Onwards And Sideways

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Onwards And Sideways

Tuesday 15 December 2026 - Wednesday 16 December 2026

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Tony Evans is deputy head of a primary school. Emma Kent is a musician and composer, and single mother of two daughters. Neither knows the other. Until a startling encounter changes the course of their lives.

On the same morning, these two are simultaneously confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. This film is the story of Tony and Emma – a friendship which unfolds unexpectedly.

A story of humour and emotion, of challenge and bravado, of music and dance – transcending the assumptions of a little understood condition, and triumphing over the odds to find joy, release and love.

A powerful, life-affirming British drama from Academy Award-nominated Director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Onwards and Sideways stars BAFTA Award-winner Rhys Ifans (Inheritance, House of the Dragon), Academy Award-nominee Laura Linney (Ozark, Love Actually), Monica Dolan (Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Sherwood), and Rory Kinnear (The Diplomat, The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power). 

 

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Certificate: 15

Length: 125 minutes

Director: John Madden

Cast: Rhys Ifans, Laura Linney, Leah Byrne, Rory Kinnear, Monica Dolan

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Tuesday 15 December 2026 | 11:00 am

Wednesday 16 December 2026 | 2:00 pm

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