A working class family man, Christopher Robin is under pressure from work to cancel his family plans, until his old friend Winnie the Pooh comes to his rescue. When his boss calls an emergency meeting, Christopher Robin’s (Ewan McGregor) is put under pressure to cancel his family holiday with his wife, Evelyn (Hayley Atwell), and their young daughter. His boss gives him some harsh words when he tells him “I thought you’d do anything for this company.” Christopher must decide whether to abandon his holiday plans and risk disappointing his family, or let down his boss by skipping the…
Former Jehovah’s Witness Daniel Kokotajlo announces himself as one of Britain’s brightest new filmmaking talents with his unique, moving and insightful debut, Apostasy. As devout Jehovah's Witnesses, sisters Alex and Luisa and their mother, Ivanna, are united in The Truth. Alex looks up to her confident older sister, while striving to follow in Ivanna's footsteps as a ‘Good Witness'. But when Luisa falls pregnant by her college boyfriend it causes a painful rift in the family as Ivanna and Alex are told by the Elders of the Church that unless they can persuade Luisa to return to the fold…
A rare opportunity to see Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work – opera from the age of Hitchcock, with an atmospheric score and tense, psychological twists. Abandoned by her lover Anatol, Vanessa retreats from the world, waiting and hoping with only her mother and her niece Erika for company. But when, 20 years later, Anatol’s handsome young son arrives unexpectedly, he shatters the calm of this shuttered household of women. Past and present love collides, and the aftershocks threaten to destroy them all. An operatic thriller from the age of Hitchcock, Samuel Barber’s Pulitzer Prize-winning first opera boasts one of…
A woman sets out to reclaim her life in this stirring, emotionally rich look at what it means to start over. Tara (Gemma Arterton), a housewife in suburban London, is living a life that is no longer hers: it belongs to her overworked, self-absorbed husband (Dominic Cooper); her young son and daughter; and the numbing routine of housework and childcare. In desperate need of a change, Tara one day makes a bold decision. Armed with a one-way ticket to Paris, she leaves everything behind to rediscover herself in a new city—but walking out on your life isn’t so simple……
Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off in this multi award-winning West End smash hit comedy. The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong… does! As the accident prone thesps battle on against all the odds to reach their final curtain call, hilarious results ensue! Hailed "a gut-busting hit" by the New York Times, this sell-out West End comedy has won a host of celebrity endorsements from the likes of Joanna Lumley "We laughed until the tears ran down our faces, it has to be seen" to Ant & Dec "The funniest show…
The Ocean’s franchise is back, with a brand-new heist and an all-female A-list cast. Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) Danny’s estranged sister is out of jail and already plotting a major heist. The location? The New York Met Gala, fashion’s most celebrated event. The target? Daphne Kluger, and her $150,000,000 necklace. Debbie can’t pull it off alone. She’ll need to bring together a team of criminal masterminds to have a chance of pulling off the heist of the century, with the world’s eyes watching the event as it unfolds. Ocean’s 8 is the latest in the much loved franchise, which includes Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen, with…
A woman sets out to reclaim her life in this stirring, emotionally rich look at what it means to start over. Tara (Gemma Arterton), a housewife in suburban London, is living a life that is no longer hers: it belongs to her overworked, self-absorbed husband (Dominic Cooper); her young son and daughter; and the numbing routine of housework and childcare. In desperate need of a change, Tara one day makes a bold decision. Armed with a one-way ticket to Paris, she leaves everything behind to rediscover herself in a new city—but walking out on your life isn’t so simple……
In an attempt to win back his wife and turn his life around, Eric (Rob Brydon) does what any guy would do – join an all-male synchronised swim team. What follows is a hilarious tale of speedos, spinning circles, and sub-surface soul searching, in this one-of-a-kind British comedy. Eric’s life has taken a bit of a dive. An accountant who is less than thrilled with life in general, his jaded attitude has begun to take a toll on those around him. Especially his wife, Heather, who decides she can’t take it anymore and decides she’s leaving. Desperate to turn…
Malvern Theatres Young Company presents by kind permission of The Estate of Don Taylor Antigone by Sophocles Translated by Don Taylor Directed by Nic Lloyd Behold the clash and interweaving of human passions and failings in this, the story of one sister’s loyalty to her two brothers. Antigone is amongst the most celebrated plays ever written and, using Don Taylor’s translation originally commissioned by the BBC, Malvern Theatres Young Company offer a production which promises to present its heroine as cultural archetype. Antigone herself has become a symbol of personal integrity and an icon of political freedom, whilst her co-protagonist Creon can…
In the summer of 1993, following the death of her parents, six year old Frida (Laia Artigas) is forced from Barcelona to the catalan provinces to live with her aunt (Bruna Cusi) and uncle (David Verdaguer) her new legal guardians. Country life is a challenge: aside from the emotional upheaval, the nature that surrounds her is mysterious, if not dangerous. The couple’s own daughter Anna (Paula Robles), even younger than Frida, welcomes her new sister with open arms and without a flicker of jealousy but Frida has a hard time coping with her emotions. Even as the new family…