The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Presented as part of the Brentwood Art Trail 2025 and will include an introduction to the film by a local artist.

The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch), whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public’s perception of cats forever. Moving from the late 1800s through to the 1930s, we follow the incredible adventures of this inspiring, unsung hero, as he seeks to unlock the “electrical” mysteries of the world and, in so doing, to better understand his own life and the profound love he shared with his wife Emily Richardson (Claire Foy).

Rating: 12 (infrequent strong language)

Running time: 111m

Each ticket includes a free tea or americano coffee at the Theatre Café Bar (upgrade to a cappuccino/latte/hot chocolate etc. for just £1.50 more on the day)

Girl With A Pearl Earring (Monday Matinee Movie in partnership with Brentwood Art Trail 2023)

Girl With A Pearl Earring (12)

Screened in partnership with Brentwood Art Trail 2023 and there will be a short talk from a local artist Lucia Hardy before the film starts.

When her father goes blind, Griet (Scarlett Johansson) must go to work as a maid for painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth). While cleaning the house, Griet strikes up an unlikely friendship with Vermeer, which both agree to keep secret for fear of provoking the painter’s jealous wife, Catharina (Essie Davis). When wealthy patron Van Ruijven (Tom Wilkinson) begins to lust after Griet, and commissions a painting of her, Vermeer and Griet are obliged to spend long hours alone together.

Rating: 12 (contains moderate sex references and mild violence)

Running time: 96m

Each ticket includes a free tea or americano coffee at the Theatre Café Bar

Lucia Hardy is a local artist from Harold Wood, Essex, painting expressive and dynamic birds, wildlife and wild British landscapes. Inspired by nature’s strength and resilience, her paintings in acrylic and mixed media are deeply colourful, textural and full of life, symbolism and connection. A wildcard heat winner in this year’s Sky Landscape Artist of the Year TV Programme at the Royal Ascot picnic area, the artist has works with several galleries, exhibited at the Oxo Tower and Truman Brewery with Roy’s Art Fair and is a member of the Colchester Art Society. www.luciahardy.co.uk