Flush and forget? Or the final frontier of recycling? Looking for answers about the radical potential of human excrement, director Rubén Abruña embarks on an entertaining and enlightening adventure across the globe to investigate whether our very own waste should be reconsidered as a much-needed resource.

From sustainable city living in Geneva to Uganda's singing Poop Pirates, we learn how our most unheeded asset could help to mitigate the climate crisis, generate energy - and even save lives. Far from taboo, can this compelling new wave of thinking soon become mainstream?

Screening as part of UK Green Film Festival alongside

Deep Rising

Plastic Fantastic

Each week we are selecting a new film for our 16-25 members to discover with the reduced ticket cost of just £3.

To claim your £3 ticket for Holy Shit simply book using your 16-25 membership, online, by phone or at our box office. You can sign up for a free 16-25 membership by any of these methods.

Join us for a special event hosted by the Beau Chumps tent of Sunderland. (A chapter of The Sons of the Desert – an international organisation devoted to keeping the lives and works of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before the public.)

We will be screening 2 shorts and a feature, that’s 2 Laurel and Hardy’s for the price of 1… in 3 films!

In Twice Two, Stan and Ollie have married each other's twin sisters. On their anniversary, a dinner is arranged but petty bickering soon takes over.

In Brats, Stan and Ollie attempt to spend a relaxing night at home playing checkers, but the antics of their mischievous sons keep interrupting their recreation.

Our Relations introduces us to Laurel and Hardy’s long-lost twin brothers! When they land in town with a valuable pearl ring in their possession and a gang of thugs in pursuit, the mistaken duo ends up in deep water.

There will be a short intermission where souvenirs will be available to buy, fellow Sons will be available to speak with, drinks will be available at the bar and a special raffle will be available to enter.

The inspirational true story behind the alliance of the LGBTQ activists and the National Union of Mineworkers. Realising they have common enemies in 1984 Thatcher Britain the two communities come together to form a triumphant partnership.

2024 marks 40 years since the miners strike and the powerful union of unlikely allies, no better time to show your Pride than with this 10th anniversary screening.

Pride is screening as part of our Hexham Pride Film Festival, alongside, The Matrix, Slow and The Imitation Game.

Each week we are selecting a new film for our 16-25 members to discover with the reduced ticket cost of just £3.

To claim your £3 ticket for Pride simply book using your 16-25 membership, online, by phone or at our box office. You can sign up for a free 16-25 membership by any of these methods.

Join us on what would be Alan Turning’s birthday for a 10 year anniversary screening of The Imitation Game. A thrilling historical biopic following the legendary British mathematician, as he and his team attempt to break the notorious German Enigma code during the darkest days of World War II.

The Imitation Game is screening as part of our Hexham Pride Film Festival, alongside, The Matrix, Slow and Pride.