Special Events

EXHIBITION On Screen

Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers

Thursday, December 5   1pm

Not Rated

90 mins

Documentary

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery is hosting the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood. This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist…MORE INFO

Thu, Dec 5

1:00

London Theatre Live

Kiss Me Kate

Sunday, November 17   1pm
Wednesday, November 20   7pm

Not Rated

160 mins

Theater, Musical

Kiss Me, Kate makes its long awaited return to the London stage this summer for a strictly limited 15-week season at the Barbican Theatre, starring the multi-award-winning Adrian Dunbar and Broadway musical superstar and Tony Award winner Stephanie J. Block…MORE INFO

Sun, Nov 17
Wed, Nov 20

1:00
7:00

Met Opera Live in HD 24-25 Season

PUCCINI

Tosca

Saturday, November 23   10am
Wednesday, December 4   1 & 6:30pm

Not Rated

208 mins

Opera

Extraordinary Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the passionate title diva in David McVicar’s thrilling production, transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas onNovember 23. British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso makes his eagerly anticipated company debut as Tosca’s revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi, and powerhouse American baritone Quinn Kelsey is the sadistic chief of police Scarpia… MORE INFO

Sat, Nov 23
Wed, Dec 4

10:00
1:00, 6:30

National Theatre Live

PRIMA FACIE

Thursday, January 9 7pm

Not Rated

120 mins

Theater, Drama

Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas. Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge…MORE INFO

Thu, Jan 9

7:00

National Theatre Live

FLEABAG

Thursday, January 23 7pm

Not Rated

120 mins

Theater, Drama

Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Following a box-office record-breaking run in cinemas in 2019, the one-woman show returns to cinemas to the big screen this winter…MORE INFO

Thu, Jan 23

7:00

Met Opera Live in HD 24-25 Season

VERDI

aIDA

Saturday, January 25   9:30am
Wednesday, January 29   1 & 6:30pm

Not Rated

218 mins

Opera

American soprano Angel Blue headlines as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country in a new production of Verdi’s Aida by Michael Mayer that brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Romanian-Hungarian mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi also stars as Aida’s rival, Amneris, alongside Polish tenor Piotr Beczała as the soldier Radamès—completing opera’s greatest love triangle… MORE INFO

Sat, Jan 25
Wed, Jan 29

9:30
1:00, 6:30

Great Art On Screen

Perugino: Eternal Renaissance

Tuesday, February 11  1 & 7pm

Not Rated

80 mins

Documentary

Journey through Italy to discover Perugino’s great masterpieces, from the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel to the two rooms entirely dedicated to him in the National Gallery of Umbria. Spectators will be led on a guided discovery of the artist’s harmonious work: a perfect balance between man and nature…MORE INFO

Tue, Feb 11

1:00, 7:00

National Theatre Live

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Thursday, February 20 1 & 7pm

Not Rated

180 mins

Theater, Comedy

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate…MORE INFO

Thu, Feb 20

1:00, 7:00

EXHIBITION On Screen

DAWN OF IMPRESSIONISM: PARIS 1874

Tuesday, March 25   1 & 7pm
Thursday, April 17   1pm

Not Rated

90 mins

Documentary

The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history – millions flock every year to marvel at their masterpieces. But, to begin with, they were scorned, penniless outsiders. 1874 was the year that changed everything; the first Impressionists, “hungry for independence”, broke the mold by holding their own exhibition outside official channels. Impressionism was born and the art world was changed forever…MORE INFO

Tue, Mar 11
Thu, Apr 17

1:00, 7:00
1:00

Met Opera Live in HD 24-25 Season

BEETHOVEN

FIDELIO

Saturday, March 15   10:00am
Wednesday, March 19   1 & 6:30pm

Not Rated

184 mins

Opera

Following a string of awe-inspiring Live in HD performances, Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Leonore, the faithful wife who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny in Beethoven’s Fidelio… MORE INFO

Sat, Mar 15
Wed, Mar 19

10:00
1:00, 6:30

Great Art On Screen

Florence and the Uffizi Gallery

Tuesday, April 8   1 & 7pm

Not Rated

91 mins

Documentary

Florence and the Uffizi Gallery is a journey into the Italian Renaissance through the most beautiful, representative works of art of the period. It is a totally immersive and unique experience and allows the audience to see, listen, feel and savor the most outstanding and celebrated breeding ground of creativity in the history of art…MORE INFO

Tue, Apr 8

1:00, 7:00

Met Opera Live in HD 24-25 Season

MOZART

Le Nozze Di Figaro

Saturday, April 26   10:00am
Wednesday, April 30   1 & 6:30pm

Not Rated

235 mins

Opera

Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to cinemas worldwide with a live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera. Conductor Joana Mallwitz, in her Met debut, takes the podium to conduct a stellar ensemble cast including American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever valet Figaro… MORE INFO

Sat, Apr 26
Wed, Apr 30

10:00
1:00, 6:30

Met Opera Live in HD 24-25 Season

STRAUSS

SALOME

Saturday, May 17   10:00am
Wednesday, May 21   1 & 6:30pm

Not Rated

135 mins

Opera

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct Strauss’s one-act tragedy, which will be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas worldwide. Leading the company’s first new production of the work in 20 years, Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story a psychologically perceptive Victorian-era setting. South African soprano Elza van den Heever leads a celebrated cast as the abused and unhinged antiheroine… MORE INFO

Sat, May 17
Wed, May 21

10:00
1:00, 6:30

EXHIBITION On Screen

Michelangelo: Love and Death

Tuesday, May 20   1 & 7pm
Thursday, June 26   1pm

Not Rated

91 mins

Documentary

Spanning his 88 years, Michelangelo: Love and Death takes a cinematic journey through the print and drawing rooms of Europe through the great chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and the Vatican to seek out a deeper understanding of this legendary figure’s tempestuous life, his relationship with his contemporaries and his incredible legacy…MORE INFO

Tue, May 20
Thu, June 26

1:00, 7:00
1:00

Met Opera Live in HD 24-25 Season

ROSSINI

Il Barbiere Di Siviglia

Saturday, May 31   10:00am
Wednesday, June 4   1 & 6:30pm

Not Rated

213 mins

Opera

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of Rossini’s effervescent comedy. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast… MORE INFO

Sat, May 31
Wed, Jun 4

10:00
1:00, 6:30