When the geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the hospital decides to fight back by galvanising the local community: they invite a news crew to film their preparations for a concert in honour of the hospital's most distinguished nurse. What could go wrong?

Allelujah celebrates the spirit of the elderly patients whilst paying tribute to the deep humanity of the medical staff battling with limited resources and ever-growing demand.

Kicking off phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought was possible. Jonathan Majors joins the adventure as the time-travelling supervillian, Kang.

After sweeping most of the major categories with 7 awards at this years Oscars, Everything Everywhere All at Once made history to become the most awarded film of all time and is returning to our screens one more time.

When an interdimensional rupture unravels reality, an unlikely hero (living legend, Michelle Yeoh) must channel her newfound powers to fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

An energetic genre mash up that's as hilarious as it is heart-warming. Don't miss your last chance to see the film the world just can't seem to stop watching on our big screen.

Hexham & District Photographic Society presents, From Dawn till Dusk and Beyond. 24 Hours on Photographic Safari with Trai Anfield.

Since 2012, former BBC presenter Trai Anfield has continued her reportage and storytelling from behind the camera and has become a renowned nature photographer, tutor, filmmaker, writer and safari leader. As a believer that ‘there is no such thing as bad light’. Trai uses her technical skills and artistry to help her safari guests create stunning images, whatever the time of day or night.

Trai takes us on a photographic journey around the world, from dawn in Monument Valley to dusk in the Maasai Mara and into the darkness of the African night, experiencing a full 24 hours on photographic safari and glimpsing behind the scenes of some of her iconic images.

Doors to this event open at 19:00 with a start time of 19:30.

'Must I remember?'

Hamlet's father is dead. His mother has remarried. He is alone with his thoughts. Then, he speaks.

Haunted by grief, and with his world spinning violently out of control, Hamlet has to make some decisions: forget or remember; live or die.

Rising star Billy Howle (The Serpent, MotherFatherSon, On Chesil Beach) returns to Bristol Old Vic to play the title role.  This visceral new production directed by John Haidar (Richard III) excavates the dark subconscious of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy.

“Taut, claustrophobic and visually stunning” ★★★★★ - BRISTOL 24/7

Top 10 Best Theatre Shows of 2022 - THE OBSERVER, Susannah Clapp

Greetings, salutations. Welcome to Westerberg High, where Veronica Sawyer is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. Until JD turns up, the mysterious teen rebel who teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it’s murder being a somebody…

Wickedly funny and with dazzling book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, Heathers The Musical is based on the 1988 cult hit, that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, and is one class production you can’t afford to skip.

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.

Based on the beloved childrens book series by Cressida Cowell.

This film is being screened as part of our Book to Screen season, celebrating literature on film across the week of Hexham Book Festival.

John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

The exhilarating fourth instalment in the epic action franchise see’s Wick take his fight across New York, Paris, Osaka and Berlin. More stunts, more shootouts, this is John Wick at his blockbuster best.

The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those who knew her, both family and close friends.

This film is being screened as part of our Book to Screen season, celebrating literature on film across the week of Hexham Book Festival.

The Pythons take their shot at the Greatest Story Ever Told. Hailed by most as Monty Python’s finest parody and denounced by few as the most blasphemous film of all time.

The iconoclastic comedy group of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin – take aim at religious dogma with this scandalous parody of the life of Christ. Chapman plays Brian Cohen, a Jewish contemporary of Jesus mistaken for the Messiah…. He’s just a very naughty boy.

Rife with the groups signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian’s life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

Revisit the side-splitting misadventure this Easter with a one off special screening.

Through a series of unfortunate events, three mummies end up in present-day London and embark on a wacky and hilarious journey in search of an old ring belonging to the Royal Family, that was stolen by the ambitious archaeologist Lord Carnaby.

David Tennant makes a much-anticipated return to the West End in a blistering reimagining of one of Britain’s most powerful, political plays.

As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.

Olivier Award-winner Dominic Cooke (Follies) directs C.P. Taylor’s timely tale, with a cast that also features Elliot Levey (Coriolanus) and Sharon Small (The Bay). Filmed live from the Harold Pinter Theatre in London.

In cinemas 20th April with an encore screening on the 23rd April.

Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.

After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy named Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?

Filmed live in London’s West End and featuring state-of-the-art visuals, the epic journey of endurance and hope is bought to life in a breath-taking new way for cinemas screens.

For our Easter Kids Club we have a special one off screening of Peter Rabbit where all tickets are only £5.

Peter Rabbit and his three sisters -- Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-Tail -- enjoy spending their days in Mr. McGregor's vegetable garden. When one of McGregor's relatives suddenly moves in, he's less than thrilled to discover a family of rabbits in his new home. A battle of wills soon breaks out as the new owner hatches scheme after scheme to get rid of Peter -- a resourceful rabbit who proves to be a worthy and wily opponent.

Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.

Nominated for Best Animated Feature at The Academy Awards Puss' new adventure is fun for the whole family.

Legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan.

Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

This film is being screened as part of our Book to Screen season, celebrating literature on film across the week of Hexham Book Festival.

This vibrant 4K restoration is also being screened in celebration of Shakespeare day.

Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton’s Cinderellacelebrates its 75th anniversary this Season. The ballet’s opening night in 1948, featuring Moira Shearer and Michael Somes in the lead roles, was received rapturously. After over a decade away from the Royal Opera House stage, Ashton’s timeless reworking of Charles Perrault’s famous rags-to-riches story returns, showcasing the choreographer’s deft musicality and the beauty of Prokofiev’s transcendent score. A creative team steeped in the magic of theatre, film, dance and opera brings new atmosphere to Cinderella’s ethereal world of fairy godmothers and pumpkin carriages, handsome princes and finding true love.

Servants Figaro and Susanna are filled with excitement on their wedding day, but there’s a hitch: their employer, the Count Almaviva, has dishonourable intentions of his own towards the bride-to-be.

With more twists than a page boy’s stockings, the story of Mozart’s comic opera will surprise and delight you at every turn. Come for the music andstay for the cross-dressing hilarity, all unfolding over the course of one crazy, topsy-turvy day in the Almaviva household. Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappanoconductsa truly international cast in David McVicar’s timeless production.

FILMED IN JANUARY 2022

One of the most celebrated films of the silent era, and responsible for one of cinema’s defining images – that of Harold Llyod hanging over Los Angeles traffic by the hands of a broken clock – celebrates its landmark centenary. The slapstick suspense masterpiece Safety Last!

A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.

Restoration by Janus Films, Criterion and Harold Lloyd Entertainment. The film features a new score from Carl Davis.

Ghostface takes Manhattan!

Four survivors of the Ghostface murders leave Woodsboro behind for a fresh start in New York City. However, they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when a new killer embarks on a bloody rampage.

Featuring new and old characters from the decade spanning franchise, the once familiar slasher sequel moves forward in an exciting new direction.

Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy the world.

A light and breezy superhero adventure for the whole family, that adds some exciting new members to its ensemble. Including Helen Mirren as an all powerful Greek goddess.

A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

Filmed mostly in the Irish language (gaeilge), The Quiet Girl is nominated for Best International Feature at the 2023 Academy Awards and  is based on the novella Foster by Claire Keegan.

"The Quiet Girl is, quite simply, a genuine work of art by a genuinely empathetic artist, and one of the single most moving, heartfelt, and heartbreaking movies from any country in the last decade." - DAVID FEAR - Rolling Stone

This film is being screened as part of our Book to Screen season, celebrating literature on film across the week of Hexham Book Festival.

Film Club is joining up with Hexham Book Group for this month’s film – why not read the book before seeing the film and join in the post-show discussion?

Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, and the, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone but each other.

Adapted from the book The Silent Twins by Marjorie Wallace.

The Forum Film Club is a monthly film screening followed by a post-film discussion in our café/bar with guest speakers and hosts.

The Forum Film Club is open to all and you do not need to sign up. Just book a ticket and come experience the best that cinema has to offer with other like-minded film lovers!

In the spring of 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will open its doors to the largest Vermeer exhibition in history.

With loans from across the world, this major retrospective will bring together Vermeer’s most famous masterpieces including Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Geographer, The Milkmaid, The Little Street, Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, and Woman Holding a Balance.

This new Exhibition on Screen film invites audiences to a private view of the exhibition, accompanied by the director of the Rijksmuseum and the curators of the show. A truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! As well as bringing Vermeer’s works together, both the Rijksmuseum and the Mauritshuis in the Hague have conducted research into Vermeer’s artistry, his artistic choices and motivations for his compositions, as well as the creative process behind his paintings.

Exclusive access to THE world’s biggest exhibition of 2023.

Includes the first time the newly restored Girl Reading a Letter at the Open Window will be displayed.

“Even Vermeer probably never saw this many of his paintings together”

Pieter Roelofs, head of paintings and sculpture for

Rijksmuseum

“This is more than an exhibition. It’s a miracle.”

The Guardian

Big hearted cross cultural British rom-com starring Lily James, Shazad Latif, and Emma Thompson.

In London, an award-winning film-maker documents her best friend's journey into an assisted marriage in line with his family's Pakistani heritage. In the process, she challenges her own attitude towards relationships.

Distinctly feelgood, What’s Love Got to Do with It? Is a crowd-pleasing comedy that brings a much needed spark to British romantic comedies.