The greatest love story ever told – through ballet. An ancient family feud casts a long shadow over the town of Verona. In this hothouse of tension, brawls are quick to break out and both sides get caught in the crossfire.

Be transported into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true. This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton is a theatrical experience for all the family.

After her family moves to Pink Mansions, Coraline (voiced by Fanning) quickly becomes bored with the large dusty house, and in particular with her hardworking parents (Hatcher and Hodgman). The fantasy kicks into top gear when she discovers a secret door that leads her into an alternate version of her home. A lush, visually imaginative and freshly entertaining stop-motion adaptation of Neil Gaiman's children's novel.

Labyrinth - An Icebox Singalong Night Out! You better not miss this cracking addition to our bloody packed out regular singalong nights at the icebox! First we start off with some featurettes or some other sneaky special surprises related to the feature film, then at 8pm we start the main movie and we want to hear voices! Then after the film we have a superb LABYRINTH related raffle with some great prizes to be won! BYOB corkage included in price and we supply plastic cups, also every one attendinggets free popcorn, and there is £50 store credit to be won too, to whever has the best Labyrinth related costume of the night! Very limited spaces so grab yer tickets now!

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa ( Doctor Who; Sex Education ) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. Max Webster ( Life of Pi ) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.

A fresh biography of Michelangelo, who is considered one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance. This film explores his relationship with his contemporaries and his immense artistic practice that included painting, sculpture and architecture. The documentary coincides with a glorious new exhibition at the National Gallery of London.

After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) lead a stellar cast in an enthralling new production of Shakespeare’s MACBETH, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London, especially for the big screen. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster (Life of Pi, Henry V) directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal. With staging full of wolfish imagination and alarming surprise, the immersive 5.1 cinema surround sound places the audience inside the minds of the Macbeths, asking are we ever really responsible for our actions?

Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, The Trip) plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.

 When a rogue U.S General triggers a nuclear attack, a surreal race takes place, seeing the Government and one eccentric scientist scramble to avert global destruction. This explosively funny satire is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci (The Thick of It, Veep) and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley (The Upstart Crow, The Play What I Wrote).

Since the 1970s, English photographer Martin Parr has held up a sometimes tender, sometimes critical and always mischievous mirror to our times, forcing us to take a hard look at how consumer society has shaped our lives. Discover the maverick behind some of the most iconic images of the past century on an intimate and exclusive road trip across England with the uncompromising Parr, whose subjects, frames and colours have revolutionised contemporary photography.

Cat is a solitary animal, but as his home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.

Miserable Dorothy runs away from home but is soon whisked up into a magical land where her adventures teach her that happiness is to be found in her own back yard. Classic stuff indeed, just chockful of great songs, characterisation and memorably garish design. Perhaps marginally less enjoyable for the curmudgeonly element rooting for the Wicked Witch of the West, though.

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright? Writer Suzie Miller, director Justin Martin, and composer Self Esteem, reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.

Mr and Mrs Fox live an idyllic home life with their son Ash and visiting young nephew Kristopherson. But after 12 years, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr Fox’s wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community. Trapped underground and with not enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight against the evil Farmers — Boggis, Bunce and Bean — who are determined to capture the audacious, fantastic Mr Fox at any cost.

An orphaned pig falls under the eye of a kindly collie and begins to think he's destined for glory at the regional sheepdog trials. Obviously for kids, but there's enough skewed humour (hail the psycho mice!) for adults too.

This compelling documentary takes viewers on a breath-taking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. In the film the legendary broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing. Stunning, immersive cinematography showcases the wonder of life under the seas and exposes the never-before-seen realities and challenges facing our ocean, from destructive fishing techniques to mass coral reef bleaching. Ultimately the story is one of optimism, with Attenborough showcasing inspirational stories from around the world to deliver his greatest message: the ocean can recover to a glory beyond anything anyone has ever seen.

Join us for an evening of talks that will share learnings from Resolution a multi-year art and research project that invited artists to collaborate with participants from the justice system. Since 2019, our Learning team has collaborated with artists Melanie Crean, Katrina Palmer, Ain Bailey, and Amartey Golding on Resolution , a multi-year art and research project in prisons across Liverpool, Rochdale, and York. Incarcerated people and their families, prison staff, and key decision-makers were invited to take part in the project. The collaborations culminated in the commissioning of four new artworks, presented to the public through a series of exhibitions at FACT in 2024 and 2025. Amartey Goldings work, on display in Gallery 2 from 22 May, marks the conclusion of this long-term programme. You're invited to join us for an evening of short seminars and talks, where members of our team, alongside collaborators from the justice sector, will share insights and experiences from producing and commissioning these projects. Discussions will focus on access, cross-sector collaboration, approaches, and support systems.

Join artist Amartey Golding for a guided tour of his solo exhibition, which features a large-scale chainmail sculpture created in collaboration with imprisoned men from HMP Altcourse, alongside a new audio work. As you follow the artist, you are invited to reflect on how art can affect public attitudes, influence decision-making in the justice system and create a space for dialogue and representation. This exhibition marks the conclusion of FACT's multi-year Resolution project. Amartey Golding is a British artist who often turns to his Anglo-Scottish and Ghanaian ancestry by way of a Rastafarian upbringing as a point of departure from which to explore the seemingly contradictory fabric of our human condition. Golding began his practice as a teenager, selling his first works from his youth hostel room. He went on to study Architecture, Space, and Objects at Central Saint Martins for three years before leaving to focus entirely on his practice. His design background continues to inform his work today, often blurring the practical with the conceptual. Golding works across a wide range of mediums, including drawing, printmaking, sculpture, film, chainmail, and wig-making. He draws on a wide array of cultural references from popular culture and folklore to intuition and hearsay to inform his work. His process prioritises the knowledge of everyday people, celebrating the unspoken truths that connect us all. Goldings work is intuitive and focuses on visceral communication, aiming to make work that draws from the valuable conversations taking place within the communities he resides in while putting those perspectives under scrutiny. Golding has exhibited internationally, with solo shows at institutions including TRAMWAY Glasgow, The Power Plant Toronto, and has been commissioned by the V&A Museum, Autograph ABP, and Film and Video Umbrella.

To mark the end of her year-long residency as Research Curator at FACT, Stella Sideli chairs this panel discussion exploring composition, polyphony, movement, and collective world-building as core elements of artistic and institutional practice. Grounded in ideas of listening, attunement, and shared or embodied resonance, this conversation considers how creative methodologiesspanning sound, voice, philosophy, computation, and performancecan support re-thinking governance, decision-making, and collaboration. The panel, which will be a kind of listening score that audience members are invited into, will blend gestures, reflections, and conversation to explore listening not only as a topic, but as a shared composition, a space of attunement, and a soft, relational shift. Bringing together artists and researchers working across different disciplines, including Vivienne Griffin, Lola de la Mata, Adi Lerer and Xiaowen Zhu, we'll explore how improvisation, rhythm, and relationality shape collective structures, questioning hierarchical models of participation and institutional engagement. Rather than reinforcing extractive or transactional modes of involvement, this conversation explores openness, co-presence, and the generative unpredictability of collective processesasking how artistic practices and methods can challenge institutional dynamics and expand the possibilities of collaboration and transformation.

Frederick Ashton’s ballet of pure sunshine.

This Christmas, be transported into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.

Journey into a magical kingdom and watch Peter Wright’s enchanting production of The Nutcracker.

Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor’s experimental ballet triptych inspired by the genre-defying works and writings of Virginia Woolf, set to an original score by Max Richter.

Experience the quintessential Romantic ballet in Peter Wright’s atmospheric and bewitching production.