Event cinema
Opera, ballet and theatre from the world's great stages, concert films, and the Phoenix's own seasons — plan your year below.
Productions from the Met in New York, Covent Garden and the National Theatre — filmed live, shown on our screen with the backstage extras.
Most run 3 to 6 hours with intervals: Parsifal is over six. Café and bar are open in the breaks.
Screen-arts shows are priced as events: £20 for National Theatre Live and Royal Ballet & Opera, £30 for the Met. Coliseum members get £4 off each one, and free tickets apply to selected events.
Opera · New York
The Met: Live in HD
The Metropolitan Opera's 2026–27 season on our screen — big-voiced productions with the backstage interviews that only the cinema gets.
- 5DecSat 17:00
Samson et Dalila
12A · 3h 54m · from £30
Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him returns in the Met’s larger-than-life production. Featuring a massive orchestra and chorus and some of opera’s most spellbinding tunes, this masterpiece is a feast for t...
- 23JanSat 18:00
La Fanciulla del West
12A · 3h 15m · from £30
Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Vida Mikneviciutu makes her Met company debut singing the role of Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of...
- 20MarSat 18:00
Silent Night
12A · 3h 00m · from £30
Following his smash-hit company debut with The Hours, composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer Prize–winning opera, inspired by the true events of the 1914 Christmas truce. A poignant depiction of shared humanity in the most inhumane circumstances, Puts’s grand, cinematic opera—with ...
- 3AprSat 17:00
Manon
12A · 4h 24m · from £30
Following her radiant performance in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette—which garnered raves for “high notes that spun like liquid gold … Sierra touched the operatic firmament” (The New York Times) — superstar soprano Nadine Sierra takes on another alluring French heroine, the irresistible title character o...
- 24AprSat 18:00
Otello
12A · 3h 21m · from £30
One of today’s leading dramatic tenors, Brian Jagde, takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider the ultimate Italian opera, live to cinemas worldwide. Verdi’s monumental Shakespearean tragedy also features soprano Ailyn Pérez in her company role debut as the long-suffering Desdemona...
- 5JunSat 17:00
Parsifal
12A · 6h 05m
A profound philosophical meditation on compassion and reconciliation, this transcendent rendering of a medieval knight’s heroic quest for the Holy Grail returns to the big screen in François Girard’s celebrated production, a “thoughtful and intrepid staging, full of striking imagery” (The New York T...
Ballet & opera · Covent Garden
Royal Ballet & Opera
The 2026/27 season from Covent Garden, from Carmen and The Nutcracker to the end of the Ring.
- 29NovSun 14:00
Carmen
12A · 3h 35m · from £20
Under the oppressive heat of the Spanish sun, the fiercely independent Carmen attracts the attention of Don José. She warns him not to fall in love with her, but his obsession knows no bounds. Damiano Michieletto’s searing production returns, casting scorching light on the lust, violence and destruc...
- 1DecTue 19:15
The Nutcracker
12A · 2h 20m · from £20
At a cosy Christmas party, young Clara meets the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer, who gives her a nutcracker doll. When the guests have departed and the house is asleep, Clara sneaks downstairs in search of the doll. Instead, she finds Drosselmeyer, who whisks her away on a journey into a whole wor...
- 3FebWed 16:45
Götterdämmerung
12A · 5h 50m · from £20
An earth in ruin. The twilight of the Gods. Deception leads to treachery, then devastation, when Siegfried is tricked into betraying Brünnhilde. Learning the truth of her beloved’s innocence, Brünnhilde at last returns the ring to the Rhinemaidens, before ordering that Valhalla be swallowed in flame...
- 23FebTue 18:45
Così fan tutte
12A · 3h 30m · from £20
Spurred on by a bet, two young men hatch a plan to test the fidelity of their girlfriends. What follows is a slippery game of seduction and power, the four lovers plunging into a dizzying world of shifting reality, where truth becomes increasingly unstable. Così fan tutte has lost none of its sting ...
Theatre
National Theatre Live & stage
The best of British theatre filmed in front of a live audience, and new plays on screen.
- 19NovThu 19:30
GIANT - The Play
15 · 2h 16m · from £20 · 2 showings
For the screening on the 22nd of November, Writer, Mark Rosenblatt will be joining us for a Q&A GIANT, the 5-star critically acclaimed play starring John Lithgow (Killers of the Flower Moon, The Crown) as Roald Dahl, comes to the big screen. Winner of 3 Olivier Awards? including Best Play and a To...
- 28NovSat 13:00
Golden Boy
15 · 3h 00m · from £20
1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with extraordinary talent and a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing. Pressured by a ruthless manager, tempted by a forbidden love, and bou...
- 14JanThu 19:00
Hay Fever
15 · 2h 40m · from £20
It's loathsome being looked after. Last year, Judith retired from her life-on-stage. Already, she misses the applause. Idling away at their country home, the rest of the family—reclusive novelist husband David and failure-to-launch children Sorrel and Simon—are too self-involved to be a good audienc...
Music · events
Art Live & concerts
Concert films and one-off evenings.
- 18NovWed 20:00
George Michael: The Faith Tour
PG · 1h 53m · from £20
A stunning delve into George Michael's 1988 Faith Tour, as shot live at the famous Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. This exclusive footage, assembled from a 14-camera shoot captured on 35mm over two nights (30–31 May 1988), features the 24-year-old pop star at the height of his powers.
- 12DecSat 18:00
Gazza's Christmas Cracker: An Evening with Paul Gascoigne
12A · 2h 30m · from £30
Join us at The Phoenix Cinema for a very special evening featuring one of English football’s most iconic and beloved figures, Paul Gascoigne. Renowned for his extraordinary talent, creativity, and unforgettable personality, Gazza captured the hearts of football fans throughout a remarkable career t...
Our season
Phoenix Classics
Great films back on the big screen they were made for, in the hall that has shown films since 1910.
- 6DecSun 12:30
Lawrence of Arabia
PG · 3h 48m · from £10
Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal (Alec Guinness) and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sharif Ali (Omar Sharif), Lawr...
- 13DecSun 12:30
Doctor Zhivago
PG · 3h 20m · from £10
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution. Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) is a young doctor who has been raised by his aunt and uncle following his...
Our season
Phoenix for Nature
An immersive season of documentaries celebrating the resilience, beauty and urgency of the natural world — many with live director Q&As.
- 24NovTue 20:15
Whispers in the Woods + pre-recorded Q&A
U · 1h 39m · from £13
Delving deep into the woodland realms, where lynxes, bears, deer, owls, capercaillies, and other river creatures roam, Vincent Munier not only seeks to pay tribute to the visual splendor of nature but also to capture the forest’s poetic sounds. The whispers of the woods echo the whispers passed fr...
- 30NovMon 20:00
Trade Secret + Q&A
12A · 1h 40m · from £13
Trade Secret follows three unlikely allies on a mission to protect polar bears from international commercial trade. Filmed over six years across 13 countries, the film exposes the sanctioned sale of hundreds of polar bears each year on the global market. But as the investigation deepens, it uncovers...
Our season
Talks & documentaries
Films with a conversation after, free screenings and the Dementia Film Club.
- 13NovFri 20:15
Naza
15 · 1h 17m · from £14 · 4 showings
Filmed at night from Tel Aviv rooftops, this investigative documentary examines the civilian casualties of Israel's military operations in Gaza and the systems behind targeted killings of Palestinians.
- 14NovSat 11:00
Dementia Film Club (Free)
PG · 2h 30m
Free screening as part of the Being Human Festival: Dementia Film Club How can collaborative filmmaking support active brain health? Join Vesna Lukic to explore the benefits of filmmaking for people living with dementia. Dementia Film Club at the Phoenix Cinema is an interactive and creative cinema...
- 14NovSat 16:00
The Father (2020) + Q&A (Free)
12A · 1h 37m
A free event as Part of the Being human Festival: The Father (Philosophy @ Phoenix) How do you know that you’re the same person you were yesterday? Philosophy @ Phoenix will help you to find answers to this question and more through the power of cinema and free popcorn. Join film critic and philos...
- 20NovFri 16:15
You Can See Everything
15 · 2h 54m · from £9.50 · 7 showings
Thirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.
- 20NovFri 20:00
The Film Edit
12A · 1h 30m · from £13
Join us for a special evening celebrating the spirit of adventure, with a lovingly curated selection of films fresh from the Kendal Mountain Festival. Bringing together powerful stories from around the world, this collection features stunning landscapes, people, passion, and a shared love of the out...
- 26NovThu 20:00
Strangers In Our Own Land? - An evening of film & conversation
12A · 2h 00m
Two films, one shared question: Who gets to belong to the land in England? The Last English Poacher' and 'Folk Who Roam' are two short documentaries exploring our changing relationship with the English countryside, from the perspective of a poacher living outside the law, to a travelling violin cre...
- 11DecFri 20:00
Reel Rock 20
PG · 1h 36m · from £13
Reel Rock 20 World Tour showcases the world's best climbing stories: Olympic champion Janja Garnbret sets her sights on the legendary climb Bibliographie, Michaela Kiersch goes on a global sending spree, Ben Mayforth redefines adaptive climbing in his intense pursuit of 5.13, and Colin Haley attempt...
Event key
- Sold out
- Watch With Baby
- Closed captions
- Audio described
- Relaxed screening
- Q+A
- Subtitled
- Phoenix for Nature