CINEMA & CAFE BAR VENUE CINEMAS EVENTS GALLERIES CAF BAR LIGHT HOUSE MEDIA CENTRE The Chubb Buildings Fryer Street Wolverhampton WV1 1HT Box Office: 01902 716055 or online: www.light-house.co.uk Venue rooms available for hire @lighthousemedia lighthousemediacentre OPENING TIMES & BOOKING Box Office & Galleries Open Mon - Fri 9am - 8.30pm Weekends: 5pm or 45 minutes before the first film. Check film programme for weekend matinées. HOW TO FIND US The Chubb Buildings are in the City Centre, opposite The Slade Rooms, just off the ring road & 2 mins walk from the train, metro & bus stations. Free parking for visitors at weekends & Mon-Fri after 6pm. LOCK WORKS CAFÉ BAR Drinks & cakes from Box Office: Mon, Thurs and Fri from 9am Full Food Service in Lock Works: Tuesday and Wednesday from 9am Full Evening Service in Lock Works: 5pm - 9pm, 7 days a week (food service until 8pm) Daytime Saturdays: Full service from 45 minutes before first film or event. Bar and Hot Drinks can be taken into the cinema. Visit our sunny covered courtyard OCTOBER 2017 THE BLACK COUNTRY'S ONLY INDEPENDENT CINEMA CULTURAL HUB OF WOLVERHAMPTON
COMMUNY NOTICEBOARD JAZZ IN THE COURTYARD CY VOICES! Tue 10 Oct 7.30-9pm 2nd Tues of the Month Small entry charge Includes the launch of an anthology of 'Black Country Poetry', edited and presented by Emma Purshouse & Dave Reeves. Plus Garrie Fletcher & John Edgar. The Vintage Rhythms Collective host our monthly Jazz night with guest musicians. 5 entry, children free. 5pm - 8.30pm. Sunday 1st Oct, Sun 5 Nov Enquiries 07973 265 615 don.gwinnett@btconnect.com EXHIBION: Main Gallery 6-27 October Reclaim Photography Festival www.reclaimphotographyfestival.org The exhibition includes 54 prints from all over the world. FUNNY THINGS:Clicking Comedians Photography Exhibition 23 Oct-5 Nov Balcony BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORT GROUP Thursday 12th October 1-2.30pm Free of charge. Call 07711 597167 rosemary@braintumoursupport.co.uk Our FRIENDS OF LIGHT HOUSE scheme gives us vital support. Membership is 15 ( 25 joint) per year. Friends receive 1 off cinema tickets (not midweek matinées) plus a free poster from our vaults. Ask at Box Office for a form. GROW YOUR TENNER The campaign that turns your 10s into 20s is back on Tues 17 Oct at 10am until the match funding runs out (or 12pm 16 Nov,whichever comes first). Donors will be able to support us in two ways: Make a one-time donation and it will be matched up to 10 or set up a monthly donation and after your first 6 donations, the following 6 donations will be matched up to 10.It has total match fund pot of 200,000: 100k for matching one-time donations & 100k for matching monthly donations. Go to localgiving.org or ask at Box Office for help.thank you for your continued support! KN-NIGHT TUE 10 OCT Cafe Psychologique Back Monday 6 Nov 7pm SINGING FOR LUNG HEALTH Every Term Time Weds 11.30am-1pm Adult singing group for people with respiratory problems. 4 inc drinks Call Carl 07859 013 412 FILM & TV QUIZ Mon 30 October 10 per team (up to 4) Register on Facebook: KKFilmTVQuiz MELT into Halloween BE THE DJ Bring your own music night MP3/Vinyl Spooky Music & Costumes welcome Friday 13th Oct 730pm - late Free Entry LANGUAGE CAFÉS Friendly and Free, our social meet-ups develop language skills of any level. 6.30pm 9pm Free of charge Info: nwt.languages@gmail.com French Tue 3, 17 & 31 Oct German Thurs 12 & 26 Oct Queen s English Wed 4 & 18 Oct, 1 Nov Italian Thurs 5 &19 Oct, 2 Nov Spanish Tue 10 & 24 Oct Portuguese Wed 4 & 18 Oct, 1 Nov Japanese Thur 17 Nov 6pm Esperanto Wed 25 Oct Chubb Buildings Design: CREATIVE WOLVERHAMPTON SILENT STRATEGIES Ambient Music Back Sun 12 Nov 6pm
CINEMA PRICES Tickets: 8.15 Concessions: 6.65 (OAP/Disabled/Unemployed) Under 25s and students: 4.50 all screenings Sundays: 6.95 adults / 6.45 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 matinee) Pick up a passport to earn bonuses for attending films marked with. Meerkat Movies: Compare the Market customers can claim 2 for 1 tickets on Tues or Weds for a year with a qualifying product. (NB standard prices apply for 2 for 1 on matinée tickets.) FOR MOTHER!, VICTORIA & ABDUL AND GOD'S OWN COUNTRY (TO 5 OCT) SEE SEPTEMBER PROGAMME. BLADE RUNNER 2049 Sci-Fi, Thriller Cert TBC Time 2hrs 43m Dir: Denis Villeneuve UK, USA,Canada 2017 Celebrating British Film 30 years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what s left of society into chaos. K s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years. Also starring Jared Leto and Robin Wright. Drama, Horror 15 USA 2017 2hrs15m Dir: Andy Muschietti HORROR MONTH SEE PAGE 6 A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of clown, begins hunting children. Starring Bill Skarsgard. Floating Cocktails in Lock Works. OUR LAST TANGO Documentary, Musical Cert 12A 1hr25m Dir: German Kral 2017 Spanish with English subtitles Argentina, Germany, Italy The life and love story of Argentina s famous tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced together for nearly 50 years until a painful separation tore them apart.starring Maria Nieves Rego, Juan Carlos Copes and Melina Brutman. HIDDEN FIGURES BLACK HISTORY MONTH SEE PAGE 6 NOSFERATU HORROR MONTH SEE PAGE 6 Where listed, Hard of Hearing are shown with Tuesday & Sunday screenings Where listed, Audio Descriptive services are available at all screenings of this film. OCTOBER FILMS Fri 6 Oct 1.05pm (special extra subtitled) 4.25pm 7.45pm Sat 7 Oct 2pm 4.25 7.45 Sun 8 to Tue 10 Oct 4.25pm & 7.45pm Wed 11 Oct 2pm 4.25pm 7.45pm Thur 12th 4.25 7.45pm Fri 13th 4.30pm 7.50pm Sat 14 Oct 2pm 4.25pm 7.45pm Sun 15 to Tue 17 Oct 4.25pm & 7.45pm Wed 18 Oct 1.05pm 4.25pm 7.45pm Thur 19 Oct 5pm 7.45pm Fri 6 Oct 5.10pm 8.05pm Sat 7 Oct 1.30pm Sun 8 Oct 5.10pm & 8.05pm Mon 9 Oct 8.05pm Tue 10 Oct 8.10pm Thur 12 Oct 5.30pm with talk see page 6 Mon 9 Oct 6pm Tue 10 Oct 2.15pm Wed 11 Oct 2pm Thur 12 Oct 8.15pm Tue 10 Oct 5pm with talk see page 6 4.50 Thur 19 Oct 5.30pm with talk see page 6
Fri 13 Oct 2.05pm 5.50pm & 8.20pm Sat 14 Oct 2pm Sun 15 Oct 5.50pm 8.20pm Mon 16 & Tue 17 Oct 5.50pm 8.20pm Wed 18 Oct 2.15pm 5.50pm & 8.20pm Thur 19 Oct 2pm & 8.25pm Fri 20 Oct 5.55pm 8.20pm Sat 21 Oct 5.55pm Sun 22 & Mon 23 Oct 8.20pm Tue 24 Oct 5.55pm 8.20pm Wed 25 Oct 2pm 8.20pm Thur 26 Oct 8.20pm Fri 20 Oct 2.15pm Sat 21 Oct 1pm & 3.35pm Sun 22 Oct 3.30pm & 6pm Mon 23 Oct 11.20am & 6pm Tue 24 Oct 11.20am 2.15pm Wed 25 Oct 11.20am 6pm Thur 26 Oct 11.20pm & 2.15pm Fri 20 Oct 5.50pm 8.15pm Sat 21 Oct 1.10pm 3.15pm 5.35 8.20pm Sun 22 Oct 3.30pm 5.50pm 8.15pm Mon 23 Oct 4.15pm 8.20pm Tue 24 Oct 5.50pm 8.15pm Wed 25 Oct 11.30am 2.15pm 5.50 8.15pm Thur 26 Oct 5.50pm 8.15pm Fri 27 Oct 8.15pm see page 6 GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN Biography, Family, History Cert PG Dir:Simon Curtis 1hr47m UK 2017 A glimpse into the relationship between beloved children s author A.A. Milne & his son, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. The family are swept along with the success of the books but with the eyes of the world on what will the cost be to the family? Starring Domhnall Gleeson & Margot Robbie. BORG VS MCENROE Biography, Drama, Sport 15 1hr 40m Dir: James Metz Sweden, Denmark, Finland 2017 The story of the 1980 s Wimbledon tennis rivalry between the placid Bjorn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe. Visceral and breathlessly tense, the match itself would make the pinnacle of the Fire and Ice rivalry between them, a battle of personalities that set the world of tennis alight. Starring Sverrir Gudnanson, Shia La Beouf and Stellan Skarsgard. English(with some French, Swedish, German & Spanish). EARTH: ONE AMAZING DAY Family, Nature, Documentary 1hr 35m Cert U BBC Dir:Richard Dale UK 2017 Featuring narration from Robert Redford & Jackie Chan. An astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world.over the course of one single day, astounding breakthroughs in filmmaking brings you up close and personal with a cast of unforgettable characters; a baby zebra desperate to cross a swollen river, a penguin who undertakes a death-defying daily commute to feed his family, a family of sperm whales who like to snooze vertically and a sloth on the hunt for love. THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US Action, Adventure, Drama Cert TBC1hr 43m USA 2017 Dir: Harry Abu-Assad Stranded after a plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realise help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness. Starring Kate Winslet, Idris Elba & Beau Bridges. Language: English, plus French, Swedish, German & Spanish THE LOST BOYS - HORROR MONTH SEE PAGE 6
THE SNOWMAN UK, USA, Sweden 2017 2hrs TBC Cert TBC Crime, Drama, Horror Dir: Tomas Alfredson Based on the bestselling Jo Nesbo novel,when an elite crime squad s lead detective investigates the disappearance of a victim on the first snow of winter, he fears an elusive serial killer may be active again. With the help of a brilliant recruit, the cop must connect decades-old cold cases to the brutal new one if he hopes to outwit this unthinkable evil before the next snowfall. Starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson & J.K Simmons. THE PARTY Comedy, Drama 1hr 11m Cert 15 UK, 2017 Dir:Sally Potter A comedy drama that focuses on a celebratory gathering of friends that goes violently wrong. A crisp,energetic and highly compact comedy with fine performances from a prestige cast ensemble including Timothy Spall, Kristen Scott Thomas & Cillian Murphy. MOONLIGHT BLACK HISTORY MONTH SEE PAGE 6 LOVING VINCENT UK, Poland 2017 1h 35m Animation, Biography, Crime Dir: Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman Cert 12 A stunning, fully painted animated feature exploring the life and controversial death of Vincent Van Gogh, told by his paintings and the characters that inhabit them. The intrigue unfolds through interviews with the characters close to Vincent and through dramatic reconstructions of the events leading up to his death. With Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn), Chris O Dowd and Helen McCrory. HALLOWEEN HORROR MONTH SEE PAGE 6 A CENTURY OF CHAPLIN FUNNY THINGS SEE PAGE 6 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL HORROR MONTH SEE PAGE 6 Fri 27 Oct 5.25 8.10pm Sat 28 to Tue 31 Oct 5.25pm 8.15pm Wed 1 Nov 2pm 5.25pm 8.15pm Thur 2 Nov 5.25pm 8.15pm Fri 27 Oct 2.30pm 6pm Sat 28 & Sun 29 Oct 6pm 8.20pm Mon 30 Oct 8.20pm Tue 31 Oct 2.15pm 8.35pm Wed 1 Nov 4.30pm 6.20pm Thur 2 Nov 8.20pm Mon 30 Oct 5pm 4.50 Talk & Film See Page 6 Mon 30 Oct 2.15pm Tue 31 Oct 4.05pm 6.20pm Wed 1 Nov 2.15pm 8.15pm Thur 2 Nov 2pm Thur 26 Oct 5.30pm Sat 28 Oct 2pm Thur 2 Nov 5.30pm BABY LOVE FILM CLUB Now starting November - regular morning sceenings where new parents can enjoy a film & bring their babies under 2 along. A chance for new mums and dads to socialise with friends / have a well-earned date without worrying about babysitters.
SPECIAL SEASONS and FESTIVALS HORROR SEASON A series of classic and new horror screenings, with talks from film specialists from the University of Wolverhampton.Regular Film prices apply, Students 4.50, (The Lost Boys - all tickets 4.50) (15) 2017 (See film guide) Film (2hrs 15m) and Talk Thur 12 Oct 5.30pm NOSFERATU (PG) Germany, 1922 German with subtitles Dir: F.W. Murnau Film (1hr 34m) and Talk Thur 19 Oct 5.30pm Fantasy, Horror Based on the novel Dracula. Vampire Count Orlock expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter s wife. THE LOST BOYS (15) USA, 1987, Dir: Joel Shumacher Comedy, Horror Tickets 4.50 Film (1hr 37m) Fri 27 Oct 8.15pm Hosted by The WLV Alumni Association. Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of one of the 80 s most iconic vampire comic horror films. The story of 2 new-in-town brothers who discover a local gang of the undead. Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Haim & Jason Patric. HALLOWEEN(18) USA, 1979, Dir: John Carpenter Horror, Thriller Film (1hr 31m) plus Talk Thur 26 Oct 5.30pm Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again. Starring Donald Pleasence & Jamie Lee Curtis. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (U) USA, 1951, Dir: Robert Wise Drama, Sci-fi Film (1hr 32m) plus Talk Thur 2 Nov 5.30pm An alien lands and tells the people of that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. Starring Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal. BLACK HISTORY MONTH All tickets 4.50 Screenings & Talks in association with the Wolverhampton LGBT Alliance and the University of Wolverhampton. HIDDEN FIGURES (PG) USA 2017 Biography, Drama, History Dir: Theodore Melfi Preceeded by a talk Tues 10 Oct 5pm (Film 2hrs07m) 4.50 A story based on true events, about a group of African-American women who were hired by NASA for their skills in mathematics to be part of the space programme in the 1960 s. Starring Octavia Spencer, Kirsten Dunst & Kevin Costner. MOONLIGHT (15) USA 2017 Drama Dir: Barry Jenkins Preceeded by a talk Mon 30 Oct 5pm (Film 1hr51m) 4.50 Winner of 3 Oscars including Best Film. A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection. Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighbourhood of Miami. Starring Mahershala Ali & Naomie Harris. FUNNY THINGS COMEDY FESTIVAL Wolverhampton s Comedy Festival, FUNNY THINGS arrives in the city at the end of October across multiple venues. www.funny-things.co.uk Light House will be hosting events, shows and an exhibition. Details and prices: light-house.co.uk/whats-on/funny-things-comedy-festival Clicking Comedians Photography Exhibition 23 Oct-5 Nov Funny Market 11am 4.30pm Sat 28 & Sun 29 Oct Films/Stalls/Activities Free Entry - see website for details A Century of Chaplin Sat 28 Oct 2pm 3.30pm Chaplin classics with live musical accompaniment: The Adventurer Easy Street The Immigrant Bostin Boots Sat 28 & Sun 29 Oct 4pm 4.30pm Live Theatre (see photo) Clicking Comedians talk by photographer Steve Best Sun 29 Oct 12.30pm (1hr) Upfront Comedy Club Fri 3 Nov 8.30pm 10.30pm The Lost Hancocks: Vacant Lot Sat 4 Nov 2pm 4.15pm and 7pm 8.15pm The Lost Hancocks Q&A Sat 4 Nov 3.30pm 4.30pm The Punch & Judy Man Hancock film Sat 4 Nov 4.40pm 6.15pm Getting Started in Comedy Sun 5 Nov 1pm 2.30pm Panel discussion The Future Of Funny Things Sun 5 Nov 3pm 5pm BBC Asian Network Comedy Live Sun 5 Nov 7pm 9pm
CHARY NEWSFLASH Wolverhampton-based Paycare has stepped forward with an offer to help save us, with significant support in the form of partnership investment, which will enable us to continue to operate and build new audiences. Kevin Rogers, CEO of Paycare says: Our support will not only enable Light House to continue to operate, but our ongoing partnership will ensure that it is able to truly thrive and prosper, and retain its reputation as one of the city's most valued and treasured community landmarks. The support Paycare has announced will for the time being save Light House. To operate long term we ll continue to be heavily reliant on customer donations, but this corporate help has enabled us to stay open while we put our new business plan in place, and we are hugely grateful. NT LIVE: HAMLET Thur 5 Oct 7pm 12/11 Starring Benedict Cumberbatch,an encore screening of the original 2015 NT Live broadcast now seen by over 750,000 people. RSC: CORIOLANUS Wed 11 Oct 7pm ( 14/ 12) Continuing the Rome season, Caius Martius Coriolanus (Sope Dirisu) is a fearless soldier but a reluctant leader.his ambitious mother attempts to carve him a path to political power,but he struggles to change his nature and do what is required to achieve greatness. NT LIVE: Follies Thur 16 Nov 12/ 11 7pm NT LIVE: Young Marx Thur 7 Dec 12/ 117pm RSC:Twelfth Night Wed 14 February 14/ 12 NEW! NT LIVE: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Thur 22 February 12/ 11 NT LIVE: Julius Caesar Thur 22 March 12/ 11 NEW! RSC:Hamlet Wed 11 April 14/ 12 (Christopher Eccleston & Niamh Cusack) NEW! RSC:Romeo & Juliet Wed 18 July 14/ 12 PLAN- GLOBAL Free Networking Event Tue 3 October 10am - 1pm #PG200in200 For information visit www.planitglobal.co.uk LIVE THEATRE:Two Mothers of Distant Songs - Whispers in the Wire By Brendan Hawthorne, Poet Laureate of Wednesbury. Sat 25 Nov 5.00 THE ROYAL BALLET From The Royal Opera House 18/ 12.50 under 15s ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Mon 23 Oct 7.15pm NEW! Alice Encore screening Sun 29 Oct 2pm THE NUTCRACKER Tue 5 Dec THE WINTER'S TALE Wed 28 Feb BERNSTEIN CENTENARY Tue 27 March MANON Thur 3 May 2018 SWAN LAKE Tue 12 June 2018 THE ROYAL OPERA 18/ 12.50 under 15s Live from The Royal Opera House Puccini's LA BOHÈME Tue 3 Oct 7.15pm Verdi's RIGOLETTO Tue 16 Jan 2018 Puccini's TOSCA Weds 7 Feb Bizet's CARMEN Tue 6 March Verdi's MACBETH Weds 4 April THE MET OPERA 18 / 12.50 under 15s Bellini's NORMA Sat 7 October 5.55pm Mozart's DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE Sat 14 Oct 5.55pm Adès' THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL Sat 18 November Puccini's TOSCA Sat 27 Jan Donizetti's L ELISIR D'AMORE Sat 10 Feb Puccini's LA BOHÈME Sat 24 Feb Rossini's SEMIRAMIDE Sat 10 March Mozart's COSÌ FAN TUTTE Sat 31 March Verdi's LUISA MILLER Sat 14 April Massenet's CENDRILLON Sat 28 Apr NEWS THINEMA: LIVE SCREENINGS EVENTS BALLET OPERA
OCTOBER AT A GLANCE MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 2 Victoria & Abdul Mother! God's Own Country 3 Mother! French Victoria & Abdul La Boheme God's Own Country Plan-it Global 4 Portuguese / English /Mother! Victoria & Abdul Lung Health God's Own Country 5 Italian Cafe Hamlet Mother! God's Own Country 9 Our Last Tango 10 Spanish Cafe Knit Night/City Voices / Our Last Tango 11 Lung Health Our Last Tango 12 German Cafe Our Last Tango Brain Tumour Spt 16 17 French Cafe Grow your Tenner 18 Lung Health Portuguese / English Cafe C Robin 19 Italian Cafe Nosferatu 23 Ballet: Alice ClickingComedians 24 Spanish Cafe 25 Lung Health Esperanto Cafe 26 German Cafe Halloween 30 Film & TV Quiz Moonlight Loving Vincent 31 French Cafe Loving Vincent 1 Portuguese / English/ Lung Loving Vincent 2 Italian Cafe Loving Vincent PROGRAMME SPONSOR inspiredthinkinggroup.com FRIDAY SATURDAY 6 Reclaim Exhibition 7 Met: Norma 13 Melt 14 Met Opera 20 21 27 The Lost Boys 28 Chaplin Snowman/Party Funny Market Activities/Films Bostin Boots SUNDAY 8 15 22 29 Ballet:Alice Snowman/Party Funny Market Activities/Films Bostin Boots