Mansfield Palace Theatre is returning to its roots by offering a selection of film screenings.
The Mansfield District Council venue originally opened its doors in 1910 as The Palace Electric Theatre – the town’s first purpose-built cinema.
Now the Palace will be reliving its heritage by screening a carefully curated programme of timeless classics in its historic setting in the heart of Mansfield. Some of the programme will take place next door at Mansfield Museum.
Among the year-round programme will be cult films, art documentaries, films by independent producers and special event screenings.
The first screening of the programme will be a special event screening on Friday 25th April when the award-winning film Earth (2007) will be shown beneath Gaia, a giant revolving art installation of the Earth suspended above the theatre’s stage for a week
Sian Booth, Cultural Services Manager for the council, said: “When we reopened after the pandemic, we sought new ways to be creative, attract new audiences, and expand what we do.
“Mansfield Palace Theatre has its origins as a cinema, and since the town hasn’t got an independent cinema, we want to reconnect with that history by embedding film into what we do here. What began as an experiment in 2021 has since grown into a major offering, which joins our partnership with Mansfield Town Film Festival to grow a love of film in Mansfield.”
The programme builds on successful one-off film events and themed screenings, embedding film culture as a core part of the theatre and museum’s wider artistic programme of live performance, exhibitions, and digital work.
Find out more at www.mansfield.gov.uk/palacetheatre.
Electric Palace Theatre Programme
Big screen viewings (Palace Theatre)
- 24th July 2025: Mamma Mia
- 24th September 2025: The Goonies
- 11th February 2026 Dirty Dancing
Movies at the Museum
- 6th May 2025: Vertigo
- 6th June 2025: Pride
- 8th July 2025: Psycho
- 19th August 2025: Pan’s Labyrinth
- 7th October 2025: North By Northwest
- 2nd December 2025: The Terminator
- 19th February 2026: The Good The Bad And The Ugly
Cult Classics in the Palace Theatre Leeming Lounge
- 13th May 2025: Withnail And I
- 4th September 2025: West Side Story
- 31st October 2025: The Shining
- 3rd March 2026: Pulp Fiction
Afternoon documentaries in the Palace Theatre Leeming Lounge
- 23rd May 2025: Exhibition on Screen: The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
- 27th June 2025: Audrey – More Than an Icon
- 25th July 2025: Exhibition on Screen – Edvard Munch
- 29th August 2025: McQueen – the brilliance of Alexander McQueen
- 26th September 2025: Exhibition on Screen – Girl with a Pearl Earring – and other treasures from the Mauritshuis in The Hague
- 17th October 2025: Woman In Motion (2019) – how Nichelle Nicols and her role in Star Trek role led to diversity and inclusion in NASA
- 7th November 2025: Exhibition on Screen – Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874
- 12th December 2025: An Accidental Studio (2019), the story of HandMade Films, founded by George Harrison of The Beatles, which brought iconic films like Monty Python’s Life of Brian and Withnail and I
- 30th January 2026: Exhibition on Screen: Michelangelo – Love and Death
- 27th February 2026: Amazing Grace (2018) about Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin
- 27th March 2026: My Journey Through French Cinema (2016), personal tribute to the golden age of French cinema by acclaimed filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier