It’s going to be one shell of an Easter
Films & events this Easter Week
Robb Barham
There are loads of screenings and events at Hyde Park Picture House and around Leeds to keep you good people entertained and amused. Here's just a few of our recommendations!
Leeds Young Film Festival (Sat 30 Mar - Sat 13 Apr)
We’re once again hosting Leeds Young Film Festival screenings as part of our regular Hyde & Seek Strand. There’s some fabulous family fun to be had, most of which are Pay What You Can tickets. There’s Moomins on the Riviera (2014), Sing-a-long Encanto (2022), Queen of Katwe (2016), Yung Punx: A Punk Parable (2021) and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021). And that’s just in the first weekend!
It Happened One Night (Sun 31 Mar)
In this case it will happen on Easter Day afternoon! As part of our reRun Strand, we’re screening Frank Capra’s delightful romantic comedy It Happened One Night (1934).
Starring the adorable bickering and flirting couple, Clarke Gable and Claudette Colbert, it’s a genre-defining classic, celebrating 90 years! So wipe away that chocolate and join us for a sweetly screwball road trip.
Family Matinees for the Holidays
We have matinee screenings of two fantastic family friendly new releases for the Easter Holidays.
Robot Dreams (2023) Tells the adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in New York City. Book tickets.
Combat Wombat: Double Trouble (2023) Dynamic duo Maggie and sidekick Sweetie are leaping into action in an amazing crime-fighting animation. Book tickets.
Easter New Releases (From Fri 29 Mar)
The Delinquents (2024)
The holidays are a time to sit back, slow down and take your time to contemplate the world, and what better way to do this, than with Rodrigo Moreno’s serene existential epic The Delinquents (2023) . Part heist, part noir, part poetic shaggy-dog story, the film is consistently surprising and absorbing as it meanders in some unexpected but mesmerising ways. Book tickets.
The Sweet East (2024)
The Sweet East is a satirical and surreally picaresque adventure through the cities and woods of the US east coast by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina who decides to go her own way. Starring Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always), Jacob Elordi (Saltburn & Priscilla) and Ayo Edebiri (The Bear & Bottoms) Book tickets.
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (2023)
On 28 March 2023, legendary composer Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away. In the years before his death, Sakamoto could no longer perform, but in late 2022 he gave the world one final performance – this intimate concert film, movingly directed by his son. Book tickets.
Cardigan Cluedo: Free Buffalo Bill (Thurs 28 Mar)
Take part in a real-life board game at the Cardigan Arms as Milk Teeth Productions transform your local pub into a Wild West saloon for one night only!
It’s 1891. Buffalo Bill is coming to Leeds to deliver the greatest spectacle that this island has ever seen. But someone sabotaged his act and put him in chains. Can you help the world-famous showman escape? Crack the code by finding all the Wild West characters in the saloon and solving their riddles. Be the first to free Buffalo Bill and win the grand prize. Yee-haw!
Johannes Radebe: House of JoJo (Sun 31 Mar)
On Easter Sunday evening our sister venue Leeds Grand Theatre welcomes you to the House of Jojo! Join TV Dance Sensation Johannes Radebe and a host of eclectic characters in this brand-new theatrical celebration jam-packed with roof-raising music, dazzling costumes and of course, world class dance. The doors to the House of JoJo are open – and you are invited.
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