Labyrinth 40th Anniversary

Labyrinth is back on the big screen at Electric Palace on Friday 6 November, marking 40 years since the Jim Henson classic first came out. It's a family screening, part of the cinema's Family Fridays, so it's one you can bring the kids along to. The film starts at 19:30, but there's a free monster finger puppet workshop led by animator Silas Money at 4pm, which is a nice way to get the younger ones involved before the main event.

If you've never seen it, Labyrinth is a visually spectacular 1986 family favourite directed by Jim Henson, with David Bowie as the Goblin King and Jennifer Connelly starring opposite him. Sixteen-year-old Sarah is sent through a labyrinth full of illusions and deceptions to rescue her baby brother, stolen by the goblins, and along the way she meets characters like Hoggle, Ludo and Didymus. Bowie also wrote the film's dreamy soundtrack, and the movie has become a cult classic of 80s nostalgia, carried by songs like 'Magic Dance' and 'As the World Falls Down'. The Guardian called it 'one of the most beguilingly eccentric and charming family movies imaginable'.

The cinema bills the night as a 'Bowie-meets-Henson' fairytale, pairing the film with that free monster finger puppet workshop. If you're taking children, arriving for the 4pm session means they can make their own monster before the film kicks off. The screening is at Electric Palace Cinema, 39A High St, Hastings, TN34 3ER. It's a ticketed event, so you'll need to book ahead rather than just turning up on the night.