• 50 Years of Aardman: A Close Shave & A Matter of Loaf & Death (PG)

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Cracking news!

Beloved features and shorts from Aardman will return to cinemas across the UK and Ireland this summer to celebrate 50 years of the Bristol-based stop motion animation studio...Perfect for families across the summer holidays!


Join us for a cracking double bill of A Close Shave and A Matter of Loaf and Death – and treat yourself to a nice bit of cheese while you're at it!

For just £9 extra, add A Nice Bit Of Cheese: a Ploughman's Sandwich with Wensleydale Cheese & a drink, ready to enjoy before the film in our foyer, or take in with you to nibble during the screening.


*Simply add your tickets to your basket as normal, and you'll be offered the option to add a lunch during checkout.



Wallace reading a newspaoer in his armchar, surrounded by sheep

A CLOSE SHAVE

Love blossoms in the course of Wallace and Gromit’s latest business, the Wash ’n’ Go Windowcleaning Service, when they are called out to clean the windows of the attractive Wendolene Ramsbottom. Little do they know that a lamb, Shaun is hiding in their house after escaping from the clutches of evil sheep rustlers.

Preston, the monstrous dog-butler who lives with Wendolene hatches a plot to steal the blueprints for Wallace’s latest invention, the Knitomatic machine. Preston adds a mincing device to the washing, shearing and knitting contraptions and schemes to install the new contraption in his dog-food factory. Gromit is on the trail, but before he can alert the love-struck Wallace to these dastardly plans he is framed by Preston and receives a life sentence for sheep abductions. Will this be the end of one of one of the most successful comic partnerships of all time, or will Wallace succeed in his attempt to save Gromit and bring the real culprit to justice?

Director

Nick Park

Cast

Peter Sallis, Anne Reid

Wallace and Gromit in a bakery.  They are both wearing chef hats and there are piles of dough on the table in front of them

A Matter of Loaf and Death

Wallace and Gromit have opened a new bakery business – Top Bun – but a deadly murderer is targeting all the bakers in town. Wallace couldn’t care – he’s found true love in the shape of Piella Bakewell, former star of the Bake-O-Lite bread commercials. Can Gromit discover the identity of the Cereal Killer before Wallace becomes the next victim?

Please note this film contains flickering or flashing lights that may affect those with photosensitive epilepsy.

Director

Nick Park

Cast

Peter Sallis, Sally Lindsay, Melissa Collier

Films begin promptly at the advertised time with no trailers or adverts. Please arrive in good time to grab a drink and be seated comfortably. 

Screenings take place in both our Round and Rake Auditorium - please check which when booking your tickets.  Screenings in The Round have limited capacity and we recommend pre-booking to avoid disapointment.

Pricing

We welcome you to Pay What You Choose from £8.00-£10.00

CONCESSIONS: £7.00 tickets are availble for: Over 65s, Students, Unemployed & Disabled

UNDER 18s / CHILDREN: £6 (Children's cinema tickets for screenings from 24th June to 1 September are just £5.25, thanks to the Government's temporary reduced rate of VAT this summer.)

MEMBERS: £1 0ff (discount will automatically apply in the basket)


ADD A LUNCH FOR £9

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