The Cinema Museum is proud to host a special screening of Jo Prichard’s short film about The Palace bingo hall in the Elephant and Castle shopping centre.

We’re delighted to host a special screening of Jo Prichard’s short film about The Palace Bingo Hall in the now demolished Elephant and Castle shopping centre.

Every day, on the top floor of a 1960s shopping centre near the heart of the city, hundreds of regulars take up their usual spots in the London Palace Bingo Club. Some come for the cheap dinners and the free tea and coffee, but many stay to relax, socialise, play bingo, dominoes, gossip, and party together.

As this area’s billion pound redevelopment nears its finish, the club finds itself in the last piece of the old neighbourhood, now sitting within a drastically altered picture and surrounded on all sides by gleaming apartment towers.

The Palace short film is a loud, emotional portrait of a unique community rooted in South London, saying a reluctant goodbye to their social hub and playground of the past 20 years, told through the stories of the regulars that loved and depended on it, and the owner who couldn’t save it.

The screening will be introduced by director ​Jo Prichard.

Doors open at 18.30, for a 19.30 start.

Refreshments will be available in our licensed cafe/bar.

TICKETS & PRICING

£5 on the door.