Leyburn Arts And Community Centre
The Old School House, Leyburn's Arts and Community Centre, is a Leyburn landmark in the heart of this Wensleydale town. Formerly St Peter's and St Paul's Primary School, it now houses a state of the art 60+ seat cinema and is a focal point for local arts exhibitions, leisure and business groups, workshops and classes, and a range of local and national entertainers throughout the year.
Come and enjoy Leyburn's own cinema. Our varied programme includes the very best films aimed to appeal to all ages and tastes. Relax in our licensed cafe bar while you chat with your friends before the film. Tickets cost just £6 for an adult, £5 for those over 60 and under 14. Screenings are at 6pm every Friday.
We also have a programme of National Theatre Live broadcasts (live via satellite or recorded live and screened via blu-ray disc) and selected titles from Cinema Live and Trafalgar Releasing. All tickets are £12/£15 bookable through our website. There is no reserved seating.
Screenings
FREMONT
20/09/2024 at 18:00
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Formerly a translator for the US military, Donya struggles to put her life back in order until she is promoted to writing fortunes in a fortune cookie factory and decides to send out her own special message. Starring Anaita Wali Zada, Gregg Turkington, Jeremy Allen White
Additional Info
Tickets can be pre-booked through our website - leyburnartscentre.com - or through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm)
CINEMA LIVE – MISS SAIGON (25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW)
22/09/2024 at 14:00
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The epic love story tells the tragic tale of young bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with American GI Chris – but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon. Shot in front of a live audience at the Prince Edward Theatre, this screening gives fans the chance to enjoy the spectacular, sell-out event that was Miss Saigon’s 25th anniversary performance. Cinemagoers will also witness a special finale that sees the cast joined on stage by original cast members Jonathan Pryce, Lea Salonga and Simon Bowman.
Additional Info
All Tickets £12 to be pre-booked through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm) or via our website - leyburnartscentre.com
NOBODY HAS TO KNOW
27/09/2024 at 18:00
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Phil suffers a stroke which causes him to lose all memories of his past. Millie, who takes care of him, tells him, falsely, that they were secretly in love before his accident. Starring Michelle Fairley, Bouli Lanners, Andrew Still
Additional Info
Tickets can be pre-booked through our website - leyburnartscentre.com - or through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm)
ROSE
01/10/2024 at 19:00
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Comedy/drama about two sisters, Inger and Ellen, and how their relationship is challenged on a highly anticipated coach trip to Paris (subtitles).
Starring Sofie Grabol, Lene Maria Christensen, Anders W Berthelsen
Additional Info
Tickets can be pre-booked through our website - leyburnartscentre.com - or through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm)
THE DEAD DON'T HURT
04/10/2024 at 18:00
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Story set at the onset of the Civil War about two pioneers fighting for their lives and their love on the American frontier. Starring Vicky Krieps, Viggo Mortensen, Solly McLeod
Additional Info
Tickets can be pre-booked through our website - leyburnartscentre.com - or through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm)
LADY MACBETH (2016)
11/10/2024 at 18:00
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In rural England, 1865, a woman who is trapped in a loveless marriage to a much older man begins a passionate affair with a worker on her estate. Starring Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton
Additional Info
Tickets can be pre-booked through our website - leyburnartscentre.com - or through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm)
THE FLORIDA PROJECT (2017)
18/10/2024 at 18:00
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Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six year old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother. Starring Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe
Additional Info
Tickets can be pre-booked through our website - leyburnartscentre.com - or through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm)
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: IBRAHIM
22/10/2024 at 19:00
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For the first time in his career as an actor, Samir
Guesmi delivers both in front of and behind the
camera with a film about father-son relationships
that is filled with accuracy and simplicity. Ibrahim
(Abdel Bendaher) divides his time between his
serious and reserved father Ahmed (Samir
Guesmi), who prepares shellfish at a famous
brasserie, and his older friend Achille (Rabah Nait
Oufella) from their technical college who excels at
getting into trouble. Ahmed’s dreams of regaining
his dignity are shattered when he is left to pay the
price after a robbery committed by his son goes
wrong. Their relationship becomes strained and
Ibrahim decides to risk everything to put things
right. Grand Jury Prize at the Festival Premiers
Plans in Angers and Best Film and Best Directing
at Angoulême Francophone Film Festival.
Starring Samir Guesmi, Abdelrani Bendaher, Luàna Bajrami,
Rabah nait Oufella
Additional Info
Tickets can be pre-booked through our website - leyburnartscentre.com - or through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm)
GRIZZLY MAN (2005)
25/10/2024 at 18:00
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Documentary examining the calling of Treadwell to live among a tribe of wild grizzly bears in Alaska and our understanding of nature and its grim realities. Starring Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, Werner Herzog
Additional Info
Tickets can be pre-booked through our website - leyburnartscentre.com - or through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm)
CINEMA LIVE - PHANTOM OF THE OPERA AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
03/11/2024 at 14:00
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The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera was celebrated with a fully-staged, lavish production, set in the sumptuous Victorian splendour of the Royal Albert Hall. Starring Ramin Karimloo as The Phantom and Sierra Boggess as Christine, together with a cast and orchestra of over 200 and some special guest appearances.
Additional Info
All Tickets £12 to be pre-booked through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm) or via our website - leyburnartscentre.com
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: EACH AND EVERY MOMENT
05/11/2024 at 19:00
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Every year, thousands of students in France begin
training in nursing care. After being accepted by
the Institut de Formation en soins infirmiers, their
studies consist of courses in theory, practical
exercises and service in hospitals. It is a difficult
and intensive training course during which they
gain extensive knowledge and skills, master
practical processes and prepare themselves to
take on heavy responsibilities. The film follows the
ups and downs of a training period in which often
very young people are confronted with human
frailty, suffering, disease and the fissures of body
and soul. It talks to us of ourselves and our own
humanity.
Additional Info
Tickets can be pre-booked through our website - leyburnartscentre.com - or through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm)
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: VAN GOGH: POETS AND LOVERS
07/11/2024 at 19:00
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Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers
£12 (or £6 for our Volunteers)
200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery is hosting the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood.
This film is a chance to re-examine and better understand this iconic artist. Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionised his style. Van Gogh became consumed with a passion for storytelling in his art, turning the world around him into vibrant, idealised spaces and symbolic characters.
Poets and lovers filled his imagination; everything he did in the south of France served this new obsession. In part, this is what caused his notorious breakdown, but it didn’t hold back his creativity as he created masterpiece after masterpiece.
Explore one of art history’s most pivotal periods in this once-in-a-century show.
Made in close collaboration with the National Gallery.
Additional Info
All Tickets £12 to be pre-booked through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm) or via our website - leyburnartscentre.com
CINEMA LIVE - GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
21/11/2024 at 19:00
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Written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson and featuring Tony Award-winning orchestrations by Simon Hale, Girl From The North Country reimagines 20 legendary songs of Bob Dylan as they’ve never been heard before, including “Forever Young,” “All Along The Watchtower,” “Hurricane,” and “Like A Rolling Stone.” It’s 1934 in Duluth, Minnesota. We meet a group of wayward travellers whose lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life and hope. Experience this “profoundly beautiful” Broadway production (The New York Times) brought to vivid life by an extraordinary company of actors and musicians.
Additional Info
All Tickets £12 to be pre-booked through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm) or via our website - leyburnartscentre.com
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: JUNKYARD DOG
03/12/2024 at 19:00
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Childhood pals Dog and Mirales live in a small
village in the south of France and spend most of
the time hanging around in the streets. To kill time,
Mirales usually teases Dog mercilessly but this
autumn is different when Dog meets Elsa and
romance blossoms. Jealousy eats away at Mirales
opening up a gulf between the two friends. The
past will have to be left behind to allow each to
grow and define himself. Set amidst the languor
of rural France, this social coming-of-age story
provides a touching and comic portrait of
friendship driven by the performances of Anthony
Bajon and Raphaël Quenard. Seven César award
nominations.
Starring Raphaël Quenard, Anthony Bajon, Galatea Bellugi
Additional Info
Tickets can be pre-booked through our website - leyburnartscentre.com - or through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm)
PIECE OF MAGIC – ANDRE RIEU’S CHRISTMAS CONCERT: GOLD & SILVER
08/12/2024 at 14:00
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Celebrate the holiday season with Andre Rieu's dazzling Christmas Concert, 'Gold and Silver', exclusively in cinemas! This magical event embodies the festive spirit of Christmas, bringing joy, warmth and sparkle to the big screen.
Get ready to be transported to the wondrous world of enchanting glamour that is Andre's winter wonderland! Under the sparkle of 150 chandeliers and 50 Venetian candelabras, feel your heart warm with the magical melody of all your favourite Christmas classics.
Andre Rieu will be joined on stage by his beloved Johan Strauss Orchestra, along with special guest artists and the young and talented Emma Kok.
Don't miss this chance to celebrate music, love and Christmas sparkle, with Andre Rieu's new Christmas Concert in cinemas - 'Gold and Silver'.
Running time: 180 minutes (inc interval) (tbc)
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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: DIVERTIMENTO
12/12/2024 at 19:00
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A determined, gifted 17-year-old musician, Zahia
has but one dream – to become a conductor.
Her twin sister Ferrouma is also a musician and
music is a life they share with the entire family.
Yet, in 1995, all odds seem to be stacked against
Zahia. She’s a woman, the daughter of Algerian
immigrants and comes from a working-class
background in the Paris suburbs. None of that
plays well at her stuffy Parisian conservatoire,
or at the competitions she embarks upon. Zahia’s
path is strewn with obstacles, but driven by
determination, passion, courage and the drive
to make symphonic music accessible to all the
sisters create their own orchestra – Divertimento
– based in their own Parisian immigrant
neighbourhood. It will be a game-changer.
Divertimento is inspired by the life of Zahia
Ziouani, one of the few worldwide renowned
female conductors.
Starring Oulaya Amamra, Lina El Arabi, Niels Arestrup
Additional Info
Tickets can be pre-booked through our website - leyburnartscentre.com - or through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm)
CINEMA LIVE – LES MISERABLES: THE STAGED CONCERT LIVE! (40TH ANNIVERSARY)
04/02/2025 at 19:00
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To mark the 40th anniversary of the world’s most popular musical, a unique opportunity to experience the spectacular staged concert version on the big screen featuring an all-star cast including Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Matt Lucas and John Owen Jones. With a cast and orchestra of over 65 and including the songs I Dreamed A Dream, Bring Him Home, One Day More and On My Own this sensational staged concert is not to be missed.
Additional Info
All Tickets £12 to be pre-booked through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm) or via our website - leyburnartscentre.com
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
20/02/2025 at 19:00
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Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.
Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation, and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.
This production will be recorded in advance of the release and will be filmed in front of a live audience
Running time: 180 minutes (tbc)
Additional Info
All Tickets £15 to be pre-booked through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm) or via our website - leyburnartscentre.com
CINEMA LIVE – JESUS CHRIS SUPERSTAR LIVE
02/03/2025 at 14:00
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Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock classic Jesus Christ Superstar returns to its roots with this sensational performance filmed in the UK during the Live Arena Tour. An incredible cast including Tim Minchin as Judas Iscariot, Melanie Chisholm as Mary Magdalene, Chris Moyles as King Herod and Ben Forster as Jesus Christ, perform hit songs including “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” “Gethsemane,” “Heaven on Their Minds,” “Everything’s Alright,” “King Herod’s Song” and “Superstar” in an exciting and contemporary interpretation.
Additional Info
All Tickets £12 to be pre-booked through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm) or via our website - leyburnartscentre.com
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: DAWN OF IMPRESSIONISM: PARIS 1874
20/03/2025 at 19:00
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The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history - millions flock every year to marvel at their masterpieces. But, to begin with, they were scorned, penniless outsiders.
1874 was the year that changed everything; the first Impressionists, “hungry for independence”, broke the mould by holding their own exhibition outside official channels. Impressionism was born and the art world was changed forever.
What led to that first groundbreaking show 150 years ago? Who were the maverick personalities that wielded their brushes in such a radical and provocative way? The spectacular Musée d’Orsay exhibition brings fresh eyes to this extraordinary tale of passion and rebellion. The story is told not by historians and curators but in the words of those who witnessed the dawn of Impressionism: the artists, press and people of Paris, 1874. See the show that changed everything on the big screen.
Made in close collaboration with the Musee d’Orsay and National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C
Additional Info
All Tickets £12 to be pre-booked through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm) or via our website - leyburnartscentre.com
CINEMA LIVE - BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL LIVE (20TH ANNIVERSARY)
30/03/2025 at 14:00
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Based on the Academy Award® nominated film, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End in 2005. Set in a northern mining town, against the background of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, Billy’s journey takes him out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever. The original creative team behind the film, including writer Lee Hall (book & lyrics), director Stephen Daldry, and choreographer, Peter Darling, is joined by music legend Elton John (music) to produce a funny, uplifting and spectacular theatrical experience that will stay with you forever.
Additional Info
All Tickets £12 to be pre-booked through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm) or via our website - leyburnartscentre.com
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: MICHELANGELO: LOVE AND DEATH
22/05/2025 at 19:00
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The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? Michelangelo’s genius is evident in everything he touched. Beautiful and diverse works such as the towering statue of David, the moving Pietà in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter and his tour-de-force, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, still leave us breathless today.
Spanning his 88 years, Michelangelo: Love and Death takes a cinematic journey through the print and drawing rooms of Europe through the great chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and the Vatican to seek out a deeper understanding of this legendary figure’s tempestuous life, his relationship with his contemporaries and his incredible legacy.
Through expert commentary, stunning visuals and Michelangelo’s own words, this film takes a fresh look at a master artist whose life and genius are celebrated in every mark he made.
“Cold stone and fire are such friends…"
Michelangelo BuonarottI
Additional Info
All Tickets £12 to be pre-booked through our Administrator on 01969 624510 (Monday to Friday 1pm-4pm) or via our website - leyburnartscentre.com