PEACE BY CHOCOLATE

Year: 2021

Runtime: 96 min

Language: Arabic, English, Subtitles in English

After the bombing of his father's chocolate factory, a charming young Syrian refugee struggles to settle into his new small-town life, caught between following his dream and preserving his family's legacy.

In this UK premier, we invite you to join us in paying tribute to Hatem Ali, an influential filmmaker, writer, and actor who passed away in exile in December 2020 at the age of 58. This film is his last work.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/JWD3hKJnucc

Ticket philosophy

We are committed to making Celebrating Syria accessible to everyone. For each ticketed event three different prices are available, following the ‘solidarity economy’ approach. The highest price is intended for high waged, the middle price for medium waged and the lowest price (always £1) for low waged or unwaged. This means you can choose the price that suits you. By choosing a higher price, if you can afford it, you are supporting the festival and enabling lower earners to attend festival events. We base our ticketing structure on trust, so no evidence of income is required.

As usual, asylum seekers can attend all events for free. If you require free tickets, please contact [email protected] or on 0161 222 9779.

This event is part of Celebrating Syria: a Festival of Arts and Culture. For the full festival programme, please visit celebratingsyria.org

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QUEER JAPAN (2019)

Director: Graham Kolbeins

Running Time: 99 minutes

About QUEER JAPAN:

Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to live unconventional lives in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ+ culture in contemporary Japan. From shiny pride parades to playfully perverse underground parties,

Queer Japan pictures people living brazenly unconventional lives in the sunlight, the shadows, and everywhere in between. Dazzling, iconoclastic drag queen Vivienne Sato peels back the layers of language and identity. Maverick manga artist Gengoroh Tagame tours the world with his unapologetically erotic gay comics. Councilwoman Aya Kamikawa recounts her rocky path to becoming the first transgender elected official in Japan. At legendary kink-positive hentai party Department H, non-binary performance artist Saeborg uses rubber to create a second skin.

Culled from 100+ interviews conducted over 3 years in locations across Japan, Queer Japan features dozens of individuals sharing their experiences in their own words. Get to know a vibrant and inspiring group of human beings in a country with a unique history of queer expression.

Artist Q&A (from 4pm):

Following the screening, Dr Mark Pendleton will hosts a Q&A conversation with star of the film Saeborg and an invited panel. The artist will discuss their thoughts on contemporary feminism in Japan, and their unique take on gender and sexuality.

Saeborg is the artist behind Pigpen, presented as part of Submerge Festival at SEESAW. Her acclaimed performances present nightmarish configurations of gigantic playmobils in bizarre fairytale settings.

In Saeborg’s world, the lives of livestock (their procreative activity, the delivery of their offspring and the slaughterhouse) are portrayed with a cartoonish and innocent cheerfulness. Saeborg’s performances broadly sit within queer feminist notions, referring to the processes women and their bodies are pressured to endure.

About Submerge:

Taking place from the 8th to 27th, Submerge Festival is a meeting point for innovative performance, music and digital culture. We’ll unleash a tidal wave of international artists throughout the streets, clubs, and emblematic venues of the city, turning every corner into a playground for wild ideas.

Doors: 1:30PM // Start: 2:00PM

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Manchester’s best and weirdest comedians present The Jain Edwards Show, billed simply, and accurately, as ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’. Fronted by Rhyl’s best, hardest entertainer Jain Edwards, this is an alternative comedy chat show where anything can and will happen. 

Co-produced by new Manchester comedy production house A Lovely Time, the show will feature bizarre characters, mind-altering songs and wild happenings - all these and more brought to you by your charming and powerful host. Housed at Chapeltown Picture House in Grub’s new Green Quarter home, The Jain Edwards Show is a multimedia extravaganza like no other.

About Jain Edwards

Jain Edwards has been entertaining and confounding the audiences of Manchester’s alternative circuit for years with her offbeat charm and wonderful cast of absurd characters. She has appeared on BBC3, Channel 4 and is often seen pumping iron as Top Bodybuilder Brian.

Praise for Jain:

• “Pleasingly offbeat” - The Guardian

• “Get in early and catch a rising talent” - Short Com

• “Edwards succeeds with levity, charm and a knowing smile” - The List

“An excellent exercise in inventive, immensely creative comedy” - The Skinny

Doors: 7:30pm // Start: 8:00pm

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This event is organised and ticketed by a third-party.

Join us for Manchester’s only cult film pub quiz! Every other month our own in-house quizmaster writes a completely original six round quiz which can ONLY be played within the walls of our cinema, YES IT’S A MOVIE PUB QUIZ THAT HAPPENS IN A CINEMA! This means you can expect a feast of multimedia rounds on top of the uber nerdy, classic trivia questions.

Example rounds include…
DRAW US A PICTURE OF THAT BIT IN SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION WHERE ANDY CLIMBS THROUGH THE POO
THE BOX OFFICE ‘PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT’ GAME
CLASSIC SCENE MEMORY ROUNDS
GUESS THE SOUNDTRACK
REALLY VERY VERY VERY NICHE SPECIFIC FILM TRIVIA
…and plenty more randomness!

The first prize each month is a gallon of lager and we recommend booking a table as we expect the quiz to be very busy and space in the cinema is very limited! Please use the link below to make your reservation, the quiz itself is actually free but we ask that each guest pays a £5 deposit that is returned to you on the night as a drink voucher of the same value.

In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen. After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock, prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.

Featuring an introduction from Dr Sorcha Ni Fhlainn, co-editor of “Visions of the Vampire: Two Centuries of Immortal Tales”

Doors: 1:30PM // Film Starts: 2:00PM

For improved accessibility, we have subtitles ON by default.

£7.50 STANDARD // £5 STUDENT OR CONCESSION*
*proof of eligibility must be shown on the door

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Pilot Light TV Festival presents:

OXIDE GHOSTS: THE BRASS EYE TAPES

Back in Season 2 we played host to the sell out world premiere of Oxide Ghosts to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the greatest piece of satire in british comedy history: Brass Eye! As part of the shows 25th anniversary, director Michael Cumming (Toast of London, King Rocker) is bringing the film back to Manchester along with a very special intro and Q&A! 

Made from hundreds of hours of unseen and behind the scenes footage from his personal archive, Michael Cumming’s film shares insights into the process of making the legendary TV series Brass Eye. Michael directed the series and both pilots and, over a two-year period, witnessed the highs and lows from a very personal perspective. Oxide Ghosts carries the blessing of Chris Morris and provides a unique glimpse of his extraordinary working practices?

Doors: 7:00pm // Starts: 7:30pm

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This event is organised by a third-party.

International Women's Day Screening:

20th CENTURY WOMEN (2016)

Director: Mike Mills

Running Time: 118 mins

Rating: 15

In 1979 Santa Barbara, a determined single mother in her mid-50s is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women, Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour to help with Jamie's upbringing.

Featuring music from the Talking Heads + Black Flag, starring Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning and Annette Bening and drenched in mid-century eye candy, 20th Century Women is not only an exploration of what it means to be a mother but a cultural odyssey with its themes (and reference) parallel to 1982 environmental masterpiece Koyaanisqatsi.

We are delighted to be screening this lovely film as part of Lass Fest at Grub.

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Join us for an evening of show-stopping acts specially curated by award-winning international burlesque artiste, Lady Wildflower. Hosted by Kiki Deville and starring Savage Rose, Natasha Moonshine and Lady Wildflower herself, you can expect fierce, high-energy, dazzling performances and a night to remember!

Doors will open from  7:30pm // Show will start at 8.00pm

Over 18’s Only

Tickets to the event are £15 per person.

An Open Mic Storytelling Event hosted by Simone the Resident Natterbox.

Expect an honest, unpretentious evening of exchange. Driven by a theme of the month inspired by true stories unfolding in the world however big or small. You will leave with a dollop of wholesome heart-warming connection with a bunch of strangers with a side-order of amusement at the stories shared and a recognition of how connected we all really are.

A one off special for LASS FEST.

Theme of the Month: WOMEN. It's International Women's Day and it's only fitting we celebrate the females in our lives.

Story Line Prompters: Tell us tales on the lasses that shaped you, made you, even broke you. Let's celebrate all those women in your life that you have formed a relationship with whether that be your Grandmothers, Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Wives, Aunties, Best Female Friends, Female Bosses. Tell us the funny snippets of their wisdom, their individual quirks, their inspiring talks. Their fierce actions and how that influenced you.

How it works: One set theme and an acknowledgement that there is two types of people in the world.

The Storytellers: You have five minutes of fame. Five minutes to tell the long story of the short tale. Let it be powerful. Let it be punchy. Let it be your authentically yours to tell. The interpretation of the theme is yours to own and can be delivered in any communication form you feel comfortable with (Storytelling/Spoken Word/Poetry/Singing/comedy/drag queens).

The Listeners: Our crowd. If you’re only here for the entertainment then your in the right place! Expect this to be part confessional, part comedic, part therapeutic. This evening is not staged, these are just everyday folk like you and I that have the confidence to share their experience with you. Our only rule is be present, be respectful of others and give them a hearty applause upon sharing! The beauty of this evening, is you really don’t know how the evening will evolve and that’s what makes it so exciting.

There are to strangers here, only friends you haven't met yet. Long Story Short wants to create a environment which is open to all. Each of us, unique yet relatable. Weird yet wonderful. The fish to the chips of life. Gobble up that feeling and let's form a community.

****Walk ins are welcome subject to space capacity and safe social distances guidelines met. ****

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This event is organised by a third-party.

IndieFlicks returns, offering the perfect balance of a social night out and blended with top drawer, festival quality short films from around the world!

Our night now runs on the first Wednesday of the month, at the charming Chapeltown Picture House in Manchester.

You can expect a wonderfully varied selection of short films, of which you vote for your favourite on the night. Have your questions asked by programmed filmmakers or our special guests, all the while enjoying a wide selection of food & drinks from the bar. Then to round off, we will share our Director's Choice, a slightly longer short, selected by our judging panel.

Tickets are only available, so please do not turn up without booking first.

Doors to the cinema are at 19:30 but feel free to arrive earlier and enjoy food and drink from GRUB.

Doors: 7:30PM // Start: 8:00PM

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A Great Manchester Movie for Greater Manchester

FREE FEATURE FILM PREVIEW:

'Nobody Loves You and You Don't Deserve to Exist'
(Running Time: 99 minutes)
(Age 18+)

Officially selected for the Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival 2022

”As a contagion befalls Great Britain, and millions reflect upon the meaning of their lives, a grieving English teacher attempts to recover fragments of his shattered self as a boy, as a youth and as a man amidst the cathedrals, canals and crevices of Greater Manchester.”

After a packed house on 15th January 2022, this second screening event is an excellent opportunity for independent and student filmmakers, writers, actors, performers and cinephiles to not only watch a truly unique independent Manchester-based film production, but also to socialise and network with the film's cast and crew and, more importantly, with each other.

Online Featurette:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_7xapBvE0I&ab_channel=SeriousFeather

Doors: 6.00PM // Starts: 7:00PM

This event is organised by a third-party.

Launching on 17th February, Adult Film Club is an evening of raucous peepery curated by Chris Cantrill (BBC 2’s Alma’s Not Normal and Edinburgh Fringe ‘Best Show’ nominated double act, The Delightful Sausage) and the rising star of Manchester’s comedy filmmaking scene, Sam O’Leary (he’s done some music videos for Sony who are a media company who make music, movies, video games consoles and video games).

Together they have curated a selection of some of the most exciting comedy shorts starring smashers such as Jamie Demetriou (Stath Lets Flats), Peter Serafinowicz (Dark Souls II) and Jain Edwards (C4). There’ll also be shorts from creators such as Joe Roberts and Karl Poyzer, Alan Resnick and The Minute Hour. There might even be some stuff from two cheeky, chubby little boys called Sam and Chris. This is a great chance for Manchester’s filmmakers to showcase their wares and network with like-minded troubled souls.

Doors: 7:30PM // Starts: 8:00PM

This event is organised by a third-party.

Manchester Animation Festival come to Chapeltown Picture House for the first of many year-round screenings and events taking place throughout 2022! 

The first event is a super special themed mystery screening! MAF reveals the theme of the screening, and you have until bums are in seats to wonder what short animated film treats you'll be getting on the big screen. The theme for the very first mystery screening is *drumroll please* THEY LOVE ME…THEY LOVE ME NOT! That's right, a few days before the most romantic day of the year, they’ll be screening a curated selection of short films that explore the spectrum of romance; the good, the bad, the weird and the bloody lovely. 

The screening is 75 mins with an interval, plus plenty of time to hang out and meet new animation buddies afterwards! 

Doors: 6:30 // Film Starts: 8:30

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This event is organised by a third-party.

Tickets: £5 ADV // £6 OTD.

A Lovely Time returns to Chapletown Picture House on 5th February 2022 with another hilarious night featuring the most exciting comedians around. As always, A Lovely Time is hosted by comedy powerhouse Amy Gledhill (Alma’s Not Normal, BBC 2) who’s got another amazing lineup for the lucky people of Manchester.

To kick 2022 off in style, we’ve got comedy legend Kiri Pritchard-McLean (“Passionate, smart and yes, bloody funny” - The Scotsman). Kiri is a host of the hit podcast All Killa No Filla as well as her very own show on BBC Radio Wales. You’ll have also seen her on ALL OF THE TV including Richard Ayoade’s Question Team and Would I Lie To You? 

Kiri’s joined by sketch comedy goliaths, Tarot (‘Bark out loud funny...the whole show is startlingly live’ ★★★★ Guardian) and rising star of BBC 2's Funny Festival Live, Tadiwa Mahlunge.
The next gag-packed edition of A Lovely Time starts at 7pm on Saturday 5th February 2022. A Lovely Time’s host Amy Gledhill said, “We’re back baby! And with a lineup this hot you’re going to need to call the fire service! Don’t though, I’m being hyperbolic to whip up enthusiasm and hopefully sell more tickets.”

When the hapless Sing and his dim-witted pal, Bone, try to scam the residents of Pig Sty Alley into thinking they're members of the dreaded Axe Gang, the real gangsters descend on this Shanghai slum to restore their fearsome reputation. What gang leader Brother Sum doesn't know is that three legendary retired kung fu masters live anonymously in this decrepit neighbourhood and don't take kindly to interlopers.

Doors: 7:30PM // Film Starts: 8:00PM

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Boy Harsher’s fifth release is not a traditional album ⁠— it’s the musical counterpart to a short film written, produced, and directed by the duo, entitled The Runner, which will be released alongside the album in January 2022. The Runner is a horror film intercut with a meta-style “documentary” about Boy Harsher’s recording process. The soundtrack balances cinematic instrumentals with pop songs that push the boundaries of Boy Harsher’s sound. We're delighted to present a screening of it with our pals Above The Line.

Doors: 7:00PM // Film Starts: 7:30PM

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This event is organised by a third-party.

IndieFlicks returns, offering the perfect balance of a social night out and blended with top drawer, festival quality short films from around the world!

Our night now runs on the first Wednesday of the month, at the charming Chapeltown Picture House in Manchester.

You can expect a wonderfully varied selection of short films, of which you vote for your favourite on the night. Have your questions asked by programmed filmmakers or our special guests, all the while enjoying a wide selection of food & drinks from the bar. Then to round off, we will share our Director's Choice, a slightly longer short, selected by our judging panel.

Tickets are only available, so please do not turn up without booking first.

Doors to the cinema are at 19:30 but feel free to arrive earlier and enjoy food and drink from GRUB.

Doors: 7:30PM // Films Start: 8:00PM

By purchasing a ticket, you agree to the house rules.

This event is organised by a third-party.

Previously only available via VHS bootlegs and a huge audience slayer since its debut at Fantastic Fest, DIAL CODE SANTA CLAUS (aka 3615 CODE PÈRE NOËL and DEADLY GAMES) is your new favourite holiday slay ride. Thomas is a typical 1980s kid: he loves computers, role-playing games, and his dog. While mom is away at the office on Christmas Eve, Thomas and his grandfather are left home alone -- perfect timing for a disgruntled, perverted, bloodthirsty Santa Claus to raid the home down the chimney. But Hell hath no fury like a mulleted ten-year-old with an arsenal of toys! Made a year before HOME ALONE, the French-made DIAL CODE SANTA CLAUS has almost the same plot -- only filled with more style, bloodshed, and Rambo references.

“Plays like a blend of classic Amblin and a grindhouse nightmare."

“To say this s#!t is nuts is an understatement"

Special Video Introduction from René Manzor (TBC)

Please book tickets in advance as seats on the door are not guaranteed, and pre-bookings cover the cost to run the event.

Chroma Crystal are a Manchester based horror brand. Specialising in horror & cult movie art creating original designs and hand make stickers, badges, art prints & replicas. For the first time ever, they are venturing out into events with their first ever film screening.

Rating: 18+ ONLY
Audio: French (English Subs)
Running Time: 87 mins.
Dir: René Manzor

Restoration and synopsis courtesy of René Manzor and the American Genre Film Archive.

Doors: 7:00PM // Film Starts: 8:00PM

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THIS CHRISTMAS YOU BETTER BELIEVE IN SANTA... OR HE'LL SLAY YOU!

A toy-maker who revels in the Christmas spirit suffers a mental break when his work is met with hypocrisy and cynicism and goes on a yuletide killing spree.

"Greatest Christmas movie ever made" - John Waters

Watch the Christmas cult favourite on the big screen!

Doors: 4:30PM // Film Starts: 5:00PM

This is an 15+ event (Photo ID Required)

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Fashion designer Anita and computer-game writer Roger meet, fall in love and marry along with their dalmatians Perdita and Pongo. The dogs' puppies are kidnapped by Anita's boss Cruella De Vil, who is stealing young dalmatians to make the coat she has set her heart on. Pongo and Perdita set out to find and rescue all ninety-nine pups from their fearsome captors.

***THIS IS A DOG FRIENDLY SCREENING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR POOCH, SEATS WILL BE DISTANCED AND THE HOUSE LIGHTS WILL REMAIN ON THROUGHOUT, VOLUME WILL BE LOWER THAN USUAL***

Doors: 2:30PM // Film Starts: 3:00PM

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£5.00 STANDARD TICKET / DOGS GO FREE

An all ages event for the whole family, a new kid friendly film screened each month! No need to register for tickets, just turn up! ***Free popcorn for kids***

Doors: 12 noon // Film start: 12:30pm

For improved accessibility, we have subtitles ON by default.

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Manchester’s best and weirdest comedians present The Jain Edwards Show, billed simply, and accurately, as ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’. Fronted by Rhyl’s best, hardest entertainer Jain Edwards, this is an alternative comedy chat show where anything can and will happen. 

Co-produced by new Manchester comedy production house A Lovely Time, the show will feature bizarre characters, mind-altering songs and wild happenings - all these and more brought to you by your charming and powerful host. Housed at Chapeltown Picture House in Grub’s new Green Quarter home, The Jain Edwards Show is a multimedia extravaganza like no other.

About Jain Edwards

Jain Edwards has been entertaining and confounding the audiences of Manchester’s alternative circuit for years with her offbeat charm and wonderful cast of absurd characters. She has appeared on BBC3, Channel 4 and is often seen pumping iron as Top Bodybuilder Brian.

Praise for Jain:

• “Pleasingly offbeat” - The Guardian

• “Get in early and catch a rising talent” - Short Com

• “Edwards succeeds with levity, charm and a knowing smile” - The List

“An excellent exercise in inventive, immensely creative comedy” - The Skinny

This event is organised and ticketed by a third-party.

A Lovely Time presents a brand new themed pub quiz covering everything Simpsons shaped this December. Hosted by veteran Manchester quizmaster John Stansfield (Quizimodo, Pencil’s Down), Down With Homework promises to take a deep dive into Simpson lore to separate the Radioactive Men from the Radiation Dudes. Taking place at 3pm on Sunday 12th December this is a quiz for true Simpsons fans who feel they’re the most knowledgeable in Manchester.

Prizes come courtesy of Simpsons bootleggers The Second Best Damn Pet Shop in Town and fancy dress is encouraged with extra gifts for the best dressed. Entrance costs £3 per member and teams no bigger than 6 are permitted.

"Broadsword calling Danny Boy... Broadsword calling Danny Boy..."

Celebrate the festive season with one of the all-time great action films - Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without snow, Nazis, machine guns and explosions. Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure star in Where Eagles Dare!

Doors: 6:00PM // Film Starts: 6:30PM

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An evening of stripped back/acoustic music hosted by Flatland Recordings FLR at Chapel Town Picture House

We host a special evening of unplugged, intimate music with a variety of artists touching on jazz, alternative country, indie & folk, all seated in the beautiful Chapel Town Picture House theatre.

The relaxed vibes come from:

Max Max - https://maxmax.bandcamp.com/album/cocoon - 7:00

Ava Grace - www.facebook.com/AvaaGrace - 7.30 

Scatterchild - https://scatterchild.bandcamp.com - 8.10

Pomona XV - https://pomonaxv.bandcamp.com - 8:50

Outside Now - https://www.instagram.com/outsidenowband - 9:00

Drinks and food can be served from GRUB, video installations will be present in between/during acts. Head down for an unmissable evening amongst friends and musicians alike.

Join us for the proceedings, the cinema is located above GRUB, Manchester, between 6.30 - 10.30.

£6.50 in adv, £8 OTD (cash only on the door)

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How helpful is development aid from the Global North?  In crisis-ridden eastern Congo, three European development aid workers are forced to question what it means to help.

Raúl, a French-Spanish economist doing research on rebel groups, realises that he is leading his Congolese colleagues into great temptation with his project funds, putting their study at risk of failing. After 30 years in Africa, Peter, from Germany, reaches retirement age and is unable to renew his job contract. He struggles to stay in Congo and to preserve his identity as an aid worker. And the relationship of Anne-Laure, from Belgium, is put to the test when her Congolese boyfriend, after a stay in prison, becomes a high-profile regime critic.

Deeply personal insights into coexistence and cooperation between Europe and Africa—and the question: how helpful is the help of the West?

Doors: 7:00PM // Film Starts: 7:30PM

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A Lovely Time is a brand new comedy spectacular hosted by Amy Gledhill (BBC One, Channel 4 and Edinburgh comedy award-nominated double act The Delightful Sausage), taking place in Manchester at GRUB’s Chapeltown Picture House, Red Bank on the first Saturday of every month.

It's the last chance in 2021 to have A Lovely Time, so come on down to Chapeltown Picture House on Saturday 4th December for a lovely Christmas time.

Amy Gledhill will be joined by Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Jordan Brookes, co-host of The Guilty Feminist podcast Alison Spittle and rising star Eryn Tett.

An Open Mic Storytelling Event hosted by Simone the Resident Natterbox.

Expect an honest, unpretentious evening of exchange. Driven by a theme of the month inspired by true stories unfolding in the world however big or small. You will leave with a dollop of wholesome heart-warming connection with a bunch of strangers with a side-order of amusement at the stories shared and a recognition of how connected we all really are.

Theme of the Month: Favourite's

Story Line Prompters: We all have our favourites. That's why we call some people our best friends and some just our friends! In seriousness, we want to hear all the happy stories. All your favourite stories and why. Set the scene, bring those memories to life. We don't care where, when, who, what with. Let's all bask in the joy because Christmas is ultimately about spreading a sprinkle of joy, right?

An open mic for sharing experience, to help us understand in some form or other that we're all the same, and that similarity may allow someone who hears your tale to recall some of their own and keep spreading that joy organically.

Tickets are listed at a guide price of £5.00 for Listeners and FREE for Storytellers.

If you would like to perform please email [email protected] and a ballot will be drawn the week of the 10th November and you will be subsequently notified if successful.

How it works.

One set theme and an acknowledgement that there is two types of people in the world.

The Storytellers: You have five minutes of fame. Five minutes to tell the long story of the short tale. Let it be powerful. Let it be punchy. Let it be your authentically yours to tell. The interpretation of the theme is yours to own and can be delivered in any communication form you feel comfortable with (Storytelling/Spoken Word/Poetry/Singing/comedy/drag queens).

The Listeners: Our crowd. If you’re only here for the entertainment then your in the right place! Expect this to be part confessional, part comedic, part therapeutic. This evening is not staged, these are just everyday folk like you and I that have the confidence to share their experience with you. Our only rule is be present, be respectful of others and give them a hearty applause upon sharing! The beauty of this evening, is you really don’t know how the evening will evolve and that’s what makes it so exciting.

There are to strangers here, only friends you haven't met yet. Long Story Short wants to create a environment which is open to all. Each of us, unique yet relatable. Weird yet wonderful. The fish to the chips of life. Gobble up that feeling and let's form a community.

****Walk ins are welcome subject to space capacity and safe social distances guidelines met. ****

This event is organised and ticketed by a third-party.

💥EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE💥

We invite you to come and join us for an EXCLUSIVE screening of the Moby Dickless LIVE studio session on Wednesday 1st December.

Barber Presents will be spinning some records from 6pm so come down and enjoy the vibez, with the wonderful Jordan Murphy bringing the after show party with a tinkle on the decks.

***PAY WHAT YOU FEEL***

Adm. James T. Kirk has defeated his archenemy but at great cost. His friend Spock has apparently been killed, the USS Enterprise is being scrapped, and starship physician Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy has taken ill. McCoy's odd behavior is evidence he's harboring Spock's katra, or animating spirit, and Kirk seeks to take the Enterprise back to the Genesis Planet and find his friend. Rebuffed, Kirk takes dramatic action that results in war with deadly Klingons.

For the first time ever, experience the original Star Trek films in stunning 4K Ultra HD. Newly remastered from original elements for optimal picture quality, each film is presented with Dolby Vision® and HDR-10.

***WE ARE ALSO OFFERING AN ALL DAY TRILOGY TICKET. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THAT OPTION***

Doors: 8:00PM // Film Starts: 8:30PM

For improved accessibility, we have subtitles ON by default.

By purchasing a ticket, you agree to the house rules.

£7.50 STANDARD TICKET / £5 STUDENT OR CPH MEMBER TICKET*
*proof of eligibility must be shown on the door