THE MOWLEM

Theatre Cinema & Function Rooms

Tickets for live shows and movies are bookable from the front page of www.themowlem.com

🎭 Live Shows & Music:

● 🏹 Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood – Swanage Drama Company is back! Get ready for a
bucket load of laughs as they bring the family pantomime ‘Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood’
to the stage at The Mowlem 🎭
○ 📅 Friday 13th, Sat 14th, Friday 20th and Sat 21st at 7.30 pm
○ 📅 Saturday 14th and 21st at 2.00 pm

🍻Events in The Showbar (upstairs at The Mowlem):

● No events are planned for January. But please do visit us to enjoy a drink and the views during our
opening hours. https://themowlem.com/showbar/

🖼️ Mowlem Visual Arts Exhibitions:

● ‘On Stage’ – Pantomimes, plays, ballet and concerts; local groups and professional companies –
Tony Kerins has been drawing at live performances in The Mowlem Theatre since 1986. Our third
visual arts exhibition will showcase Tony’s work and be open to the public until Tuesday, 25th
January 2023.
● ‘On Stage’ – Artist’s discussion: Join Tony in the theatre with his friends Julie Gadenne and David
George for an illustrated discussion about drawing in the dark, performing in a place where
everybody knows you and the purpose of all this fooling about—chaired by Tim Edgar.
○ 📅 Thursday 15th, December 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm

A new exhibition from Sally Maltby will be opening in late January, and we’ll have more information to follow.

🎬 Movies:

● A Bunch of Amateurs (12A)

One of the oldest amateur film clubs in the world is teetering on the brink of survival. Clinging to
dreams and each other, this moving portrait of artistic folly speaks to the delusional escapist dreamer
in us all.
○ 📅 Tuesday, 3rd through to Friday, 6th January at 7.30 pm

● Official Competition (15)

Penélope Cruz & Antonio Banderas star as two egomaniacs commissioned by a millionaire to make
a movie together in this sharp comedy skewering wealth, art, and pride.
○ 📅 Monday 9th January and Tuesday 10th January at 7.30 pm

● Triangle of Sadness (15)

Social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty.
An epic satire set against the world of fashion and the uber-rich with Hollywood star Woody
Harrelson.
○ 📅 Monday 23rd through to Thursday 26th January at 7.30 pm
○ 📅 Monday Matinée on Monday 23rd January at 2.30 pm

● Empire of Light (R)

A moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around a
faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.
○ 📅 Friday, 27th January through to Thursday, 2nd February at 7.30 pm (excluding Sunday)
○ 📅 Monday Matinée on Monday 30th January at 2.30 pm

📖 Clubs & Societies:

● The Making Memories Dementia Friendly cafe is Tuesday 3rd & 17th of January, at 10.00 am in
The Showbar.
● The Flower Club will meet on Thursday, 19th January, at 9 am in the Community Room.
● Health Qigong Fitness with Penny meets every Wednesday at 2 pm & 3.30 pm in the Community
Room.
● Slimming World returns every Wednesday from 18th January at 6 pm in the Community Room.
● The Purbeck Society Annual General Meeting will take place on January 13th at 2.30 pm in the
Community Room and will be followed by Chair, Peter Bowyer, talking about CPRE.