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Here you can find out what's on at Watermans over the next few weeks and months. Film, cabaret, comedy, live music, exhibitions and lots more. We hope you'll find something for you! If you'd like to search by date, check out our handy calendar.
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New Media Arts
Alexander Whitley Dance Company: Celestial Motion 2
22 Mar
A shared Virtual Reality Experience. Earth and everything it contains, including your human body, is made from material born in […]
New Media Arts
Nye Thompson: CKRBT
22 Mar - 26 May
The processes of watching and describing the world are no longer the sole domain of people. Nowadays, and almost everywhere, […]
New Media Arts
Nye Thompson: CKRBT Exhibition Launch & Gallery Tour
22 Mar
On the same night as Alexander Whitley Dance Company, join us for the free exhibition launch and gallery tour of […]
Cinema
On The Basis of Sex (12A)
22 Mar - 28 Mar
On the Basis of Sex is inspired by the true story of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg – then a […]
New Media Arts
RADICAL IMMERSIONS: Call for Artworks
22 Mar - 30 Apr
We are inviting submissions of artworks that engage with the theme of RADICAL IMMERSIONS: Navigating between virtual/physical environments and information […]
Cinema
The Aftermath (15)
22 Mar - 28 Mar
The Aftermath is set in postwar Germany in 1946. Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley) arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in […]
Cinema
The Kindergarten Teacher (12A)
22 Mar - 28 Mar
Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as Lisa Spinelli, a kindergarten teacher and poet fed up with her career, her oblivious husband and […]
New Media Arts
New Watermans Building: Big Screen Prototypes
22 Mar - 05 May
In the future, Watermans hopes to move to a new building located in the heart of Brentford. The new design […]
Family Cinema
Bumblebee (PG) – Family Cinema
23 Mar
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie […]
Live Performance Hire
Tomorrows Talent 2019
23 Mar
We are super excited to be hosting Tomorrows Talent 2019 which is being hosted by HAY and London Youth and […]
Children
The Selfish Giant (3+yrs)
24 Mar
A new family show, inspired by the Oscar Wilde short story. Inspired by the touching children’s story ‘The Selfish Giant’ […]
Parent & Baby Cinema
On The Basis of Sex (12A) – Parent and Baby
27 Mar
On the Basis of Sex is inspired by the true story of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg – then a […]
Take Part
Pandemonium Spring 2019 0-24 mths
27 Mar - 03 Apr
Join Tamar Swade every Wednesday (term time only) in this fun musical workshop for parents/carers and their children, aged 0-24mths. […]
Take Part
Pandemonium Spring 2019- 2-4 yrs
27 Mar - 03 Apr
Join Tamar Swade every Wednesday in this fun musical workshop for parents/carers and their children, aged 2-4. Sing songs and […]
Cinema
Everybody Knows (15)
29 Mar - 04 Apr
Laura (Penélope Cruz) and her children travel from Buenos Aires to the village where she was born, on a Spanish […]
Cinema
Fighting With My Family (12A)
29 Mar - 04 Apr
Based on a true story, Fighting With My Family follows reformed gangster Ricky, wife Julia, daughter Paige and son Zak […]
Cinema
Fisherman’s Friends (12A)
29 Mar - 11 Apr
A fast-living, cynical London music executive (Danny Mays) heads to a remote Cornish village on a stag weekend where he’s […]
Cabaret
Marcel Lucont’s Cabaret Fantastique
29 Mar
The cult hit from festivals all over the world comes to Watermans for one night only. Come and get some […]
Special Events Cinema
Met Opera 18-19: Die Walkure
30 Mar
Featuring some of the most glorious music ever written—including, of course, the Ride of the Valkyries—Die Walküre is the second […]
Family Cinema
The Big Bad Fox And Other Tales (U) – Family Cinema
30 Mar
From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine comes another hilarious, heartwarming tale of animal misfits. The countryside […]
Children
CC4K Mother’s Day Special (6+yrs)
31 Mar
Watermans welcomes back the ever popular Comedy Club 4 Kids, featuring the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the comedy […]
Parent & Baby Cinema
Fighting With My Family (12A) – Parent and Baby
03 Apr
Based on a true story, Fighting With My Family follows reformed gangster Ricky, wife Julia, daughter Paige and son Zak […]
Cinema
3 Faces (15)
05 Apr - 10 Apr
In Jafar Panahi's latest film, which won the Best Screenplay Award in Cannes, actress Behnaz Jafari is distraught when she […]
Cinema
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (15)
05 Apr - 09 Apr
Richard E Grant and Melissa McCarthy have both received Academy, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominations for their roles In […]
Cabaret
Paulus: Beta
05 Apr
Award-winning performer and TV talent show judge, Paulus sets loose his alter-ego on an unsuspecting public in a waspish, highly […]
Special Events Cinema
Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal (18 cert tbc) – UK Asian Film Festival
05 Apr
Four women from various parts of the capital meet by chance in a ‘ladies only’ taxi ride. Getting into an […]
Special Events Cinema
2 Band Radio (Cert tbc) – UK Asian Film Festival
06 Apr
Radio is a common device in our lives but there was a time when radio used to be a new […]
Cinema
Girl (15)
06 Apr - 10 Apr
The feature filmmaking debut from writer-director Lukas Dhont, Girl is an extraordinarily moving coming-of-age tale about identity and the journey […]
Family Cinema
Ralph Breaks The Internet (PG) – Family Cinema
06 Apr - 22 Apr
Join Ralph and Vanellope in their newest buddy-comedy adventure, and explore the worldwide web in a whole new way… with […]
Children
Mole & Gecko: The Show (5+ yrs)
07 Apr
An interactive rap musical about a Mole and a Gecko starring Simon Mole & Gecko A rapper and a singer. […]
Family Cinema
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (PG) – Easter Family Cinema
08 Apr - 20 Apr
What began as an unlikely friendship between an adolescent Viking and a fearsome Night Fury dragon has become an epic […]
Family Cinema
The Lego Movie 2 (U) – Easter Family Cinema
08 Apr - 18 Apr
The much-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, global box office phenomenon that started it all, “The LEGO® Movie 2” reunites […]
Parent & Baby Cinema
Fisherman’s Friends (12A) – Parent and Baby
10 Apr
A fast-living, cynical London music executive (Daniel Mays) heads to a remote Cornish village on a stag weekend where he’s […]
Special Events Cinema
All About Eve (12A) – National Theatre Live
11 Apr
Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) lead in […]
Cinema
At Eternity’s Gate (12A)
12 Apr - 18 Apr
Earning him an Oscar® nomination, Willem Dafoe is mesmerising as Vincent van Gogh in At Eternity’s Gate. Covering his time […]
Cinema
Eaten By Lions (12A)
12 Apr - 18 Apr
Omar and Pete are half-brothers. When their parents are eaten by lions they embark on a journey to find Omar's […]
Cinema
The White Crow (12A)
12 Apr - 18 Apr
The incredible true story of legendary dancer Rudolf Nureyev is brought vividly to life by Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes […]
Family Cinema
Mary Poppins Returns (U) – Easter Family Cinema
14 Apr - 22 Apr
In Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns,” an all new original musical and sequel, Mary Poppins is back to help the next […]
Children
The Mystery Of Memory Lane OR…The Puppy Dog’s Tale (3-8 yrs)
14 Apr
This warm and nostalgic show is based around a Bric-a-Brac market stall where Mr Shabby and Mrs Chic try to […]
Parent & Baby Cinema
Eaten By Lions (12A) – Parent and Baby
17 Apr
Omar and Pete are half-brothers. When their parents are eaten by lions they embark on a journey to find Omar's […]
Special Events Cinema
Via Carpatia (12A) – Kinoteka The 17th Polish Film Festival
17 Apr
Julia (Julia Kijowska) and Piotr (Piotr Borowski) are an affluent middle-class couple who have been looking forward to taking an […]
Cinema
Happy As Lazzaro (12A)
19 Apr - 25 Apr
Lazzaro (talented newcomer Adriano Tardiolo) is a beautiful peasant whose sweet nature makes people mistake him for simple-minded. He happily […]
Cinema
Holy Lands (15)
19 Apr - 25 Apr
Facing a crossroads in life, Harry Rosenmerck (Academy Award nominee James Caan) leaves New York and his family with an […]
Cinema
Out Of Blue (15)
19 Apr - 25 Apr
Out Of Blue is the unmissable new film from Carol Morley. When homicide detective Mike Hoolihan (Patricia Clarkson) is called […]
Cinema
Benjamin (15)
23 Apr - 25 Apr
The bittersweet comedy tells the story of Benjamin (Colin Morgan) a rising star filmmaker, who is thrown into emotional turmoil […]
Parent & Baby Cinema
Out Of Blue (15) – Parent and Baby
24 Apr
Out Of Blue is the unmissable new film from Carol Morley. When homicide detective Mike Hoolihan (Patricia Clarkson) is called […]
Children
Baby Special – Glisten (0-18mths)
25 Apr
A gentle and immersive multisensory experience. Come in, relax, find a place and settle. Slowly, a shimmering surface emerges. What […]
Cinema
Red Joan (12A)
26 Apr - 02 May
The year is 2000 and Joan Stanley is living in contented retirement in suburbia at the turn of the millennium. […]
Cinema
The Sisters Brothers (15)
26 Apr - 02 May
John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix blaze a trail of action, adventure and sly wit as Charlie and Eli Sisters, […]
Cinema
Wild Rose (15)
26 Apr - 02 May
Rose-Lynn Harlan, played by BAFTA Rising Star nominee Jessie Buckley (Beast), is bursting with raw talent, charisma and cheek. Fresh […]
Special Events Cinema
French Impressions – An Impossible Love (15)
27 Apr
Jon Davies presents this wonderful film from Catherine Corsini and will look at other films where the woman's history has […]
Family Cinema
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (PG)
27 Apr
A fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that’s the first of its kind. Spider-Man: […]
Live Performance Hire
Tommy Sandhu’s Brownload Tour
27 Apr
Tommy Sandhu comes to Watermans Arts Centre in Brentford. Get ready for an evening of fun & laughter with some […]
Special Events Cinema
All About Eve (12A) – National Theatre Encore
28 Apr
Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) lead in All About Eve, broadcast live […]
Children
Hansel & Gretel (3+yrs)
28 Apr
Deep in an enchanted forest, everybody’s looking for something to eat. A tasty treat, a sticky sweet – some children’s […]
Parent & Baby Cinema
Wild Rose (15) – Parent and Baby
01 May
Rose-Lynn Harlan, played by BAFTA Rising Star nominee Jessie Buckley (Beast), is bursting with raw talent, charisma and cheek. Fresh […]
Children
The Story Game (6+yrs)
05 May
Today he’s going to tell you a story – but he has no idea what it is. No title, no […]
Special Events Cinema
RSC Live: As You Like It (12A) – Encore
07 May
Come into the forest; dare to change your state of mind. Rosalind is banished, wrestling with her heart and […]
Special Events Cinema
Met Opera 18-19: Dialogues Des Carmélites
11 May
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads Poulenc’s masterpiece. As the French Revolution begins, shy Blanche, sung by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, […]
Live Performance Hire
A Million Dreams
12 May
Kalinka Dance School presents “A Million Dreams” – a dance and performance production by one of the best dance schools […]
Special Events Cinema
All My Sons (12A cert tbc) – National Theatre Live
14 May
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman […]
Special Events Cinema
RSC Live: The Taming of The Shrew (12A) – Live
05 Jun
In a reimagined 1590, England is a matriarchy. Baptista Minola is seeking to sell off her son Katherine to the […]
Special Events Cinema
Small Island (12A) – National Theatre Live
27 Jun
Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Experience the playin cinemas, […]
Live Performance Hire
LOL (Ladies Of Laughter) Noreen Khan
28 Jun
LOL (Ladies Of Laughter) with Noreen Khan comes to Watermans Arts Centre Brentford! Join Noreen Khan (BBC Asian Network) as […]
Special Events Cinema
Glyndebourne: Cinderella – Live
30 Jun
Cinderella (Cendrillon) A brand new production directed by critically-acclaimed actor and director Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter, Killing Eve), the classic […]
Special Events Cinema
Glyndebourne: The Barber of Seville – Recorded (2016)
14 Jul
Mischief and mayhem run riot in Rossini’s most popular comedy. Figaro, the renowned Barber of Seville, has a cunning that […]
Special Events Cinema
RSC Live: Measure For Measure (12A) – Live
31 Jul
“To whom should I complain?“ When a young novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official, who offers to save […]
Special Events Cinema
Glyndebourne: The Magic Flute – Live
04 Aug
Mozart’s most magical comedy of The Magic Flute returns to Glyndebourne for the first time in over a decade. This […]
Special Events Cinema
Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinema (12A)
10 Sep
On Tuesday, September 10th, the wait is over….The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, is revealed. The momentous literary […]
Take Part Hire
London Art School with Sue Cooper
01 Jan
Please note: this is a hire so all bookings must be made through Sue Cooper at suecooper@artschoollondon.com London Art School […]