October 2022
Sci-Fi Sundays Presents: Aniara (2018) – Film Screening
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The first in a new series of science fiction screenings at the Abbeydale Picture House. Ticket price: £4.00 - £8.00 booking fee applies Aniara is an ambitious and 'stunning eco-parable' (The Observer) in which a transport ship ferrying thousands of passengers from a dying Earth is knocked off course and drifts helpless into the depths of space. Though the ship is self-sustaining, the isolation and terror of the unknown has strange effects on the passengers as the ship's drifting voyage…
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979) – Film Screening
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This coming Halloween weekend... Reel Steel present a screening of a film where the very mention of its name has the power to shock and send shudders down the spines of the disapproving - Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979). A seemingly abandoned sailboat arrives in New York city, but when police investigate, they are attacked by the deadly flesh crazed Zombie cargo. Soon after, a reporter comes into contact with the daughter of the man who owned the boat, who was…
Candyman (1992) and Hellraiser (1987) 35mm double-bill – Film Screening
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This October... Reel Steel and the Abbeydale Picture House present a 35mm double-bill special, with two horror films based on the work of author Clive Barker - Candyman (1992), and Hellraiser (1987). Adapted from Clive Barker's story The Forbidden from Books of Blood - Candyman (1992) is the story of an urban legend, of a man who loved and paid the price with his life, whose spirit now haunts the site of his death, and those who dare to summon…
November 2022
Bean Weevil + Town Cruise / Matinee / Live in the Fly Tower
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Bean Weevil + Town Cruise / Matinee Show / Live in the Fly Tower Bean Weevil Off the back of their EP 'It's a song it's a song a TV show' we are delighted to welcome Bean Weevil to the Fly Tower as we launch the venue with a series of events. 4 piece Grunge Pop band from Sheffield. Living out their childhood dreams. Fast and loud but not shy of a sweet harmony. Bean Weevil are currently celebrating the…
Shovel Dance Collective Bonfire Night Celebration
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Nurturing a passion for the folk musics of the British Isles and Ireland with experimental tendencies, they explore the ways in which traditional music holds queer histories, proto-feminist narratives and the voices of working people. They are simultaneously traditional and experimental, seeing folk music as a living communal activity, inviting and generous to those it speaks to. Shovel Dance Collective have, since their conception, tried to take every opportunity to re-address our annual festivals, but have thus far ignored bonfire…
The Commune: Presented by Odd Child Productions
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The Commune: Presented by Odd Child Productions Odd Child Productions presents a day of pop-up Black Cinema in the historic Fly Tower at The Abbeydale Picturehouse. Join us as we screen four films throughout the day with a special evening screening of Passing the Baton: The Legacy of the Windrush Pioneers a documentary film exploring the legacy of the Windrush pioneers and their impact on Sheffield’s cultural landscape. This will be followed by a short discussion with a group of…
Hammer Horror Weekender & Cinema Poster Exhibition
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In collaboration with Reel Steel Cinema we're presenting a Hammer Horror Weekender & Cinema Poster Exhibition, as part of the BFI In Dreams Are Monsters season. Featuring classic film titles and rare original cinema release posters. Presenting a series of standout titles from a period in cinema where British horror changed the shape of the genre, these screenings will take place alongside a special cinema poster exhibition at the Abbeydale Picture House - featuring original cinema release quad posters from…
Sci-Fi Sundays Sheffield: A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution
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Sci-Fi Sundays Sheffield returns with Jean-Luc Godard's classic Alphaville: A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution Secret agent Lemmy Caution is dispatched to Alphaville to kill Professor Von Braun, the architect of the malevolent machine that rules over the city of Alphaville, an emotionless dystopian dictatorship. Starring Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina, Alphaville is a masterful blend of film noir and science fiction, a thrilling fusion of genres that stands as one of the very best films in Godard's remarkable career.…
December 2022
England vs Senegal at the Abbeydale Picture House FREE ENTRY
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Watch England Vs Senegal on the 5m wide cinema screen in the Fly Tower at Abbeydale Picture House Doors 18:00 Kick Off 19:00
Andrew Wasylyk (Eight-Piece Ensemble), support from Eyes of Others
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Does your street have its own sound? Beyond the cars and the voices and the perpetual white noise of modern life, do the local spaces that you call home – the parks and the paths, the great trees and the graveyards – have their own distinct musical personalities? Do they offer up melodies that come alive when one foot goes down in front of the other, or when the sun blinks out over the horizon? Andrew Wasylyk – the visionary…