About Us – Aldeburgh Cinema

ALDEBURGH CINEMA AT 100

This Summer Aldeburgh Cinema will reach a milestone. This little cinema on the Suffolk Coast will be 100 years old and we are delighted to bring to you, our audience, a year-long programme of events to celebrate this momentous occasion.

We launch our birthday celebrations on 17 May with a morning press conference hosted by BBC Radio host Bill Turnbull, to which all are welcome, and a special evening performance on 35mm of the extraordinary South: Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic, with world-renowned pianist and film music scholar Neil Brand performing the score live-to-picture. Friends of Aldeburgh Cinema receive a week-long priority booking period for this performance from 16 Apr, with general sales beginning 23 Apr.

We follow this with another Neil Brand performance on 10 June as The Aldeburgh Festival brings a collection of Charlie Chaplin shorts to the screen accompanied by Brand's nimble fingers. July sees a very special birthday performance for the kids as part of our Little Popcorn Club (it's all about Disney this year) and the highlight of the year sees our very first Cinema on the Beach with open air performances on 9 August The Greatest Showman and 10 August Grease Sing-a-Long. Both Cinema on the Beach performances are FREE for all as we give back to the community that has supported the Cinema throughout its storied history.

On 1-3 November we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the aldeburgh docfest with a weekend programme of documentaries painstakingly selected by our Festival Artistic Director, Jill Green, once again accompanied by special guests, filmmakers, and experts from all walks of life.

We are delighted to announce that two members of the Fiennes family are coming to Aldeburgh Cinema to round off our Centenary Celebrations in style on Saturday, December 14th. Ralph Fiennes and his sister, Sophie Fiennes will each present and discuss one of their most recent films.

Sophie’s event will begin at 2pm, when she will introduce her film Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami. This extraordinary study of the mercurial singer, model and actress Grace Jones took 12 years to make, and Sophie will discuss the documentary after the screening.

Ralph Fiennes will introduce his latest film, which we will be showing as a “Special Preview” – Coup 53 at 7pm on Saturday, December 14th. The untold story of the 1953 CIA-backed coup in Iran that toppled the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. Following the film Ralph will be interviewed live on stage by Diana Quick – actress and our longest-serving Trustee, and there will be time for questions from the audience.

We are offering a Friends only booking period from Monday 18th November to Sunday 24th November, where tickets will be discounted. Sophie’s event will be £10.00 for Friends and Ralph’s event £23.00 for Friends, or alternatively you can buy a ticket for both at a cost of £30.00 for Friends. Our evening event with Ralph Fiennes will include a free glass of bubbly!

We look forward to welcoming the extremely talented Ralph and Sophie Fiennes to our Centenary Finale on Saturday, 14^th December, and we very much hope you will join us for this unique Aldeburgh Cinema celebration.

You can book your tickets in person at the box office or phone 01728 454884. You will need to have your Friends card details to book.

The Aldeburgh Cinema Team

HOW TO BOOK

BOX OFFICE 01728 454 884

The Box Office is open between 10am-1pm Mon-Fri and 30 mins before each performance

Or online at this very website.

Please note there is a £1.00 booking fee per transaction for phone and online bookings
Valid ID required for all age-restricted films and events
Valid membership required when purchasing Friends’ tickets
Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded except in the case of a cancelled performance
Photography of any kind is not permitted in the auditorium during performances
Smoking (including e-cigarettes) is not permitted anywhere in the building

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