This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

A new film from the National Emergency Briefing - a public information initiative to ensure the UK is fully briefed on the climate and nature crisis.

Last November, ten of the UK’s leading experts briefed an invited audience of over 1,200 politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media. The briefing set out the implications of climate and nature breakdown for health, food systems, national security and the economy. The People’s Emergency Briefing presents the national implications of climate and nature breakdown - along with credible, positive responses - in a single, accessible account.

A new film featuring Chris Packham, leading scientists, a former general and Jennifer Saunders - all being far too frank about where things are heading and what can be done about it.

The film will be followed by a discussion led by members of Hexham’s Climate Cafe, learn what you can do at a local level.

Tickets are pay as you feel, if you’d like to claim a free ticket and avoid the online processing fee book via our cinema box office.

Psalms of the people or Sailm nan Daoine invites audiences along on an intimate and heartfelt road trip which explores one of the most emotionally resonant and culturally significant musical traditions: Gaelic psalm singing.

Musician Rob MacNeacail embarks on a journey through Scotland and Ireland, following ancient paths that unravel threads of music and ideas. The pilgrimage brings up many questions in Rob’s mind about identity, culture and community as he immerses the audience in a new perspective through his music and portable sound recorder.

Rob also composes the soundtrack to the film, incorporating melodies, field recordings and musical encounters he makes along the way. The combination of harmonium, whistle, guitar and synthesised drones give the music a futuristic tone, whilst being steeped in tradition. A recording of a supermarket freezer in Broadford becomes the soundscape for a futuristic rendition of the Ossianic Ballad, Duan na Ceàrdaich.

Spoken part in English, part in Gaelic, the film approaches psalm singing not as an artefact or historical curiosity, but as something communal and fiercely alive.

We are pleased to be joined by Rob MacNeacail and filmmaker Jack Archer for a post-film Q&A before audiences are invited to participate themselves in the collective power of psalm singing with an introductory workshop led by Rob himself.

In 1985, WHAM! made history as the first Western pop act to perform in communist China. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s concerts in Beijing and Guangzhou were a cultural milestone - East meets West, music meets politics.

Now, newly restored footage reveals the untold story of the iconic tour that helped launch WHAM! to global superstardom.