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June Programme now available

Our June programme is sunshine-soaked and full of fun, one of our richest months ever in our humble opinion!  Take a look at ‘Made in Britain’, our Q&As, and the free film making workshop later in the month.  Click on the link above to download the listings, or pick-up a technicolor hard copy from the front [...]

The King’s Speech – Free Outdoor Screening

FREE – NO NEED TO BOOK – JUST TURN UP 9:00 for a 9:30 start   A right royal knees-up in Queens Park all day on Saturday 2 June, crowned with a sunset screening of THE KING’S SPEECH. Fun, games, food, drink, medals and cigars for all! The other jubilee taking place this weekend is [...]

We’ve got Easter cracked!

  Animated animals with short names, voiced by the stars.  Half-term holiday paydirt, non? Soooo, first up, from the makers of Ice Age, is RIO, a mischievous macaw, voiced by Jesse ‘Social Network‘ Eisenberg (Facebeak?).  Then there’s RANGO, the mischievous chameleon, who sounds a lot like Johnny Depp and smacks heavily of Hunter S. Thompson. And finally, [...]

April Programme

The printed version of our programme has arrived, and will be available from the Lexi  throughout the month – even when we aren’t open.  It is also available on line.  Click on “Download programme” above to preview our fantastic April line-up.  We think it is choc full of holiday treats for all ages! Related articles Cherie [...]

More Frankenstein?

Would you like us to put on an additional live-by-satellite screening of NT Live’s Frankenstein, directed by Danny Boyle, with music by Underworld, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller? If you’re reading this now, we’re going to take that as a YES. Thanks!  Watch this space…

Fezeka’s Voice – plus live Q & A with director Holly Lubbock

Tuesday 8th Feb, 20:00 + Director/Producer Q&A After sell-out screenings elsewhere, The Lexi is delighted to be showing award-winning documentary, Fezeka’s Voice. The film tells the inspirational story of one man and his life’s mission to use the transformative power of music to instill confidence, pride and hope into the children of his South African [...]

All hail new Mayor Ranya!

We were just about to commission the gold chains and ermine robes for Niall, such has been his monopoly of the Lexi Mayorship on Foursquare, but then….then comes Ranya, to oust Mayor Niall, and take top spot. But just who is Ranya? Do you know?

Ride, Rise, Roar plus Q&A

20 Jan, 20:45  Live satellite “In Conversation” with David Byrne afterwards. Following on from Jonathan Demme’s ground-breaking Talking Heads doc Stop Making Sense (1984), Ride, Rise, Roar is a David Byrne concert film that blends riveting onstage performances with intimate details of the creative collaborations that make the music, dance and performance happen.  Shot with multiple cameras [...]

Soch Lo + live Q&A

Sun 30 Jan, 1245 Left for dead in the desert, without future or past, survival is a desperate business for Baba (Pannu). When his borderline existence is discovered, Baba is offered shelter in return for his protection and he must challenge the tyrant who has made his protectors’ lives a misery. In return, Pali (Madan) [...]

Send Jane to the Paris Marathon for Lexi!

Local legend and Lexi Lover, Jane Hansom needs your help to beat two competitors to a place in the Paris Marathon, in a bid to raise money for the Lexi – so get yourself registered for Runners’ World and vote Jane to victory. The 100th voter wins a pair of her lucky purple pants… Here’s [...]