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21 11, 2023

Wonka (Monday Matinee Film)

Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book and one of the best-selling children’s books of all time, “Wonka” tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.

Cast: Timothy Chalomet, Hugh Grant, Olivia Colman

Rating: PG

Running time: 112m

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)

21 11, 2023

Matilda The Musical Sing-A-Long (Film)

SING-A-LONG!!

Child and Family tickets available for this screening to sing your hearts out!

An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results. Starring Andrea Riseborough, Emma Thompson and Lashana Lynch, with songs and music by Tim Minchin.

“A frothy, whimsical delight that encompasses every expectation we were bound to have already placed on it. It’s intrinsically British enough that I half expect it to be soon absorbed into the Paddington cinematic universe.” – The Independent (4 Stars)

Rating: PG (mild threat, comic violence)

Running time: 117m

21 11, 2023

The Miracle Club (Monday Matinee Film)

Set in 1967, THE MIRACLE CLUB is a heartwarming film that follows the story of three generations of close friends, Lily (Maggie Smith), Eileen (Kathy Bates), and Dolly (Agnes O’Casey) of Ballygar, a hard-knocks community in Dublin, who have one tantalizing dream: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes, that place of miracles that draws millions of visitors each year. When the chance to win presents itself, the women seize it. However, just before their trip, their old friend Chrissie (Laura Linney) arrives in Ballygar for her mother’s funeral, dampening their good mood and well-laid plans. The women secure tickets and set out on the journey that they hope will change their lives, with Chrissie, a skeptical traveler, joining in place of her mother. The glamor and sophistication of Chrissie, who has just returned from a nearly 40-year exile in the United States, are not her only distancing traits: Old wounds are reopened along the way, forcing the women to confront their pasts even as they travel in search of a miracle. Their shared traumas can only be healed by the curative power of love and friendship.

Cast: Laura Linney, Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith

Rating: 12A (infrequent implied strong language, references to abortion and suicide)

Running time: 90m

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)

27 09, 2023

Our House – The Madness Musical

Billericay Operatic Society presents

Our House – The Madness Musical

A London Love Story

Revolving around the music of the legendary ska band, Madness, Our House is a very British musical.
Set in Camden Town, this hilarious and heart-warming musical tells the story of London lad Joe Casey, who, on the night of his sixteenth birthday, takes Sarah – the girl of his dreams – out on their first date. In an effort to impress her with his bravado, Joe breaks into a building site overlooking his home on Casey Street to show Sarah the view over north London. When the police arrive, Joes faces an agonising decision – run, or stay and face the consequences. Joe’s life splits in two and we witness the fortunes, and misfortunes of Good Joe and Bad Joe. Two parallel stories unfold and build towards an explosive climax.

Featuring all your favourite Madness hits including House of Fun, Baggy Trousers, Driving In My Car, It Must Be Love, Night Boat to Cairo and of course Our House, this toe-tapping show will have you dancing in the aisles and is a great show to share with friends.

Our House by Tim Firth has music and lyrics by Madness and was the winner of the 2003 Olivier award for Best New Musical and has since gone on to tour both nationally and internationally to great acclaim. Through the music of Madness, writer Tim Firth explores the themes of love, family values, growing up, responsibility and dealing with losing the people that shape us.

OUR HOUSE was first produced at the Cambridge Theatre, London on 28th October 2002. Producers were Tiger Aspect Productions, Rupert Lord, Andre Ptaszynski and Phil McIntyre in association with Madness. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International

Running time: 2.5 hours

Stroboscopic Lighting effects (flashing/pulsating lights) will be used during this event 

21 11, 2023

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Film)

Family Tickets available for this screening!

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers. Their new friend, April O’Neil, helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

Rating: PG (mild violence, language, threat, rude humour)

Running time: 99m

21 11, 2023

A Haunting In Venice (Monday Matinee Film)

“A Haunting in Venice” is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve and is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of the celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world’s most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.

Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Yeoh, Tina Fey

Rating: 12A (moderate threat, violence, suicide references)

Running time: 103m

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)

21 11, 2023

Oppenheimer (Monday Matinee Film)

A brilliant physicist takes on the task of designing the ultimate weapon in this brooding and political US biopic, but will the atom bomb ensure world peace or bring about the destruction of humankind?

Cast: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon

Rating: 15 (strong language, sex)

Running time: 180m

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)

10 08, 2023

White Christmas (Film)

Join us on Christmas Eve for this classic film musical with score by Irving Berlin is essential pre-christmas viewing with a stellar cast and classic songs including White Christmas, Sisters, Snow and Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the Army.

Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into Gen. Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys’ commander in World War II, who, they learn, is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing. So what’s the foursome to do but plan a yuletide miracle: a fun-filled musical extravaganza that’s sure to put Waverly and his business in the black!

Rated: U (infrequent scenes of very mild threat)

Running Time: 119 minutes

4 08, 2023

Let It Snow!

From the creative team behind the acclaimed The Night Before Christmas and The Twelve Days of Christmas comes a brand new musical adventure ​featuring two penguins, Jack Frost…and a Yeti!

Gwen is the finest of the North Pole’s Penguin Postal Officers, thank you very much. Hopper is the newest, he thinks…maybe? Together they are responsible for getting all the post to the right places at the right time, but when Jack Frost doesn’t get his post, Winter doesn’t arrive and without Winter, will there be Christmas? Can Gwen and Hopper get things back on track in time to save Winter?

Join our two penguin posties as they set out on a journey to discover the magic of the most festive season of all!

Suitable for all the family

For school or group bookings (15+ tickets) please enquire directly with the theatre box office.

4 08, 2023

Let It Snow!

From the creative team behind the acclaimed The Night Before Christmas and The Twelve Days of Christmas comes a brand new musical adventure ​featuring two penguins, Jack Frost…and a Yeti!

Gwen is the finest of the North Pole’s Penguin Postal Officers, thank you very much. Hopper is the newest, he thinks…maybe? Together they are responsible for getting all the post to the right places at the right time, but when Jack Frost doesn’t get his post, Winter doesn’t arrive and without Winter, will there be Christmas? Can Gwen and Hopper get things back on track in time to save Winter?

Join our two penguin posties as they set out on a journey to discover the magic of the most festive season of all!

Suitable for all the family

For school or group bookings (15+ tickets) please enquire directly with the theatre box office.