What's On

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu returns with his original film Digger, starring Tom Cruise. The most powerful man in the world (Cruise) embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.

This autumn, documentary filmmaker Joe Cornick will take his powerful debut feature Steel: The Blood of Us 2026 on a UK screening roadshow, alongside Hignett’s intimate 1976 documentary The Face of Change. Made exactly 50 years apart, the two films offer contrasting perspectives on Britain’s steel industry and the communities shaped by it. Cornick’s film, shot on 16mm celluloid and completed this year, documents the final years of traditional steelmaking in Port Talbot, Wales.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A.

In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.

While celebrating their last night together, high school graduates and best friends Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali. When they discover that the memories of their entire friendship are the price for returning home, Jo and Raissa must race to find a way to leave the island before they forget each other forever.

The ghostly residents of Button House are adjusting to life without Alison and Mike, but when protesters disrupt the construction of the planned hotel, the ghosts need to find a way to reach their living friends. When an amateur séance goes awry, Julian seizes the opportunity to leave the grounds in the body of teenage ghost hunter Jack. Whilst Julian experiences the outside world for the first time in decades, Jack gets a crash course in the afterlife from the ghosts. But what was supposed to be a temporary switch soon reveals the risk of permanent consequences…

An Artificial Friend named Klara finds a deep bond with a troubled young girl, bringing light and hope to a grieving family through her unwavering devotion and innocent wonder.

In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.

In 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don't, it's GAME OVER!

Oli, Tads intrepid two-year-old daughter, has turned him into an overprotective father and Mummy feels sidelined by the attention she gets. When they find the magic lamp in Buckingham Palace, Mummy asks it to travel back in time to Paititi, Peru, in 1502. Tad, Sara and the whole team will have to follow Mummy into the past, before he changes history… Their journey will take them across the Atlantic Ocean from Peru to Greece, and from there deep into the Middle East, all the way to the cave of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness - an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg, Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. As the pair is drawn into a conflict threatening the balance of the forest itself, Prue must discover strength and belief she never knew she possessed. If she hopes to save her brother and protect Wildwood’s fragile future, she will have to risk everything. From Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning LAIKA, Wildwood is a sweeping adventure about love, sacrifice, and the magic that reveals itself when we dare to look beyond the familiar.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu returns with his original film Digger, starring Tom Cruise. The most powerful man in the world (Cruise) embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.

In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.

London has fallen. Food is gone. Hope is fading. The undead roam the streets.
Two survivors, having run out of food, set out on a dangerous supply run.
After encountering the infected they’re separated, both forced to survive alone long enough to find their way back to each other in one piece.

Q&A with writer and director Ezra Elliott along with the key cast.

While celebrating their last night together, high school graduates and best friends Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali. When they discover that the memories of their entire friendship are the price for returning home, Jo and Raissa must race to find a way to leave the island before they forget each other forever.

The ghostly residents of Button House are adjusting to life without Alison and Mike, but when protesters disrupt the construction of the planned hotel, the ghosts need to find a way to reach their living friends. When an amateur séance goes awry, Julian seizes the opportunity to leave the grounds in the body of teenage ghost hunter Jack. Whilst Julian experiences the outside world for the first time in decades, Jack gets a crash course in the afterlife from the ghosts. But what was supposed to be a temporary switch soon reveals the risk of permanent consequences…

An Artificial Friend named Klara finds a deep bond with a troubled young girl, bringing light and hope to a grieving family through her unwavering devotion and innocent wonder.

In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.

In 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don't, it's GAME OVER!

Oli, Tads intrepid two-year-old daughter, has turned him into an overprotective father and Mummy feels sidelined by the attention she gets. When they find the magic lamp in Buckingham Palace, Mummy asks it to travel back in time to Paititi, Peru, in 1502. Tad, Sara and the whole team will have to follow Mummy into the past, before he changes history… Their journey will take them across the Atlantic Ocean from Peru to Greece, and from there deep into the Middle East, all the way to the cave of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness - an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg, Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. As the pair is drawn into a conflict threatening the balance of the forest itself, Prue must discover strength and belief she never knew she possessed. If she hopes to save her brother and protect Wildwood’s fragile future, she will have to risk everything. From Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning LAIKA, Wildwood is a sweeping adventure about love, sacrifice, and the magic that reveals itself when we dare to look beyond the familiar.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu returns with his original film Digger, starring Tom Cruise. The most powerful man in the world (Cruise) embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.

Film noir? Comedy? Or Crime thriller?

Ten women. One purpose.
MURDER THEIR DEAREST MAN.

We are showing Kon Ichikawa's (Tokyo Olympiad) masterpiece Ten women in Black (61) for our 4th screening!

Presented by YELLOW MAGIC CINEMA + introduction

Pre drinks: 19:30
Door opens 20:40
Film starts: 20:45

A dark comedy depicting women taking control in a modernizing Japan through dynamic, modernist visuals.
A masterpiece combining Kon Ichikawa's stylish direction with the nuanced feminine perspective of his screenwriter wife, Natto Wada.

Set in the early days of television industry. Despite being married, TV producer Kaze is involved with nine mistresses. Together, his wife and mistresses—ten women in total—conspire to murder him.

In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.

While celebrating their last night together, high school graduates and best friends Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali. When they discover that the memories of their entire friendship are the price for returning home, Jo and Raissa must race to find a way to leave the island before they forget each other forever.

The ghostly residents of Button House are adjusting to life without Alison and Mike, but when protesters disrupt the construction of the planned hotel, the ghosts need to find a way to reach their living friends. When an amateur séance goes awry, Julian seizes the opportunity to leave the grounds in the body of teenage ghost hunter Jack. Whilst Julian experiences the outside world for the first time in decades, Jack gets a crash course in the afterlife from the ghosts. But what was supposed to be a temporary switch soon reveals the risk of permanent consequences…

An Artificial Friend named Klara finds a deep bond with a troubled young girl, bringing light and hope to a grieving family through her unwavering devotion and innocent wonder.

In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.

In 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don't, it's GAME OVER!

Oli, Tads intrepid two-year-old daughter, has turned him into an overprotective father and Mummy feels sidelined by the attention she gets. When they find the magic lamp in Buckingham Palace, Mummy asks it to travel back in time to Paititi, Peru, in 1502. Tad, Sara and the whole team will have to follow Mummy into the past, before he changes history… Their journey will take them across the Atlantic Ocean from Peru to Greece, and from there deep into the Middle East, all the way to the cave of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness - an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg, Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. As the pair is drawn into a conflict threatening the balance of the forest itself, Prue must discover strength and belief she never knew she possessed. If she hopes to save her brother and protect Wildwood’s fragile future, she will have to risk everything. From Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning LAIKA, Wildwood is a sweeping adventure about love, sacrifice, and the magic that reveals itself when we dare to look beyond the familiar.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu returns with his original film Digger, starring Tom Cruise. The most powerful man in the world (Cruise) embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.

Against the backdrop of the 2024 UK riots, a seemingly civil dispute between two neighbouring couples over a tree spirals into a volatile psychological battle over race, class and identity in modern Britain.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with writer and director, Freddie Hutton-Mills. 

In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.

Cult film night BAR TRASH continues our 14th sensational season — TRASH PLANET 3: APOCALYPSE! — with a special MYSTERY APOCALYPSE FILM?! Title only revealed when we press play.*

MYSTERY FILM nights are always hugely popular at BAR TRASH and have given us space to screen some very unheralded cinema (one time we accidentally gave long-lost South Korean kaiju film SPACE MONSTER WANGMAGWI (1967) its very overdue UK premiere…). But what celluloid atrocity will Token Homo unveil this time? All we can say is that it will be an apocalypse movie linked to our season theme… But that doesn’t help much does it?

Polite notice: We are projecting our MYSTERY APOCALYPSE FILM?! with subtitles from the best available digital source. *No refunds if you’ve seen it (or just don’t fancy it…). Strictly adults 18+ only.

/// BAR TRASH is a celebration of cult and curious cinema, hosted by queer film fanatic Token Homo and friends. Films are served with themed drinks, introductions, intermissions, prize giveaways, and subtitles / captions where possible. Tickets from £3.50. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo or visit tokenhomo.com for all the gory details ///

While celebrating their last night together, high school graduates and best friends Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali. When they discover that the memories of their entire friendship are the price for returning home, Jo and Raissa must race to find a way to leave the island before they forget each other forever.

The ghostly residents of Button House are adjusting to life without Alison and Mike, but when protesters disrupt the construction of the planned hotel, the ghosts need to find a way to reach their living friends. When an amateur séance goes awry, Julian seizes the opportunity to leave the grounds in the body of teenage ghost hunter Jack. Whilst Julian experiences the outside world for the first time in decades, Jack gets a crash course in the afterlife from the ghosts. But what was supposed to be a temporary switch soon reveals the risk of permanent consequences…

In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.

In 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don't, it's GAME OVER!

Oli, Tads intrepid two-year-old daughter, has turned him into an overprotective father and Mummy feels sidelined by the attention she gets. When they find the magic lamp in Buckingham Palace, Mummy asks it to travel back in time to Paititi, Peru, in 1502. Tad, Sara and the whole team will have to follow Mummy into the past, before he changes history… Their journey will take them across the Atlantic Ocean from Peru to Greece, and from there deep into the Middle East, all the way to the cave of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness - an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg, Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. As the pair is drawn into a conflict threatening the balance of the forest itself, Prue must discover strength and belief she never knew she possessed. If she hopes to save her brother and protect Wildwood’s fragile future, she will have to risk everything. From Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning LAIKA, Wildwood is a sweeping adventure about love, sacrifice, and the magic that reveals itself when we dare to look beyond the familiar.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu returns with his original film Digger, starring Tom Cruise. The most powerful man in the world (Cruise) embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.

In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.

While celebrating their last night together, high school graduates and best friends Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali. When they discover that the memories of their entire friendship are the price for returning home, Jo and Raissa must race to find a way to leave the island before they forget each other forever.

The ghostly residents of Button House are adjusting to life without Alison and Mike, but when protesters disrupt the construction of the planned hotel, the ghosts need to find a way to reach their living friends. When an amateur séance goes awry, Julian seizes the opportunity to leave the grounds in the body of teenage ghost hunter Jack. Whilst Julian experiences the outside world for the first time in decades, Jack gets a crash course in the afterlife from the ghosts. But what was supposed to be a temporary switch soon reveals the risk of permanent consequences…

An Artificial Friend named Klara finds a deep bond with a troubled young girl, bringing light and hope to a grieving family through her unwavering devotion and innocent wonder.

In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.

In 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don't, it's GAME OVER!

Oli, Tads intrepid two-year-old daughter, has turned him into an overprotective father and Mummy feels sidelined by the attention she gets. When they find the magic lamp in Buckingham Palace, Mummy asks it to travel back in time to Paititi, Peru, in 1502. Tad, Sara and the whole team will have to follow Mummy into the past, before he changes history… Their journey will take them across the Atlantic Ocean from Peru to Greece, and from there deep into the Middle East, all the way to the cave of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness - an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg, Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. As the pair is drawn into a conflict threatening the balance of the forest itself, Prue must discover strength and belief she never knew she possessed. If she hopes to save her brother and protect Wildwood’s fragile future, she will have to risk everything. From Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning LAIKA, Wildwood is a sweeping adventure about love, sacrifice, and the magic that reveals itself when we dare to look beyond the familiar.

IN THE SHADOWS is based on the truly inspirational story of Ramla Ali, a Somali refugee who, without her family’s knowledge, became the first Somali British Boxing Champion.

Presented by @civicstudios and Affine Films, IN THE SHADOWS is directed by double Emmy and triple BAFTA-winning director Anthony Wonke and written by Ursula Rani Sarma.

BAFTA-winning Jasmine Jobson plays the lead role of Ramla Ali, with Finn Cole as her husband, Richard Moore, and Gershwyn Eustache Jnr as Clinton, Ramla’s coach. Other key Somali cast members include Hodan Yusuf, Suhayla Ahmed, Roda Asha Aden, Mustafa Aden, Moe Hashim and Samater Ahmed.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Anthony Wonke and lead actor Jasmine Jobson.

Ambition, obsession, and lost love collide in a haunted West End theatre where a disfigured composer, a rising star, and a jealous rival fight for control of a mysterious musical-and the masked legacy that threatens to destroy them all. Inspired by Gaston Le Roux's The Phantom of the Opera.

Ambition, obsession, and lost love collide in a haunted West End theatre where a disfigured composer, a rising star, and a jealous rival fight for control of a mysterious musical-and the masked legacy that threatens to destroy them all. Inspired by Gaston Le Roux's The Phantom of the Opera.

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

Ambition, obsession, and lost love collide in a haunted West End theatre where a disfigured composer, a rising star, and a jealous rival fight for control of a mysterious musical-and the masked legacy that threatens to destroy them all. Inspired by Gaston Le Roux's The Phantom of the Opera.

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant. There is no third time. Everything ends here.

Josh O’Connor ( The Crown; Challengers) leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic. 1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing. He must confront what he’s willing to sacrifice, who he’s willing to become and how to find his place in a world that demands he choose a side. Filmed live from the Almeida Theatre and featuring a live string quartet, Olivier Award-winner Sam Yates ( Vanya) directs this propulsive drama exploring ambition, identity, and the high price of success.

A filmmaker gets more than he bargained for when his girlfriend is part of starting one of the most polarising protest movements in recent memory: Just Stop Oil. As irreversible climate tipping points loom and their controversial protests face mounting repression, four activists—Indigo, Mark, Phoebe, and Jane—grapple with the personal cost of action against the existential stakes of inaction. How far will ordinary people go to stop oil drilling and how far will the authorities go to stop them?

Followed by an in-person Q&A host by Steven Methin (Novara Media) with director, Rich Felgate, Roger Hallam (co-founder of Just Stop Oil & Extinction Rebellion) and Anna Holland (Just Stop Oil activist)

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant. There is no third time. Everything ends here.

Genesis Cinema and SwingdanceUK invite you along to our monthly Swing dance night!
Learn the steps Swing Dance Class 7.30-8.30pm with Simon!
Followed by dancing led by resident DJ Simon Selmon & guest DJs playing great dance music of the 30s, 40s & 50s & beyond for Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Jive, Shag & Balboa dancers!
A chilled atmosphere where you can meet friends, relax, enjoy a drink or a tasty pizza and dance the night away!

7.30pm Beginners Lindy Hop Class Pre-booking recommended
8.30pm Dancing with resident DJ Simon 'Mr Kicks' Selmon & special guest DJs - all welcome!

Last Entry 9.30 pm

Website: https://swingdanceuk.com/socials/some-like-it-swing/

January 2020. A film crew reunites near Wuhan to resume the shooting of a film halted ten years earlier, only to share the unexpected challenges as cities are placed under lockdown.

With the final of Sketch Off 2026 less than 2 weeks away, this documentary follows comedian and performer Orla Ridpath as she prepares to perform as Detective Muffins, but the question of where Orla is and wants to be on her "comedy quest" keeps coming back.

'Who Is Detective Muffins?' is a one-person-crew documentary, made by independent filmmaker Matteo D'Alesio.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A and live comedy performances from Orla Ridpath, Kieran & Andy (3rd place, Sketch Off 2026), and Lady Bolognese (2nd Place, Sketch Off 2026).

On Devil's Night, the night before Halloween, rock star Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally murdered by a notorious inner-city gang. One year later, Draven is resurrected by a portentous crow and under its watchful gaze, he sets out to avenge their deaths. Set against a rain-soaked and dilapidated industrial cityscape, Draven’s journey drags us into a brutal world of psychological torment and merciless violence.

Join Seasonal Affective Cinema for a screening of this blood-splattered cult classic. With this film, we're succumbing to the brooding and tenebrous energy that comes with autumn. The dying light and encroaching shadows create the perfect ambiance for the film's twisted themes of vengeance, loss, and redemption. As Draven discovers, the only way back to the light, is diving headfirst through the darkness.

Seasonal Affective Cinema is a quarterly film club screening movies that aesthetically and thematically reflect the changing of the seasons. @seasonalaffectivecinema

Sounds and spirit of the Subcontinent coming together @ The Genesis.

Different countries.
Different stories.
Different musical traditions.

ONE STAGE.
ONE PASSION.
ONE POWERFUL VOICE.

And at the heart of it all is BANGLA

This is a celebration of heritage, identity and the extraordinary power of music to bring us together.

GENESIS CINEMA.
THE STAGE IS SET.
LET THE MUSIC SPEAK.

On the first Thursday of the month, every month, the Genesis Poetry Slam is an electric night of spoken word performances. There will be laughter, there might be tears, there will definitely be rhymes and rhythms.

Whether you’re here to perform or simply to listen, you’ll be part of one of the friendliest, most supportive slam communities around. We don’t have that reputation for nothing.

The Genesis Poetry Slam has been running for over 15 years, and is London’s only three-round poetry slam. Up to 12 poets compete in a night of competitive poetry, to see who makes it to the final round and can claim the title of slam champion for the month.

Join us for another electric night of spoken word as poets battle it out for a place in our December Grand Final.

Genesis Cinema, Stepney Green
Doors 18:45 / Slam starts 19:30
Audience tickets: £1 (advance booking essential)

On the night, sink into a comfy sofa, grab a cocktail or a pie, and watch some of the finest poets bring their words to life.

AUDIENCE
Tickets are £1 and must be booked in advance. Whether you’re a poetry lover or brand new to spoken word, you’ll be warmly welcomed.

POETS

There are two ways to sign up for a slam slot:
Pre sign-up: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/112945284141
On the night

We’re always working to keep the process fair and accessible, and this is the best format we’ve found so far.

Pre sign-up:
Sign up via the Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/112945284141. These slots are strictly first come, first served and fill fast. If you secure a pre sign-up slot, you do not need to buy a ticket – your name will be on the door.

On the night:
If pre sign-up slots are full, we may release a limited number of on-the-night slots, again first come, first served.

If you have a pre sign-up slot, please arrive by 7.00pm to keep it. Any unclaimed slots will be offered to poets on the reserve list. To keep things fair, if the slam has started and you haven’t checked in, you won’t be able to perform.

SLAM RULES

No props.
No costumes.
Reading from paper or phone is fine.
No hate.

And remember:
The points are not the point…
THE POINT IS THE POETRY.

Nearly one in two of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives. David Nicholas Wilkinson is one of them, twice over.

In 2020, a colonoscopy found his bowel to be extremely healthy for a man his age. In 2023, a FIT test came back clear and, like almost everyone who takes one, he assumed that meant the all-clear. In 2024, a second colonoscopy found bowel cancer. Stage 4. He was told his tumour was 5-6 years old. What went wrong?

A FIT test looks for blood. Wilkinson’s tumour never bled. Nor do a great many others.

1 IN 2 follows Wilkinson through his own treatment, where he discovers a steep rise in bowel cancer among people far too young to be screened for it, and far too young, it seems, to be believed. Among those who tell him their stories is a bowel surgeon whose own symptoms were dismissed by her oncologist colleagues and in part by herself because she was only 44.

Bowel cancer is very insidious; it often strikes with few or no symptoms. One of the participants, an NHS nurse specialising in colonoscopies, had only one symptom: anxiety. 1 IN 2 attempts to flag up early signs, because the one thing no one wants is to end up like director David Nicholas Wilkinson, with stage 4 bowel cancer.

Released in the cinema as part of Maggie’s Cancer Centre 30th Anniversary celebrations. A significant percentage of the box office income will go directly to Maggie’s St Barts.

The screening is a tribute to Lisa Andrews-Dhapra, a bowel surgeon who trained at St Barts, where she was filmed for 1 IN 2, and died of bowel cancer in May, aged just 50.

DON’T PRESS PLAY

FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER - LIVE WRESTLING • 80s AFTER PARTY • CABARET Something has gone very, very wrong in the world of Emporium.

The screens are glitching. Phones keep ringing. Nobody knows who to trust.

And whatever you do… DON’T PRESS PLAY.

This Friday the 13th, Emporium Pro Wrestling returns to Genesis Cinema — but somehow, the world of Emporium has become trapped inside a twisted 80s slasher nightmare.

Expect brutal battles, outrageous characters and cinematic surprises. And because this is Emporium, expect things to get weird.

You just need to turn up ready for one of London's most chaotic nights out.

BE PART OF THE NIGHT

Come dressed for the occasion.

80s realness. Final girls. Slashers. Campers. Prom queens. Or just come as yourself.

Bring signs. Make noise. Pick your survivors.

EMPORIUM: THE AFTERS

THE FREE 80s AFTER PARTY INCLUDED WITH EVERY TICKET

Expect wrestler DJs, 80s anthems, cult classics, guilty pleasures and late-night chaos until 1:30AM.

No additional ticket. No disappearing home after the main event.

Your SLASHERAMA ticket gets you the live show AND the afterparty.

FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER — GENESIS CINEMA

LOWER TIER — BETTER VIEW IN THE CINEMA — £21
UPPER TIER — £16

Genesis Cinema
93–95 Mile End Road
Bethnal Green, London E1 4UJ

Doors: 6:30PM
Show Starts: 7:00PM
Approx. Finish (including interval): 10:00PM

EMPORIUM: THE AFTERS

Starts: After the live show
Finish: 1:30AM

STRICTLY 18+

Accessibility enquiries: info@genesis-cinema.co.uk | 0207 780 2000
General enquiries: emporiumprowrestling@gmail.com

DON’T PRESS PLAY

LIVE WRESTLING • 80s AFTER PARTY • CABARET

Something has gone very, very wrong in the world of Emporium.

The screens are glitching. Phones keep ringing. Nobody knows who to trust.

And whatever you do… DON’T PRESS PLAY.

This Friday the 13th, Emporium Pro Wrestling returns to Genesis Cinema — but somehow, the world of Emporium has become trapped inside a twisted 80s slasher nightmare.

Expect brutal battles, outrageous characters and cinematic surprises. And because this is Emporium, expect things to get weird.

You just need to turn up ready for one of London's most chaotic nights out.

BE PART OF THE NIGHT

Come dressed for the occasion.

80s realness. Final girls. Slashers. Campers. Prom queens. Or just come as yourself.

Bring signs. Make noise. Pick your survivors.

EMPORIUM: THE AFTERS

THE FREE 80s AFTER PARTY INCLUDED WITH EVERY TICKET

You survived the show. Now party with the wrestlers. Genesis Cinema's private bar transforms into an 80s late-night party, as wrestlers, performers and the Emporium crowd leave the ring behind to continue the night.

Expect wrestler DJs, 80s anthems, cult classics, guilty pleasures and late-night chaos until 1:30AM.

No additional ticket. No disappearing home after the main event.

Your SLASHERAMA ticket gets you the live show AND the afterparty.

FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER — GENESIS CINEMA

LOWER TIER — BETTER VIEW IN THE CINEMA — £21
UPPER TIER — £16

Genesis Cinema
93–95 Mile End Road
Bethnal Green, London E1 4UJ

Doors: 6:30PM
Show Starts: 7:00PM
Approx. Finish (including interval): 10:00PM

EMPORIUM: THE AFTERS

Starts: After the live show
Finish: 1:30AM

STRICTLY 18+

Accessibility enquiries: info@genesis-cinema.co.uk | 0207 780 2000
General enquiries: emporiumprowrestling@gmail.com

Enjoy festive fun with Peppa in this 60-minute cinema experience for young children and families.

Enjoy festive fun with Peppa in this 60-minute cinema experience for young children and families.

Since October 2023, Gaza has been sealed from the world-except for one group, international doctors. While global media are barred from reporting and governments look away, doctors breach the blockade and what they find is not just a humanitarian crisis, but a calculated dismantling of life itself.

Covering the entire two years of the genocide, their firsthand accounts and visceral footage offer a rare and vital chronicle of the daily struggles of healthcare workers as they navigate bombed-out hospitals, dwindling supplies, starvation and the overwhelming influx of casualties— predominantly women and children.

A new documentary by Hazuan Hashim & Phil Maxwell, featuring among others: Lowkey, Audrey White, Ken Loach, Peter Kennard and Tony Benn.

"Terrorists" examines the history of direct action and protest leading up to recent UK legislation. The film features the Suffragettes, the 1920s Poplar Council, the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, the Miners' Strike, the Wapping Dispute, Palestine Solidarity movements and more. Contributors include artist/cartoonist Alan Hardman, author David Rosenberg, holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos, playwright and actor Tayo Aluko, Hannah from the Global Sumud Flotilla, ex-miner John Dunn and lifelong peace activist Kevin Donellon.

Music by Lola Perrin.

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s film explores grief, resistance, and the fight to preserve ancestral land in Lesotho.

Mantoa, an 80-year-old widow is preparing for her own funeral while grappling with the deaths of her husband and children. Her village faces forced resettlement due to the construction of a dam, threatening to erase her homeland and ancestral burial grounds. Confronted with this existential threat, Mantoa finds renewed purpose and becomes a symbol of resistance, mobilising her community to fight for their land and heritage.

This film will be introduced by Misa Mlambo - a South African creative producer and filmmaker based in London, working across film campaigns and their own practice as a writer and director.

This screening is curated by Meliza George as part of ‘Whose Land? Whose Lens?’ a season of works from the global south discussing the protection of land and therefore peoples through the lens of slow cinema. The season is presented with the National Film and Television’s Film Studies, Curation and Programming MA.

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

Followed by a group discussion in the bar area with Nick Walker of the Cult Classic Collective

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.

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.

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.

Celebrate Doctor Who Day with an exclusive big-screen event marking 20 years of the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler.

For the first time ever in cinemas, the acclaimed two-part adventure The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit have been specially re-edited into a single movie-length presentation, created exclusively for theatrical audiences. Join the Doctor (David Tennant) and Rose (Billie Piper) as they travel to Sanctuary Base 6, a remote outpost perched on a planet orbiting a black hole. When an ancient force awakens beneath the surface, the crew find themselves trapped in a battle against an evil older than time itself.

This special Doctor Who Day screening also includes exclusive bonus material, featuring previously unseen content and a brand-new interview with a special guest, reflecting on the making of one of the most celebrated stories of the modern era - from encounters with the Ood to facing the terrifying Beast, alongside behind-the-scenes memories from the set.

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.

Tellurian Drama is a short film by Riar Rizaldi, exploring colonial history, indigenous ancestral power, and geoengineering through the story of Radio Malabar in West Java, Indonesia.

Amussu is a documentary film set in Imider, a small Amazigh community in southeastern Morocco, directed and written by Nadir Bouhmouch. In 2011, the community shut down a major water pipeline to halt the impact of Africa’s largest silver mine. The film chronicles the villagers’ eight-year peaceful resistance as they transform their protest camp into a small solar-powered village, continuing to resist through songs, poetry, theatre, weekly assemblies, and a local film festival.

This screening is curated and introduced by Meliza George as part of ‘Whose Land? Whose Lens?’ a season of works from the global south discussing the protection of land and therefore peoples through the lens of slow cinema. The season is presented with the National Film and Television’s Film Studies, Curation and Programming MA.

A talented writer, Edgar Allen, arrives in Hollywood with big dreams but is quickly pulled into a world of madness and depravity. A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the murders that occur in the new script by Edgar. Who will survive and what parts will be left for them?

Followed by an in person Q&A with writer/director, Rufus Butler Seder and actor Katy Bolger.

Replikka is a Brazilian short film directed by Heloísa Passos and Piratá Waurá, exploring the intersection of Indigenous wisdom and technology through a spiritual and meditative lens, focusing on the resilience of the Wauja people of the Upper Xingu.

My Foreign Land is a collaborative documentary film directed by Coletivo Lakapoy, Louise Botkay, and João Moreira Salles. It follows the Suruí, an indigenous people in western Brazil, during the tense final month leading up to the pivotal 2022 Brazilian presidential elections. It tracks tribal leader Almir Suruí campaigning locally in Rondônia while his daughter, young activist Txai Suruí, travels abroad to advocate for rainforest protection against logging and mining.

This screening will be introduced by Yula Rocha - producer of Replikka and Communication and Project Manager at People’s Palace Projects.

This screening is curated by Meliza George as part of ‘Whose Land? Whose Lens?’ a season of works from the global south discussing the protection of land and therefore peoples through the lens of slow cinema. The season is presented with the National Film and Television’s Film Studies, Curation and Programming MA.

Life on the Horn is a short film directed by Mo Harawe and set on the Somali coast, where illegal toxic waste dumping over decades has caused widespread environmental contamination and health crises. A young man remains in his village to care for his dying father, while the surrounding community gradually abandons the area.

Faya Dayi is an Ethiopian documentary by Jessica Beshir that offers a spiritual and socio-economic portrait of the Harar region, focusing on the cultivation, trade, and cultural rituals of khat - a stimulant leaf central to local life. It follows Sufi Muslims seeking enlightenment while navigating government restrictions, the allure of better futures, and the dangers of dependency on khat.

The feature film will be introduced by Nadia Denton - a Film Curator, Social Impact Producer and Author. She specialises in African cinema, art and culture, and particularly in widening access to and understanding of African and diaspora film.

This screening is curated by Meliza George as part of ‘Whose Land? Whose Lens?’ a season of works from the global south discussing the protection of land and therefore peoples through the lens of slow cinema. The season is presented with the National Film and Television’s Film Studies, Curation and Programming MA.

BLACK IS: BOUNDLESS is a curated season of cinema exploring the breadth, complexity, and creative possibility of Black cinematic storytelling. Running across London from October to December 2026, we are bringing together independent films, filmmaker conversations, and an industry discussion to extend discourse around representation, authorship, and the cultural visibility of Black cinema beyond Black History Month.

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family in BAFTA-winning director Rungano Nyoni’s surreal and vibrant reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves.

Content warning: strong language and adult themes

Dir/Wir: Rungano Nyoni Prod: Ed Guiney/Andrew Lowe/Tim Cole

Join us for pre-screening networking drinks from 5.45pm

G.O.A.T Film Club is a movement for change in film and television. Our mission is to amplify Black & Global Majority, women, LGBTQIA+, and disabled voices, creating a space where underrepresented talent and passionate audiences converge. Through curated screenings, workshops, and exclusive networking events, we connect filmmakers and viewers, championing diverse stories and reshaping screen culture to reflect a global perspective. G.O.A.T Film Club redefines film and TV as a space where every voice finds its platform and every audience finds stories that resonate.

Insta: @g.o.a.t_filmclub

Supported by the BFI Audience Projects Fund, awarding National Lottery Good Cause funding, with additional support from the National Film and Television School.

Sentenced to death in Iran for killing her abusive husband, Tahereh depends on his family’s forgiveness to avoid execution. With the clock ticking, her son races to raise blood money in a real-life thriller exposing the human cost of Iran’s justice system.

Farsi with English subtitles

Emperor Paul Atreides faces the fallout from his ascent to power as political plots and a galaxy-wide holy war endanger the future only he can see.

Beloved heroes from three distinct universes are set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they've ever encountered.

Beloved heroes from three distinct universes are set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they've ever encountered.

Emperor Paul Atreides faces the fallout from his ascent to power as political plots and a galaxy-wide holy war endanger the future only he can see.