We have a Pope (cert tbc)

Description: Following the death of the Pope, the Conclave meets to elect his successor. A cardinal is chosen who seems unable to bare the weight of such a responsibility. Is it anxiety? Is it depression? Does he feel inadequate? The faithful are waiting for the new Pope to appear on the balcony in St. Peter’s Square. The world is on tenterhooks, while in the Vatican they seek ways to come through the crisis.
Duration: 102 mins
Country: Italy/France (Italian with English subtitles) 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Nanni Moretti.
Starring: Nanni Moretti, Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa.
View Trailer/Website: We have a Pope Film Trailer.

Anonymous (12A)

Description: A historical drama that suggests Shakespeare was a fraud. Edward de Vere (Rhys Ifans) is an aristocrat who yearns to write poetry and plays, but due to social and political constraints, he is forced to use a front for his political-minded works because they subtly encourage Queen Elizabeth to alter her plan for succession. When a fame-hungry actor William Shakespeare (Rafe Spall) passes off the plays as his own, de Vere finds his man, but eventually he is blackmailed when the morally dubious thespian wants more and more. Duration: 130 mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Roland Emmerich.
Starring: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis.
View Trailer/Website: Anonymous Film Trailer.

Coriolanus (15)

Description: Ralph Fiennes brings Shakepspeare’s play to the screen as actor, director and producer. Coriolanus is a returning war hero-turned-politician whose refusal to court the public’s favour leads to his exile from Rome, engineered in part by two rival Tribunes, Sicinius (James Nesbitt) and Brutus (Paul Jesson). However, when Coriolanus encounters his former, recently defeated enemy Tullus Aufidius the latter is moved by his plight and the pair join forces and return to Rome to take revenge.
Duration: 122 mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Ralph Fiennes.
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox.
View Trailer/Website: Coriolanus Film Trailer.

My week with Marilyn (cert tbc)

Description: My Week With Marilyn reveals the enchanted week that the then-lowly production assistant Colin Clark spent with the most famous celebrity of the era during the production of the classic 1957 comedy romance The Prince and The Showgirl. The film famously united Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams), who was also on honeymoon with her new husband, the playwright Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott). Nearly 40 years on, his diary account The Prince, The Showgirl and Me was published, but one week was missing and this was published some years later as My Week With Marilyn. When Arthur Miller leaves England, the coast is clear for Colin to introduce Marilyn to some of the pleasures of British life.
Duration: TBC mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Simon Curtis.
Starring: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh.
View Trailer/Website: My week with Marilyn Film Trailer.

Leighton Buzzard Music presents: Purcell School

Description:
The amazingly talented students from this world-famous specialist music school return with a varied programme of music for piano, strings and wind instruments.
Tickets: £13; Friends of LB Music: £11.50; Children & Students: £5

Fiddler on the Roof Junior

Description: Tevye wishes he was a rich man but is indeed rich in tradition in the village of Anatevka where his eldest daughters wish for a match from the matchmaker. The girls’ wishes and Tevyes do not match and the audience are taken on a rollercoaster of comedy and sadness as the story unfolds. A fully staged musical from Leighton Buzzard Children’s Theatre Youth section under the direction of Sally Allsopp with musical direction from David Allsopp promises a musical feast from this talented group of local youngsters aged 13-18. Musical numbers include Tradition, Do you love Me, if I were a rich Man and many more.
Tickets: Adults: £6; Conc: £5 
Performed by: Leighton Buzzard Children's Theatre.

Don't stop the Show

Description: The newly formed Advance Theatre Company present an evening of showstoppers from musicals and composers to include West Side Story, 42nd Street, Sondheim, Les Miserables, Jekyll and Hyde, Rogers and Hammerstein and more. The Young company aged 17-20 will perform showstoppers from 10 different musicals. They will be joined by the Advance Junior company for Oliver and Beauty and The Beast. The Company is in association with Leighton Buzzard Children’s Theatre.
Tickets: Adults: £7; Conc: £5 
Performed by: Leighton Buzzard Children's Theatre.

James Goff Big Band Charity Concert

Description: Leighton Buzzard Theatre once again ,welcomes back the James Goff Big Band playing the music of Glen Miller, Count Basie, Woody Harman and some of James’s own arrangements. With vocals by Jeannie Dee (formerly with Joe Loss and His Orchestra). The Charity Concert is supporting The Leighton Buzzard Music School one of the Leighton – Linslade Town Mayor’s local charities .
Tickets: Adults: £11; Concs: £10

Barnstormers (18)

Description:
You won’t have to travel far or even to London for top quality stand up comedy as Barnstormers Comedy Club are again bringing their funny shows to Leighton Buzzard. All compered by the ever popular Kevin Precious. These events always take place on a Thursday night unless otherwise stated.
Tickets:  £12 on the door or £10 paid in advance (Groups of 6+ will receive a 10% discount)
Compere: Kevin Precious (Regular)
Category: LBT Promotes; Adults Only (18)

Following Agreed Line-Ups*:

• Thursday 8th March - Martin Beaumont - Anthony King - Paul McCaffrey

* Line-ups are subject to change and are beyond our control. Central Bedfordshire Council is not responsible for external websites and their content.

The Iron Lady (12A)

Description: The Iron Lady is an intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century’s most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world. It is a film about power and the price that is paid for by the pursuit of power.
Duration: 105 mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Phyllida Lloyd.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent.
View Trailer/Website: The Iron Lady Film Trailer.

The 2012 Leighton Buzzard Oxjam Festival

Description: The 2012 Leighton Buzzard Oxjam Festival promises to be the best yet! The Oxjam 2012 event, will feature many local bands. The full line-up will be advertised on the Oxjam website and via the Leighton Buzzard Oxjam Facebook group.
Tickets:  £6.50; Children/Students: £5

The Artist (PG)

Description: Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will mark the end of his career, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break as silent cinema grows out of fashion and is replaced by the talkies. Critically acclaimed, The Artist has won several awards including Best Actor at Cannes and has won 5 Golden Globes.
Duration: 100 mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Michel Hazanavicius.
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo and John Goodman.
View Trailer/Website: The Artist Film Trailer.

The Iron Lady (12A)

Description: The Iron Lady is an intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century’s most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world. It is a film about power and the price that is paid for by the pursuit of power.
Duration: 105 mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Phyllida Lloyd.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent.
View Trailer/Website: The Iron Lady Film Trailer.

War Horse (12A)

Description: Based on Michael Morpurgo’s bestselling novel and directed by Steven Spielberg, War Horse tells the story of our equine hero Joey. Taken from his young and beloved master in Devon and sold to the army as they prepare to ship to France during WW1, War Horse is a beautifully told tale of both man and beast’s epic journey through the horrors of war and the compassion that can be found in the most unexpected places.
Duration: 146 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Steven Spielberg.
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson and David Thewlis.
View Trailer/Website: War Horse Film Trailer.

LBM presents: A Night of Light

Description: A piano recital by the brilliant Iain Farrington. On his eagerly awaited return to LB Theatre Iain will play a programme of lighter classical and jazz-inspired music by Elgar, Walton, Percy Grainger, Gershwin, Billy Mayerl and Art Tatum.
Tickets: £13; Friends of LB Music: £11.50

Las Acacias (12A) - World Cinema

Description: This deceptively simple drama follows a lonely truck driver as he transports a load of acacia wood from Paraguay to Buenos Aires. It is a journey that Rubén (German de Silva) has made many times before, but this time will be different: he’s been asked by his boss to give a lift to young Paraguayan woman Jacinta (Hebe Duarte). When he finds out at the last minute that Jacinta has brought along her baby daughter, Anahi (Nayra Calle Mamani), Rubén is not pleased.
Duration: 86 mins
Country: Argentina/Spain (Spanish with English Subtitles)
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Pablo Giorgelli.
Starring: Germán de Silva, Hebe Duarte and Nayra Calle Mamani.
View Trailer/Website: Las Acacias Film Trailer.

War Horse (12A)

Description: Based on Michael Morpurgo’s bestselling novel and directed by Steven Spielberg, War Horse tells the story of our equine hero Joey. Taken from his young and beloved master in Devon and sold to the army as they prepare to ship to France during WW1, War Horse is a beautifully told tale of both man and beast’s epic journey through the horrors of war and the compassion that can be found in the most unexpected places.
Duration: 146 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Steven Spielberg.
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson and David Thewlis.
View Trailer/Website: War Horse Film Trailer.

J. Edgar (15)

Description: As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
Duration: 136 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Clint Eastwood.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer and Judi Dench.
View Trailer/Website: J. Edgar Film Trailer.

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (12A)

Description: This 4th action-packed instalment of the Mission Impossible series has taken the existing trilogy to faster, slicker and more entertaining heights. When a bomb explodes at the Kremlin Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) must unite his crew in secret to get to the truth. Jam-packed with brilliant gadgets, great disguises and breathtaking chases, plus fabulous international settings and its trademark humour this is a great rollercoaster ride from beginning to end.
Duration: 133 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Brad Bird.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg.
View Trailer/Website: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Film Trailer.

Cool Britannia

Description: To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen, the South Beds Concert Band are delighted to present a thrilling selection of music to mark this historic occasion. The concert also coincides with the band’s 20th Anniversary, and the programme will include some the band’s favourite pieces from the past two decades. The band will be conducted by Chris Jones, who has acted as Musical Director since the band’s
formation.
Tickets: Adults: £5; Concs: £4

The Descendants (15) - Sold out!

Description: With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune. Having described himself as the ‘back up parent’ King must connect with his daughters as they face important family decisions. Gently comedic and told with subtle flair. The Descendants appeals to a truly broad audience.
Duration: 115 mins
Country: USA
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Alexander Payne.
Starring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller.
View Trailer/Website: The Descendants Film Trailer.

Carnage (15)

Description: Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behaviour throws the evening into chaos.
Duration: 79 mins
Country: France, Germany, Spain 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Roman Polanski.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C Reilly and Christoph Waltz.
View Trailer/Website: Carnage Film Trailer.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (12A)

Description: Oskar Schell (Horn) is an intelligent nine-year-old boy with a unique view on the world. He has a close relationship with his father, Thomas (Hanks), but Oskar and his mother (Bullock) suffer a huge loss when Thomas dies in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Two years later, Oskar finds a key hidden in his house and believes that it leads to something his dad wanted him to discover, so he heads out on a journey to find the matching lock.
Duration: 129 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Stephen Daldry.
Starring: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock.
View Trailer/Website: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Film Trailer.

Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill (18)

Description: Russ Meyer created a cult classic in 1965 with this turbo-charged action film. Three curvaceous go-go dancers in a cool sports car go on a desert crime spree, led by Varla (Tura Satana), a busty, Varla’s lesbian moll, Rosie (Haji) and reluctant bimbo Billie (Lori Williams) are along for the ride. When they meet a naïve young couple, Tommy and Linda (Ray Barlow and Sue Bernard). Varla challenges the man to a race then kills him by breaking his back.
Duration: 123 mins
Country: USA
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Russ Meyer.
Starring: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Ray Barlow.
View Trailer/Website: Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill Film Trailer.

Martha Marcy May Marlene (15)

Description: Martha Marcy May Marlene is a powerful psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a young woman rapidly unravelling after fleeing from a cult and its charismatic leader (John Hawkes). Seeking help from her estranged older sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson) and brother-in-law (Hugh Dancy), her memories trigger a chilling paranoia that her former cult could still be pursuing her. Martha is having a hard time separating dreams from reality.
Duration: 102 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Sean Durkin.
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson and John Hawkes.
View Trailer/Website: Martha Marcy May Marlene Film Trailer.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (12A)

Description: Oskar Schell (Horn) is an intelligent nine-year-old boy with a unique view on the world. He has a close relationship with his father, Thomas (Hanks), but Oskar and his mother (Bullock) suffer a huge loss when Thomas dies in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Two years later, Oskar finds a key hidden in his house and believes that it leads to something his dad wanted him to discover, so he heads out on a journey to find the matching lock.
Duration: 129 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Stephen Daldry.
Starring: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock.
View Trailer/Website: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Film Trailer.

Martha Marcy May Marlene (15)

Description: Martha Marcy May Marlene is a powerful psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a young woman rapidly unravelling after fleeing from a cult and its charismatic leader (John Hawkes). Seeking help from her estranged older sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson) and brother-in-law (Hugh Dancy), her memories trigger a chilling paranoia that her former cult could still be pursuing her. Martha is having a hard time separating dreams from reality.
Duration: 102 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Sean Durkin.
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson and John Hawkes.
View Trailer/Website: Martha Marcy May Marlene Film Trailer.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG)

Description: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Lured by creating advertising for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and spurred on by visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. The new environment is less luxurious than imagined, but they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, when you let go of the past, you can discover that life and love can begin again.
Duration: 118 mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: John Madden.
Starring: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith.
View Trailer/Website: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Film Trailer.

The Muppets (U)

Description: The Muppets are back after 12 years and children and adults will have an absolute blast with all of the fun characters, cameos, and catchy musical-numbers. When 3 muppet fans learn that Tex Richman wants to drill under the muppet theatre for oil Gary, Mary and Walter set out to find the muppets who have been split up for years and have gone in very different directions.
Duration: 103 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: James Bobin.
Starring: Amy Adams, Jason Segel and Chris Cooper.
View Trailer/Website: The Muppets Film Trailer.

Magic Dave

Description: Magic Dave returns to wow the audiences with his unique blend of family entertainment
incorporating fun, games, magic, ventriloquism and illusions which will have you simply spell bound. Including lots of audience participation, some interesting friends to see, and some very baffling magic. You will see why Magic Dave was voted the United Kingdom’s Children’s Entertainer of the Year 2009/2010 & The British Isles Children’s Entertainer of the Year 2009/2010.
Tickets: £7.00  
Performed by: Magic Dave.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG)

Description: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Lured by creating advertising for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and spurred on by visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. The new environment is less luxurious than imagined, but they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, when you let go of the past, you can discover that life and love can begin again.
Duration: 118 mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: John Madden.
Starring: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith.
View Trailer/Website: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Film Trailer.

Barnstormers (18)

Description:
You won’t have to travel far or even to London for top quality stand up comedy as Barnstormers Comedy Club are again bringing their funny shows to Leighton Buzzard. All compered by the ever popular Kevin Precious. These events always take place on a Thursday night unless otherwise stated.
Tickets:  £12 on the door or £10 paid in advance (Groups of 6+ will receive a 10% discount)
Compere: Kevin Precious (Regular)
Category: LBT Promotes; Adults Only (18)

Following Agreed Line-Ups*:

• Thursday 12th April - Steve Day - David Hadingham - Kevin Shepherd
  

* Line-ups are subject to change and are beyond our control. Central Bedfordshire Council is not responsible for external websites and their content.

A Monster in Paris (U)

Description: Paris, 1910. Emile, a shy movie projectionist, and Raoul, a colourful inventor, find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing citizens. They join forces with Lucille, the big-hearted star of the Bird of Paradise cabaret, an eccentric scientist and his irascible monkey to save the monster, who turns out to be an oversized but harmless flea, from the city’s ruthlessly ambitious police chief.
Duration: 90 mins
Country: France 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Bibo Bergeron.
Starring: Mathieu Chedid, Vanessa Paradis and Gad Elmaleh.
View Trailer/Website: A Monster in Paris Film Trailer.

A Dangerous Method (15)

Description: Drawn from true-life events, A Dangerous Method takes a glimpse into the turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein, the troubled but beautiful young woman who comes between them as they both fall under her spell.
Duration: 133 mins
Country: Germany, Canada, Switzerland 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: David Cronenberg.
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Viggo Mortensen.
View Trailer/Website: A Dangerous Method Film Trailer.

LBM presents: The World Famous Vienna Mozart Trio

Description: Daniel Auner, violin; Diethard Auner cello; Irina Auner, piano. This ever popular ensemble perform music by Mozart (Trio in B flat), Schubert (Sonata movement in B flat and Nocturne) Shostakovich (Trio No 2 in E minor, Op 67).
Tickets: £13; Friends of LB Music: £11.50; Children and Students: £5

The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter

Description: The Birthday Party is one of Harold Pinter’s earliest, most mysterious, well known and beautifully written plays. It is a play with an interesting mix of comedy, absurdity & menace. Petey and Meg run a tired seaside boarding house on the south coast. They have just one boarder, Stanley Webber, an erstwhile piano player. Their lives are disrupted when mysterious Mr Goldberg and Mr McCann arrive. They seem to know Stanley and to have dangerous intentions regarding him. Stanley is in a near panic when he learns that Meg has planned a birthday party for him, and that Goldberg and McCann are invited.
Tickets: Adults: £9.50; Conc: £8.50 
Performed by: Leighton Buzzard Drama Group. Directed by Ann Kempster.

House of Tolerance (18) - World Cinema

Description: The dawn of the XXth century: L’Apollonide, a house of tolerance, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others become viciously harmful, the girls share their secrets, their fears, their joys and their pains.
Duration: TBC mins
Country: France (French with English subtitles) 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Bertrand Bonello.
Starring: Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette and Jasmine Trinca.
View Trailer/Website: House of Tolerance Film Trailer.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG) - Sold out!

Description: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Lured by creating advertising for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and spurred on by visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. The new environment is less luxurious than imagined, but they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, when you let go of the past, you can discover that life and love can begin again.
Duration: 118 mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: John Madden.
Starring: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith.
View Trailer/Website: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Film Trailer.

Trishna (PG)

Description: Based on Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles, set in contemporary Rajasthan. Trishna (Freida Pinto) meets a wealthy young British businessman Jay Singh (Riz Ahmed) who has come to India to work in his father’s hotel business. After an accident destroys her father’s Jeep, Trishna goes to work for Jay, and they fall in love. Trishna’s tragedy is that she is torn between the traditions of her family life and the dreams and ambitions that her education has given her.
Duration: 127 mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Michael Winterbottom.
Starring: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed and Roshan Seth.
View Trailer/Website: Trishna Film Trailer.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG)

Description: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Lured by creating advertising for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and spurred on by visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. The new environment is less luxurious than imagined, but they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, when you let go of the past, you can discover that life and love can begin again.
Duration: 118 mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: John Madden.
Starring: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith.
View Trailer/Website: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Film Trailer.

Shaft (15) - Cult Classic

Description: This movie is a cult classic and it isn’t because of the plot. Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks. An action film with elements of film noir, Shaft tells the story of a black private detective, John Shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives and the plot follows his travels through Harlem and to the Italian mob neighbourhoods in order to find the missing daughter of a black mobster gangster, Bumpy Jonas.
Duration: 100 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Gordon Parks.
Starring: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi.

Oliver

Description: As part of the international celebration of the life and work of Charles Dickens, to mark the bicentenary of his birth, the Leighton Buzzard Youth Theatre is pleased to present the classic family musical Oliver! The show tells the story of the young orphan Oliver Twist, and his adventures with the Artful Dodger, Fagin and other favourite and shady characters, set amongst the underworld of Victorian London. This show also celebrates the 25th Year of the LBYT! Make sure you book early!
Tickets: Adults: £8.50; Conc: £6.50 
Performed by: Leighton Buzzard Youth Theatre. Music, Lyrics and Book by Lionel Bart.

The Woman in Black (15)

Description: This haunted new horror film is based on Susan Hill’s 1983 thriller, The Woman in Black about a a menacing spectre of darkness who haunts a small, coastal town in England. Radcliffe is Arthur Kipps a lawyer who gets involved in a haunting situation. Sent out to retrieve and deal with a dead client’s paperwork, he finds himself in a very creepy house where he sees a woman in black. Who is she? What does she want? The locals aren’t saying much but Kipps wants some answers.
Duration: 101 mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: James Watkins.
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer and Ciaran Hinds.
View Trailer/Website: The Woman in Black Film Trailer.

Barnstormers (18)

Description:
You won’t have to travel far or even to London for top quality stand up comedy as Barnstormers Comedy Club are again bringing their funny shows to Leighton Buzzard. All compered by the ever popular Kevin Precious. These events always take place on a Thursday night unless otherwise stated.
Tickets:  £12 on the door or £10 paid in advance (Groups of 6+ will receive a 10% discount)
Compere: Kevin Precious (Regular)
Category: LBT Promotes; Adults Only (18)

Following Agreed Line-Ups*:

• Thursday 10th May - Debra-Jane Appelby - Erich McElroy - Junior Simpson
  

* Line-ups are subject to change and are beyond our control. Central Bedfordshire Council is not responsible for external websites and their content.

Bel Ami (cert TBC)

Description: Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson), travels through 1890s Paris, using his wits and powers of education to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate encounters with wealthy beauties. Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives.
Duration: tbc mins
Country: UK/France/Italy 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod.
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Christina Ricci and Uma Thurman.
View Trailer/Website: Bel Ami Film Trailer.

Heath Band Concert

Description: The award-winning local brass band make a welcome return to the Theatre to present an evening of fantastic music. The band prides itself in presenting enormously varied musical programmes, and this concert is sure to include something to suit everyone’s tastes. Their effervescent Musical Director, Steve Allen, will make sure the evening will be thoroughly entertaining.
Tickets: £6.50; Concs: £5.50

Bel Ami (cert TBC)

Description: Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson), travels through 1890s Paris, using his wits and powers of education to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate encounters with wealthy beauties. Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives.
Duration: tbc mins
Country: UK/France/Italy 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod.
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Christina Ricci and Uma Thurman.
View Trailer/Website: Bel Ami Film Trailer.

Young Adult (15)

Description: Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Wilson). When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate (Oswalt) who hasn’t quite gotten over high school, either.
Duration: 94 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Jason Reitman.
Starring: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson and Patton Oswalt.
View Trailer/Website: Young Adult Film Trailer.

The Raven (cert TBC)

Description: Starring John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe, the fictional storyline sees the master of the macabre team up with a detective to hunt down a serial killer who is being inspired by Poe’s stories. Suspected of the murders himself, Poe desperately wants to track down the killer to restore his reputation and rescue his kidnapped fiancée.
Duration: TBC mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: James McTeigue.
Starring: John Cusack, Alice Eve and Luke Evans.
View Trailer/Website: The Raven Film Trailer.

Headhunters (cert TBC) - World Cinema

Description: Based on award winning mystery writer Jo Nesbo’s novel. Arskel Hennie (Max Manus) is an elite headhunter who finances his lavish lifestyle by stealing art from his own clients.
Duration: 101 mins
Country: Norway (Norwegian with English subtitles) 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Morten Tyldum.
Starring: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund & Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
View Trailer/Website: Headhunters Film Trailer.

Mother and Child (15)

Description: The lives of three women are woven together as housebound Karen (Benning) is left to look after her ageing mother as she obsesses about the daughter she gave up for adoption 35 years ago. Her daughter (Watts) is now a tough-edged lawyer intent on seducing her boss (Jackson) Then there is childless couple Lucy and Joseph are hoping to adopt. A compelling human drama from the producer of Babel.
Duration: 126 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Rodrigo Garcia.
Starring: Annette Benning, Naomi Watts, Samuel L Jackson.
View Trailer/Website: Mother and Child Film Trailer.

Hunky Dory (12A)

Description: In the summer of ’76, drama teacher Viv (Driver) is preparing to stage the school’s end of year show – a rock ‘n’ roll, new-age version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest using the kids’ favourite pop songs. Hunky Dory follows the trials and tribulations of an idealistic drama teacher as she tries to give unenthusiastic young people a means of expression, and the chance to learn about much more than just drama.
Duration: 107 mins
Country: UK 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Marc Evans.
Starring: Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard and Danielle Branch.
View Trailer/Website: Hunky Dory Film Trailer.

Pulp Fiction (18) - Cult Classic

Description: Directed in a highly stylized manner, Pulp Fiction joins the intersecting storylines of Los Angeles mobsters, fringe players, small-time criminals, and a mysterious briefcase. Screen time is devoted to conversations and monologues that reveal the characters’ senses of humour and perspectives on life. The film was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture; Tarantino and Avary won for Best Original Screenplay. It was also awarded the Palme d’Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
Duration: 154 mins
Country: USA 
Tickets: Evening: £6.50 (Conc. £5.30) Row A £4.20; Matinee: £5.30 (Conc. £4.10) Row A £3.90
Director: Quentin Tarantino.
Starring: John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson.
View Trailer/Website: Pulp Fiction Film Trailer.

Little Shop of Horrors

Description: Following their successful production of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in November, the Masqueraders are proud to present the outrageous hit sci-fi musical Little Shop of Horrors. An affectionate spoof of 1950s horror and science fiction movies, Little Shop was created by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken and based on a low budget cult 1960 black comedy film directed by Roger Corman. We follow the adventures of Seymour, a meek shop assistant from a skid row flower shop, as he becomes an overnight sensation after discovering an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. As he tries to keep the ever-growing plant content, our hero exasperates his boss, meets a sweet girl, and encounters a deranged dentist. Will any of them survive? Come along and find out!
Tickets: £8.50; Conc: £7.50 (June: £10)
Performed by: Leighton Masqueraders.