Acting legend and Norfolk resident John Hurt will be at Sheringham Little Theatre on Tuesday 7 May to introduce a screening of the film A Late Quartet, which marks the launch of Spring into Cinema. He will also be at a VIP reception before the screening, which is open to all film ticket holders.
Thanks to a £5,250 grant from the British Film Institute through the National Lottery and a £1,500 contribution from Norfolk Country Cottages, Sheringham Little Theatre can considerably enhance its cinema programme. This will enable the theatre to show more of the latest releases, more vintage classics, introduce a new Saturday morning kids club and a season of Friday late-night horror screenings. There will also be both adult and teenage film clubs enabling people to be more involved in the cinema as well as opportunities to join in with discussions and learning opportunities.
Last weekend Mr Hurt attended a screening of the Elephant Man and took part in a Q&A session at Cinema City Norwich as part of their 35th anniversary celebrations. Debbie Thompson, Director of Sheringham Little Theatre said, ‘John Hurt is a great advocate for cinema and we are delighted that he is willing to support local cinema in Sheringham.
Tickets for the reception and screening of A Late Quartet are just £6 and are available at Sheringham Little Theatre Box office on 01263 822 347 or online at [email protected]
Other launch activities include the first Late Night Horror show on Friday 10 May with a rare chance to see the full 144 minute uncut version of Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 classic The Shining starring Jack Nicholson. The morning of Saturday 11 May finds the launch of the weekly Kids Club. Before a screening of Gene Wilder’s original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (U) Bo Nanafana and Hocus Pocus Theatre will be on hand with opportunities to meet the Oompa-Loompas and the Bucket Grandparents, to help young film fans make a giant lollipop and design their own Wonka Bar – and someone will win the Golden Ticket!
Later in the day The Vintage Film Club launches, perfect for a sedentary Saturday afternoon. On offer is the wonderful Breakfast At Tiffany’s (PG) starring Audrey Hepburn followed by afternoon tea and musical accompaniment from DJ78, spinning an eclectic selection of popular music on his twin 1930’s HMV wind-up gramophones.
The following week Cinema Memories (18 May) is a special presentation from Cinema Plus, the education programme at Norwich’s Cinema City. Their project Norfolk at the Pictures aims to capture, share and preserve the heritage of 100 years of cinema-going in the county. At this free event senior archivist Jane Alvey of The East Anglian Film Archive will introduce films about Norfolk cinemas in years gone by and attendees will be invited to share their memories, photographs, memorabilia and films. The building that is now Sheringham Little Theatre itself first showed silent movies in 1914 (then Sheringham Town Hall) later becoming The Picture House and Empire Cinema before becoming The Little Theatre in 1960.
Norfolk based Director Tony Britten will be in Sheringham to introduce his recent films, set and filmed in Norfolk as part of a Norfolk on Film programme. In Love With Alma Cogan (12A) starring Roger Lloyd-Pack and Niamh Cusack shows on 19 May and his latest, Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict (cert tbc) with John Hurt, can be seen on 26 May.
Spring Into Cinema is presented in partnership with Cinema Plus, the organisation responsible for delivering education for the Norfolk & Norwich Film Theatre at Cinema City.
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