November Highlights

We bring you a busy November at ActOne Cinema. With something for everyone this month, we look forward to welcoming you to our venue. Watch out for special offers !

In the cinema

Showing from Friday 1st November is the electrifying tragicomedy Anora; a drama about the Magdalene laundries led by Cillian Murphy, Small Things Like These; Pedro Almodóvar's first English-language feature,The Room Next Door with Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.

Our strand of family-friendly Halloween films ends on Sunday, 3rd November. £6 tickets for Hotel Transylvania, ParaNorman, Casper and Coco.

Also from Sunday, 3rd November we present Shiori Itō’s self-documented journey to seek justice, a quest that becomes a landmark case in Japan, Black Box Diaries.

From Friday, 8th November ActOne will show the London Film Festival's opening film, Steve McQueen's rousing historical war drama Blitz, led by Saoirse Ronan; a much-anticipated adventure of the world's most favourite bear, Paddington in Peru. Joining our programme from Friday, 15th November will be the action-adventure Gladiator II and the dramatisation of a true story behind the first IVF baby, Joy, and a week later the fantasy musical Wicked. 

Our usual weekly staples like Carers & Babies Club Tuesdays, closed-captioned screening Wednesdays, Relaxed Screening Thursdays and our evolving programme can be seen and tickets booked at ActOneCinema.co.uk

Special events A one-off screening of the previously sold-out documentary Harder Than The Rock: The Cimarons Story shows on Monday, 4th November at 8:15pm

On Wednesday, 6th November at 6.00pm, Exhibition On Screen brings us: Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers. 200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh work, the National Gallery hosted the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. An encore will be shown on Sunday 10th November at 3:20pm.

On Friday 8th November at 6.00pm, we are delighted to host a preview of an award-winning documentary Mediha, a revelatory portrait of a 15-year-old Yazidi girl who escaped from ISIS. The special preview screening ahead of its wider theatrical release in the UK will be followed by a live in-person Q&A with the director Hasan Oswald.

On Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th November join us to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Akira Kurosawa’s epic masterpiece, Seven Samurai.

On Wednesday 13th November at 6.00 pm, attend the monthly short film open mic night, Sound & Vision. Tickets are only £7 for short films and networking drinks at the lounge afterwards. 

The Ealing Film Festival will present a Homegrown selection of films and an award ceremony on Tuesday, 26th November, at 6:15pm

In the lounge Our monthly Board Games Night is on Wednesday 6th November from 6.00pm. Entry is free and all are welcome.

Friday 8th November at 7.00pm, our Lounge hosts Ryan Denham's Untitled Comedy - an evening of stand-up comedians doing what they love the most, making others laugh. Free entry.

 On Friday, 15th November at 7:30pm we have anew event for you: Twinkles Cabaret is debuting a night of alternative comedy - clowning, skits, sketches, costumes and more.

On Saturday 16th November at 8.00pm we welcome back Trent Pieterse Trio for a live jazz night - free entry, great music, cosy atmosphere.

Our popular free Open Mic Night rounds up the month on Thursday 28th November from 7.30pm, performances start at 8.00pm on a first-come, first-served basis.