Enjoy drinks, snacks and delicious meals in our cafés before or after your film.
Drinks and snacks can also be taken into your screening.
Based on an outrageous true story, California Schemin’ is a wild ride through ambition, identity, and the high-stakes world of musical make-believe.
In the early 2000’s, Dundee rappers Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd were talented, hungry, but dismissed for sounding “too Scottish” to make it in hip hop.
So they hatched an audacious plan: fake American identities, re-record their tracks with Californian accents, and hustle their way into the heart of the UK music industry as “Silibil N’ Brains” – childhood friends of D12 and stars-in-the-making.
To their shock, the plan works. Record deals, media buzz, and gigs with hip hop legends follow.
But as their deception deepens, the pressure mounts and cracks begin to show. How long can you live the dream when it’s built on a lie?
With bold humour, raw emotion, and a defiant spirit, California Schemin’ is a love letter to outsiders, underdogs, and the pursuit of fame – but asks, at what cost.
Accessibility information for your visit
Enjoy incredible cinema for less while helping us continue to bring the very best films to our whole community.
Group Save: Book 3 or more tickets to a Peak screening and get 10% off!
So bring you friends along – the more the merrier ! Don’t miss out on extra flexibility, great value for students and even more ways to save when you book together.
Standard £11.50 Concessions £10.50 Students & 15-17 yr olds £5.50
Become a Firstsite Mosaic Member and see all our standard films for free, all year and as often as you like. Join as a Member + Guest and bring along a friend for free too!
See a film once a month to make your money back and you get lots of extra savings and exclusive perks! And no ticket fees!
Certificate: 15
Length: 116 minutes
Director: James McAvoy
Cast: Séamus McLean Ross, Samuel Bottomley, Lucy Halliday, Rebekah Murrell
Friday 08 May 2026 | 5:30 pm
Enjoy drinks, snacks and delicious meals in our cafés before or after your film.
Drinks and snacks can also be taken into your screening.