A Celtic Service led by the Rev. Andrew Burrell and Raewynne Whiteley.

This follows a “year end reflection” at 4pm.

Ocean  (2025)

with David Attenborough 

Cert: PG, 85 mins.

A New Year’s treat from the Master, with a message of hope.

Watch the Trailer:

Synopsis

David Attenborough takes us on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean.  Stunning, immersive cinematography showcases the wonder of life under the seas and exposes the realities and challenges facing our ocean as never-before-seen, from destructive fishing techniques to mass coral reef bleaching

Yet the story is one of optimism, with Attenborough pointing to inspirational stories from around the world to deliver his greatest message: the ocean can recover to a glory beyond anything anyone alive has ever seen.

Verdict

Critics score: 100
Audience score: 94
[Ref: Rotten Tomatoes website]

A passionate case against the ruination of the seas.

– The Guardian

Attenborough at 99 delivers ‘greatest message he’s ever told’.

– BBC

Tickets:

Tickets available on the door.  Contactless payment preferred.

Admission:  Adults £6 (under 15s £3)

Join Us:

Doors open at 7 pm for film screening at 7:30.

Sam & Phil will be on their winter break, so sadly no pizzas this time…
…BUT do bring a bottle of your favourite tipple!

Service led by Paul Dunstan.

A Covenant Service, with Holy Communion.

Rev. Andrew Burrell.

Everyone is welcome as we probably do rather more nattering than knitting!

If you don’t knit but would like to learn we can show you how, or if you do knit but haven’t got a project on at the moment that’s also no problem.  Several of us are knitting scarves, hats or baby blankets for charity and we can probably supply you with needles and some wool to get you started again.

Tea & coffee available.

Today with Annie Johnson at 2 Asby Hall Mews.

Prayer Meeting in the Baptist Chapel school room.

All welcome.

Led by: Pat Bevan.

An Asby united churches service, led by Mathew Fawcett.

“That’s Not Funny!”

Lecturer: Harry Venning

We welcome back, Harry Venning an award winning cartoonist.  Harry will escort you through the peaks and pitfalls of his profession, supported by visual and verbal contributions from such luminaries as Matt Groening, Dr.Seuss, Charles M. Schulz and Gary Larson.  Entertaining and Informative in equal measure, the topics covered include rejection, procrastination, deadlines, artificial intelligence, professional envy, censorship, and the cartoon community’s response to the Charlie Hebdo murders of 2015.  Harry will also be drawing live on an A1 flip chart, the images filmed and projected onto screen for everyone to clearly see.

Harry is a cartonist, comedy writer and speaker based in Brighton, best known as script writer for Clare in the Community, as a weekly strip in The Guardian and as BBC Radio 4’s sitcom starring Sally Phillips.

Tickets: £9 (members free).

Coffee served 10:15 to 10:45.

For details of our society and future lectures please click on  ‘Learn More’ below.

Prayer Meeting in the Baptist Chapel school room.

All welcome.

Asby History Group

Annual General Meeting 2026

Service led by Tom Whitaker.

Everyone is welcome as we probably do rather more nattering than knitting!

If you don’t knit but would like to learn we can show you how, or if you do knit but haven’t got a project on at the moment that’s also no problem.  Several of us are knitting scarves, hats or baby blankets for charity and we can probably supply you with needles and some wool to get you started again.

Tea & coffee available.

Today with Carole Cozens at The Manse, Little Asby
(Weather permiting.)

Led by: John Bevan.

Communion led by Donald Marston.

Morning Prayer with Pat Bevan.

The Fifth Step

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Responder, Sherlock) in this critically acclaimed and darkly funny new play from David Ireland.

The Fifth Step has been rated 15 by the BBFC.

Watch the Trailer:

Synopsis

After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka.  The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories, and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences.  But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.

Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @Sohoplace in London’s West End.

Laugh out-loud funny two handed.

– Sunday Times

Raw, excruciating, and often alarmingly funny.

– Daily Mail

Tickets:

Tickets available from 4 December.

Adults: £10 

Join Us:

Doors open at 6:30pm for film screening at 7pm

Why not collect a takeaway Pizza from the pub to bring with you?
Cinema Pizza Menu.
Orders with the pub by Tuesday evening please.

…and do bring a bottle of your favourite tipple!

Prayer Meeting in the Baptist Chapel school room.

All welcome.

Everyone is welcome as we probably do rather more nattering than knitting!

If you don’t knit but would like to learn we can show you how, or if you do knit but haven’t got a project on at the moment that’s also no problem.  Several of us are knitting scarves, hats or baby blankets for charity and we can probably supply you with needles and some wool to get you started again.

Tea & coffee available.

Today with Denise Frisby at Sunnygarth, Little Asby.
(Weather permitting.)

I Swear(2025)

Cert: 15, 121 mins.
Director: Kirk Jones

Based upon the experiences of John Davidson MBE.
Emotional and funny in equal measure, though ultimately up-lifting.
Not to be missed!

Watch the Trailer:

Synopsis

I biopic of John Davidson, diagnosed with Tourette’s at 15, and targeted as ‘insane’ by his peers, he struggled with a condition few had witnessed.  But when he bumps into an old schoolfriend he’s suddenly taken into the care of his friend’s mental health nurse mother Dottie (Maxine Peake), and the two bond over an acceptance over his condition.

In 2019 he was awarded the MBE by The Queen, citing “His efforts to increase understanding of his condition and helping families deal with it.”

Verdict

Critics’ Score = 100
Audience Score = 100
[Ref: Rotten Tomatoes]

Moving, funny, and profound – I loved it.

– Mark Kermode

Click on ‘Learn More’ to watch Mark’s review.

Tickets:

Tickets available on the door.  Contactless payment preferred.

Admission:  Adults £6

Join Us:

Doors open at 7 pm for film screening at 7:30.

Why not collect a takeaway Pizza from the pub to bring with you?
Cinema Pizza Menu.
Orders with the pub by Friday evening please.

…and do bring a bottle of your favourite tipple!

Drop in Cafe at Asby Village Hall

 12.15-2pm

Soup with roll/ tea or coffee £5

Slice of cake £2

Open to all, everyone very welcome.

It is a non profit making event.

However any proceeds raised will be donated to Hospice at Home.

We hope to see you there.

The long-awaited return of Logan Paul Murphy.

Tickets, and venue, to be confirmed.

Click on ‘Learn More’ to go to Logan’s Youtube channel.

The Audience

One of the most-watched NT Live productions of all time. Academy Award winner Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the much-anticipated return of the Olivier Award-winning hit production that inspired Netflix’s The Crown.

Watch the Trailer:

Synopsis

For 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II met with each of her 12 prime ministers in a private weekly meeting.  This meeting is
known as The Audience.  From Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron, the Queen advised her
prime ministers on matters both public and personal. Through these private audiences, we see glimpses of the woman
behind the crown and witness the moments that shaped a monarch.

Wholly tremendous.

– The Telegraph

Funny and truthful.

– The Times

Tickets:

Tickets available from 8 February.

Adults: £10 

Join Us:

Doors open at 6:30pm for film screening at 7pm

Why not collect a takeaway Pizza from the pub to bring with you?
Cinema Pizza Menu.
Orders with the pub by Tuesday evening please.

…and do bring a bottle of your favourite tipple!

“The History of Cumbrian Farmhouse Cooking”

Presenter: Ivan Day

Details to follow.

AHG members free; non-members £5 

Drop in Cafe at Asby Village Hall

 12.15-2pm

Soup with roll/ tea or coffee £5

Slice of cake £2

Open to all, everyone very welcome.

It is a non profit making event.

However any proceeds raised will be donated to Hospice at Home.

We hope to see you there.

The Roses (2025)

Cert: 15, 105 mins.
Director: Jay Roach

A satirical comedy based on the 1981 novel “The War of the Roses”.

Watch the Trailer:

Synopsis

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids.  But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing.  As Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.

Verdict

Smart, wild, and entertaining.

– The BBC

Tickets:

Tickets available on the door.  Contactless payment preferred.

Admission:  Adults £6

Join Us:

Doors open at 7 pm for film screening at 7:30.

Why not collect a takeaway Pizza from the pub to bring with you?
Cinema Pizza Menu.
Orders with the pub by Friday evening please.

…and do bring a bottle of your favourite tipple!

Click on “Learn more” to see his Facebook page.

Tickets: £6

“Refugees in Cumbria in the 1930s”

Presenter: Rob David

Details to follow.

AHG members free; non-members £5 

The Choral (2025)

Cert: 15, 108 mins.
Director: Nicholas Hytner

They were divided by war. He united them in song.

Watch the Trailer:

Synopsis

1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks.

They must also engage a new chorus master, and despite their suspicions that he has something to hide, their best bet seems to be Dr. Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) — driven, uncompromising, and recently returned from a career in, of all places, Germany.

The film reunites director Nicholas Hytner with writer Alan Bennett, the award-winning partnership responsible for The Lady in the Van, The History Boys, and The Madness of King George.

Verdict

Ralph Fiennes leads the choir in impressively unsentimental Alan Bennett fable.

– The Guardian

Ralph Fiennes leads an immaculate cast in wartime choir drama.

– Financial Times

Tickets:

Tickets available on the door.  Contactless payment preferred.

Admission:  Adults £6

Join Us:

Doors open at 7 pm for film screening at 7:30.

Why not collect a takeaway Pizza from the pub to bring with you?
Cinema Pizza Menu.
Orders with the pub by Friday evening please.

…and do bring a bottle of your favourite tipple!

Drop in Cafe at Asby Village Hall

 12.15-2pm

Soup with roll/ tea or coffee £5

Slice of cake £2

Open to all, everyone very welcome.

It is a non profit making event.

However any proceeds raised will be donated to Hospice at Home.

We hope to see you there.

“Wealth and Possessions in Early Modern Asby”
– A study of Wills and Inventories

Presenter: Keith Cooper

Details to follow.

AHG members free; non-members £5 

NB Screening to be confirmed.

Hamnet (2026)

Cert: 12A, 126 mins.
Director: Chloé Zhao

Nominated for numerous awards for its actors, the writing, and direction.

Watch the Trailer:

Synopsis

In 1585 William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway were blessed with twins, daughter Judith and their only son, Hamnet.  However, when tragedy strikes and Hamnet dies at the age of 11, it inspires Shakespeare to write his timeless masterpiece “Hamlet.”

Starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, our movie is an adaption of the 2020 novel by Maggie O’Farrell, and has been written and directed by Oscar-winning writer and director Chloé Zhao.

Verdict

Critics’ Score = 86
Audience Score = 92
[Ref: Rotten Tomatoes]

Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal excel in stately Shakespeare drama with overwhelming finale.

– The Guardian

Tickets:

Tickets available on the door.  Contactless payment preferred.

Admission:  Adults £6, Under 15’s £3

Join Us:

Doors open at 7 pm for film screening at 7:30.

Why not collect a takeaway Pizza from the pub to bring with you?
Cinema Pizza Menu.
Orders with the pub by Friday evening please.

…and do bring a bottle of your favourite tipple!

Playboy of the Western World

Nicola Coughlan joins Éanna Hardwicke and Siobhán McSweeney in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.

Watch the Trailer:

Synopsis

Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father.
Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man
unexpectedly arrives on the scene…
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.

Tickets:

Tickets available from 24 May.

Adults: £10 

Join Us:

Doors open at 6:30pm for film screening at 7pm

Why not collect a takeaway Pizza from the pub to bring with you?
Cinema Pizza Menu.
Orders with the pub by Tuesday evening please.

…and do bring a bottle of your favourite tipple!

NB Screening to be confirmed.

Fackham Hall (2026)

Cert: 15, 97 mins.
Director: Jim O’Hanlon

“It’s like Naked Gun in Black Tie”

Watch the Trailer:

Synopsis

A new porter forms an odd bond with the youngest daughter of a well-known UK family. As the Davenport family, headed by Lord and Lady Davenport, deals with the epic disaster of the wedding of their eldest daughter to her caddish cousin.

This Downton Abbey spoof has it all: mistaken identities, forbidden love, and one very inconvenient corpse turn Fackham Hall into total bedlam in this comedy of class, romance, manners, and mischief.

Verdict

More jokes than a container ship of Christmas Crackers.

– David Mitchell

Tickets:

Tickets available on the door.  Contactless payment preferred.

Admission:  Adults £6

Join Us:

Doors open at 7 pm for film screening at 7:30.

Why not collect a takeaway Pizza from the pub to bring with you?
Cinema Pizza Menu.
Orders with the pub by Friday evening please.

…and do bring a bottle of your favourite tipple!

Details to follow.