News & Events

Winter 2024-5 brochure out now!

Our Winter 2024-25 brochure is available now from the cinema, or you can read it online here. ...

Oscar winner to visit Wotton-under-Edge cinema

An Oscar and Bafta winning filmmaker will visit the Electric Picture House Cinema in Wotton-under-Edge on Wednesday 27 November 2024, to introduce a documentary on the work of her late husband. Thelma Schoonmaker is best known for her decades-long collaboration, as editor, with Martin Scorsese – she first worked with him on Who’s That Knocking on my Door, in 1967. She...

Paddington returns to cinemas on 20 October

One of the most eagerly anticipated cinema releases of the year is coming soon, when Paddington in Peru is released on Friday 8 November. The Electric Picture House, the independent cinema in Wotton-under-Edge, will be showing the film from its opening weekend, and tickets are on sale now. But in the meantime, Sunday October 20th is Paddington Day...

Classic Action season at Wotton-under-Edge Cinema

Taking place from October-December 2024, Art of Action is a major UK-wide celebration from the British Film Institute of big screen action done for real, focusing on the actors and stunt performers risking life and limb to create some of the most memorable on-screen action. Three thrilling classics from across 70 years of cinema will be...

Autumn of classic cinema in Wotton-under-Edge

Read the full autumn 2024 brochure at this link This autumn, the Electric Picture House Cinema in Wotton-under-Edge will be playing a range of classic cinema titles alongside its usual programme of new releases. During September and October, the venue will feature selected titles from the 2024 touring programme of Cinema Rediscovered, the Bristol Festival dedicated...