Partington Players Theatre
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Aftersun
- 2022
- US, UK
- 1h 36min
- 12A
- Directed by: Charlotte Wells
- Cast: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall
Eleven-year-old Sophie (newcomer Frankie Corio) and her father, Calum (BAFTA winner Paul Mescal, Normal People), vacation at a Turkish beach resort in the late 1990s. They swim, play pool, and enjoy each other’s company; they’re partners in crime. Calum is the best version of himself when he is with Sophie. Sophie feels like anything is possible when Calum is around. When Sophie is on her own, she navigates new friendships and experiences. As they enjoy their time together, layers of melancholy and mystery ripple through Calum’s behaviour. Twenty years later, the memories take on new meaning as Sophie tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.
77%
95%Sun 24 Mar
£5
Animal Farm
Animal Farm is George Orwell’s masterly allegorical tale of life under a totalitarian regime. Set in the barn of an English farm with a cast of pigs, horses and other farm animals its message remains as relevant today as it was when it was first published in 1945.
Join the pigs Major, Squealer, Napoleon, Snpwball and Minimus, Millie, Boxer and Clover the horses, Benjamin the donkey and a host of other characters as they rebel against their human farmer as they strive to create a society where all the animals can be free, happy and equal.
Mon 29 Jan
£7
Tue 30 Jan
£10–£12.50
Wed 31 Jan
£10–£12.50
Thu 1 Feb
£10–£12.50
Fri 2 Feb
£10–£12.50
Sat 3 Feb
£10–£12.50
The Blue Caftan
- 2022
- France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark
- 2h
- 18
- Directed by: Maryam Touzani
- Cast: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui
18 TBC - "Writer-director Maryam Touzani’s follow-up to her acclaimed 2019 debut Adam, The Blue Caftan is a rich, complex, slow-burn drama that screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes this year.
Halim (Saleh Bakri) and Mina (Lubna Azabal) run a caftan shop in the historic Salé medina, producing exquisitely finished hand-sewn garments. Married for some time, their union nevertheless contains a secret which must be kept quiet in a strictly conservative country like Morocco, and when new circumstances (including the arrival of a young apprentice) arise, so too do new emotional challenges that threaten to upset the careful calibration of their lives.
Crafted with elegant economy, Touzani’s film is sensual, thoughtful and intensely moving, navigating the melancholy of the film’s central situations with a keen and authentic eye for physical and emotional details and the intricacies of individual relationships. Brilliantly acted, it’s an overwhelmingly tender character study and an investigation into a country’s relationship with tradition and modernity."
Sun 21 Apr
Subtitled
£5
Dracula - The Phantomime
There's a new guy come to Little Transylvania, to warn the villigers of impending doom, and grave danger. And there's a Vampire or three skulking around too…
Partington Players bring you this brand new panto, that will have you laughing out loud and tears rolling down your cheeks. All your favouite characters will be on stage, though some with a little twist!
Join us for all the usual gags of he's behind you, oh no it isn't and lots more beside!
Wed 6 Dec
Sold out
Thu 7 Dec
Sold out
Fri 8 Dec
Sold out
Sat 9 Dec
Sold out
Elf
- 2003
- US
- 1h 36min
- PG
- Directed by: Jon Favreau
- Written by: David Berenbaum
- Cast: Will Ferrell, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen
Buddy (Ferrell) is a big Elf who, though accepted in his Elvish community at the North Pole, manages to wreak havoc on a daily basis. Fed up and confused by his charge, Papa Elf (Bob Newhart) sends him to the US in search of his true identity. Hilarious and puerile Yuletide comedy.
84%Sun 17 Dec
£5
Girl on the Train
Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated.
Mon 18 Mar
£7
Tue 19 Mar
£10–£12.50
Wed 20 Mar
£10–£12.50
Thu 21 Mar
£10–£12.50
Fri 22 Mar
£10–£12.50
Sat 23 Mar
£10–£12.50
Glossopera Christmas Opera Gala
GLOSSOPERA return for their annual fabulous feast of festive fun. Professional opera singers and their pianist entertain with operatic classics, lighter songs and festive numbers.
Fri 15 Dec
£15–£20
Sat 16 Dec
£15–£20
God of Carnage
What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behaviour of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums and tears before bedtime? At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, tensions emerge, the rum flows and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters! Boys will be boys, but the adults are usually worse – much worse.
Mon 6 May
£7
Tue 7 May
£10–£12.50
Wed 8 May
£10–£12.50
Thu 9 May
£10–£12.50
Fri 10 May
£10–£12.50
Sat 11 May
£10–£12.50
It's a Wonderful Life
- 1946
- US
- 2h 9min
- U
- Directed by: Frank Capra
- Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers
Frank Capra’s 1946 Christmas Classic follows the tribulations of small town everyman George Bailey (James Stewart), who, at the end of his luck and deep in debt, contemplates suicide one snowy, bleak Christmas Eve. But when George wishes that he had never been born, his guardian angel Clarence (Henry Travers) takes a trip from the heavens to persuade him otherwise.
After a nightmarish journey through an alternative Bedford Falls, George realizes the difference he has made to the people around him, learning lessons of love, loyalty, and what it means to lead a wonderful life.
Sun 17 Dec
£5
Ladies Day
Work, love and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish filleting-foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda. Their fortunes change when Linda finds tickets to Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot (the year it moved to York). So out go the hairnets and overalls as the four head off to the races for a drink, a flirt and a flutter. If their luck holds, they could hit the jackpot, and more besides…
Mon 24 Jun
£7
Tue 25 Jun
£10–£12.50
Wed 26 Jun
£10–£12.50
Thu 27 Jun
£10–£12.50
Fri 28 Jun
£10–£12.50
Sat 29 Jun
£10–£12.50
Mad About the Boy - The Noël Coward Story
- 2023
- 1h 31min
- 12A
- Directed by: Barnaby Thompson
- Cast: Noël Coward
A documentary on one of the most acclaimed writers across stage and screen.
Sun 16 Jun
£5
Matilda the Musical
- 2022
- UK / US
- 1h 57min
- PG
- Directed by: Matthew Warchus
- Cast: Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch, Andrea Riseborough, Stephen Graham, Emma Thompson
Musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's book about an extraordinary girl with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination.
Sun 21 Jan
£5
Rye Lane
- 2023
- UK
- 1h 22min
- 15
- Directed by: Raine Allen-Miller
- Cast: David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah
Romantic comedy in which two people recovering from bad breakups connect over an eventful day in London.
Sun 19 May
£5
Smoking Causes Coughing
- 2022
- 1h 17min
- 15
- Directed by: Quentin Dupieux
- Cast: Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Lacoste, Anaïs Demoustier
After a devastating battle against a diabolical Kaiju-like turtle, a team of five superheroes – known as the Tobacco Force – is sent on a mandatory retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion. Their break goes wonderfully well until Lizardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth… will they repair their relationship in time for a final epic battle?
From visionary director Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Deerskin) comes an absurd and darkly hilarious superhero movie unlike any other.
Sun 18 Feb
Subtitled
£5
A live theatre situated in the centre of Glossop in the High Peak of Derbyshire. We present six shows a year ranging from pantomime through farce to classics of the stage. Our one-act play festival in July attracts entries from amateur societies far and near.
We also play host to Peak Film Society screenings in our comfortable 120 seat theatre with raked seating and a real cinema atmosphere.
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