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20,000 Species of Bees

Wednesday 29 November 2023

10:30 am

20,000 Species of Bees is a tender, heartfelt drama about an eight-year-old’s indelible summer holiday of self-discovery.

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Essex Girls

Wednesday 29 November 2023

1:30 pm

Flipping the “Essex Girl” trope, this coming-of-age film explores Black British girlhood and magical female friendships in 2009 Essex.

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The Great Escaper

Wednesday 29 November 2023

2:30 pm

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The Great Escaper celebrates enduring love but always with an eye to the lessons we might learn from the Greatest Generation.

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Typist Artist Pirate King (Parent & Baby)

Thursday 30 November 2023

Monica Dolan shines as artist Audrey Amis in Carol Morely’s entertaining road movie Typist Artist Pirate King.

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The Miracle Club

Thursday 30 November 2023

1:30 pm

Maggie Smith turns in a miraculous performance in this heart warming feature The Miracle Club of three generations of women travel to Lourdes.

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Exhibition on Screen: Klimt and the Kiss

Thursday 30 November 2023

7:30 pm

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The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is one of the most recognised and reproduced paintings in the world. It is perhaps the most popular poster on student dorm walls.

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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

Friday 01 December 2023

Meet the Mighty Pups in the action-packed, new breed hero film PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie at Firstsite Cinema!

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On The Adamant

Friday 01 December 2023

1:15 pm

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From renowned documentary filmmaker, Nicholas Philibert, On The Adamant is a film about a unique day-care centre.

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Dream Scenario

Friday 01 December 2023

4:00 pm

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Dream Scenario is a satirical swipe at celebrity and groupthink from writer-director  Kristoffer Borgli and co-producer Ari Aster.

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Seaside Special

Friday 01 December 2023

7:00 pm

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Seaside Special follows the town of Cromer on the north Norfolk coast as it prepares for its annual end of pier variety show.

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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Relaxed)

Saturday 02 December 2023

Meet the Mighty Pups in the action-packed, new breed hero film PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie at Firstsite Cinema!

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Driving Madeleine

Saturday 02 December 2023

1:00 pm

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Driving Madeleine is a heart-warming French drama that journeys across beautiful Paris.

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André Rieu’s White Christmas

Saturday 02 December 2023

6:45 pm

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For many, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. This year it will come early with André Rieu’s White Christmas cinema special.

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Dream Scenario (Captioned)

Tuesday 05 December 2023

Dream Scenario is a satirical swipe at celebrity and groupthink from writer-director  Kristoffer Borgli and co-producer Ari Aster.

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The Eternal Daughter (Parent & Baby)

Wednesday 06 December 2023

The Eternal Daughter is a brilliant and captivating exploration of parental relationships and the things we leave behind.

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The Nightmare Before Christmas (30th Anniversary)

Thursday 07 December 2023

Join us for a special 30th-anniversary screening of Tim Burton’s holiday classic The Nightmare Before Christmas!

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Love Actually (20th Anniversary)

Friday 08 December 2023

11:00 am

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Written and directed by Richard Curtis and initially released in 2003, Love Actually follows different yet interweaving stories of love around the festive period.

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The Eternal Daughter

Friday 08 December 2023

An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past. 

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Friday 08 December 2023

Experience the story of The Hunger Games — 64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute, and decades before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem.

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Saltburn

Friday 08 December 2023

8:15 pm

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Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.

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Trolls Band Together (Relaxed)

Saturday 09 December 2023

11:00 am

Trolls Band Together comes back for its third instalment and promises an emotional and hilarious musical adventure for the whole family.

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MET Opera Live: Daniel Catan’s Florencia en el Amazonas

Saturday 09 December 2023

Experience Daniel Catán’s enchanting Florencia en el Amazonas, starring soprano Ailyn Pérez as the opera diva in search of her lost lover, who has vanished in the Amazon.

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Saltburn (Captioned)

Sunday 10 December 2023

Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.

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National Theatre Live: Skylight

Sunday 10 December 2023

2:00 pm

Returning to the big screen after nearly ten years, Bill Nighy (Living) and Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) feature in the critically acclaimed revival of David Hare’s play Skylight, directed by Stephen Daldry (The Audience).

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The Eternal Daughter (Captioned)

Tuesday 12 December 2023

An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past. 

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Parent & Baby)

Wednesday 13 December 2023

Experience the story of The Hunger Games — 64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute, and decades before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem.

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Trolls Band Together

Wednesday 13 December 2023

Trolls Band Together comes back for its third instalment and promises an emotional and hilarious musical adventure for the whole family.

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It’s A Wonderful Life (Captioned)

Friday 15 December 2023

Frank Capra’s festive favourite It’s A Wonderful Life starring James Stewart as a desperate man offered salvation by his guardian angel.

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Is There Anybody Out There?

Friday 15 December 2023

Award-winning documentary, Is There Anybody Out There? follows filmmaker Ella Glendining’s global search for someone with a body that looks like hers, and explores what it takes to love yourself fiercely as a disabled person in an ableist world.

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May December

Friday 15 December 2023

4:30 pm

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May December follows married couple Gracie and Joe Atherton-Yoo (Julianne Moore and Charles Melton) whose 23-year age gap sparked a notorious tabloid romance that gripped the nation two decades ago.

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Maestro

Friday 15 December 2023

7:30 pm

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Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Relaxed)

Saturday 16 December 2023

Experience the story of The Hunger Games — 64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute, and decades before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem.

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Elf (20th Anniversary)

Saturday 16 December 2023

2:15 pm

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One Christmas Eve a long time ago, a baby crawled into Santa’s bag of toys… Raised as an elf, Buddy grows into an adult three times larger than the biggest elf.

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May December (Captioned)

Sunday 17 December 2023

May December follows married couple Gracie and Joe Atherton-Yoo (Julianne Moore and Charles Melton) whose 23-year age gap sparked a notorious tabloid romance that gripped the nation two decades ago.

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The Royal Opera House: The Nutcracker

Sunday 17 December 2023

1:45 pm

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

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Maestro (Captioned)

Tuesday 19 December 2023

Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.

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Maestro (Parent & Baby)

Wednesday 20 December 2023

Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.

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The Nightmare Before Christmas (30th Anniversary) (Relaxed)

Thursday 21 December 2023

Join us for a special 30th-anniversary screening of Tim Burton’s holiday classic The Nightmare Before Christmas!

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A Christmas Carol

Thursday 21 December 2023

1:15 pm

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Based on Dickens’ own performance adaptation, Simon Callow and director-designer Tom Cairns have created a one-man theatrical extravaganza of festive story-telling.

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CBeebies Panto 2023: Robin Hood

Friday 22 December 2023

11:00 am

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CBeebies Panto is coming back in cinemas for yet another Christmassy adventure, this time with Robin Hood at the helm!

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Wonka

Friday 22 December 2023

1:15 pm

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The Story will focus on a young Willy Wonka and his adventures prior to opening the world’s most famous chocolate factory.

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Napoleon

Friday 22 December 2023

2:00 pm

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Napoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Oscar®-winner Joaquin Phoenix.

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CBeebies Panto 2023: Robin Hood (Relaxed)

Saturday 23 December 2023

CBeebies Panto 2023 is coming back in cinemas for yet another Christmassy adventure, this time with Robin Hood at the helm!

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It’s A Wonderful Life

Sunday 24 December 2023

Frank Capra’s festive favourite It’s A Wonderful Life starring James Stewart as a desperate man offered salvation by his guardian angel.

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Wonka (Captioned)

Wednesday 27 December 2023

The Story will focus on a young Willy Wonka and his adventures prior to opening the world’s most famous chocolate factory.

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Wonka (Parent & Baby)

Thursday 28 December 2023

The Story will focus on a young Willy Wonka and his adventures prior to opening the world’s most famous chocolate factory.

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The Red Shoes (Re-release)

Thursday 28 December 2023

The Red Shoes focuses on a young ballet dancer who is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.

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Wonka (Relaxed)

Friday 29 December 2023

The Story will focus on a young Willy Wonka and his adventures prior to opening the world’s most famous chocolate factory.

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Wish

Friday 29 December 2023

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wish is an all-new musical-comedy welcoming audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish

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Wish (Relaxed)

Saturday 30 December 2023

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wish is an all-new musical-comedy welcoming audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish

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National Theatre Live: Romeo & Juliette

Saturday 30 December 2023

Romeo & Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, they chase a future of joy and passion as violence erupts around them.

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Napoleon (Captioned)

Sunday 31 December 2023

Napoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Berliner Philharmoniker Live: New Year’s Eve Concert 2023

Sunday 31 December 2023

Join the Berliner Philharmoniker, one of the world’s most acclaimed classical music orchestras to present an unmissable LIVE broadcast this New Year’s Eve with star tenor Jonas Kaufmann.

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MET Opera Live: Verdi’s Nabucco

Saturday 06 January 2024

Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze makes his Met role debut as the imperious king Nabucco.

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The Royal Opera House: Rusalka

Wednesday 24 January 2024

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.

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National Theatre Live: Dear England

Thursday 25 January 2024

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

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MET Opera Live: Bizet’s Carmen

Saturday 27 January 2024

Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to the present.

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The Royal Opera House: Manon

Sunday 11 February 2024

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.

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National Theatre Live: Vanya

Thursday 22 February 2024

Andrew Scott brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

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MET Opera Live: Verdi’s La Forza del Destino

Saturday 09 March 2024

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen, following a string of recent Met triumphs, in her role debut.

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MET Opera Live: Romeo et Juliette

Saturday 23 March 2024

Two singers at the height of their powers—soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s Shakespeare adaptation.

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The Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly

Sunday 31 March 2024

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

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The Royal Opera House: MacMillan Celebrated – Danses Concertantes/ Different Drummer/ Requiem

Sunday 14 April 2024

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

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MET Opera Live: La Rondine

Saturday 20 April 2024

Puccini’s bittersweet love story makes a rare Met appearance, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the sophisticated French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelm.

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The Royal Opera House: Swan Lake

Sunday 28 April 2024

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

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The Royal Opera House: Carmen

Sunday 05 May 2024

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

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MET Opera Live: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly

Saturday 11 May 2024

In her Met debut, Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the trusting geisha at the heart of Puccini’s tragedy.

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The Royal Opera House: The Winter’s Tale

Sunday 26 May 2024

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

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The Royal Opera House: Message in a Bottle

Sunday 02 June 2024

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

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The Royal Opera House: Andrea Chenier

Sunday 16 June 2024

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

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