Set in Iraq in 2006, this deeply moving drama follows Sara, a writer and mother, and her community as they struggle against a backdrop of sectarian violence.

Set in Iraq in 2006, this deeply moving drama follows Sara, a writer and mother, and her community as they struggle against a backdrop of sectarian violence.

Through bombings and “disappearances”, everyday humanity persists – lunch is eaten, children go to school, books are read.

A story of hope, love and solidarity, the film offers us a viewpoint rarely seen – that of ordinary people in Baghdad caught up in terrifying circumstances.

★★★★★ – Guardian. Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix stars as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott’s latest spectacular historical epic.

"★★★★★ – Joaquin Phoenix makes a magnificent emperor in thrilling biopic" – Guardian

"★★★★ – full of verve, spectacle, and machismo" – Independent

"★★★★ – blunt-force charisma from Joaquin Phoenix in Ridley Scott’s dark, epic biopic" – Telegraph

★★★★★ – HeyUGuys

★★★★ – Empire

Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix stars as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott’s spectacular historical epic which views the story of his ruthless rise to power through the prism of his explosive relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine (Kirby).

Napoleon’s unrelenting desire for power, bolstered by the volatility of his marriage, led him to effect innovative military and political schemes during the Revolutionary Wars.

Phoenix utterly inhabits the role of the French dictator, and will surely find himself in the awards conversation again.

★★★★ – The Times. Two decades after her scandalous marriage to a man 23 years her junior, Gracie and her husband Joe welcome a Hollywood actress into their home as she researches Gracie ahead of playing her in a film.

"★★★★ – An intensely compelling film about Hollywood vanity, interpersonal sadism and the human capacity for self-deception" – The Times

"★★★★ – walks a tonal tightrope with compelling style" – Total Film

"by far Haynes’ funniest film to date, with shades of Almodóvar in its dramatic zooms and heightened domestic tension" – Little White Lies

★★★★ – Independent

Two decades after her scandalous marriage to a man 23 years her junior, Gracie Atherton-Yoo (Moore) and her husband Joe (Charles Melton) welcome Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry (Portman) into their home as she researches Gracie ahead of playing her in a film.

As Elizabeth tries to understand the woman she’ll be portraying, the outside scrutiny begins to unravel Gracie and Joe’s relationship.

A wry and at times uncomfortable melodrama from Carol director, Todd Haynes.

Based on the best-selling book of the same name, Scorsese’s thrilling epic unfolds in 1920’s Oklahoma where several wealthy members of the Osage people died under suspicious circumstances.

"★★★★★ – a masterpiece" – Independent

"★★★★★ – Scorsese masterpiece gives DiCaprio his best role yet" – Telegraph

"★★★★★ – Scorsese’s remarkable epic about the bloody birth of America" – Guardian

★★★★★ – Evening Standard

Based on the best-selling book of the same name by David Grann, Martin Scorsese’s latest thrilling epic unfolds in 1920’s Oklahoma.

After large oil deposits are discovered underneath their land, several wealthy members of the Osage Tribe are murdered, sparking a major investigation by the newly formed FBI.

Meanwhile veteran Ernest (DiCaprio) has returned from the war in need of a new start. With his eyes on oil riches his wealthy uncle William Hale (De Niro) pushes him to marry Mollie (Gladstone) an Osage landowner.

★★★★★ – Telegraph. BAFTA winner Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin) leads an impressive ensemble cast in Oscar-winning director Emerald Fennell’s (Promising Young Woman) stylish sophomore feature.

"★★★★★ – Brideshead regurgitated – in the most outrageously watchable way" – Telegraph

"★★★★ – a deliciously twisty tale of grotesque overprivilege" – Evening Standard

★★★★ – BBC Culture

BAFTA winner Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin) leads an impressive ensemble cast in Oscar-winning director Emerald Fennell’s (Promising Young Woman) stylish sophomore feature.

Struggling to find his place at university, Oxford student Oliver finds himself drawn into the privileged world of charming aristocrat Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi). As they become closer, Felix invites Oliver to his eccentric family’s sprawling estate for a summer of excess.

A wickedly fun tale of class, youth and desire.

PLEASE NOTE - Saltburn contains  sequences with flashing lights that may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or have other photosensitivities.  

★★★★★ – Telegraph. When Sandra's husband is found dead in the snow beneath their picturesque chalet, she soon becomes the main suspect when the police begin to question whether he fell or was pushed.

"★★★★★ – Continually takes your breath away" – Telegraph

"★★★★★ – Mesmerising" – Evening Standard

"★★★★ – a whodunit where marriage itself feels like a prime suspect" – Time Out

★★★★ – Guardian

★★★★ – Financial Times

Justine Triet's thrilling Palme d’Or winner follows Sandra (Hüller, Toni Erdmann) who lives in a remote chalet in the Swiss Alps with her husband Samuel and their 11-year-old son, who is blind.

When Samuel is found dead in the snow, Sandra becomes the main suspect when the police begin to question whether he fell or was pushed.

The trial soon becomes not just an investigation, but a gripping psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel's complex and unsettling relationship, with their son in an impossible position as the sole witness.

"★★★★ – One of the greatest (and sadly most forgotten) romantic comedies ever" – Empire. Headstrong Joan Webster (the wondrous Wendy Hiller) sets off to marry a rich older man on his remote Hebridean island.

"★★★★ – One of the greatest (and sadly most forgotten) romantic comedies ever" – Empire

Headstrong Joan Webster (the wondrous Wendy Hiller) sets off to marry a rich older man on his remote Hebridean island.

Stranded on Mull thanks to the weather, Joan finds herself struggling to cope with the unplanned turn of events.

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger weave their course of true love through flashes of surrealism, a life-threatening whirlpool and an ancient curse – disarming and enchanting in equal measure.

Screening as part of the major BFI season marking the most extensive celebration of Powell and Pressburger's work even undertaken, bringing a rich catalogue of their visually stunning and often-controversial films back to the big screen.

★★★★★ – The Times. Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born) directs and stars in Maestro, a rousing biopic of Leonard Bernstein, one of musical theatre’s great composers.

"★★★★★ – an astonishingly beautiful film, by turns heartbreaking, tragic and tender" – The Times

"★★★★★ – Bradley Cooper is dizzyingly good" – Telegraph

"★★★★ – Carey Mulligan is magnificent" – Independent

★★★★ – Guardian

Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born) directs and stars in Maestro, a rousing biopic of Leonard Bernstein, one of musical theatre’s great composers.

Following the complex love story of Bernstein and his Costa Rican wife - activist and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn (Carey Mulligan), as she steadfastly remained by his side despite his affairs, and increasing, all-consuming stardom.

A full-bodied, rich picture of an immensely successful artist and the sacrifices he and those around him had to make.

Aki Kaurismäki’s bittersweet and gentle comedy follows lonely singletons Ansa, fired from her job at a supermarket for trying to take home an out of date sandwich, and Holappa, a construction worker who struggles to stay sober long enough to finish a shift.

"★★★★★ – a gentle and philosophical gem" – HeyUGuys

"★★★★ – a low-key treat with moments of real bliss" – Time Out

★★★★ – Guardian

Aki Kaurismäki’s bittersweet and gentle comedy follows lonely singletons Ansa (Alma Pöysti), fired from her job at a supermarket for trying to take home an out of date sandwich, and Holappa (Jussi Vatanen), a construction worker who struggles to stay sober long enough to finish a shift.  

From a chance meeting at a karaoke bar, Fallen Leaves charts these two lost souls as fate pulls them together through all manner of obstacles and small tragedies.

There’s a warm sense of humour in failure here, and the feeling that in spite of it all, there will always be reprieve from darkness.

Finnish with English subtitles.

Based on the BAFTA winning short film of the same name, Femme explores queer power dynamics and identities in a deliciously neo-noir guise.

★★★★ – HeyUGuys

★★★★ – Eye for Film

Based on the BAFTA winning short film of the same name, Femme explores queer power dynamics and identities in a deliciously neo-noir guise.

Drag artist Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) oozes confidence in their alter ego on stage, but after a homophobic attack he retreats into himself.

When he spots his attacker in a gay sauna, Jules sees an opportunity to exact revenge on his closeted ex-con assailant Preston (George Mackay).

An intense, unsettling and erotic thriller.

★★★★★ – The Times. Re-released in glorious 4K to celebrate its 40th anniversary, Brian De Palma’s heady, enthralling gangster pic has lost none of its power to shock.

★★★★★ – The Times

★★★★★ – Empire

★★★★ – Guardian

Re-released in glorious 4K to celebrate its 40th anniversary, Brian De Palma’s heady, enthralling gangster pic has lost none of its power to shock.

Following Tony Montana’s rise to power from a refugee camp in a Miami port to a drug lord, Scarface is a stunning, violent allegory of greed and the American dream, with a sublime ‘80s soundtrack and great performances from Al Pacino as Montana and Michelle Pfeiffer as a gangster’s mistress he wants for himself.

After a spate of gory murders in the sleepy Utah town of Snow Hollow, the locals begin to suspect there may be something furry and toothsome in their midst.

After a spate of gory murders in the sleepy Utah town of Snow Hollow, the locals begin to suspect there may be something furry and toothsome in their midst.

As the body count rises, it’s up to John Marshall – an alcoholic policeman struggling with anger management issues – and his oddball team to find the culprit and kill (ahem) bring them to justice.

A quirky comedy-horror from the director of Thunder Road.

All tickets £4 (+£1 admin fee for non-members).

Please note Late Night Fridays have no ads or trailers and will start promptly at 10pm.

The CBeebies Panto returns to cinemas for another Christmassy adventure, this time with Robin Hood at the helm!

The CBeebies Panto returns to cinemas for another Christmassy adventure, this time with Robin Hood at the helm!

As always, the show will feature a host of CBeebies' most popular actors and presenters. Full of catchy songs, dancing, and pantomime fun, it promises to be the must-see Christmas event for preschoolers and their families.

When one of Santa's top elves gets led astray by an evil businessman, Mr. Claus must venture in to the modern world to save him, and Christmas itself! An uplifting piece of Christmas magic, restored in 4K.

In the 14th Century, a woodcutter named Claus (Huddleston) delivers hand carved toys to the children in his village.

When he gets caught in a blizzard, he discovers an enchanting kingdom of elves in the North Pole and together they work to bring toys to children all over the world.

Fast forward to the 20th Century and one of his top elves (Moore) has been manipulated by an exploitative businessman (Lithgow), so Santa Claus sets out to save him - and Christmas itself!

An uplifting piece of Christmas magic, restored in 4K.

Often overlooked in favour of 'It's a Wonderful Life', James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan star in this delightful festive comedy about a couple of ambitious sales staff who are unwittingly in an anonymous romantic relationship.

In the busy run-up to Christmas, a couple of ambitious sales staff are in competition with each other. But they’re also unwittingly in an anonymous romantic relationship, which until now has been conducted purely by letter.

This delightful festive comedy is often overlooked due to James Stewart’s popularity in It’s a Wonderful Life, but it's as funny, subtle and joyous as you'd expect from director Ernst Lubitsch.

★★★★★ – The Times. Set in a gorgeously photographed Technicolor England and a monochrome heaven, their World War II set drama took the imaginative daring of the Powell and Pressburger partnership to new heights.

"★★★★★ – the utterly unique, enduringly rich and strange romantic fantasia from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger" – Guardian

"★★★★★ – An enduring classic" – Total Film

★★★★★ – The Times

Set in a gorgeously photographed Technicolor England and a monochrome heaven, their World War II set drama took the imaginative daring of the Powell and Pressburger partnership to new heights.

David Niven plays a British airman who survives a plane crash and falls in love with an American radio operator (Kim Hunter), only to be summoned to the afterlife by a heavenly ‘Conductor’ (Marius Goring).

But is heaven just a hallucination brought on by brain injury?

Screening as part of the major BFI season marking the most extensive celebration of Powell and Pressburger's work even undertaken, bringing a rich catalogue of their visually stunning and often-controversial films back to the big screen.

Winner of the Jury Prize for Cinematography at Sundance 2023, Mami Wata infuses West African folklore with mesmerising monochrome visuals and crime thriller vibes.

"★★★★ – arresting, stripped-down Nigerian parable of water and power" – Guardian

"A work of art" – IndieWire

Winner of the Jury Prize for Cinematography at Sundance 2023, Mami Wata infuses West African folklore with mesmerising monochrome visuals and crime thriller vibes.

Set in the seaside village of Iyi, Mama Efe acts as an intermediary between the spirit of water goddess Mami Wata and the mortal world, however the death of a young boy casts doubt among the community.

Along with their neighbours, Mama Efe’s daughters begin to question the resistance to modernity in their village, but ultimately must come together to save their people and restore their faith.

We've teamed up with our friends Thistle & Rose for a special festive workshop where you’ll learn how to use seasonal foliage and natural materials to make your own original wreath to take home.

We've teamed up with our friends Thistle & Rose for a special Christmas wreath-making workshop for adults. Learn how to use seasonal foliage and natural materials to make your own stunning wreath to take home.

The session lasts two hours and your ticket includes all materials and tuition, plus festive drinks and nibbles served on arrival. Ages 16+.

Wreath-making workshops are extremely popular these days and are an ideal festive get together, so why not come along and get creative with your friends.

Starring Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel, France’s entry for the 2024 Oscars is a mouthwatering and sensual romance set almost exclusively in the kitchen of chateau in 1885.

France’s entry for the 2024 Oscars is a mouthwatering and sensual romance, set almost totally within the confines of a chateau’s kitchen in 1885.

Peerless cook Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) has worked for famous gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) for 20 years and, over time, mutual gastronomic admiration has blossomed into love.

Formerly real-life partners, Binoche and Magimel exude an effortless rapport.

French with English subtitles.

Screening as part of French Film Festival UK which celebrates the best of French language cinema.

Curmudgeonly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) has no time for the whimsy and sentimentality of Christmas. But Scrooge’s ways are forever changed when on Christmas Eve he is visited by three spirits - the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.

Bah! Humbug!

Curmudgeonly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) has no time for the whimsy and sentimentality of Christmas. But Scrooge’s ways are forever changed when on Christmas Eve he is visited by three spirits - the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.

Brian Desmond Hurst directs a formidable British cast in one of the best adaptations of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, including Alastair Sim (The Belles of St. Trinian’s), Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison and George Cole (Minder).

Journey back to 1946 with our annual screenings of Frank Capra's classic ode to family, community and the power of redemption.

It wouldn't be Christmas without this stalwart of the season on the silver screen!

Frank Capra's masterpiece tells the tale of George Bailey, a banker who contemplates suicide on Christmas Eve.

As the prayers of his friends and family reach heaven, an angel is assigned to save George in order to earn his wings - and as we all know - 'every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings'.

Widely regarded as the best Christmas film of all time, this joyful and life-affirming film is unmissable.

Please note: Our Thu 7 Dec, 11.30am screening is part of our Cinema Bambino programme. 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.

Based on the eponymous 2015 novel by Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen translates on to the big screen as a dark and stylish noir thriller.

"A superb the-less-you-know-the-better two-hander" – Flickering Myth

"classy, clever filmmaking, curiously exhilarating and addictive" – Variety

Based on the eponymous 2015 novel by Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen translates on to the big screen as a dark and stylish noir thriller.

Thomasin Mackenzie (Jojo Rabbit, Last Night in Soho) stars as the titular character, a 24 year old prison worker, outcast by her peers and immersed in a life wrought with sordid misery.

The prison employs a new psychologist, Rebecca (Anne Hathaway), whose glamour and charisma entices Eileen, and the feeling is returned.

A twisted and depraved tale unfolds, directed by William Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth) who balances rich visuals  with strong central performances from his talented cast.

Wim Wenders presents another spectacular documentary offering, this time delving into the world of German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer.

★★★★ – Guardian

Wim Wenders presents another spectacular documentary offering, this time delving into the world of German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer.

An exploration of the artist’s life through his work, focusing on the inspiration he finds in myth and the cyclical nature of human culture, truly immersing the audience into his work and joining the dots between the stages of Anselm’s life that contributed to his influential career.

Wenders uses his subject’s work to find a depth far beyond a traditional biographical doc, illuminating already impressive pieces of art and moulding them to the medium of film.

German with English subtitles.

Joanna Hogg’s (The Souvenir pt I & II) simultaneous musing on loss, regret, celebration and affection, cloaked in a haunting ghost story is filled with duality, both warm and emotional yet chillingly ethereal.

★★★★ – Guardian

Joanna Hogg’s (The Souvenir pt I & II) simultaneous musing on loss, regret, celebration and affection, cloaked in a haunting ghost story is filled with duality, both warm and emotional yet chillingly ethereal.

Tilda Swinton is captivating in her roles as both mother and daughter, her deft skill making it impossibly easy to believe you’re watching two artists at work.

A tribute to her own late Mother, Hogg’s close personal connection to The Eternal Daughter results in an enveloping film cradling you tight until the final gut punch.

This film features a 10-minute Q&A featuring Tilda Swinton and Joanna Hogg, recorded at BFI Southbank, London on Friday 10 November, Joanna and Tilda discuss with film journalist Francine Stock the making of the film, plus their inspirations.

Picking up weeks after the end of Chicken Run, Dawn of the Nugget sees Ginger and Rocky free from Mrs. Tweedy’s evil clutches and living on an island paradise with the rest of the flock. A warm, nostalgic film that’s a treat for all the family, here for a limited time only!

"5 stars! A brilliant sequel that draws on the British spy caper" – Telegraph

"Try stomaching your KFC after this one..." – Total Film

Picking up weeks after the end of Chicken Run, Dawn of the Nugget sees Ginger (Thandiwe Newton) and Rocky (Zachary Levi) free from Mrs. Tweedy’s evil clutches and living on an island paradise with the rest of the flock, awaiting the hatching of their chick, Molly (Bella Ramsey).

However, news reaches them that on the mainland chickens are facing a new threat in the shape of a hi-tech farm. Despite loving her new peaceful life, Ginger leads her team to break in and save chicken-kind!

A warm, nostalgic film that’s a treat for all the family, here for a limited time only!

Please note: Our Thu 14 Dec, 11.30am screening is part of our Cinema Bambino programme. 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.

"★★★★★ – a luminous masterpiece" – Empire. A young dancer is torn between the demands of love and art in Powell and Pressburger’s visually ravishing masterpiece, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s gruesome fairytale.

"★★★★★ – Profoundly serious, sublimely innocent, yet deeply and mysteriously erotic" – Guardian

"★★★★★ – This is arguably the best-loved dance film of all time" – Radio Times

"★★★★★ – It has a quicksilver grace and variation of mood unlike anything else you've seen" – Independent

"★★★★★ – a luminous masterpiece" – Empire

★★★★★ – Evening Standard

A young dancer is torn between the demands of love and art in Powell and Pressburger’s visually ravishing masterpiece, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s gruesome fairytale about a ballerina whose magic shoes compel her to dance continuously.

Victoria Page – played by real-life ballerina Moira Shearer – finds herself driven to breaking point by obsessive Russian impresario Lermontov (Anton Walbrook) when she’s cast in his ballet, The Red Shoes.

Screening as part of the major BFI season marking the most extensive celebration of Powell and Pressburger's work even undertaken, bringing a rich catalogue of their visually stunning and often-controversial films back to the big screen.

Narrated by the original band members, this new documentary delves deep into the band's psyche, featuring never-before-seen footage, dynamic animation sequences and jaw-dropping concert clips.

As The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and his school friends began captivating audiences with their confrontational performances, primal screams, outlaw gothic horror and anarchic lifestyle.

Narrated by the original band members, this new documentary delves deep into the band's psyche, featuring never-before-seen footage, dynamic animation sequences and jaw-dropping concert clips.

Destined to be a classic, this rich and riveting film provides a sweaty, electrifying front-row seat to one of the most legendary live acts of the post-punk era.

Escape the usual saccharine yuletide fare with this alternative Christmas classic from the ‘80s. Struggling inventor Randall Peltzer purchases a cute “mogwai” and gives it to his son Billy.

"★★★★ – It is a wacky, satirical spectacle of chaos" – Guardian

"★★★★ – Phoebe Cates's admirably straight-faced Christmas speech should be compulsory viewing during the festive season" – Radio Times

★★★★ – Telegraph

Escape the usual saccharine yuletide fare with this alternative Christmas classic from the ‘80s. Struggling inventor Randall Peltzer purchases a cute “mogwai” and gives it to his son Billy.

But when Billy accidentally breaks the specific instructions that came with the creature, a horde of vicious Gremlins are unleashed on his small town and it’s up to Billy and his girlfriend Kate (Cates) to stop them.

All tickets £4 (+£1 admin fee for non-members).

Please note Late Night Fridays have no ads or trailers and will start promptly at 10pm.

Whether you relate to the Grinch’s distaste for seasonal joy, or can’t wait to release your inner Who as December rolls around, How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a film well worth cancelling dinner with yourself for!

Jim Carrey stars as the grumpy-as-he-is-green Grinch, who resides in his towering rubbish dump above Whoville, with only his dog Max for company.

In the town below, the residents excitedly prepare for their annual Whobilation, where they will elect their Holiday Cheermeister.

Six year old Cindy-Lou Who, in the true spirit of the season, reaches out to the Grinch and sets her heart on reforming him.  

Whether you relate to the Grinch’s distaste for seasonal joy, or can’t wait to release your inner Who as December rolls around, How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a film well worth cancelling dinner with yourself for!

★★★★ – Guardian. Struggling to raise funds for a new cathedral, a troubled bishop prays for guidance and is swiftly presented with a charming man named Dudley, who professes to be an angel.

★★★★ – Guardian

Henry Brougham (Niven), a troubled bishop struggling to raise funds for a new cathedral, prays for guidance and is swiftly presented with a charming man named Dudley (Grant), professing to be an angel.

Henry is initially sceptical, but Dudley presses ahead, attending to Henry’s family and working his way into their good books.

Cary Grant is perfect as the debonair angel, who touches the lives of everyone in this oft-forgotten cosy Christmas classic.

Join us for this poetry games workshop inspired by our Virtual Textual exhibition, where you'll have the opportunity to use the brand new game-making engine Downpour.

Come along to this poetry workshop inspired by the nature-writing and exploratory themes of our Virtual Textual exhibition, which draws to a close this month.

First take a gentle guided meander through the Cultural Quarter to see the landscape in new ways and get inspiration for making poetry games back at Phoenix, where you’ll have the opportunity to use the brand new game-making engine Downpour by v Buckenham. A fun, quick and accessible way to make your own videogames.

The event will include a short walk (30 minutes max) so please bring clothing and footwear appropriate for walking and the weather.

SCHEDULE

13:30 - Workshop introduction

14:00 - Guided walk

14:30 - Videogame making

16:00 - End

Following the death of his wife, textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress by hand, just from the fibre of locally foraged stinging nettles. A modern-day fairytale and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft.

"This is an exquisite film. Extremely beautiful and helpful for anyone suffering loss or grief. An inspiration" – Sir Mark Rylance

Textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress by hand, just from the fibre of locally foraged stinging nettles.

This is ‘hedgerow couture’, the greenest of slow fashion, and also his medicine. It's how he survives the death of his wife and finds a beautiful way to honour her.

A modern-day fairytale and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft.

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.

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 in the glittering Kingdom of Sweets.

Peter Wright’s much-loved 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 dancing.

Showcasing the incredible talents of Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen, Michael Curtiz’s (Casablanca) 1954 musical is a genuine yuletide classic, featuring the timeless music of Irving Berlin.

After World War II, former soldiers and talented song-and-dance men Bob and Phil (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) become the hottest act in show business.

Pairing up on-stage and off with another double act, the beautiful Haynes sisters, the gang take up the challenge to save the failing Vermont Inn, as a favour to the inn's owner – Bob and Phil's former commanding officer, General Waverly.

Featuring such classic numbers as “The Best Things Happen When You’re Dancing”, “Count Your Blessings” and, of course, “White Christmas”, no festive holiday season is complete without this glorious musical from Hollywood's golden age.

Love coffee but wonder how to get the best from your beans at home? Come to our special MyPhoenix Coffee Clinic, where you can learn all about different brewing methods that will help you to make the best coffee at home.

Ever wondered whether you should really be keeping your coffee in the fridge? Are you confident you’ve got the right beans? Is an electric grinder better than a handheld grinder? Do you worry that your friends secretly moan about the coffee you make behind your back?

Fear not for help is at hand at our Coffee Clinic, where "Dr Andy" will answer all your questions and take you on an exploration of different brewing methods to ensure that you make the best coffee at home.

FREE for MyPhoenix Members and Friends

£5 for accompanying guests.

Who is Dr Andy?
Andy Hall is the founder of St Martin's Coffee Roasters, the first specialty coffee roasters to open in Leicester dedicated to sourcing coffees of the highest quality from producers globally. He is not a doctor, but he definitely knows his beans!

Loving Vincent directors DK & Hugh Welchman return with another feast for the eyes, this time adapting Władysław Reymont’s novel of the same name, which won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1924.

Loving Vincent directors DK & Hugh Welchman return with another feast for the eyes, this time adapting Władysław Reymont’s novel of the same name, which won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1924.

Filmed first in live action and then painstakingly recreated as around 40,000 oil paintings to create a rich and engaging visual treat, telling the story of four seasons in a rural Polish village and examining the interaction between humans and the natural world.

Polish and Latin with Engilsh subtitles.

★★★★ – Eye for Film. In preparation for her father’s surprise birthday party, seven year old Sol spends the day at her grandfather’s house, along with other family members busying themselves for a defiant celebration.

★★★★ – Eye for Film

In preparation for her father’s surprise birthday party, seven year old Sol spends the day at her grandfather’s house, along with other family members busying themselves for a defiant celebration.

This may well be his last birthday, as he has been diagnosed with cancer, and as the day goes on the weight of mortality begins to affect the rhythms and structure of the whole family.

Actor-turned-director Lila Avilés’ (The Chambermaid) sophomore feature is infused with tenderness, a personal and affecting prelude to grief.

Spanish with English subtitles.

The team behind Phoenix favourite Paddington returns with another spectacularly charming family film just in time for Christmas!

The team behind Phoenix favourite Paddington returns with another spectacularly charming family film just in time for Christmas!

Paul King directs an all-star cast in this peek behind the curtain of how madcap inventor, magician and chocolate maker Willy Wonka came to be. Starring Timothée Chalamet as the top-hatted confectioner, Hugh Grant as the Oompa-Loompas plus a host of national treasures plucked from King and writer Simon Farnaby’s fantastic back-catalogues, we can’t think of a better way to whet your appetite ahead of all those holiday treats!

Please note: Our Thu 21 Dec, 11.30am screening is part of our Cinema Bambino programme. 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.

Milady is the second part of director Martin Bourboulon’s epic re-telling of Alexandre Dumas’s famed novel. Following the events of The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan, D’Artagnan finds himself having to team up with the mysterious Milady to save his love Constance, who has been kidnapped.

Milady is the second part of director Martin Bourboulon’s epic re-telling of Alexandre Dumas’s famed novel.

Following the events of The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan, D’Artagnan finds himself having to team up with the mysterious Milady to save his love Constance, who has been kidnapped.

However, war has been declared and Athos, Porthos and Aramis - the three musketeers - have joined the action, leaving D’Artagnan to question his alliances after an old secret comes to light.

A rambunctious, swashbuckling adventure, with sword fights and stunts a-plenty.

French with English subtitles.

Debut filmmaker Savanah Leaf makes a powerful impact with her first feature, an expressive and nuanced portrait of single mother Gia (Tia Nomore), battling for custody of her two children in the foster care system, while pregnant with her third.

Debut filmmaker Savanah Leaf makes a powerful impact with her first feature, an expressive and nuanced portrait of single mother Gia (Tia Nomore), battling for custody of her two children in the foster care system, while pregnant with her third.

Earth Mama flows with a compelling, unforced empathy for Gia, whose imperfections and challenges place her in impossible situations, leaving her performing a continual balancing act to adhere to society’s image of a good daughter, mother and woman.

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.

A new festive horror is always worth celebrating, and this gleefully funny and violent film sees an American family move to a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway, but there's something lurking in the barn!

A new festive horror is always worth celebrating, and this gleefully funny and violent film is a real treat.

An American family fulfils their dream of moving back to their roots after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway.

But there's a surprise waiting for them… a bloodthirsty elf living in the barn who vows to get rid of the intruders at any cost!

Please note: Our Fri 15 Dec, 10pm is a Late Night Friday screening. This screening will have no ads or trailers and will start promptly at 10pm. Late Night Friday tickets £4 (+£1 admin fee for non-members). 

When Santa Claus makes the fatal error of delivering presents to every child but one on Christmas Eve, it’s up to his youngest - and clumsiest - son, Arthur to set things right as the clock is ticking to Christmas morning!

"★★★★ – A joyful, simple Christmas movie with a heartfelt message" – Guardian

"★★★★ – Even if you're a bit bah humbug, just delight in the supremely clever Aardman comedy" – Empire

★★★★ – The Times

★★★★ – Telegraph

When Santa Claus (Jim Broadbent) makes the fatal error of delivering presents to every child but one on Christmas Eve, it’s up to his youngest - and clumsiest - son, Arthur (James McAvoy) to set things right as the clock is ticking to Christmas morning.

With the help of Grandsanta (Bill Nighy), Arthur finds himself on an adventure around the world, all in the name of the spirit of Christmas.

A delightful animated slice of joy that will warm your heart no matter how cold it is outside!

Based on Dickens' own performance adaptation, Simon Callow's heart-warming and deeply moving one-man extravaganza of festive story-telling is returning to cinemas!

Based on Dickens' own performance adaptation, Simon Callow's heart-warming and deeply moving one-man extravaganza of festive story-telling is returning to cinemas!

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is one of the most beloved books in the English language.  It has become a classic Christmas tale for generations of grown-ups and children alike. This treasured story offers a celebration of goodness, a plea for justice and the promise of redemption.

Fifty-something east-Londoner Sue is once again trying to navigate the dating scene. At her brother’s wake, she meets Ron, a member of his old motorbike club and there’s a spark so she hops on the back of his bike and goes off into the sunset… almost.

Fifty-something east-Londoner Sue is once again trying to navigate the dating scene. At her brother’s wake, she meets Ron, a member of his old motorbike club and there’s a spark so she hops on the back of his bike and goes off into the sunset… almost.

Months later, Sue ends up butting heads with Ron’s wannabe-influencer son, Anthony, when she makes clear her doubts that his dance troupe will make the big time.

Maggie O’Neill (Shameless) is impeccable as Sue, intensely relatable, sharp-tongued and exasperated in her bid to bring her unorthodox new family together.

A wonderful animated double bill for Christmas Eve, guaranteed to get anyone in a festive mood. Adapted from Raymond Briggs' beloved children's book, this film follows a young boy's magical overnight adventure.

"as mesmerising, as surprising and as enchanting as it was all those years ago" – HeyUGuys

Adapted from Raymond Briggs' beloved children's book about a young boy's magical overnight adventure, the original Oscar-nominated animation The Snowman with its iconic score was aired in 1982.

30 years after the original film, producer John Coates felt that the time was right to create a follow up and the charming The Snowman and The Snowdog was born.

Image: ©Snowdog Enterprises Ltd, 2021

©Snowman Enterprises Limited

“The Snowman” by Raymond Briggs is published by Puffin

www.thesnowman.com

Based on the much loved children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg, this gorgeously ethereal animation tells the story of a young boy’s Christmas Eve journey aboard the Polar Express, a magical train that’s bound for the North Pole.

"A trainful of sugar" – Guardian

"A runaway thrill" – Hollywood Reporter

Starring Tom Hanks– who voices seven different characters – Robert Zemeckis’ (Back to the Future) gorgeously ethereal animation tells the story of a young boy’s Christmas Eve journey aboard the Polar Express, a magical train that’s bound for the North Pole.

Blissful festive escapism, based on the much loved children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg, and a landmark in animation technology at the time of its release in 2003.

To celebrate the end of the year, chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, an acclaimed interpreter of Wagner, conducts the first act of Walküre at the Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert, broadcast live to cinemas.

Siegmund in Richard Wagner’s Walküre is a signature role for Jonas Kaufmann. The world-renowned tenor is passionate, radiant and combative in his portrayal of the tragic hero at the centre of a love triangle that confronts us with the emotional extremes of revenge, incest and lover’s bliss.

To celebrate the end of the year, chief conductor Kirill Petrenko, an acclaimed interpreter of Wagner, conducts the first act of the opera at the Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert, broadcast live to cinemas. The programme opens with excerpts from Tannhäuser that encapsulate the grandeur of Wagner’s great work.

Kirill Petrenko conductor

Vida Miknevičiūtė soprano

Jonas Kaufmann tenor

Georg Zeppenfeld bass

Programme:

Richard Wagner

Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg: Overture and Der Venusberg (Vienna version)

Richard Wagner

Die Walküre: Act 1

Share your love of film with this 10-week course of group discussions, led by tutor Alan Seaman. 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 Alan Seaman 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: Alan Seaman

Booking Information:

This 10-week course will run at Phoenix on Mondays, 10.30am – 12pm, from 15 Jan - 18 Mar 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

Alan Seaman is an experienced freelance film teacher who works for a wide variety of venues, particularly Phoenix, Derby’s Quad, and Broadway in Nottingham. His main areas of interest are British, Scandinavian and European cinema. Alan is also a stand-up comedian and comedy club compere, and is edging slowly and painfully towards completion of his first crime novel.

Share your love of film with this 10-week course of group discussions, led by tutor Alan Seaman. 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 Alan Seaman 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: Alan Seaman

Booking Information:

This 10-week course will run at Phoenix on Tuesdays, 10.30am – 12pm, from 16 Jan – 19 Mar 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

Alan Seaman is an experienced freelance film teacher who works for a wide variety of venues, particularly Phoenix, Derby’s Quad, and Broadway in Nottingham. His main areas of interest are British, Scandinavian and European cinema. Alan is also a stand-up comedian and comedy club compere, and is edging slowly and painfully towards completion of his first crime novel.

This poetic, contemporary new staging of Dvořák’s lyric fairy tale reveals our uneasy relationship with the natural world and humanity’s attempts to own and tame it.

Rusalka, a water spirit, lives with her family in the pure waters of the forest lake. When she falls in love with a Prince, she sacrifices her voice and leaves her home in the hope of finding true love in a new world – a world that does not love her back.

Natalie Abrahami and Ann Yee create a poetic, contemporary new staging of Dvořák’s lyric fairy tale, revealing our uneasy relationship with the natural world and humanity’s attempts to

own and tame it.

Semyon Bychkov conducts an all-star cast featuring Asmik Grigorian (Jenůfa) in the title role.

★★★★★ – Telegraph. Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s (Sherwood) gripping examination of nation and game.

"★★★★★ – The beautiful game in a beautiful play" – WhatsOnStage

"★★★★★ – Joseph Fiennes mesmerises as Gareth Southgate" – Telegraph

"★★★★ – A big-hearted, technically dazzling celebration of football" – Time Out

The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?

With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt, to take team and country back to the promised land.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Rupert Goold (Judy) directs this spectacular new play.

Torn between her desire of a life of splendour and riches and her devotion to her true love Des Grieux, the feckless and capricious Manon pays the ultimate price.

Torn between her desire of a life of splendour and riches and her devotion to her true love Des Grieux, the feckless and capricious Manon pays the ultimate price.

This adaptation of Abbé Prévost’s novel embodies Kenneth MacMillan at his best, his acute insight into human psychology and his mastery of narrative choreography finding full expression in the impassioned duets of the central couple, visceral and urgent in their desire.

The heroine’s struggle to escape poverty make Manon one of the most dramatic and devastating of ballets, emphasized by Nicholas Georgiadis’ evocative designs that reflect the juxtaposition between Manon’s impoverished origins and the lavish world she longs to inhabit.

The 2023/24 Season celebrates the centenary of Nicholas Georgiadis.

Bingo meets tech. Join IT consultants, Lloyd and Pete in their interactive show for introverts. This is a new bingo show: expect robots, comedy and chaos. Play along on your charged phone (but in a fun way).

Bingo meets tech. Join IT consultants, Lloyd and Pete in their interactive show for introverts. This is a new bingo show: expect robots, comedy and chaos. Play along on your charged phone (but in a fun way).

As seen on BBC Click, Channel 4 UK, featured in The Observer, WIRED Magazine UK and heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Listed in The Independent's Best of the Fringe 2018. Winners best show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2019, the Chortle Award for Innovation 2016 and two Malcolm Hardee Awards in 2016.

A special version of this unique comedy experience. It's still comedy, and it's still dark... a perfect family show for Half-Term giggles.

A special version of this unique comedy experience. It's still comedy, and it's still dark... a perfect family show for Half-Term giggles.

Visit Leicester Comedy Festival website for more details, with the full line-up to be announced soon.

Children must be accompanied by a paying adult. Recommended for 8-12 year olds.

This unique comedy experience returns to the Leicester Comedy Festival off the back of sell-outs at Edinburgh Fringe 2023.

This unique comedy experience returns to the Leicester Comedy Festival off the back of sell-outs at Edinburgh Fringe 2023.

At Comedy in the Dark, the audience's senses are heightened - things look and sound different. Previous guests have included Helen Bauer, Stuart Goldsmith, Tony Law, Dane Baptiste, Ahir Shah and Mrs Barbara Nice.

"Destined to become one of the most talked about shows" (Time Out).

The world’s first live comedy documentary. Saddle up for a rapid ride through a really real film that no-one seems to have heard of and join sketch comedian/ documentarian Will BF for a bucking bronco of sketches, songs, and even a video game, as you journey through the wild west.

"★★★★ – fast-paced, joyful, hilarious" – Chortle

★★★★ – Three Weeks

The world’s first live comedy documentary. Saddle up for a rapid ride through a really real film that no-one seems to have heard of and join sketch comedian/ documentarian Will BF for a bucking bronco of sketches, songs, and even a video game, as you journey through the wild west.

Musical Comedy Awards Finalist 2023 and Leicester Square Sketch Off Finalist 2022 & 2023.

After a sellout 5 star run of the Edinburgh Fringe with a pole dancing comedy show about dread, Siân Docksey presents a new show about: more dread. Also Vin Diesel, capitalism and unfriendly Belgian ballet dancers.

"★★★★★ – chaos that has the audience in stitches" – Voices Magazine

"★★★★ – brilliantly life-affirming" – The List

★★★★★ – The Wee Review

After a sellout 5 star run of the Edinburgh Fringe with a pole dancing comedy show about dread, Siân Docksey presents a new show about: more dread. Also Vin Diesel, capitalism and unfriendly Belgian ballet dancers.

Expect a gleefully absurd collision of stand-up and pole dancing, and any furniture in the way of the stand up and pole dancing.

A brand new work in progress show about refusing to take things seriously, like show titles and blurbs. Andy's good at stand up and has done lots of good things, so this show will be good as well. Just believe it.

A brand new work in progress show about refusing to take things seriously, like show titles and blurbs.

Andy's good at stand up and has done lots of good things, so this show will be good as well. Just believe it. Don't try and be discerning. The blurb says it'll be good so it will be. Why would this blurb lie to you? It wouldn't, that's why.

TV appearances include BBC Presents: Stand Up For Live Comedy (BBC 1 & BBC 3), As Yet Untitled (Dave), The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2).

Fresh from supporting Nigel Ng (Uncle Roger) on his sold-out mammoth world tour performing in venues such as The London Palladium and The Hammersmith Apollo, the heart-throb of low-energy comedy Danny Clives returns to the Leicester Comedy Festival with his new show about being alive, almost being dead and how he survived a car crash.

"Danny Clives turns life's struggles into brilliantly unstated observed gags" – Joe Lycett

Fresh from supporting Nigel Ng (Uncle Roger) on his sold-out mammoth world tour performing in venues such as The London Palladium and The Hammersmith Apollo, the heart-throb of low-energy comedy Danny Clives returns to the Leicester Comedy Festival with his new show about being alive, almost being dead and how he survived a car crash.

Stuart Laws ("A one-man episode of Arrested Development" –Fest) and Matt Sandstorm (unreviewed) are a new two-man comedy duo. They’re Doomsday preppers who are delighted to give the audience a chance to learn more about the dangers of the world and then sign up to their militia, with free access to a bunker when all goes Doomsday.

Stuart Laws ("A one-man episode of Arrested Development" – Fest) and Matt Sandstorm (unreviewed) are a new two-man comedy duo.

They’re Doomsday preppers who are delighted to give the audience a chance to learn more about the dangers of the world and then sign up to their militia, with free access to a bunker when all goes Doomsday.

It’s very stupid stuff, and sort of near the end of the world, so why not treat it like an immersive experience?

New jokes and some real big feelings from award-winning comedian Chris Cantrill. He’s working on a new show about long term friendships, the passage of time and moths. Come and see the show in its embryonic form where he’ll almost certainly slag someone off he shouldn’t.

New jokes and some real big feelings from award-winning comedian Chris Cantrill. He’s working on a new show about long term friendships, the passage of time and moths. Come and see the show in its embryonic form where he’ll almost certainly slag someone off he shouldn’t.

What?! He’s edgy! It’s your fault for putting him on speaker phone!

Half of cult double act The Delightful Sausage - twice nominated for ‘Best Show’ at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Award-winning comedian Chris Cantrill (The Delightful Sausage, Alma’s Not Normal) and director Sam O’Leary (Inside No. 9, Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared) host an evening of comedy short films, bizarro music videos and truly effed-up viral oddities.

Award-winning comedian Chris Cantrill (The Delightful Sausage, Alma’s Not Normal) and director Sam O’Leary (Inside No. 9, Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared) host an evening of comedy short films, bizarro music videos and truly effed-up viral oddities.

Making their highly anticipated Leicester debut after selling-out shows for the BBC in Newcastle, Cardiff and Manchester - Adult Film Club is an unforgettable event you won’t want to miss!

"Mind-expandingly unique and belly-achingly funny" (CreativeTourist.com)

*win two separate comedy competitions connected to the Leicester Square Theatre in London and then come to Leicester Comedy Festival to do a split hour. You know, The Double Leicester.

"A stylish, idiosyncratic stand-up with a vivid imagination" – Beyond the Joke on Sam

"Hopelessly, haplessly hilarious" – Beyond the Joke on Ellie

*win two separate comedy competitions connected to the Leicester Square Theatre in London and then come to Leicester Comedy Festival to do a split hour. You know, The Double Leicester.

They may not be from Leicester, but they sure are coming for it, with some leftfield stand-up from Sam (Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2021) and mucked-up character comedy from Ellie (Leicester Square Sketch Off! Winner 2023). Yeah, woohoo! Yummy!

Join Frankie Monroe owner and resident MC at The Moon Room Social Club (a working men's club in Rotherham that is also a portal to hell) for a night of laughs, tricks and mucky bitter.

"A mesmerising and unpredictable presence" – Chortle

"Shades of The League of Gentlemen and Reeves and Mortimer" – The Scotsman

Can Frankie Monroe save showbiz?

Join Frankie Monroe owner and resident MC at The Moon Room Social Club (a working men's club in Rotherham that is also a portal to hell) for a night of laughs, tricks and mucky bitter.

Frankie Monroe is the debut solo show from Chortle Student Comedy Award winner Joe Kent-Walters.

Bangtail is a one-woman clown adaptation of the classic spaghetti Western, exploring the modern man’s Wild West: the middle American office space.

Bangtail is a one-woman clown adaptation of the classic spaghetti Western, exploring the modern man’s Wild West: the middle American office space.

Expect riding, roping, and bureaucratic showdowns as our hero Alan straddles a desire to crunch the numbers on time, impress a local cowgirl, and unleash his inner Eastwood. Bangtail marks the first collaboration between Lil Wenker and Cecily Nash, creators of Ed Fringe hits Crap Ballet and Troll.

Praise for Crap Ballet: Brighton Award for Excellent Short List. Praise for Troll: Oslo Fringe Award for Best Comedy.

Relax and calm down. A brand-new wet and mild work-in-progress from alternative comedian and clown Mikey Bligh-Smith. No thrills. No spills. I promise this isn’t going to be stressful.

"Cracking physical comedy" – Chortle

"Tremendour knockabout chemistry" – The Scotsman

Relax and calm down. A brand-new wet and mild work-in-progress from alternative comedian and clown Mikey Bligh-Smith.

No thrills. No spills. I promise this isn’t going to be stressful.

As a lapsed Catholic obsessed with the Middle Ages, Caitriona Dowden spends a lot of time thinking about saints. In fact, she is pretty sure that she has what it takes to become one, and has decided that the best way to make that happen is through the medium of a standup comedy show.

"Unique and imaginative" – Chortle

As a lapsed Catholic obsessed with the Middle Ages, Caitriona Dowden spends a lot of time thinking about saints.

In fact, she is pretty sure that she has what it takes to become one, and has decided that the best way to make that happen is through the medium of a standup comedy show.

She invites you to join her cult in her first solo hour, complete with graphs, religious guilt, and floating nuns.

Chortle Student Comedian Winner 2022.

What is anything, I do not know!? The basically-award-winning* "real WTF comic?" (Chortle), brings a love letter of his past present & future. Expect Chess, Poems, Bags & Big Ideas.

"Hints of Simon Munnery... something very special" – Beyond the Joke

★★★★ – The List

What is anything, I do not know!? The basically-award-winning* "real WTF comic?" (Chortle), brings a love letter of his past present & future. Expect Chess, Poems, Bags & Big Ideas.

Some of it is brilliant some of it could be catastrophic (but such is life) & thou should take a look.

It’ll be like if Kazimir Malevich & James Joyce &/or Samuel Beckett did something... I reckon.

★★★★★ – Evening Standard. Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

"★★★★★ – An acting masterclass" – Evening Standard

"★★★★★ – Andrew Scott’s one-man Chekhov is the performance of the year" – iNews

★★★★★ – WhatsOnStage

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.

Filmed live during its sold-out run in London’s West End, Vanya will be playing exclusively in cinemas in 2024.

Comedian, author, and journalist Marc Burrows returns from the culture wars to ask 'who am I?' and 'why is everything like this?' An hour of nerdy jokes about sex, music, identity and modern life being rubbish.

★★★★★ – Starburst

★★★★★ – ThreeWeeks

★★★★ – Scots Gay Arts

Comedian, author, and journalist (New Statesman, Radio Times, Big Issue, Independent) Marc Burrows returns from the culture wars to ask 'who am I?' and 'why is everything like this?' An hour of nerdy jokes about sex, music, identity and modern life being rubbish.

A very 2024 stand-up show about finding your way through all of... this.

Double act Shelf are often mistaken for teenage boys, but it's time to grow up and become teenage men. Anecdotes and songs about children's comedy, the Instagram algorithm, confronting your toxicity, and more.

"★★★★ – Easy to fall in love with" – The Scotsman

"★★★★ – Nuanced and fresh" – Guardian

Double act Shelf are often mistaken for teenage boys, but it's time to grow up and become teenage men.

Anecdotes and songs about children's comedy, the Instagram algorithm, confronting your toxicity, and more.

As seen on BBC3 and ITVX. Founders of the LOL Word.

Join Leicester Comedy Festival Best Appearance nominee Jamie D'Souza as he cooks up a hilarious new show! It's all about moving out of his family home. Expect lots of jokes about his landlord. (If my landlord is reading this, please ignore, and be kind with the deposit xo).

★★★★ – Entertainment Now

★★★★ – Broadway World

Join Leicester Comedy Festival Best Appearance nominee Jamie DSouza as he cooks up a hilarious new show!

It's all about moving out of his family home. Expect lots of jokes about his landlord. (If my landlord is reading this, please ignore, and be kind with the deposit xo).

As seen on Comedy Central, BBC3 and BBC Asian Network

Following on from his critically acclaimed 2023 fringe show, join Steve, star and creator of ITV2's Buffering, as he builds up his brand new show. This year he is talking about society's obsession with success and his own experience of achieving his dream of having a sitcom.

Following on from his critically acclaimed 2023 fringe show, join Steve, star and creator of ITV2's Buffering, as he builds up his brand new show.

This year he is talking about society's obsession with success and his own experience of achieving his dream of having a sitcom.

Including showbiz secrets and the time he went to a party with The Chasers. He's appeared on Stand Up Central (Comedy Central), Zoe Ball On Sunday (ITV), Love Island: Aftersun (ITV2) and hosted BBC Radio 4's Economics With Subtitles

For millennia, men have written about sex and their work has been called Great Literature. But when women do it they are accused of only writing about what they know. All The Men Are Going To Hate Me is about one woman’s attempt to write The Great (Female) Novel of the 21st Century.

For millennia, men have written about sex and their work has been called Great Literature. But when women do it they are accused of only writing about what they know.

All The Men Are Going To Hate Me is about one woman’s attempt to write The Great (Female) Novel of the 21st Century.

Part stand-up, part erotic poetry, part interpretive dance, this show is a riotous critique of the canon and women’s place in it.

With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more. You will be taken back to the late '90s where Lou grew into her role as a very naughty school girl (not in a sexy way), no teacher was safe from her gob (again not in a sexy way).

"Lou Taylor is a funny b*tch. She is your best mate whilst also being your inner monologue" – SELF ESTEEM

With a mixture of stand-up & video, comedian Lou Taylor discusses her life, relationship, childhood, and much more.

You will be taken back to the late '90s where Lou grew into her role as a very naughty school girl (not in a sexy way), no teacher was safe from her gob (again not in a sexy way).

Since 2016, award-winning Improbotics has brought robots to stages worldwide! In this science comedy show, human actors perform with artificial intelligence. Improvisers are controlled by AI chatbots: the result is unpredictable human-machine hilarity.

★★★★★ – TheatreAndTonic

"★★★★ – groundbreaking" – FringeReview.co.uk

Since 2016, award-winning Improbotics has brought robots to stages worldwide! In this science comedy show, human actors perform with artificial intelligence.

Improvisers are controlled by AI chatbots: the result is unpredictable human-machine hilarity.

Followed by audience Q&A.

At some point during a Bollywood film a beautiful woman will perform an elaborate musical number about how hot she is then disappear. This woman is completely irrelevant to the plot, but who cares? She’s the best part of the film. She’s the Item Girl.

At some point during a Bollywood film a beautiful woman will perform an elaborate musical number about how hot she is then disappear. This woman is completely irrelevant to the plot, but who cares? She’s the best part of the film. She’s the Item Girl.

Milton Keynes based Item Girl Pravanya Pillay will be bringing that energy to her work in progress comedy show about what it takes to feel as confident as an Item Girl looks.

Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee 2023.

A new work in progress show from Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Paddy Young. As seen on Channel 4, ITV2, Sky and Stewart Lee’s recommendation list

"One of the most exciting new comics I've seen for a long time" – Joe Lycett

A new work in progress show from Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Paddy Young.

As seen on Channel 4, ITV2, Sky and Stewart Lee’s recommendation list.

A play about ordering a curry from award winning idiot ensemble. Written by Adam Larter.

A play about ordering a curry from award winning idiot ensemble. Written by Adam Larter.

Nominated for Best Show at LCF 2022 & 2021.

Katie Norris (Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, BBC New Comedy Award Semi-Finalist 2023) is coming to Leicester with her hotly anticipated debut hour.

"★★★★★ – flamboyantly silly" – Guardian

"★★★★ – it calls to mind Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabaf, there can be no bigger compliment" – Telegraph (as Norris & Parker)

"Her comic timing is an exquisite as her voice" – Chortle

Katie Norris (Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, BBC New Comedy Award Semi-Finalist 2023) is coming to Leicester with her hotly anticipated debut hour.

WiFi Wars returns with the live comedy game show where you all play along! Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes!

"Not to be missed" – Guardian

WiFi Wars returns with the live comedy game show where you all play along! Log in with your smartphone or tablet and compete in a range of games, puzzles and quizzes to win the show, and prizes!

Hosted by comedian Steve McNeil (team captain on UK TV's hit comedy/gaming show "Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit") and aided by Guinness World-Record-Breaking tech whizz, the award-winning Rob Sedgebeer!

An hour of new material from comedian Dee Allum. Dee was a finalist in the 2022 BBC New Comedy Award competition, and started her comedy career performing sketches with the Cambridge Footlights.

An hour of new material from comedian Dee Allum.

Dee was a finalist in the 2022 BBC New Comedy Award competition, and started her comedy career performing sketches with the Cambridge Footlights.

In the last two years Dee has been nominated for Best Newcomer at the Chortle Awards, placed as runner up in the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year award 2021, won the 2Northdown New Act Competition 2021.

Jonny Pelham (As seen on Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled) is coming back to Leicester with a brand-new show. He's writing this blurb in September, and currently has only one new joke, and it's about a microwave, will he have more jokes in February?

Jonny Pelham (As seen on Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled) is coming back to Leicester with a brand-new show.

He's writing this blurb in September, and currently has only one new joke, and it's about a microwave, will he have more jokes in February?

Will this show be a disaster? Or will it be the best thing he has ever done? Let's find out together!

Witty and inventive, with a sharp eye for satire and poetic lyrics to match, Isobel Rogers unmasks our shadier selves as we all navigate, or fail to navigate, relationships and our own lives in an increasingly jittery and superficial world, whilst keeping it all warm-hearted and wryly hilarious.

Witty and inventive, with a sharp eye for satire and poetic lyrics to match, Isobel Rogers unmasks our shadier selves as we all navigate, or fail to navigate, relationships and our own lives in an increasingly jittery and superficial world, whilst keeping it all warm-hearted and wryly hilarious.

A debut work-in-progress of standup, characters and sketches about cultural confusion and finding the funny in gibberish. From award-nominated comedian and actor Derek Mitchell (Ted Lasso), whose characters and sketches have amassed tens of millions of views on Instagram and TikTok.

"A delight to watch" – The Arts Desk

"Hugely entertaining... out-and-out hilarious" – The Stage

A debut work-in-progress of standup, characters and sketches about cultural confusion and finding the funny in gibberish.

From award-nominated comedian and actor Derek Mitchell (Ted Lasso), whose characters and sketches as @letsdoubledutch have amassed hundreds of thousands of followers and tens of millions of views on Instagram and TikTok.

Derek was a 2023 Leicester Square Sketch Off Finalist and is one half of sketch duo Horseplay.

Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer.

When the young geisha, Cio-Cio-San, marries American Naval Officer Pinkerton, she believes she is entering a real, binding marriage for life.

Forsaking her religion and community, she learns all too late that for Pinkerton, their marriage is merely an illusion – with tragic consequences.

With a score that includes Butterfly’s aria, 'Un bel dì, vedremo' (‘One fine day’) and the Humming Chorus, Giacomo Puccini’s opera is entrancing and ultimately heart-breaking.

Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s exquisite production takes inspiration from 19th-century European images of Japan.

Asmik Grigorian performs the role of Cio-Cio-San, with Kevin John Edusei conducting.

The Royal Ballet celebrates the breadth of Principal Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s one-act ballets.

The Royal Ballet celebrates the breadth of Principal Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s one-act ballets.

Danses Concertantes, commissioned by Ninette de Valois in 1955, was MacMillan’s first major work. An early sign of the incredible artistic output that would follow, the work’s critical success spurred MacMillan to abandon performing in favour of choreography.

It is followed by Different Drummer, MacMillan’s complex and haunting balletic interpretation of Woyzeck, Georg Büchner's play about a soldier’s descent into madness.

The mixed programme concludes with Requiem, his 1976 work for Stuttgart Ballet, created in memory of its late artistic director, MacMillan’s friend and former Royal Ballet dancer and choreographer John Cranko.

Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness returns to the Royal Opera House stage.

Out hunting, Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans. One among them transforms into the beautiful human Odette and he is immediately enamoured. But Odette is bound by a spell which keeps her captive as a swan during the day. Can Siegfried free her?

Tchaikovsky’s sensational score combines with the evocative imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane to heighten the dramatic pathos of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov’s quintessential ballet classic.

Swan Lake remains to this day one of the best-loved works in the classical ballet canon.

Aigul Akmetshina performs the title role in Damiano Michieletto's sizzling new production of Bizet’s ever-popular opera.

Damiano Michieletto's sizzling new production evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet's score, which features Carmen’s sultry Habanera and the rousing Toreador song.

Antonello Manacorda conducts an exciting international cast, with Aigul Akhmetshina performing the title role.

Shakespeare’s profound story of love and loss, artfully adapted into a contemporary three-act narrative ballet by Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon, celebrates its tenth anniversary.

King Leontes of Sicilia is crippled with an all-consuming jealousy when his friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia, stays with him and his wife Hermione.

What follows is a tale where a marriage is destroyed, a child is abandoned and all hope is seemingly lost for two lovers.

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, The Winter's Tale is an award-winning modern ballet classic, packed with emotional turmoil heightened by Joby Talbot’s compelling score and Bob Crowley’s atmospheric designs.

The iconic songs of Sting. The electrifying choreography of Kate Prince. This is a tale of hope.

The peaceful village of Bebko is alive with joyous celebrations. Suddenly, under attack, everything changes forever. Three siblings, Leto, Mati and Tana, must embark on perilous journeys in order to survive.

Message In A Bottle is a spectacular new dance-theatre show from five-time Olivier Award nominee, Kate Prince, inspired by and set to the iconic hits of 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist Sting, including Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, Walking On The Moon and more.

With a mix of exhilarating dance styles, high-energy footwork and breath-taking athleticism, Message In A Bottle tells a unifying and uplifting story of humanity and hope.

Message In A Bottle is the latest masterpiece from the ground-breaking creator behind West End hits Some Like it Hip Hop, Into the Hoods, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (choreography) and SYLVIA (Old Vic), and features the astonishing talents of dance storytelling powerhouse, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company.

Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar's spectacular staging of Giordano's epic historical drama, conducted by long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano.

At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andréa Chenier delivers an impassioned denunciation of Louis XVI. Five years later, the Revolution has given way to the Terror, transforming the power balance between Chénier, his beloved Maddalena, and Gérard, the man who could destroy him...

Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar’s spectacular staging, under the baton of long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano – who conducts Giordano’s epic historical drama of

revolution and forbidden love in his last production as Music Director of The Royal Opera.