When Helen's beloved father passes away, she is knocked sideways by grief and loses herself in memories of their time birding and exploring the natural world together. She becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk, and so she brings the fearsome bird Mabel home to her life as a graduate fellow at Cambridge.

Helen fills the freezer with hawk food and turns off her phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals. But as she labours to tame Mabel, a grieving Helen undergoes an untaming of her own.

A record of a spiritual journey, H IS FOR HAWK is a story about memory and nature and how it might be possible to reconcile death with life and love.

Approximate running time: 2 hours

Tickets: £6 (£5 cinema members)

NB There is no on-site car parking for this film, either at Daneside Theatre, or Riverside. Please park in town and walk over.

Half-term matinee.

Based on the beloved The Faraway Tree series of novels for children, THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE follows Polly and Tim and their children Beth, Joe and Fran – a modern family who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. Soon after their arrival, with no Wi-Fi or electricity to charge their treasured electronic gadgets, the children must develop an interest in the great outdoors. Exploring the natural world around their new home, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric residents, including cherished characters Moonface, Silky, Dame Washalot and Saucepan Man. At the top of thetree, they are transported to spectacular and fantastical lands, and, through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the family learn to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.

Directed by Ben Gregor
Written by Simon Farnaby
Starring Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nonso Anozie, Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Gunning, Jennifer Saunders, Rebecca Ferguson.

Approximate running time 1hr 50 mins

Tickets £6.00 (children £3.00; Cinema members £5.00 & £2.50)
Membership for Cinema at Daneside is dependant upon having booked to two previous films within the preceding 12 months. If you think you qualify, but haven't received a membership number, please email contactus@danesidetheatre.co.uk to get your number.

Unfortunately the Tuesday and Wednesday performances of this show have had to be cancelled. If you have bought tickets for these shows you will be contacted to arrange an exchange to another date, or a refund.

Step into the neon-drenched world of the Boozy Bear, in Congleton Players' revival of John Godber's legendary classic: Bouncers.
A frantic laugh out loud look at a 'big night out' from every perspective - the lads, the lasses, and the men in black themselves! 
Watch as four actors transform into over 20 characters in a physical, fast-paced performance that never lets up. 

This high-octane comedy hits as hard as a Sunday morning hangover! 

*Over 16s only please due to adult themes*

Tickets: £15 (Concessions : Under 18s, Students, Over 60s £12)

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International on behalf of Josef Weinberger ltd.]