Chorley Empire Cinema

Founded in 1986 and now based in the 1910-built Chorley Little Theatre, we show films and screen events throughout the year (mainly on Sundays) with HD projection and surround sound. Our screen is installed above the stage and the venue seats 230. We aim to show the latest films in a friendly atmosphere, where a warm welcome (and a bar) awaits. We're all volunteers and we keep prices low so as many people as possible can enjoy films.

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Screenings

Upcoming

Small Things Like These

09-03-2025 at 19:30

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Director: Tim Mielants
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson

Running Time: 1hr 38m. Certificate: 12A

In 1985 devoted father Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers shocking truths of his own.

A moving drama that takes place over Christmas in 1985, when devoted father and coal merchant Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) discovers startling secrets kept by the convent in his town, along with some shocking truths of his own. The film reveals truths about Ireland's Magdalene laundries -- horrific asylums run by Roman Catholic institutions from the 1820s until 1996, ostensibly to reform "fallen young women."

Adapted from the Booker Prize nominated novel by Claire Keegan.

Additional Info

Tickets £5/£4

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/chorleytheatre/t-krnrqpx

Location

Chorley Empire Cinema, Dole Lane, Chorley, PR7 2RL

Conclave

23-03-2025 at 19:30

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Director: Edward Berger
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow

Running Time: 2hr Certificate 12A

Nominated for 12 BAFTA Awards

When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope's wake--secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church

Based on the best-selling novel by Robert Harris and from the screenwriter of Wolf Hall.

Additional Info

Tickets £5

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/chorleytheatre/t-xmkmryl

Location

Chorley Empire Cinema, Dole Lane, Chorley, PR7 2RL

The Wizard of Oz

09-04-2025 at 14:30

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Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan

Running Time: 1hr 42m. Certificate U

Classic musical fantasy. When a tornado transports Kansas teenager Dorothy Gale to the magical land of Oz, she follows the Yellow Brick Road to Emerald City in the hope that the Wizard will help her get home. Along the way she makes new friends - the scarecrow who needs a brain, the Cowardly Lion who wants courage, and the Tin Man who wants a heart. The Wizard requires a favour, which means the new friends must battle the Wicked Witch of the West.

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Tickets £5/£4/£3

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/chorleytheatre/t-rpvprjv

Location

Chorley Empire Cinema, Dole Lane, Chorley, PR7 2RL

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Wicked Little Letters

14-07-2024 at 19:30

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Starring
Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Malachi Kirby, Timothy Spall, Jason Watkins

When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime.

Tickets £5

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/chorleytheatre/t-rpyznmq

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Hamlet

21-07-2024 at 19:30

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A tale of revenge that has stood the test of time, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is reimagined for the modern day as a gripping psychological thriller!

Transcending the confines of the stage, the film utilises nearly every room of the Theatre Royal Windsor to transform it into the immortal Elsinore Castle, from basement dungeon to roof-top battlement.

The critically acclaimed, recent stage cast of ‘Hamlet’, including Ian McKellen, Frances Barber (King Lear, Chekhov’s The Seagull) and Jonathan Hyde (King Lear, Titanic, Crimson Peak), bring their iconic roles to life in this compelling new film adaptation.

Tickets £15 (Cinema Loyalty Card £8)

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/chorleytheatre/t-krxdgvk

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Wilding

15-09-2024 at 19:30

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Chorley Empire Community Cinema present a charming documentary celebrating the British countryside.

Wilding tells the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. The young couple battles entrenched tradition, and dares to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe.

Based on the best-selling book by Isabella Tree, this is a hopeful and necessary story of ecological regeneration that reveals nature in all it’s glory.

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Hundreds of Beavers

22-09-2024 at 19:30

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Directed by Mike Cheslik
Starring Ryland Brickson Cole, Olivia Graves

Chorley Empire Community Cinema present a surreal slapstick comedy film inspired by the silent movies of the 1920s and 30s.

When it all goes wrong for a drunk cider-maker, his battle for survival in the harsh winter sees him hatch plans to take on rabbits, raccoons and hundreds of beavers in order to become North America’s greatest fur trapper.

Jean Kayak finds himself stranded in a surreal winter landscape with nothing but his dim wits to guide him. Against a backdrop of ruthless elements and sinister creatures - all played by actors in full-sized mascot costumes – Kayak develops increasingly complex traps in order to win the hand of a mischievous lover.

Inventive low-budget black-and-white comedy that channels the classic slapstick of Chaplin, Keaton and The Goodies.

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Tickets £5

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The Problem With People

26-01-2025 at 19:30

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Director: Chris Cottam
Starring: Colm Meaney, Paul Reiser, Jane Levy
Running Time: 1hr 42m. Certificate 15

Colm Meaney (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Layer Cake) and Paul Reiser (Mad About You, Aliens) star as two estranged cousins, who having never met before, must try and put to rest a generation’s worth of family disputes – before they start another one!

Honouring his father’s last wish to reunite with the American side of his family, Irishman Ciáran calls his cousin, Barry, out of the blue with the offer for him to visit his homeland. Barry, keen to escape from the daily grind of his New York real estate firm, agrees to make the long trip over.

However, after an initially warm welcome, tensions soon boil over when it’s discovered that Barry has unexpectedly been left half the money in Ciáran’s father’s will. With the two men now torn apart by greed and jealousy, resulting in a feud that spirals into a series of pretty squabbles and disastrous hijinks, will they ever be able to give peace a chance again?

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Tickets £5/£4

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/chorleytheatre/t-noroydz

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