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Fishermans Friends

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Friday 3 February
Fisherman’s Friends

The 2019 Movie based on a true story and starring James Purefoy, Daniel Mays and Tuppence Middleton.

A group of music executives from London get stranded in Cornwall when their holiday yacht fails to arrive. While making the most of it they’re exposed to a traditional sailor’s shanty. One of them gets left behind to sign up the fishermen to a music contract.

Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm, film starts 7.30

Advance booking essential. You can book online using this link.

Watch the trailer here.

Red Joan

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Friday 3 March
Red Joan

Loosely inspired by a true story, this dramatized biopic shifts between two eras as it recounts the tale of Joan Stanley, a longtime British spy for the KGB who sees her peaceful suburban retirement abruptly shattered when she’s arrested for treason. Starring Judi Dench as the present day Joan and Sophie Cookson as her younger self.

Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm. Film starts 7.30

Watch the trailer here.

The Great Escape

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Sunday 16 April
The Great Escape

To round off our 60th anniversary celebration day, we’re showing “The Great Escape” — the classic movie from 1963, the year Greenhill Library opened.

Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war are all put in an “escape proof” camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the movie is played for comedy, as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use planes, trains, and boats to get out of occupied Europe.

This is a free showing, you may make a donation on the night. Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm. Film starts 7.30

Watch the trailer here.

Sheffield Ukulele Group

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Wednesday 9 November at 7.30

Come and hear Sheffield Ukulele Group perform a selection of popular hits from the last 50 years and put their own twist on the original.

Founded by John Atherley around 5 years ago, the group have recently performed for the Euro 2022 Women’s opener event, and Christmas at the Winter Gardens.  They have been featured on BBC radio Sheffield and are due to play at the Leadmill in December for an amazing charity event called ‘Sheffield does Sheffield’.

Tickets (£8) now available at library reception and online at greenhill.bookwhen.com

A history of Sheffield’s Libraries

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Friday 21 October at 7.30

Val Hewson tells the story of libraries in Sheffield. There were the early subscription libraries associated with the non-conformist radicals who laid the foundations for much of the modern city, and the circulating libraries of the type you see in period dramas on television. Then, in 1856, came the pioneering public library, which rose, and fell and rose again. Val Hewson is the chair and editor of Reading Sheffield, a community history group celebrating the history of reading in the city.

Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm, talk starts 7.30

Tickets (£5) can be booked online using this link, or purchased from library reception.

Children’s Cinema: Ron’s Gone Wrong

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Saturday 1st October at 2.30pm
Ron’s Gone Wrong

The story of Barney, a socially awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device. Ron’s hilarious malfunctions set against the backdrop of the social media age, launch them into an action-packed journey in which boy and robot come to terms with the wonderful messiness of true friendship. Pease note the change from the originally advertised date.

Doors open / refreshments 2.00pm. Film starts 2.30

This is a free showing. (You may make a donation when you visit.) To be sure of a place please book ahead using this link.

Watch the trailer here

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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12 November at 2.30pm
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

With a ground-breaking (for its time) mix of animation and live action, and set in a 1947 version of Hollywood where cartoon characters and people co-exist, the film follows Eddie Valiant, a private investigator who must help exonerate Roger Rabbit, a toon who has been framed for the murder of the Acme Corporation’s owner.

Doors open / refreshments 2pm film starts 2.30.

This is a free showing; you may make a donation if you wish.

Watch the trailer here

Evening Cinema: Phantom of the Open

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Friday 7th October at 7.30pm:
Phantom of the Open

This “always watchable” film has an “easy going appeal” according to empire magazine. Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process. Mark Rylance and Sally Hawkins star, Craig Roberts directs.

Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm, film starts 7.30.

This is a free showing. (You may make a donation on the night.) To be sure of a place please book ahead using this link.

Watch the trailer here

The Duke

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Friday 4 November at 7.30
The Duke

A highly entertaining comedy drama, The Duke tells the improbable but true story of Kempton Bunton who stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington as part of his campaign for the government to invest more in care for the elderly, particularly free TV licences. Superb performances by Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren

Doors open / refreshments 7pm, film starts 7.30

This is a free showing; you may make a donation on the evening.

Watch the trailer here. Book online here.