Plymouth Arts Cinema

01/06/2026

🐔Something a bit different this week! HEN is one of our programmer's picks this month and well worth watching 🐔

A determined Leghorn chicken flees her wretched life on a Greek industrial farm. Comic, thrilling and emotive, Hen is shot from its feathered heroine’s point of view.

🔗 HEN (15)
📆 Friday 5th - Thursday 11th June
🎟 https://plymouthartscinema.org/whats-on/hen-15/

‘Somehow you become the chicken’ - The Guardian

27/05/2026

Frida: The Making of a Modern Icon (12A) Exhibition On Screen
Saturday 30th May - Wednesday 3rd June
https://plymouthartscinema.org/whats-on/exhibition-on-screen-frida-the-making-of-a-modern-icon/

This award-winning film offers privileged access to Frida Kahlo’s works, her home, her studio and highlights the source of her feverish creativity, her resilience and her unmatched lust for life, beauty and revolution.

27/05/2026

Northern Soul: Still Burning (15)
Wednesday 27th - Thursday 28th May
https://plymouthartscinema.org/whats-on/northern-soul-still-burning/

Charts how Northern Soul has weaved and transformed itself musically and culturally through the decades. Northern Soul continues to re-invent itself more than any other music genre, remaining as vibrant and relevant today as when it first evolved.

27/05/2026

Romería (15)

Carla Simón’s third feature, nominated in 6 categories at the 2026 Goya Awards, is the concluding episode of her semi-autobiographical trio of films (Summer 1993, Alcarràs) exploring her upbringing and family history.

🎟Friday 29th May - Thursday 4th June
🔗 https://plymouthartscinema.org/whats-on/romeria-15/

27/05/2026

🐑 THE SHEEP DETECTIVES (PG)
🐑 Family Friendly Screening
🐑 Sat 6 June, 11am

Full of laughs and plenty of fluffy charm, this feel-good mystery proves that heroes come in all shapes and sizes – even the ones with four legs and a taste for crime fiction. Perfect fun for the whole family.

Relaxed screening especially for families, with the sound lowered and the lights left on a little. Accessible and neurodivergent friendly. Babies are welcome!

Relaxed screening especially for families, with the sound lowered and the lights left on a little. Accessible and neurodiverse friendly. Babies are welcome!

26/05/2026

🐔 This month's Programmer's Picks are Hen, an incredible drama with a cast of hens, Madfabulous, a comedy about a flamboyant aristocrat, and Surviving Earth, with a free screening on 18th June from the Give Back Project to mark Refugee Week.

🐑 Bring a little sunshine into your life with our The Sheep Detectives - with both regular and Family Friendly screenings available.

🐟 Celebrate David Attenborough's 100th Birthday and see young people's short films with Fotonow (CIC) 's Blue Sparks screening of Ocean.

💍 We have two new NT Live shows lined up, and plenty of new releases including My Mother's Wedding, Leonora in the Morning Light, and Savage House.

🎟 We're committed to keeping cinema trips affordable to everyone, so grab a ticket from just £5 🔗 https://plymouthartscinema.org/whats-on

Plymouth Live Plymouth Culture Film Hub South West AUP SU Arts University Plymouth

Nagasaki, 1964. After the death of his father, the leader of a yakuza gang, 14-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous Kabuki actor. Alongside the actor’s son, Kikuo dedicates himself to this traditional form of theatre.

21/05/2026

🪭 KOKUHO is the highest-grossing live-action Japanese film of all time - see it on the big screen this week.🪭

KOKUHO (15)
Friday 22nd - Wednesday 27th May
https://plymouthartscinema.org/whats-on/kokuho-15

21/05/2026

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"Terrifically exhilirating and funny...Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are the double act of the year" - The Guardian

THE CHRISTOPHERS (15)
Friday 22nd - Thursday 28th May
https://plymouthartscinema.org/whats-on/the-christophers-15

The Christophers is a sharp, smart, and remarkably entertaining comedy about creativity, legacy and avarice!

13/05/2026

An incredible documentary and thought provoking Q&A.

Big thank you to our pannelists .winks , .y and Naomi Oakley for attending our screening of

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11/05/2026

🔵THE BLUE TRAIL (15) 🔵
Friday 15th - Thursday 21st May

Gabriel Mascaro’s wondrous adventure of a defiant elder fleeing an ageist society is a life affirming boat-movie that manages laughs and warmth in the face of calamity.

"fantastical odyssey about a woman on the run from an ageist authoritarian government avoids the grating sentimentality of so many late-life renaissance movies." - Sight & Sound

https://plymouthartscinema.org/whats-on/the-blue-trail-15/