What's On Calendar
September 2018
ON SCREEN: WES ANDERSONS RUSHMORE (CERT 15)
Sunday 23rd September at 12.30pm
Max Fischer is a more than determined student at his prep school, Rushmore Academy where he oversees anything with the word “extra-curricular”.
ON SCREEN: THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (CERT 15)
Sunday 23rd September at 2.20pm
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.
ON SCREEN: WES ANDERSONS THE DARJEELING LIMITED (CERT 15)
Sunday 23rd September at 4.35pm
A year after the accidental death of their father, three brothers -- each suffering from depression - meet for a train trip across India
ON SCREEN: WES ANDERSONS THE LIFE AQUATIC (CERT 15)
Sunday 23rd September at 6.40pm
When his partner is killed by the mysterious and possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark, Steve Zissou and his Team Zissou crew set off for an expedition to hunt down the creature
Ocean Film Festival World Tour - Cert 12A
Friday 28th September at 7.30pm
Calling all ocean lovers! The annual Ocean Film Festival is sweeping towards Stockport with a brand new selection of the world’s most amazing ocean films, from both above and below the surface.
October 2018
Film: Murder On The Orient Express (Cert 12A)
Saturday 6th October at 2.30pm & 7.30pm
A lavish, luxurious train journey through Europe turns deadly in ‘Murder On The Orient Express’, forcing legendary detective Hercule Poirot to solve the case and find out whodunit.
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (35MM) (CERT U)
Sunday 7th October at 7.00pm
Twenty years after redefining the gritty, urban crime drama with Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese returned to New York City with his 1993 adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel, The Age Of Innocence.
Monday 8th October at 7.30pm
After a zombie apocalypse spreads from a London prison, the UK is brought to its knees. The spread of the virus is temporarily contained but, without a cure, it’s only a matter of time before it breaks its boundaries.
Tuesday 23rd October at 7.30pm
Abracadabra. it's time for magic tricks, mysteries and more inspiring ideas than you can shake a wand at with this Manchester Science Festival screening.
NT Encore Screening: King Lear
Wednesday 24th October at 7.00pm
Broadcast from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ (Independent) of King Lear on screen at The Plaza.
Friday 26th October at 11.00 & 7.30pm
The tempestuous romance that inspired one of Gothic literature’s most influential works is brought to life in Mary Shelley, a luscious and moving period drama starring Ellie Fanning as the radical young writer.
Encore Screening: Funny Girl - The Musical - As Live Cert 12A (TBC)
Monday 29th October at 7.00pm
Following its record-breaking, sell-out run in London’s West End and national tour, the critically-acclaimed musical Funny Girl comes to The Stockport Plaza as an Encore cinema screening.
FILM: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (CERT 12A)
Wednesday 31st October at 7.30pm
Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania.
November 2018
NT Screening: Alleluiah! - Cert 12A
Thursday 1st November at 7.00pm
Alan Bennett’s sharp and hilarious new play is ‘just what the doctor ordered’ (Daily Telegraph). Filmed live at London’s Bridge Theatre during its limited run, don’t miss this ‘rousing chorus line for the NHS’ (Observer) in your local cinema.
Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror (Cert 15)
Saturday 3rd November at 7.30pm
The Campest Cult Classic of all time gets the Singalonga treatment it’s been SCREAMING for! Featuring the film, starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Meatloaf and Richard O’Brien, it’s the most outrageous, riotous, kitsch, wonderful romp ever.
Film: Festive Special - White Christmas (Cert U)
Thursday 15th November at 7.30pm
Join us at The Plaza for our annual Festive Film Special presented on the giant silver screen where these classics truly belong
January 2019
NT ENCORE SCREENING: THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III
Friday 11th January 2019 at 7.00pm
Multi-award-winning drama The Madness of George III will be broadcast encore screening to cinemas, in National Theatre Live’s first ever broadcast from Nottingham Playhouse.
NT Encore Screening: Anthony and Cleopatra - Cert As Live 12A
Sunday 20th January at 7.00pm
Broadcast from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power.
Friday 25th January
England, 1959. Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) risks everything to open a bookshop in a conservative East Anglian coastal town.
NT Live Screening:I'm Not Running-Cert As Live 12A
Thursday 31st January at 7.00pm
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.
February 2019
Saturday 2nd February at 7.00pm
Following the celebration of the movie’s 50th anniversary in 2015, we move into it’s second half century with a return of the smash-hit musical to the UK. Yes, the original Sing-a-long-a is back!
FILM: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (CERT 15)
Friday 8th February at 11.00am & 7.30pm
Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet.
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour - Cert 12A TBC
Saturday 9th February at 7.30pm
Experience an extraordinary collection of short films from the world's most prestigious mountain film festival.
FILM: BRIEF ENCOUNTER (CERT PG) VALENTINES SPECIAL SCREENING
Thursday 14th February at 7.30pm
Join us on the most romantic day of the year for one of our nation’s greatest and best loved feature films: BRIEF ENCOUNTER starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard
Friday 15th February at 11.00am & 7.30pm
This new take on the tragic love story stars (and is directed by) four – time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper (“American Hustle”, “Silver Linings Playbook” and multiple award-winning, Oscar-nominated superstar Lady Gaga, in her first leading role in a major motion picture.
March 2019
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour - Cert 12A TBC
Saturday 2nd March at 7.30pm
Experience an extraordinary collection of short films from the world's most prestigious mountain film festival.
April 2019
Friday 26th April at 11.00am
Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) is bursting with raw talent, charisma and cheek. Fresh out of jail and with two young kids, all she wants is to get out of Glasgow and make it as a country singer.
FILM: THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT (CERT U)
Friday 26th April at 7.30pm
A transportation war erupts in a small English village when the government decides to shut down the decrepit railway line.
May 2019
FILM: THE ITALIAN JOB (1969) (CERT U)
Friday 24th May at 7.30pm
Fresh from the slammer, clever con Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) begins work on a heist that will either set him up for life or send him up forever. Croker and his unruly lot of thieves takes on the mob, the police and the gridlocked traffic of Turin to rob a heavily armed shipment of gold bullion.
October 2019
Saturday 12th October at 7.00pm
The sing along screening of the classic film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John is brought to you by the producers of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music
