

Presented by Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage. Sisters in Cinema is a seminal work that pays homage to Black women, who against all odds made history.

Sisters in Cinema is a seminal work that pays homage to Black women, who against all odds made history.

The careers, lives and films of inspirational women filmmakers, such as, Euzhan Palcy, Julie Dash, Darnell Martin, Dianne Houston, Neema Barnette, Cheryl Dunye, Kasi Lemmons and Maya Angelou.

Interviews are interwoven with film clips, rare archival footage and photographs and production video of the filmmakers at work.

Presented by Serendipity Institute for Arts and Heritage

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera is a worldwide entertainment phenomenon. It has been staged in 145 cities across 27 countries and its box office sales eclipse Avatar, Titanic and Star Wars.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera is a worldwide entertainment phenomenon. It has been staged in 145 cities across 27 countries and its box office sales eclipse Avatar, Titanic and Star Wars.

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Cameron Mackintosh presented The Phantom Of The Opera in a fully-staged, lavish production set in the sumptuous Victorian splendour of the Royal Albert Hall. Phantom Of The Opera At The Albert Hall stars Ramin Karimloo as'The Phantom and Sierra Boggess as Christine.

They are joined by a supporting cast and orchestra of over 200, plus some very special guest appearances.

Matthew Cheng's moving drama focuses on minute details, and the precarious boundary between love lost and found. Ambiguous won Best Original Script at the 30th Hong Kong Drama Awards and the 2023 Shanghai One Drama Awards.

Outside a kindergarten, a chance encounter over a mobile screenshot connects middle-aged Chan Chi Yung with Wang Xia, a housewife. Their ordinary lives continue while their children have fun together in the playground. They chat about this and that as waves of emotions surface.

Playwright Matthew Cheng focuses on minute details that challenge the precarious boundary between love lost and found. Ambiguous won Best Original Script at the 30th Hong Kong Drama Awards and the 2023 Shanghai One Drama Awards.

With English subtitles.

Global Stage on Screen is a new season bringing 10 selected stage works from Asia to cinemas in the UK. The programme includes classics well-known to western audiences presented with an Eastern interpretation, alongside original stories drawn from the rich and vibrant Chinese artistic culture.

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery, London is hosting the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. This film explores his years in the south of France where he revolutionised his style.

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery, London is hosting the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood.

This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist. Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionised his style. Van Gogh became consumed with a passion for storytelling in his art, turning the world around him into vibrant, idealised spaces and symbolic characters.

Poets and lovers filled his imagination; everything he did in the south of France served this new obsession. In part, this is what caused his notorious breakdown, but it didn’t hold back his creativity as he created masterpiece after masterpiece. Explore one of art history’s most pivotal periods in this once-in-a-century show.

Made in close collaboration with the National Gallery.

This production won both Best Original Script and Outstanding Production of the year at the 27th Hong Kong Drama Awards, and follows a group of bored soldiers in the barren hills of  Liang Mountain.

“Our entire generation is trapped by fate. We all share a troubled past...”

The story begins with Wu Song fighting a tiger in Jingyang Pass. After joining the heroes in Liang Mountain, he is crestfallen, recognising that life in the barren hills is monotonous and uninspiring. While leader Song Jiang bides his time waiting for the Emperor's pardon, Li Kui (aka "Black Tornado") rushes to the capital ready to kill.

Whether by coincidence or thanks to destiny, Wu Song now has a mission: leading the team to bring Li back to the fold. This screen version of The Diary of Song is taken from archival video of its 2017 premiere at the Hong Kong City Hall.

This production won both Best Original Script and Outstanding Production of the year at the 27th Hong Kong Drama Awards.

With English subtitles.

Global Stage on Screen is a new season bringing 10 selected stage works from Asia to cinemas in the UK. The programme includes classics well-known to western audiences presented with an Eastern interpretation, alongside original stories drawn from the rich and vibrant Chinese artistic culture.

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.

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.

Following the Olivier Award-winning run in 2021 (Best Family Show), this 'enchantingly staged' folk opera (The Stage) comes to cinemas for the first time.

Following the Olivier Award-winning run in 2021 (Best Family Show), this 'enchantingly staged' folk opera (The Stage) comes to cinemas for the first time.

Red Riding Hood is tasked with delivering bread to her Grandmother, deep in the heart of the fairy-tale forest. But en route, Red meets a cunning Wolf who tricks her into taking a different path.

Along the way, Red stumbles into a colourful cast of characters, including a scary witch, a talking cat and a rather persuasive Peddler.

Join our ragtag band of wild musicians as they guide all the family through this famous tale with new twists, turns, magic and song.

Image credit: Wolf Witch Giant Fairy, The Royal Opera and Little Bulb ©2023 Marc Brenner

Winner of the 2018 BBC Young Jazz Musician of the year, saxophonist Xhosa Cole will be performing in the third of our season of autumn/winter events in partnership with Leicester Jazz House.

Winner of the 2018 BBC Young Jazz Musician of the year, Xhosa Cole is an embodiment of the success of numerous community arts programmes in Birmingham, including the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra, Jazzlines Ensemble and Birmingham Music Service.

Having grown up in Handsworth and first played the tenor at Andy Hamilton's Ladywood Community Music School, Xhosa is now established among a long legacy of Birmingham saxophonists, alongside the likes of Soweto Kinch and Shabaka Hutchings.

Xhosa has performed twice at the BBC Proms, composed music for Birmingham-based string orchestra The Ripieno Players, recorded saxophone for Mahalia’s debut album ‘Love and Compromise’, and completed a 22 date UK tour – all while pursuing his studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire.

Xhosa received the Parliamentary Jazz Award for ‘Best Newcomer’ in 2019 and was also named Jazz FM’s breakthrough act of the year.

“It is the highly gifted Xhosa Cole who is currently making most waves… Cole has the rich expressive range and technical skills that characterise significant soloists.” – Guardian

“The 24-year-old tenor saxophonist/composer is a British sensation and proves that he’s here for blood with this release… He’s got technique, talent, artistry and a burning desire that shows throughout the set.” – Downbeat

This Christmas, be transported into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.

This Christmas, be transported into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.

This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton is a theatrical experience for all the family.

Image credit: Cinderella, The Royal Ballet ©2023 Tristram Kenton

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

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

Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs bring festive charm to Peter Wright’s beloved Royal Ballet production, as fairytale magic comes together with spectacular dancing in this unforgettable classic ballet.

Image credit: The Nutcracker, The Royal Ballet © 2015 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton

Four women: four curious love stories. Juan Diego Flórez leads a fantastic cast in Offenbach's dream-like opera.

Four women: four curious love stories. Juan Diego Flórez leads a fantastic cast in Offenbach's dream-like opera.

** Please note - this is an estimated start time - our box office will be in touch if it is amended.

Image credit: The Tales of Hoffmann ©Keith Saunders

Seen by over 120 million people worldwide, Les Misérables is undisputedly one of the world’s most popular musicals.

Seen by over 120 million people worldwide, Les Misérables is undisputedly one of the world’s most popular musicals.

In 2019, Cameron Mackintosh produced a spectacular sell-out staged concert version at the Gielgud Theatre featuring an all-star cast including Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Matt Lucas and John Owen Jones. Now cinema audiences can experience a unique encore of this incredible show to celebrate Les Misérables 40th anniversary.

Featuring a cast and orchestra of over 65 and including the songs I Dreamed A Dream, Bring Him Home, One Day More and On My Own this sensational staged concert is not to be missed.

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.

While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.

Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.

*Please note - the Tue 25 Feb show will feature descriptive subtitles

Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness.

Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness.

Bringing together Tchaikovsky’s sensational score with the incredible imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane, the Royal Ballet's sumptuous production of Swan Lake on the big screen is an exceptional way to experience this ultimate ballet classic.

Image credit: Swan Lake, The Royal Ballet ©2022 ROH. Photograph by Tristram Kenton

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock classic Jesus Christ Superstar returns to its roots with this sensational performance filmed in the UK during the Live Arena Tour.

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock classic Jesus Christ Superstar returns to its roots with this sensational performance filmed in the UK during the Live Arena Tour.

An incredible cast including Tim Minchin as Judas Iscariot, Melanie Chisholm as Mary Magdalene, Chris Moyles as King Herod and Ben Forster as Jesus Christ, perform hit songs including I Don’t Know How to Love Him, Gethsemane, Heaven on Their Minds, Everything’s Alright, King Herod’s Song and “Superstar” in an exciting and contemporary interpretation.

The greatest love story ever told – through ballet. An ancient family feud casts a long shadow over the town of Verona. In this hothouse of tension, brawls are quick to break out and both sides get caught in the crossfire.

The greatest love story ever told – through ballet. An ancient family feud casts a long shadow over the town of Verona.

In this hothouse of tension, brawls are quick to break out and both sides get caught in the crossfire.

Image credit: Romeo and Juliet, The Royal Ballet © 2019 ROH. Photograph by Helen Maybanks

Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor. Featuring the ever-popular ‘Nessun dorma’, this opera of love and revenge is brought to life in a dazzling production.

Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor.

Featuring the ever-popular ‘Nessun dorma’, this opera of love and revenge is brought to life in a dazzling production.

Image credit: Turandot, The Royal Opera ©2023 Marc Brenner

Based on the Academy Award® nominated film, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End in 2005.

Based on the Academy Award® nominated film, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End in 2005.

Set in a northern mining town, against the background of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, Billy’s journey takes him out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever.

The original creative team behind the film, including writer Lee Hall (book & lyrics), director Stephen Daldry, and choreographer, Peter Darling, is joined by music legend Elton John (music) to produce a funny, uplifting and spectacular theatrical experience that will stay with you forever.

Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.

Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle.

Conductor Antonio Pappano and director Barrie Kosky reunite to continue the mythical adventure that began with Das Rheingold in 2023.

** Please note - this is an estimated start time - our box office will be in touch if it is amended.

Image credit: Die Walküre ©2024 Sebastian Nevols

Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.

Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works.

Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon.