LIGHT HOUSE CINEMA & CAFE BAR The Chubb Buildings, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1HT Tickets: 01902 716055 www.light-house.co.uk OPENING TIMES VENUE CINEMAS EVENTS GALLERIES CAFÉ BAR Mon - Fri 9am - 8.30pm Weekends: 45 mins before first film, see inside for listings. @lighthousemedia lighthousemediacentre lighthousewolverhampton HOW TO FIND US The Chubb Buildings are in the City Centre, opposite The Slade Rooms, around the corner from The Grand Theatre. We're just off the ring road & 2 mins walk from the train, metro & bus stations. Free parking for visitors at weekends & Mon-Fri after 6pm. Call in or ring box office on 01902 716055 to request the barrier to be raised. LOCK WORKS CAFÉ BAR Full Food Service in Lock Works: Weekdays from 9am Evening Service in Lock Works: 5pm - 9pm, 7 days a week (food service until 8pm) Daytime Weekends: Full service from 45 minutes before first film or event. Bar and Hot Drinks can be taken into the cinema. FEBRUARY 2019 YOUR CITY CENTRE CINEMA
COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD SUPPORT GROUP Thurs 14 February 1-2.30pm Free of charge 07711 597167 rosemary@braintumoursupport.co.uk The monthy Wolverhampton group is open to anyone affected by brain tumours. SINGING FOR LUNG HEALTH Wednesdays 11.30am-1pm Adult singing group for people with respiratory problems. 4 inc drinks. Term time only. Call Carl 07859 013 412. Social Logos designed by: Ian Brickles Our friendly social meet-ups develop language skills of any level. Meet in Lock Works Bar 6.30pm 9pm Free of charge Info: nwt.languages@gmail.com French Tues 5, 19 Feb German Thurs 14, 28 Feb Italian Thurs 7, 21 Feb Portuguese & Queen s English Groups Weds 6, 20 Feb Spanish Tues 12, 26 Feb Japanese & Esperanto - see meetup.com OPEN MIC NIGHT Fri 22 Feb From 7.30pm PA system, piano keys and stage monitors available. Live music only! Free entry. February Line Up: Bethany Rivers, Steven Clarke, Brenda Read-Brown, Gulnaz Kauser & Jeff Phelps. YES WE CANT Sunday 3 Feb 7-9pm, Main Gallery As part of Wolves Lit Fest Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists bring their night Yes We Cant to Light House. Two feature acts - Sara-Jane Arbury and Steve Rooney - as well as the usual open mic spots. Entry by donation. Calm Minds Cafe 6th February, 7-10pm, Main Gallery A safe space for people to unwind away from the hustle and bustle of every day life with music, board games and books available. KNIT-NIGHT Tuesday 12 Feb Wolves Play Cafe is for under 5s and their parents and carers in the city with free play and facilitated play led by an Early Years specialist. Join us for fun, food and friendly faces from 10am - 12pm on the following dates: Monday 25th February Monday 4th March Monday 18th March Monday 25th March Monday 1st April Find us on Facebook or visit www.wolvesplaycafe.org for more info Tues 12 Feb Light House Monday Movie Meet Up: Mon 18 Feb, 5.55pm Catch an early evening screening then get together in our Gallery to discuss the film over drinks and snacks (these can be ordered from the bar in advance so they'll be waiting for you when you come out!) Everyone welcome. Standard ticket prices apply.
CINEMA PRICES 2019 Tickets: 8.90 Concessions: 7.40 (OAP/Disabled/Unemployed) Under 25s and students: 4.50 all screenings Sundays: 7.70 adults / 6.90 concs / 4.50 u25s & students Tue & Weds Matinées: 4.50 - donation box for tea & coffee Other matinées-standard prices & donation box for drinks Friends of LH: 1 off standard screenings (not Tues/Weds matinees) Meerkat Movies: Compare the Market customers can claim 2 for 1 tickets on Tues or Weds for a year with a qualifying product when presenting their Meerkat Movies code. (NB standard prices apply for 2 for 1 on matinée tickets.) Pick up a Passport To British Film from box office to earn bonuses for films marked ffffffffffff COLETTE Biography, Drama. UK, USA 2019. Dir: Wash Westmoreland. Cert 15, 1hr51. Author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette agrees to ghostwrite a novel for her husband, but its success inspires her fight for recognition. Starring Keira Knightley. Fri 1 Feb Sat 2 Feb Sun 3 Feb Mon 4 Feb Tue 5 Feb Wed 6 Feb Thur 7 Feb 2.15pm, 5.45pm 12.05pm, 2.35pm FEBRUARY FILMS 5.55pm, 8.25pm BEAUTIFUL BOY Biography, Drama. USA, 2018. Dir: Felix van Groeningen. Cert 15, 2hrs. Beautiful Boy chronicles the heart breaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with drug addiction. Starring Steve Carell and Timothy Chalamet. Fri 1 Feb Sat 2 Feb Sun 3 Feb Mon 4 Feb Tue 5 Feb Wed 6 Feb Thur 7 Feb 2.15pm, 5.30pm, WELCOME TO MARWEN Biography, Comedy, Drama - USA, 2018. Dir: Robert Zemeckis. Cert 12A, time 1hr56. A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process. Starring Steve Carell and Diane Kruger. Fri 1 Feb Sat 2 Feb Sun 3 Feb Mon 4 Feb Tue 5 Feb Wed 6 Feb Thur 7 Feb 5.35pm 5.35pm, 5.35pm, 2.15pm, 5.35pm, 5.35pm,
FEBRUARY FILMS CONTINUED GREEN BOOK Biography, Comedy - USA, 2019. Dir: Peter Farrelly. Cert 12A, 2hr09. A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. Starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali. Baby Love Screening Monday 11 February 11am. Children under 2 welcome with their carers. Fri 8 Feb Sat 9 Feb Sun 10 Feb Mon 11 Feb Tue 12 Feb Wed 13 Feb Thur 14 Feb 2.30pm, 5.20pm, Baby Love 11am, Fri 15 Feb Sat 16 Feb Sun 17 Feb Mon 18 Feb Tue 19 Feb Wed 20 Feb Thur 21 Feb 5.20pm 5.20pm ALL IS TRUE Drama, Biography - UK, 2019. Dir: Kenneth Branagh. Cert 12A, Time 1hr41. A look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare, with a blockbuster cast including Ian McKellen, Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench. Fri 8 Feb Sat 9 Feb Sun 10 Feb Mon 11 Feb Tue 12 Feb Wed 13 Feb Thur 14 Feb VICE Biography, Drama, History - USA, 2019 Dir: Adam McKay. Cert 15, time 2hr12. An exploration of how a Washington insider became the most powerful man in the world as -President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country in ways still felt today. Starring Christian Bale. 3pm, 5.55pm, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Biography, Drama - USA, 2018. Dir: Joel Edgerton. Cert 15, 1hr59. From the director of the Oscar winning Moonlight. A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child. Starring Kiki Love and Stephen James. Fri 15 Feb Sat 16 Feb Sun 17 Feb Mon 18 Feb Tue 19 Feb Wed 20 Feb Thur 21 Feb 3pm, 5.55pm, 2pm, 4.20pm, Fri 15 Feb Sat 16 Feb Sun 17 Feb Mon 18 Feb Tue 19 Feb Wed 20 Feb Thur 21 Feb 2pm, 2pm, 5.20pm 2.30pm, 5.20pm, 5.20pm 5.20pm, Fri 22 Feb Sat 23 Feb Sun 24 Feb Mon 25 Feb Tue 26 Feb Wed 27 Feb Thur 28 Feb 2.15pm, 5.35pm, 5.35pm, 5.35pm, 5.35pm, 5.35pm, 2.15pm, 5.35pm, 5.35pm,
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS Biography, Drama, History - UK, 2019. Dir: Josie Rourke. Cert 15, 2hrs04. Mary Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie and David Tennant. Fri 22 Feb Sat 23 Feb Sun 24 Feb Mon 25 Feb Tue 26 Feb Wed 27 Feb Thur 28 Feb 2.15pm, 5pm 2.45pm, 5.30pm, Love is in the Air Celebrate your love (of films!) at Light House this Valentine's day! We'll be serving strawberries and prosecco in our specially Valentine's themed bar, so come along for bubbles and berries before one of our films. We're showing and Green Book on the 14th for a delightful date-night. Light House Gift Vouchers make a great gift for the cinema lover in your life AND they help support us - the perfect present. They are available in any denomination you like - you can cover the cost of a cinema ticket or maybe splash out a little extra for a meal or drinks too - and are redeemable on both tickets and purchases in our cafe. Get yours today from our reception desk and surprise the one you love this Valentine's day. Thank you to everyone that became a Friend of Light House in 2018. It's not too late to make it your New Year's resolution to support Light House by becoming a Friend in 2019! Becoming a Friend has great benefits (both for you and for Light House!) including: 1 off standard ticket prices The choice of a poster from our extensive poster archive Copious amounts of the warm fuzzy feeling that comes from knowing you're helping Light House, a registered charity, continue to thrive in Wolverhampton! Friends membership costs 18 a year for a single membership, 28 a year for a joint membership for two people. You can pick up a form from our box office - fill it in and return it with your payment (or set up a standing order if you'd prefer) and we'll get your membership card out to you ASAP. Present your card at the till when buying your tickets to receive your discount. Many people celebrate their 18th and 21st birthdays... here at Light House we make a big deal of turning 15, the entrance to a whole new world of film, and a great age to discover independent cinemas as a safe, great night out. Supported by the BFI, our new film project for 15-25s is 'Screen Wolves'. Those signed up to the project will receive a free cinema ticket on one of their first visits (normally 4.50), plus free snacks after the screening in Lock Works (with no obligation to stay). We'll also screen cult classics and events through the year. Our February films are Beautiful Boy on Friday 1 Feb at 5.30pm and on Friday 22 Feb at 5.30pm or If Beale Street on Friday 22 Feb at 5.35pm. To register, email screenwolves@light-house.co.uk with your name and we will send you details. On your first visit you should bring photo & birthdate ID (eg a photograph of your passport details) or those without a passport/ ID, a copy of your birth certificate.
EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS AND SPECIAL SCREENINGS WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (U) As part of Wolverhampton Literature Festival Saturday 2 February, 12pm Standard ticket prices A boy seeks a coveted golden tickets for tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. Adapted from the Roald Dahl classic. Starring Gene Wilder. USA, 1971. 1hr36. Dir: Mel Stuart. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (PG) As part of Wolverhampton Literature Festival Saturday 2 February, 2pm Young lovers Hero and Claudio are to be married in a week. To pass the time, they conspire to set a "lover's trap" for Benedick, a confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice, his favourite sparring partner. Meanwhile, the evil Don Jon conspires to break up the wedding. Starring Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh. UK, USA 1993. 1hr51. Dir: Kenneth Branagh. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELIZA GREY Sunday 10 February, 3pm, Main Gallery 6 tickets on the door - to reserve contact Hazel Twig Theatre Co. on 07967 834955 Written by Su Hallcroft and produced by Hazel Twig Theatre Company and Shoebox Theatre, an inventive and entertaining show exploring issues surrounding Dementia Friendly Communities. Eliza is struggling to work out why no one in her rural church community will listen to her. Their fears, feelings and good intentions may be the prime suspect, or maybe it's just her dementia? Eliza needs the local detective to hear her before it's too late. SING-ALONG BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Saturday 23 February, 2pm and 8pm Standard ticket prices You've tapped your toe along to the film, now singalong to all of Queen's biggest hits in this special version of the smash hit movie. Bohemian Rhapsody is a footstomping celebration of Queen, their music and their lead singer Freddie Mercury. The film traces the rise of the band through their iconic songs, culminating with Freddie leading the band in one of their most famous performances - Live Aid. CLASSIC CINEMA & CREAM TEA: BRIEF ENCOUNTER (PG) Sunday 24 February, 3pm 7.70/ 6.90 conc/ 4.50 under 25s (Cream Tea 4 per person, bookable in advance) A classic romantic drama set in 1945, around the fictional Milford railway station where a married woman, Laura (Celia Johnson), meets Alec (Trevor Howard) in the station's waiting/tea room and a friendship begins to develop. Will Laura leave her comfortable but monotonous married life to start afresh with Alec? EXHIBITION: LIGHT HOUSE OPEN EXHIBITION February and March, Main Gallery, Free entry A celebration of artists showcasing their skills to inspire our local community. This exhibition will also support the Save Light House Campaign. Private tours and weekend workshops are available to book. Private tour bookings email: j@jvalentinofineartist.com. Workshop bookings: norma@silverfishjewellery.co.uk TIGERS (PG) Saturday 23rd March 2.15pm & 6pm, Monday 25th March 6pm, Tuesday 26th March Standard ticket prices Ayan, a pharmaceutical salesman, takes on his employers after realising they knowingly marketed a baby formula that s responsible for the deaths. Starring Emraan Hashmi and Geetanjali Thapa. Shown in association with the Breast Feeding Support Team from New Cross Hospital. India, France, 2018. 1hr34. Dir: Danis Tanovic. Language: Hindi, English, Urdu, German with English.
For more information about each show and to see the complete line up, please ring 01902 716055 or visit our website. THE NATIONAL THEATRE 12/ 11 concs COMING SOON! NEW NT LIVE PRODUCTION TO BE ANNOUNCED! COMING SOON! National Theatre Live: ALL MY SONS Tuesday 14 May, 7pm Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller s blistering drama All My Sons. America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business. But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives are about to shatter. With the return of a figure from the past, long buried truths are forced to the surface and the price of their American dream is laid bare. ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY 14/ 12 concs COMING SOON! NEW SEASON OF RSC PRODUCTIONS! RSC: AS YOU LIKE IT, WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL, 7pm RSC: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE, 7pm RSC: MEASURE FOR MEASURE, WEDNESDAY 31 JULY, 7pm THE METROPOLITAN OPERA 18/ 12.50 u15s The Met Opera: CARMEN Saturday 2 February, 5.55pm Don t miss this revival of Sir Richard Eyre s dynamic production. Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine plays opera s ultimate seductress, while Roberto Alagna returns to the role of Don José, the good-hearted soldier in whom she unleashes an uncontrollable passion. Don José breaks the law, goes to prison, deserts the army and loses everything to be with Carmen. But the capricious gypsy soon tires of him and takes up instead with the bullfighter Escamillo bass Alexander Vinogradov. She has ruined his life, but still Don José adores her, with a fierceness that can only lead to catastrophe. Composer Bizet died just three months after Carmen s disastrous premiere, never knowing that his creation would become one of the most popular operas of all time. COMING SOON! THE MET OPERA: DIE WALKURE, SATURDAY 30 MARCH COMING SOON! THE MET OPERA: DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES, SATURDAY 11 MAY THE ROYAL OPERA 18/ 12.50 u15s Live from The Royal Opera House THE ROYAL OPERA: LA TRAVIATA Sunday 3 February, 2pm An encore of this spectacular performance. Richard Eyre's beautiful production provides the perfect setting for Verdi's opera about a courtesan who sacrifices all for love. COMING SOON! THE ROYAL OPERA: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, 2 APRIL 6.15pm THE ROYAL BALLET 18/ 12.50 u15s Live from The Royal Opera House The Royal Ballet: DON QUIXOTE Tuesday 19 February, 7.15pm A sparkling ballet about the encounters of the man from La Mancha and his faithful squire Sancho Panza. The story follows Don Quixote s picaresque journey to do deeds in honour of his imaginary noble lady, Dulcinea. Sunny, charming, funny and touching Don Quixote is a ballet as full of uplifting emotion as it is of astonishing ballet technique. COMING SOON! THE ROYAL BALLET: WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR/NEW SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI/FLIGHT PATTERN TRIPLE BILL THURS 16 MAY, 7.15pm BALLET & OPERA THEATRE
FEBRUARY AT A GLANCE MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 4 Beautiful Boy 5 Beautiful Boy French Cafe 6 Beautiful Boy Queens English/ Portugese Cafe Calm Minds Cafe 7 Beautiful Boy Italian Cafe 11 Green Book Film & TV Quiz 12 Green Book Spanish Cafe Knit Night/ City Voices 13 Green Book 14 Green Book German Cafe 18 Monday Movie Meet Up 19 Royal Ballet: Don Quixote French Cafe 20 Queens English/ Portugese Cafe 21 Italian Cafe 25 If Beale Street Wolves Play Cafe 26 If Beale Street Spanish Cafe 27 If Beale Street 28 If Beale Street German Cafe FRIDAY 1 Beautiful Boy Colette 8 Green Book 15 Green Book 22 If Beale Street PROGRAMME SPONSOR www.itg.co.uk SATURDAY SUNDAY 2 Beautiful Boy Colette Willy Wonka Much Ado About Nothing The Met: Carmen 9 Green Book 3 Beautiful Boy Colette ROH La Traviata Yes We Cant 10 Green Book 16 Green Book 17 Green Book 23 If Beale Street Singalong Bohemian Rhapsody 24 If Beale Street Brief Encounter