Les Misérables: The Staged Concert Live! – 40th Anniversary (12A)

Seen by over 120 million people worldwide, LES MISÉRABLES is undisputedly one of the world’s most popular musicals. In 2019, Cameron Mackintosh produced a spectacular sell-out staged concert version at the Gielgud Theatre featuring an all-star cast including Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Matt Lucas and John Owen Jones. Now cinema audiences can experience a unique encore of this incredible show to celebrate Les Misérables 40th Anniversary. Featuring a cast and orchestra of over 65 and including the songs I Dreamed A Dream, Bring Him Home, One Day More and On My Own this sensational staged concert is not to be missed.

3hrs including an interval

*Extra screening added – Monday 3 February at 1.30pm

Girl From The North Country (15)

Written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson and featuring Tony Award-winning orchestrations by Simon Hale, Girl From The North Country reimagines 20 legendary songs of Bob Dylan as they’ve never been heard before, including “Forever Young,” “All Along The Watchtower,” “Hurricane,” and “Like A Rolling Stone.”

It’s 1934 in Duluth, Minnesota. We meet a group of wayward travellers whose lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life and hope. Experience this “profoundly beautiful” Broadway production (The New York Times) brought to vivid life by an extraordinary company of actors and musicians.

2hrs 21 mins including an interval

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (PG)

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera is a worldwide entertainment phenomenon. It has been staged in 145 cities across 27 countries and its box office sales eclipse Avatar, Titanic and Star Wars. To celebrate its 25th Anniversary year, Cameron Mackintosh presented The Phantom Of The Opera in a fully-staged, lavish production set in the sumptuous Victorian splendour of the Royal Albert Hall. Phantom Of The Opera At The Albert Hall stars Ramin Karimloo as ‘The Phantom’ and Sierra Boggess as ‘Christine’. They are joined by a supporting cast and orchestra of over 200, plus some very special guest appearances.

2hrs 37 mins including an interval

Miss Saigon – 25th Anniversary Show (15)

This spectacular, sell-out 25th Anniversary Gala Performance of the global stage sensation also features appearances by the original cast including Jonathan Pryce and Lea Salonga. This acclaimed production was described as “the most thrilling, soaring and emotionally stirring musical with magnificent performances” by the Daily Telegraph and “the greatest musical of all time” by the Daily Mail. The epic love story tells the tragic tale of young bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with American GI Chris – but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon.

3hrs 7 mins including 1 interval

National Theatre Live: Present Laughter (PG) – Extra Screenings

The multi award-winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy featuring Andew Scott (Vanya, Fleabag) returns to the big screen.

As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.

Filmed live from The Old Vic in London during a sold out run in 2019, Matthew Warchus (Matilda The Musical) directs this giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness.

Eddie Cochran 65th Anniversary Show

The Gold Star Band brings you a show full of wall to wall songs from Eddie Cochran, from his early days ‘Tired & Sleepy’ to the final tour in England were he would of played all his hits from….. ‘Cmon Everybody’ & Summertime Blues’, introduction from Adrian McKenna, AV to compliment the songs lots of songs for anyone who loves Rock n Roll, full of nostalgia, an evening to celebrate the man himself Eddie Cochran.

Also, one or two songs from Eddies Friends, Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, Gene Vincent. A celebration of Rock n Roll at it’s best!

All performed from cast members from shows in:- A.M. Productions (We Three Kings/ Winter Dance Party etc.).

Thelma (12A)

A feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson sets out on a treacherous quest across Los Angeles, accompanied by an aging friend and his motorized scooter, to reclaim what was taken from her.

“The film is buoyed by a consistently funny script, real pathos and stellar comic performances” Empire ★★★★

Directed by Josh Margolin
With June Squibb
1hrs 38 mins | US 2024

The Commandant’s Shadow (12A)

Two lives. Two stories. One wall that divided them. Witness the historic moment over 70 years after the Holocaust when the son of the Commandant of Auschwitz meets an incredible survivor.

“The son and grandson of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss appear in Daniela Volker’s engrossing documentary” Guardian ★★★★★

Directed by Daniela Völker
1hrs 43 mins | UK/US 2024

MANNdatory Viewing: Miami Vice (15)

Michael Mann’s Miami Vice didn’t quite receive the reception it deserved on release. A reasonable box office return but middling reviews ensured that the film disappeared almost as quickly as it had arrived, with Mann seemingly unable to capitalise on the success of the TV show he had produced in the late 1980s.

Yet if any film from the mid 2000s were ripe for reappraisal then Miami Vice fits the bill. When popular Twitter user Brandon Streussnig jokingly tweeted last month that he would be showing his girlfriend his favourite film in what could be a ‘make-or-break’ move, the joke managed to cause a wild discourse that saw Michael Mann fans rushing to defend him and screenings popping up all over the US.

So in what may (or may not) become a season, we’ve decided to revisit the films of Michael Mann. Starting with 2006’s Miami Vice!

“A bold, powerful and irresistibly thrilling movie” Guardian ★★★★

Tuesday 27 August- Includes introduction from Left Lion Screen Editor Autumn Parker + a Free Mojito cocktail for the first 30 to book!

Directed by Michael Mann
With Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li
2hrs 7 mins | US 2006

 

Kensuke’s Kingdom (PG)

Based on the much-loved, best-selling children’s novel by Michael Morpurgo and adapted for screen by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Kensuke’s Kingdom tells of the epic adventure of Michael, a young boy, shipwrecked on a remote island, who must adapt to life alone.

Over time, he feels another presence, learning that this world is home to both unimaginable danger and beauty, in this gripping animated adaptation of a beloved novel.

“With Cillian Murphy among its starry voice cast, this adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s children’s novel is thoughtful, tender and beguiling” Telegraph ★★★★

Directed by Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry
1hr 24 mins | UK/LUX/FRA 2024