Welcome to our Winter 2025 season


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The Peasants (Chlopi)
Thursday 9th January - 7:30pm  |  Cert 15
John Clare Theatre
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Driving Mum
Thursday 16th January - 7:30pm  |  Cert 12
John Clare Theatre
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Hamlet
Thursday 23rd January - 7:30pm  |  Cert TBC
John Clare Theatre
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The Outrun
Thursday 30th January - 7:30pm  |  Cert 15
John Clare Theatre
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Radical
Thursday 6th February - 7:30pm  |  Cert 12
John Clare Theatre
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My Favourite Cake
Thursday 13th February - 7:30pm  |  Cert 12
John Clare Theatre
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Badlands
Thursday 20th February - 7:30pm  |  Cert 15
John Clare Theatre
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The Origin Of Evil
Thursday 27th February - 7:30pm  |  Cert 15
John Clare Theatre
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Rosalie
Thursday 6th March - 7:30pm  |  Cert 15
John Clare Theatre
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Io Capitano
Thursday 13th March - 7:30pm  |  Cert 15
John Clare Theatre

Full programme details:


  The Peasants (Chlopi)   

Showing:  Thursday 9th January - 7:30pm    Venue: John Clare Theatre

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Directors: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman   

Stars: Kamila Urzędowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Mirosław Baka, Sonia Mietielica

Certificate: 15   Duration: 115mins    Country: Poland   Year: 2023

A late 19th-century Polish village is a hotbed of gossip and ongoing feuds, held together by pride, tradition, and a deep-rooted patriarchy. Jagna finds herself caught between the conflicting desires of the village's richest farmer, his eldest son, and other leading men of the community.

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  Driving Mum   

Showing:  Thursday 16th January - 7:30pm    Venue: John Clare Theatre

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Director: Hilmar Oddsson   

Stars: Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hera Hilmar

Certificate: 12   Duration: 113mins    Country: Iceland   Year: 2022

Hilmar Oddsson’s darkly comedic road movie is a bewitching 1980-set odyssey of self-discovery and acceptance across the beautifully photographed landscapes of Iceland. A man tries to honour his mother's dying wish to be buried in her home, a remote Icelandic village, by propping her up in the back seat of his car and driving her there.

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  Hamlet   

Showing:  Thursday 23rd January - 7:30pm    Venue: John Clare Theatre

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Director: Sean Mathias   

Stars: Ian McKellen, Jonathan Hyde, Francesca Annis

Certificate: 12   Duration: 118mins    Country: UK   Year: 2023

A uniquely modern take, the film utilises nearly every room of the Theatre Royal Windsor to transform it into the immortal Elsinore Castle, from basement dungeon to roof-top battlement. Ian McKellen - reprising his lead role as Hamlet, a man who descends into madness as he seeks vengeance against his uncle for the apparent murder of his father - leads a stellar cast including stage and screen legend, Steven Berkoff, and stars of the critically acclaimed, recent stage cast of ‘Hamlet’: Frances Barber, Jonathan Hyde, Jenny Seagrove and BAFTA-winner Francesca Annis, bringing their iconic roles to life in this compelling new film adaptation.

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  The Outrun   

Showing:  Thursday 30th January - 7:30pm    Venue: John Clare Theatre

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Director: Nora Fingscheidt   

Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Saskia Reeves, Stephen Dillane

Certificate: 15   Duration: 118mins    Country: UK   Year: 2023

After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland's Orkney Islands where she grew up, hoping to heal.

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  Radical   

Showing:  Thursday 6th February - 7:30pm    Venue: John Clare Theatre

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Director: Christopher Zalla   

Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Daniel Haddad, Jennifer Trejo

Certificate: 12   Duration: 126mins    Country: Mexico   Year: 2023

Based on a true story, a teacher arrives in a Mexican school located in a border town full of neglect, corruption and violence. He tries a "radical" new method of unlocking his students' interest, potential and, maybe, even their genius.

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  My Favourite Cake   

Showing:  Thursday 13th February - 7:30pm    Venue: John Clare Theatre

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Directors: Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha   

Stars: Lili Farhadpour, Esmaeel Mehrabi, Mohammad Heidari

Certificate: 12   Duration: 97mins    Country: Iran   Year: 2024

A 70-year-old widow in Tehran shakes up her predictable existence when she pursues a relationship with a lonely taxi driver in Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha‘s defiant late-in-life romance.

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  Badlands   

Showing:  Thursday 20th February - 7:30pm    Venue: John Clare Theatre

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Director: Terrence Malick   

Stars: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates

Certificate: 15   Duration: 94mins    Country: US   Year: 1973

Inspired by real-life killers Charles Starkweather and Caril-Ann Fugate, this tale of crime and love begins in a dead-end town. Teenage girl Holly (Sissy Spacek) angers her father (Warren Oates) when she begins dating an older and rebellious boy (Martin Sheen). After a conflict between Holly and her father erupts in murder, the young lovers are forced to flee. In the ensuing crime spree, they journey through the Midwest to the Badlands of Montana, eluding authorities along the way.

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  The Origin Of Evil   

Showing:  Thursday 27th February - 7:30pm    Venue: John Clare Theatre

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Director: Sébastien Marnier   

Stars: Laure Calamy, Doria Tillier, Dominique Blanc

Certificate: 15    Duration: 123mins     Country: France    Year: 2022

A woman on the verge of financial collapse attempts to impersonate her imprisoned lover and con her wealthy, estranged father and his new family, the battle over her father's massive estate reveals he is more than a genial patriarch.

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  Rosalie   

Showing:  Thursday 6th March - 7:30pm    Venue: John Clare Theatre

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Director: Stéphanie Di Giusto   

Stars: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Benoît Magimel, Benjamin Biolay

Certificate: 15    Duration: 115mins     Country: France/Belgium    Year: 2023

France 1870. Young Rosalie lives with a big secret, she was born with a beard and hair all over her body. Every day she shaves so as not to attract attention. Her greatest desire is to be seen as who she is without having to hide.

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  Io Capitano   

Showing:  Thursday 13th March - 7:30pm    Venue: John Clare Theatre

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Director: Matteo Garrone   

Stars: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawadogo

Certificate: 15    Duration: 121mins     Country: Italy    Year: 2023

Seydou, a teenage boy who, together with his cousin Moussa, decides to leave Dakar in Senegal and make his way to Europe. A contemporary Odyssey through the dangers of the desert, the horrors of the detention centers in Libya and the perils of the sea.

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