John Lithgow gives an award-winning performance as Roald Dahl in Giant. It’s 1983, The Witches is about to be published and Dahl faces mounting outrage over his antisemitic remarks. Filmed live in the West End, this darkly funny, provocative drama explores prejudice, reputation and the troubling legacy of a literary icon.

It is 1983 and Roald Dahl is preparing The Witches for publication when controversy erupts over explicitly antisemitic remarks he has made in print. During one increasingly combustible afternoon at his family home, the celebrated author is confronted by his publishers and faced with a choice: apologise publicly or risk his reputation. John Lithgow gives an award-winning performance as Dahl in Mark Rosenblatt’s provocative, darkly funny drama, exploring prejudice, artistic legacy and the dangerous territory between political argument and hateful rhetoric. Winner of three Olivier Awards including Best New Play, Giant was filmed live in London’s West End ahead of its sold-out Broadway run.

Come and join us at Crowmarsh Village Hall at 7pm for a night of fun, quizzing, good food - and of course the raffle!  

Supper is included, but please bring your own drinks.

Please let Julie Utley know whether you would like meat chilli or vegetarian chilli for your supper - email julieutley53@gmail.com  There will also be one of Julie's delicious puddings.  

Teams of 6 can be formed in advance or on the night.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of music, spoken word, film, stand-up, and sketch comedy celebrating the life of local actor and comedian Lee Mullins. Performed by his friends, this one-off tribute promises laughter, memories, and heartfelt moments. All proceeds go to Prostate Cancer UK.

When their father dies, sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood find themselves suddenly without fortune or security, forced to leave their family home for a modest cottage in Devon. This beautifully realised adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel explores the eternal struggle between following your head and surrendering to your heart.

When their father dies, sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood find themselves suddenly without fortune or security, forced to leave their family home for a modest cottage in Devon. Reserved Elinor keeps her feelings for Edward Ferrars carefully hidden, while passionate Marianne throws herself wholeheartedly into a romance with the captivating Willoughby. Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles lead Georgia Oakley’s fresh, beautifully realised adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, alongside George MacKay, Frank Dillane, Caitríona Balfe and Fiona Shaw. Romantic, witty and grounded in the bonds of sisterhood, this new Sense and Sensibility explores the eternal struggle between following your head and surrendering to your heart.

Seventy-two hours before D-Day, one decision could change the course of history. Brendan Fraser stars as Eisenhower, forced to decide whether to launch the Allied invasion as a British meteorologist delivers a dangerously uncertain forecast. Pressure turns the remarkable true story behind D-Day into a tense race against time. ★★★★ "Genuine gripping tension... Scott is on mesmeric form...it's engrossing": The Times

In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, the fate of the Allied invasion hangs on one notoriously unpredictable force: the British weather. Brendan Fraser stars as General Dwight D. Eisenhower, faced with the decision of whether to launch the largest seaborne invasion in history, while military meteorologist Captain James Stagg must convince him that his forecast can be trusted. With time running out and thousands of lives at stake, the pressure becomes almost unbearable. Adapted from David Haig’s acclaimed stage play, Pressure transforms a remarkable true story into a gripping wartime thriller about uncertainty, responsibility and the momentous consequences of a single decision.

In a small medieval farming town with rigid social hierarchy and patriarchal culture, a reclusive fisherwoman is ostracized due to her persistent fish smell and rejection of institutionalized marriage. When the japes at her spinster status intensify, she sarcastically commissions for herself a husband made out of wicker. The master weaver brings the Wicker Husband to life, where his utility and dedication to his wife creates a romance so pure it causes absolute chaos amongst the villagers of the closed-minded town.

On the outskirts of a coastal village lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her small-minded neighbours, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. This unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos in this highly entertaining comedy. ★★★★★ "Colman weaves an astonishing performance... a class of her own": The Times

Jenna Ortega is Klara, a solar-powered Artificial Friend chosen as companion to a seriously ill girl. As she encounters love, grief and the strange complexities of human behaviour, Klara discovers an extraordinary capacity for devotion. Taika Waititi directs this tender adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel. “Waititi’s distinctive vision perfectly complements Ishiguro’s poignant tale”: BFI London Film Festival

In a near future transformed by genetic engineering and artificial intelligence, Klara is an Artificial Friend, a solar-powered android created to provide companionship to children. Chosen by the seriously ill Josie, she enters a family struggling with grief, fear and an uncertain future. As Klara observes the baffling complexities of human behaviour, her extraordinary loyalty and faith in the healing power of the sun lead her towards a profound understanding of love and sacrifice. Jenna Ortega stars alongside Amy Adams and Mia Tharia in Taika Waititi’s adaptation of Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel, a tender and thought-provoking science-fiction story about what it means to be human.

1943 - Charles de Gaulle is no longer the isolated general who refused to surrender, but the battle for France is far from won. While Free French forces fight across North Africa and Jean Moulin struggles to unite the Resistance at home, de Gaulle faces another formidable challenge: securing France’s political future against an American leadership that remains deeply suspicious of him. Simon Abkarian returns in the concluding part of Antonin Baudry’s sweeping wartime epic, alongside Simon Russell Beale as Winston Churchill and Campbell Scott as Franklin D. Roosevelt. From desert battles and clandestine resistance to D-Day and the liberation of Paris, Liberté brings the struggle for France dramatically home. The fight for France enters its final, decisive phase. As Free French forces battle across Africa and the Resistance fights at home, de Gaulle must also confront sceptical Allies over France’s future. De Gaulle: Liberté concludes Antonin Baudry’s sweeping wartime epic with political intrigue, spectacular action and the liberation of Paris. ★★★★★ "Unforgettable... thrilling... both extraordinary films": The Sunday Times

In French with English subtitles.

At a cosy Christmas party, young Clara meets the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer, who gives her a nutcracker doll. When the guests have departed and the house is asleep, Clara sneaks downstairs in search of the doll. Instead, she finds Drosselmeyer, who whisks her away on a journey into a whole world of enchantment: fantastical landscapes of flurried snow and glittering confection where toys come alive and the magic never stops.

Peter Wright’s production of this festive family favourite sparkles to the wondrous swell of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral score, alongside the glow and grandeur of Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs.

Cast:  

The Sugar Plum Fairy MAYARA MAGRI

The Prince REECE CLARKE

Herr Drosselmeyer JAMES HAY

Clara MARIANNA TSEMBENHOI

Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker TAISUKE NAKAO

Choreography PETER WRIGHT after LEV IVANOV

Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY  

Conductor CHARLOTTE POLITI

Original Scenario MARIUS PETIPA after E.T.A. HOFFMANN  

Production and Scenario PETER WRIGHT  

Designer JULIA TREVELYAN OMAN

Lighting Designer MARK HENDERSON  

Production Consultant ROLAND JOHN WILEY

The Comédie-Française is one of France’s most revered arts institutions, and the oldest still-performing theatre company in the world. There is one golden rule: the play is NEVER cancelled.  

Unfortunately for theatre producer Nina (Pauline Clément), everything is unravelling just three hours before the premiere of her first production – an ambitious retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Her lead actor is stuck on a train, tensions are exploding, passions flaring, equipment breaking down and egos are clashing. With panic setting in and the clock ticking Nina must hold things together at all costs. Will the show go on?

France’s hit summer comedy and the runaway winner of four awards at the Alpe d’Huez comedy Film Festival, Comédie Française is a delicious behind-the-scenes farce which is unafraid to poke fun at the highbrow reputation of French theatre.

Featuring a cast of real-life members of the Comédie-Française company, this is a gleeful, knowing parody and a sheer delight.

In French with English subtitles.

This hilarious award-winning comedy is a love letter to the theatre, set during the chaotic three hours before the opening night of Shakespeare’s Macbeth at Paris’s prestigious Comédie-Française. Everything is unravelling, but producer Nina must ensure that the show goes on!

Based on the best selling novel by Colleen Hoover.  Lowen Ashleigh, hired to ghostwrite for best-selling author Verity Crawford, uncovers what appears to be Verity's autobiographical notes, and becomes involved in what may prove to be a lethal conspiracy.

An English school teacher (Ifans) and an American composer (Linney) meet at a hospital after both are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, having been told they have "five good years" left before the disease consumes them. The film follows their journey of managing the disease while maintaining their quality of life and continuing doing things that bring them joy.

A pot-pourri of seasonal music and light entertainment, presented by the Sinodun Players.

All money raised from this event will be donated to Crisis UK.