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The Muppet Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens’s Christmas Carol can sometimes be a bit of a grizzly tale (especially when the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come appears on the scene), but the Muppets brighten the Christmas tale right up. Michael Caine plays the grumpiest of scrooges whilst Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang are full of festive cheer singing songs and romping through the streets of London. Scrooge might appear unrelentingly tight-fisted at the start of the film, but a journey through his past, present and future demonstrates there might be more to life than making money. Dickens’s story is a timeless classic and the addition of the Muppets makes it a comical one too.

Book now: Showroom / The Light

The Showroom is also holding a Baby Kino screening on 23 December (for parents or guardians accompanying babies aged under one year old), a North Pole Family Time screening on 21 December including a cookie, hot chocolate and video call from a special guest.

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Sat. 6 December 2025 — Sun. 7 December 2025

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Unite the Union Brass Band present a special festive performance of the Christmas classic with a live score.

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Thu. 22 January 2026 — Sat. 28 February 2026

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Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

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An enchanted princess of a building, the beguiling 1920s Abbeydale Picture House is at last mid-rescue.