Spring Season 2019

Friday 3rd May - Saturday 29th June

Join us for our Spring Season of inspiring films, both old and new. BOOKING BY PHONE FROM 2PM ON TUESDAY 30TH APRIL

MARY POPPINS RETURNS

Friday, 3 May, 2019

Cor Blimey – she’s back! Unexpectedly worthy sequel to the 1964 film with Emily Blunt, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Dick Van Dyke and much of the same magic.

Running Time:
130 minutes
Year of Release:
2018
Rated:
PG

Season Complete

THE SEAGULL

Saturday, 4 May, 2019

Compelling drama with comedy and romance set on a country estate in the 1900s. The Chekhov story with Annette Bening, Elisabeth Moss and Saoirse Ronan.

Running Time:
98 minutes
Year of Release:
2018
Rated:
12A

Season Complete

FREE SOLO

Friday, 10 May, 2019

Alex Honnold attempts to become the first to free solo climb El Capitan. Free solo means being alone with no ropes, no equipment, no nothing. Totally fascinating documentary which includes his interesting take on risk assessment and the relationship with his girlfriend.

Running Time:
100 minutes
Year of Release:
2018
Rated:
12A

Season Complete

THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN

Saturday, 11 May, 2019

Robert Redford as Forrest Tucker in a true story of a 70 year old who escapes from prison and undertakes a series of heists that confounds the police but delights the public.

Running Time:
93 minutes
Year of Release:
2018
Rated:
12A

Season Complete

NT LIVE - ALL MY SONS

Tuesday, 14 May, 2019

Live from the Old Vic, Sally Field and Bill Pullman in the Arthur Miller play. 6.45pm for 7pm. All tickets £10

Running Time:
TBC minutes
Year of Release:
2019
Rated:
TBC

Season Complete

TOM & VIV

Friday, 17 May, 2019

Willem Dafoe and Miranda Richardson in the true life story of the elopement of struggling poet T.S.Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood in 1915.

Running Time:
115 minutes
Year of Release:
1994
Rated:
15

Season Complete

EVIE

Saturday, 18 May, 2019

An 83 year old woman decides to pursue the adventure she never had during her married life by climbing a mountain in Scotland. A poignant drama with excellent performances by Sheila Hancock and Kevin Guthrie.

Running Time:
102 minutes
Year of Release:
2017
Rated:
12A

Season Complete

TULIP FEVER

Friday, 24 May, 2019

A Chaucerian tale beautifully set in 17th Century Amsterdam. With Alicia Vikander, Judi Dench and Tom Hollander. Part filmed in Norwich and Norwich Cathedral.

Running Time:
105 minutes
Year of Release:
2017
Rated:
15

Season Complete

THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT

Saturday, 25 May, 2019

As part of the Steamworks Gala Weekend, the classic comedy featuring a village saving its branch line. With Stanley Holloway & John Gregson.

Running Time:
84 minutes
Year of Release:
1953
Rated:
U

Season Complete

THE BROMLEY BOYS

Friday, 31 May, 2019

Funny low budget British comedy based on the true story of the non-league football enthusiasms of Dave Roberts and his friends. With Alan Davies, Martine McCutcheon and Brennock O’Connor.

Running Time:
106 minutes
Year of Release:
2018
Rated:
PG

Season Complete

FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY

Saturday, 1 June, 2019

Written and directed by Stephen Merchant, a funny and true story of a girl from a wrestling family in Norwich competing to become part of World Wrestling Entertainment in the US. With Florence Pugh and Nick Frost.

Running Time:
108 minutes
Year of Release:
2019
Rated:
12A

Season Complete

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

Friday, 7 June, 2019

Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie and Simon Russell Beale in atmospheric 16th Century historical drama.

Running Time:
124 minutes
Year of Release:
2018
Rated:
15

Season Complete

THE FAVOURITE

Saturday, 8 June, 2019

Oscar-winning Olivia Colman plus Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone in an 18th Century power struggle involving Queen Anne, her friend Lady Sarah and a maid called Abigail. A rabbit ia also involved in this comedy/drama./biography.

Running Time:
119 minutes
Year of Release:
2018
Rated:
15

Season Complete

AT ETERNITY'S GATE

Friday, 14 June, 2019

A kaleidoscopic look at the life of Vincent Van Gogh during the final period of his life when he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise consolidating his technique and sparring with Paul Gauguin. With Willem Dafoe, Mads Mikkelsen and Oscar Isaac.

Running Time:
111 minutes
Year of Release:
2018
Rated:
12A

Season Complete

STAN AND OLLIE

Saturday, 15 June, 2019

Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly authentically replicating the comic duo in a moving story set during their gruelling swansong theatre tour of UK theatres in 1953.

Running Time:
98 minutes
Year of Release:
2018
Rated:
PG

Season Complete

GREEN BOOK

Friday, 21 June, 2019

Much lauded film featuring a white ex-bouncer hired to drive a black concert pianist around the Deep South in the 1960s. With Viggo Mortensen & Mahershala Ali.

Running Time:
130 minutes
Year of Release:
2018
Rated:
12A

Season Complete

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

Saturday, 22 June, 2019

The true story of the biographer Lee Israel who wrote, in the 70s and 80s, of stars like Katharine Hepburn, but who turned to deception, aided by her friend Jack, when she could no longer get published. With Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant.

Running Time:
106 minutes
Year of Release:
2018
Rated:
15

Season Complete

THE BOOKSHOP

Friday, 28 June, 2019

For the Two Rivers Book Festival. Based on Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel about a fictionalized Southwold bookshop in 1959. With Bill Nighy and Emily Mortimer.

Running Time:
113 minutes
Year of Release:
2017
Rated:
PG

Season Complete

ALL IS TRUE

Saturday, 29 June, 2019

Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen in a story of Shakespeare’s final days. A beautifully paced drama written by Ben Elton.

Running Time:
112 minutes
Year of Release:
2018
Rated:
12A

Season Complete

2024 Season Dates

WINTER

3rd February - 16th March

SPRING

13th April - 15th June

SUMMER

TBC

AUTUMN

TBC

Seasons

The Society runs three ten week seasons a year, Autumn, Winter and Spring, with films on Friday and Saturday nights. Also a five week summer season showing films on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Friday and Saturdays. There is a break of about three weeks between seasons with entertaining tours of the building being organised during those periods. Occasionally we have a one day Film Festival, recent examples being “Ealing”, “Hitchcock”, and “Westfest”. In the summer we usually have a silent film accompanied by Tom Horton at the organ.

Ticket Prices

Stalls - Front Row = £6.00

Stalls - B-H = £7.00

Circle = £8.00

Royal Box = £15.00

Membership is required to book tickets.

Become a member

We run as a club, but there is no waiting list and anyone over 16 can join. Under 16s can attend as guests. The annual subscription is £10 but you can join for a season for £3.

Take the tour

Entertaining tours of the building are organised in our out of season periods . Click here to find out when the next one is.