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Win tickets to the San Miguel Picturehouse Pop-Up

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/08/2017 - 12:08pm

Thank you to everyone who entered this competition.

The correct answer to the question 'Who composed the famous Jaws theme tune?' is of course John Williams.

The winner chosen at random from the correct entries is Jane Laird - congratulations!

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San Miguel has partnered exclusively with Picturehouse for its Pop-Up Cinema series this summer and will be bringing 39 classic films to stunning outdoor locations across the land.

This weekend sees Picturehouse come to Exeter, with screenings of classics Jaws (...

Hopster takes tiny dinosaur enthusiasts on a trip back in time

Roarrrr!

Hear that? It’s the sound of the Hopster team preparing our grizzly T-Rex impressions for a week of time-travel and dinosaur-themed adventure starting from the 7th June.

If your tot can already tell a Megaraptor from a Panoplosaurus and has a roar to rival the rest, join us for a screening of their favourite dinosaur-themed kids cartoons at participating Picturehouse cinemas across the UK?

Pint-sized palaeontologists will get the chance to meet the velociraptors, discover who or what made the mysterious clawed footprints on Pontypandy beach with Fireman Sam...

Hopster Showtime

Event Date: 
28/12/2015 - 12:15pm
Venue: 
Exeter Picturehouse, Bartholomew Street West, Exeter

Are you looking for something fun to do with the family the week after Christmas? Look no further! Hopster Showtime’s Winter Special screening is coming to a Picturehouse near you, from Monday 28th December to Saturday 2nd January 2015.

The UK’s favourite kids learning and entertainment app is spreading the festive cheer with 22 special nationwide screenings of hit TV series Pingu, Bob the Builder and Thomas & FriendsTM.

Sponsored by fun and healthy snack provider, Fruit Bowl, who aim to help mums naturally fuel their kids’ daily fun and Nature’s Own, a specialist in...

Hopster Showtime is coming to Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 12/04/2015 - 10:17pm

Are you looking for something fun to do with the family the week after Christmas? Look no further! Hopster Showtime’s Winter Special screening is coming to a Picturehouse near you, from Monday 28th December to Saturday 2nd January 2015.

The UK’s favourite kids learning and entertainment app is spreading the festive cheer with 22 special nationwide screenings of hit TV series Pingu, Bob the Builder and Thomas & FriendsTM. Sponsored by fun and healthy snack provider, Fruit Bowl, who aim to help mums naturally fuel their kids’ daily fun and Nature’s Own, a specialist in vitamins...

Our Lives, Our Community, Our Voice

Meridian RAW CIC, the Exeter-based social enterprise, has announced an exhibition at the Exeter Picturehouse to celebrate the culmination of their community project in central Exeter.

This diverse exhibition is part of the Our Lives, Our Community, Our Voice project which was a two-year community project in Exeter and used photography as a means of engagement and empowerment. The project was managed by the Olive Tree Association/Devon Grapevine in partnership with Meridian Raw and has been generously funded by the People’s Health Trust.

The exhibition takes place at the...

Blood Cells comes to Exeter Picturehouse on UK Tour

Event Date: 
30/06/2015 - 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter City Picturehouse, Bartholomew Street West, Exeter

Blood Cells: Internationally Acclaimed British Film Comes to Exeter

Blood Cells—a film starring Barry Ward (Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall) that premiered at the Venice Film Festival and will have its UK premiere in competition at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival—is coming to the Exeter City Picturehouse on Tuesday 30 June.

Blood Cells follows the perilous journey home of Adam (Ward), a young man whose life fell apart when the Foot and Mouth epidemic of 2001 decimated his family’s farm. The only British film ever to be directly funded by the Venice Biennale,...

Tractor Ted makes his debut at Toddler Time in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 06/03/2015 - 11:51am

Tractor Ted is making his debut at Toddler Time at the Exeter Picturehouse with its hit film All About Tractors.

“Young children love watching real life farm action,” says Alexandra Heard, the creator of Tractor Ted.

“It really has to be seen to be believed – and All About Tractors is one of our favourite films packed full of what we like best – Tractors!

This screening will be a fantastic outing for young children and their parents, that is educational and entertaining, and a great introduction to the cinema.”

All About Tractors is a thoroughly addictive...

Billy Elliot live from the stage of London's Victoria Palace

Event Date: 
28/09/2014 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Picturehouse

The multi-award-winning musical Billy Elliot will be beamed from the stage of London's Victoria Palace Theatre to the Exeter Picturehouse

There will be 30 minutes of pre-show onscreen before each performance.

Based on the Oscar-nominated film, Billy Elliot has been dazzling London’s West End since 2005, winning more than 80 awards and captivating audiences around the world.

Set in a northern mining town against the backdrop of the 1984-85 miners’ strike, Billy Elliot is the inspirational story of a young boy’s struggle against the odds to make his dream come true...

Vintage Sundays at Exeter Picturehouse

Check out a great line up of classic films screening for Vintage Sundays this autumn at the Exeter Picturehouse.

Sun 21 Sep

TO CATCH A THIEF (PG) Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly. USA 1955. 106 mins. A retired cat burglar, now living in style on the Riviera, discovers that a new thief has adopted his old MO. The result is a glorious mix of taut suspense and high glamour.

Sun 28 Sep DIRTY HARRY (15) Director: Don Siegel. Starring: Clint Eastwood. USA 1971. 98 mins. The toughest, coolest, baddest, dirtiest, most iconic cop in San Francisco...

Frankenstein returns for Hallowe'en

The National Theatre’s thrilling broadcast of Frankenstein returns to the Exeter Picturehouse for a limited time, due to unprecedented audience demand.

Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (12 Years a Slave, Star Trek into Darkness) and Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting, Mansfield Park) alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and his creation.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered Creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck...

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