Golden Boy

Towner Eastbourne is screening Golden Boy over several dates this November, starting on Thursday 5 November. It's a National Theatre Live production, which means a stage play filmed at the Almeida Theatre in London and broadcast to cinemas. The production was directed by Sam Yates, who also did Vanya, and it stars Josh O'Connor — you'll know him from The Crown and Challengers — in the lead role.

Golden Boy is a revival of Clifford Odets' American classic, set in 1930s New York at the height of the Depression. It follows Joe Bonaparte, a gifted young violinist who gets lured into the brutal world of professional boxing. The whole thing was filmed live at the Almeida, and for these screenings, it's accompanied by a live string quartet playing in the cinema, so you've got the live music running alongside the performance on screen. It runs for three hours.

There are four screenings to choose from: Thursday 5 November at 7.00pm, Saturday 7 November at 3.30pm, Friday 13 November at 4.00pm, and Friday 20 November at 1.00pm, which is the captioned showing. Tickets are £18 standard and £16 for concessions, which covers Disability PIP, Pension & Universal Credit, and under 25s. The screening is in the Towner Cinema, which opened in 2017 with support from Arts Council England and the Eastbourne Arts Circle. It's a state-of-the-art independent venue with a 4k HD projector and a Dolby surround-sound system, and it's fully accessible with permanent space for two wheelchairs and an integrated induction loop.