West Side Story – an adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. Based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, this is a perennial classic with some superb acting and choreography. Door open at 7pm, film
Flicks in the Sticks: Friday 25th February at 7.30pm The Courier (cert. 12A) The true story of Greville Wynne, a English salesman who is enrolled by the Americans as a spy in the 1962 Cuban Crisis. Outstanding performance by Bernard Cumberbatch. Tickets: Adults £5, under 18 £2 Interval refreshments: coffee/tea and cakes £2 For more info: tel.
The Big Jubilee Lunch Help us plan for Ryton’s very own Big Jubilee Lunch to take place on Sunday 5th June! We would love to see our village come together to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and be part of the nation’s Big Jubilee Lunch. We are forming a village committee to plan and organise
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality. Powerful drama starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. Film made 2020, cert 12A Tickets £5 on the
Join in our New Year celebrations with our traditional Burns Night supper dance. Tickets £15 each from Val 07857 814468 or Helen 07813 786859. 2-course meal, nip o’whisky, ceilidh with music from the Melomanics, fully licensed bar. Covid-19 precautions: entry by ticket only; only 50 tickets available; hall will be well ventilated; please wear mask
22 October “The Personal History of David Copperfield” (2019) Cert 15 12 November “Resistance” (2020) Cert 15 26 November “Love Sarah” (2020) Cert 12A
Career con artist Roy Courtnay (Sir Ian McKellen) can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish (Dame Helen Mirren) on-line. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk
Ryton Village Hall invites you to come and say hello again to friends and neighbours in and and around the village for a convivial afternoon of chat, foot-tapping music, tea and cake, and a cash bar, kindly provided by the FoxInn.Musical entertainment – performed by Dr Butler’s Hatstand Medecine Band – will be outdoors (weather
The Annual General Meeting of Ryton Village Hall will take place at 7.30pm on Monday 12 July at the Hall. Users and local residents are very welcome to attend. Social distancing will still be in force, and that may limit the numbers that can be accommodated in the hall, and all attenders are required to
Ryton Village Hall is set to re-open on 21 June 2021, government restrictions permitting. See panel on front page for further detail.
