The Talisman Theatre's independent cinema offering is pulling in even bigger audiences in 2024, and has yet another screening this weekend.

With regular events across the year, Talisman Cinema promises to be an "affordable" and "properly social" occasion.

This Saturday (September 7) sees 'Happening' come to the Barrow Road venue.

Based on a true story and set in 1963 France, the film by Audrey Diwan tells the story of Talented student Anne who discovers she is pregnant.

In a time when abortion was illegal, she looks for someone who is willing to help her as her final exams approach and her social life begins to fade.

As with all screenings at the Talisman, the film will be shown with an intermission with the bar and ice creams available.

And Happening - which is in French with subtitles - follows the Talisman's aim of offering a broad range of films.

At a showing last autumn audiences were asked through a show of hands to say whether they wanted just blockbusters, or a bit of variety, and the majority said they wanted to have more of a range of cinema.

"We now have a big list with a bit of everything - some comedy, some drama, some that are quite challenging, and a few ground-breaking foreign films," Stuart Chambers, Cinema co-ordinator told Nub News earlier this year.

"The emphasis is on great human stories, and outstanding movie quality, always achieving high ratings in reviews.

"Our audience is very game for trying something new, which is great." 

Tickets at Talisman Cinema cost just £6 and are available online here.

And to find out more about the cinema, how to volunteer across different aspects of the theatre, and its upcoming films and main stage shows showings, head to the Talisman Theatre website here.

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