BIG SCREEN EVENTS

NT Live: Best of Enemies (12A)

Thursday 18 May, 7pm

A multiple award-winning new drama set in 1968 America. The cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal battle it out on a new nightly tv format, debating the moral landscape of a shattered nation.

Tickets: Adults £14, WTH Friends £13, Aged 19 & under £8

ROH Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty (12A)

Wednesday 24 May, 7.15pm

Be swept away by Tchaikovsky’s ravishing music and Oliver Messel’s sumptuous designs with this true gem of a retelling of a classic fairytale.

***** The Times

Tickets: Adults £17, WTH Friends £16, Aged 19 & under £11

ROH Opera: Il Trovatore (12A)

Sunday 18 June, 2pm

(3 hours 40 minutes, including interval)

Passions run high in Verdi’s classic opera, as Manrico and the Count di Luna compete for the affections of Leonora. Little do they know, Manrico’s mother Azucena has been keeping a terrible secret for decades.

Tickets: Adults £17, WTH Friends £16, Aged 19 & under £11

EOS presents Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition (12A)

Friday 30 June, 7pm

Saturday 1 July, 1pm

(90 minutes)

Experience the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition on the big screen…See Vermeer’s most famous masterpieces including ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’.

Tickets: Adults £14, WTH Friends £13, Aged 19 under £8

FILM Film Screenings

Unless stated, all films are priced at £8 Adults, £7 Friends and £6 for 19’s and under. At time of going to print some film ratings and timings are to be confirmed and may be subject to change.

The Best of British and World Cinema Project

BE REWARDED! Attend any five Best of British and World film screenings at Wem Town Hall and get your sixth free! At your first screening ask for a loyalty card and then get it stamped each time you attend a qualifying film. Look out for the Best of British and World Cinema Stamp across our film listings to see which screenings are applicable!

What’s Love Got To Do With It? (12A)

Tuesday 9 May, 1.30pm

Thursday 11 May 7.30pm

(1 hour 48 minutes)

Lily James and Emma Thompson star in this cross-cultural Romantic Comedy. When documentary-maker Zoe’s best friend agrees to an arranged marriage, she begins to wonder if this different approach to love might just be on to something.

Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG)

Saturday 27 May, 10am

Tuesday 30 May, 10am & 1.30pm

Wednesday 31 May, 1.30pm (1 hour 32 minutes)

Animated action fun for all the family! Based on the classic video game. A charismatic plumber travels to the Mushroom Kingdom to find his brother, Luigi. From the makers of Minions

Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (12A)

Saturday 27 May, 1pm

Tuesday 30 May, 4pm

Thursday 1 June, 7.30pm (2 hours 14 minutes)

Fantasy adventure adaptation of the popular board game. A band of unlikely heroes embark on an epic quest but things go dangerously awry. Starring Hugh Grant, Chris Pine and Regé-Jean Page.

Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom (PG)

Tuesday 6 June, 1.30pm

Thursday 8 June, 7.30pm (1 hour 49 minutes)

This Oscar nominated drama and audience award winner at multiple film festivals finds a disillusioned schoolteacher in Bhutan, shirking his duties as he pursues moving to Australia to become a singer. His Grandmother and the authorities have other ideas, and he is transferred to the most remote school in the world – Lunana, in a life changing experience.

(In Dzongkha with English Subtitles.)

Little English (12A)

Tuesday 13 June 1.30pm

Thursday 15 June, 7.30pm (1 hour 38 minutes)

A laugh-out-loud comedy of a dysfunctional Punjabi family in suburban Slough. Newly arrived from India to marry the family’s eldest son Raj, who shockingly does a runner, Simmy is left in the house by her domineering mother-in-law.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (12A)

Friday 16 June 7.30pm

Tuesday 20 June 1.30pm

Thursday 22 June, 7.30pm (1 hour 48 minutes)

Harold is an ordinary man who has let life pass him by. One day he goes to post a letter...and just keeps walking. Starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton.

The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (15)

Friday 23 June, 7.30pm

Tuesday 27 June, 1.30pm

Thursday 29 June 7.30pm (2 hours 1 minute)

D’Artagnan finds himself entangled in a real war where the future of France is at stake. Aligned with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King, D’Artagnan faces the dark machinations of the Cardinal of Richelieu. (In French with English subtitles.)

“This is a lavishly produced, very enjoyable innocent pleasure.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian