August 2019
Reel Steel presents: Star Wars (1977)
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This August Bank Holiday Monday will see a rare screening of one of the most iconic and influential films of all time take place at Sheffield's historic Abbeydale Picture House - Star Wars. Get tickets here >> Released in 1977, the global impact of Star Wars (Episode IV - A New Hope) was something that not just cinema but the world had never seen. We join a period of civil war... Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won…
September 2019
Pedlar’s Corner Flea Market – September
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Monocle Magpie presents their Sheffield Antiques Quarter flea market at Abbeydale Picturehouse, on the first Sunday of every month. A mixture of general Flea Market stalls and specialist Antiques, Vintage, Retro, Arts, Crafts, Makers & Salvage stalls Entry £1 Kids Free Dogs Welcome EVENTS DATES FOR 2019 1st SUNDAY OF THE MONTH * 10am-3pm AUG (no event) 1 Sept, 6 Oct, 3 Nov & 1 Dec Booking a stall: Cars & Inside Spaces £10 / Van £15 (Tables NOT Provided)…
The Definitive Burt Bacharach Songbook
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John Reilly and the Smooth Operators - The Definitive Burt Bacharach Songbook A wonderful night celebrating the timeless songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David with the voice of singer song-writer John Reilly (Boy on a Dolphin, Acoustic Angels) and a consummate band of Sheffield's finest session players including Steve Beighton (Acoustic Angels, Paul Carrack) on saxophone plus guest vocalist Rachel Raynor. Canadian pianist and song-writer Lewis Nitikman is Musical Director, so expect only the best arrangements. Hear all the timeless…
Spirit of Independence Film Festival
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SOI is an independent, non-profit film festival celebrating and screening micro-budget films from around the world. So what is a micro-budget film? Well for our purposes it’s any feature film shot for under £100k or short film shot for under £1k. Ok, what will you be screening then? We’ve got a full days programme showing several feature films and shorts crossing several genres and from a variety of countries. Be assured there’s something for everyone. We will also be having…
Flying Donkey Presents: Manu Delago
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After touring almost simultaneously around the globe with Björk, Anoushka Shankar, Olafur Arnalds & releasing his multi-award winning music & mountain film 'Parasol Peak‘, the Austrian grammy-nominated percussionist and composer presents his new album with a 9-piece-ensemble. Dream-like Handpan sounds meet energetic orchestral beats. Trained in classical percussion, the highly acclaimed Austrian composer, ensemble leader and musician, Manu Delago is one of the leading exponents of the Handpan (or Hang). In 2011 he recorded for Björk's Biophilia album and has…
November 2019
Resilient presents: Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening
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‘The Darkening’ is the Northumbrian name for twilight, but this band’s music blazes fiercely… and the atmospheric Abbeydale Picture House provides the perfect setting. Get tickets >> Musicians from Northumberland, Scotland, Ireland and England, invoke the dark, powerful, sounds of Ancient Northumbria and broadcast them to the modern world. ★★★★ “A clever shape-shifter of a record, founded on an exceptional band” THE OBSERVER, review of "Hollowbone" - out now. “A crucial and exhilarating band setting the world on fire.” fROOTS…