We start our Double Bill in Mumbai. Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), an 18-year-old orphan from the slums, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s […]
After a particularly harsh winter in rural Wales, lonely inventor Brian goes into a deep depression. Completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation. He builds a robot. Comedy drama. Doors open 20 minutes before the performance […]
Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene… Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The […]
On 30th April 1994, seven minutes of television changed the face of Irish dancing forever. Having originated as an interval performance during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, Riverdance has gone on to become a worldwide phenomenon. You can watch that original performance here. This 25th Anniversary production is a powerful and stirring reinvention of […]
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighbourhood. José is an ambitious drug dealer who uses Rocket and his photos to increase his fame as a turf war erupts. This gritty […]
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin. Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, […]
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin. Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, […]
Written by Alan Bennett with Stephen Beresford and directed by Nicholas Hytner, this historical drama follows a choral society in Ramsden, Yorkshire. The male choir members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with […]
Based on Henri “Papillon” Charrière’s international best-selling autobiographical books Papillon and Banco. Papillon (Charlie Hunnam) is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek), who in exchange for protection, agrees to […]