Past Events Archive

French comedy – a selection of the best and worst of French comedy with clips you will never have seen on this side of the Channel and a screening of Tati’s classic

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Famous for her award-winning performance in Room at the Top and numerous starring roles in 1960s British films, Mary was married to the late Hammer Horror screenwriter and director Jimmy Sangster.

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Entertainment from seven decades: from Frank Sinatra to Liberace, from Laurel and Hardy to Judy Garland we have them all. Hear the little sparrow of Paris, Edith Piaf, pouring out her heart in song, feel the hairs on the back of your neck prickle as Roy Orbison is joined by Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello to jam a version of Pretty Woman.

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We celebrate the Shaw Society's 72nd birthday with a double bill screening of Androcles and the Lion (1952) starring Jean Simmons, Victor Mature and Robert Newton, followed by Pygmalion (1938), starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller.

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The creator of many memorable soundtracks for film/TV, including The French Lieutenant’s Woman and the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice, Davis has scored over 60 silent classics, from Napoleon, Ben Hur and Safety Last to Chaplin’s much-loved Mutual shorts.

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Comedy following the true events of a men's volleyball team composed mainly of gay and transgender athletes. An evening of film, conversation, music and good company, celebrating all aspects of Transculture.

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The day after his 90th birthday, the award winning director presents an assortment of five perfectly crafted, minutely observed, and often brilliantly inventive, films from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s, including The Elephant Never Forgets and Children's Film Foundation film Friend or Foe.

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