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Thu 21 Mar | 4.30pm & 7.00pm
Academy Award-winner Barry Jenkins brings his highly anticipated next feature to the screen, an adaptation of James Baldwin’s stunning novel, If Beale Street Could Talk.
In early 1970’s Harlem, Tish, a nineteen-year old girl, is in love with a young sculptor, Fonny, the father of her unborn child. When Fonny is falsely accused of rape and imprisoned, Tish and their families race to clear his name before the baby is born. A story about love persisting in the face of racial oppression and injustice, Jenkins brings together a talented young cast which includes Stephan James (Selma) as Fonny and newcomer Kiki Layne as Tish.
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Thu 21 Mar | 4.30pm
Poet Dan Thompson is working on an exciting project called Your England, and is writing 100 poems about 100 places, which together will form a history of […]
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Fri 22 Mar | 6.30pm
An exploration of the wall paintings through image, music and word.
The dramatised and illustrated story of the commission and making of the Bloomsbury paintings at the rural church of St Michael and All Angels, Berwick. Devised from original material by Revd. Peter Blee, Mary Sitwell and Linda Hallums.
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Sat 23 Mar | 2.00pm
Maiden is the inspirational story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.
Tracy’s dream was opposed on all sides: her male competitors thought an all-women crew would never make it, the chauvinistic yachting press took bets on her failure, and potential sponsors rejected her, fearing they would die at sea and generate bad publicity. But Tracy refused to give up: she remortgaged her home and bought a secondhand boat, putting everything on the line to ensure the team made it to the start line.
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Families & Children VIEW ALL
Thu 4 Apr | 3.00 to 6.00pm
Celebrate the opening of Draw Me In, our Children and Young People’s exhibition, with family and friends.
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Wed 10 Apr | 2.00pm
An adventurous teenager sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana meets the once-mighty demigod Maui, who guides her in her quest to become a master way-finder. Together they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds. Along the way, Moana fulfills the ancient quest of her ancestors and discovers the one thing she always sought: her own identity. Featuring songs written by Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Wed 17 Apr | 2.00pm
While exploring her new home, a girl named Coraline (Dakota Fanning) discovers a secret door, behind which lies an alternate world that closely mirrors her own but, in many ways, is better. She rejoices in her discovery, until Other Mother (Teri Hatcher) and the rest of her parallel family try to keep her there forever.
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Sat 27 Apr | 10.30am
From the largest elephant to the smallest shrew, the city of Zootopia is a mammal metropolis where various animals live and thrive. When Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) becomes the first rabbit to join the police force, she quickly learns how tough it is to enforce the law.
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