Dates: THU 03 SEP – SAT 10 OCT 2026
Relaxed Environment: Tue 29 Sep, 7.30pm
BSL Interpreted: Thu 01 Oct, 7.30pm
Captioned: Fri 02 Oct, 7.30pm
Audio Described: Sat 10 Oct, 2.30pm
Times: 2.30pm, 7.30pm
Venue: Stratford East
Price: From £10
More info/booking: bit.ly/SE_Bloodsport
GIVE IT BACK. GIVE IT BACK NOW. GIVE IT BACK OR I’LL TAKE IT BACK.
Artistic Director Lisa Spirling makes her directorial debut at Stratford East with this fierce new play by Ava Pickett (1536, Almeida Theatre, upcoming Baz Lurhmann film about Joan of Arc).
Years after she walked out on her family, Helen has returned home after a war fought in her name. Her husband celebrates, her childhood friend Cee does not. Over the course of this first fragile night of peace time, wounds reopen, loyalties fracture and the true cost of a woman’s choice to leave her life is made clear.
Ava Pickett’s debut play 1536 (Almeida Theatre) won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2024, received a special commendation from the George Devine Award, and won The Stage Debut Award (Best Writer). 1536 was also earned Ava nominations in The Standard Theatre Award’s Most Promising Playwright category in 2025, and the Critic Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright. Following a sold out run at the Almeida, 1536 will open on the West End in May 2026. It has also been picked up for a TV adaptation by the BBC.
In addition, Ava has adapted Jane Austen’s Emma for the Rose Theatre, Kingston’s Autumn 2025 season, and her adaptation of A.K. Blakemore’s The Manningtree Witches opened at the Mercury Theatre Colchester in February 2026.
Ava is co-writing a feature film based on the life of Joan of Arc, with Baz Luhrmann for Warner Brothers. Other screen credits include Brassic, The Buccaneers, The Great and How to Get to Heaven from Belfast.
Presented by Stratford East.
This production is generously supported by Eleanor Lloyd Productions, Eilene Davidson Productions and Mark Gordon Pictures.
Supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a Donor Advised Fund, held at The Prism Charitable Trust
Date: Saturday 5th September 3.00 pm – BSL Interpreted Performance/Sunday 18th October 2.30 pm – Captioned Performance
Venue: Criterion Theatre, 218-223 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HR
More info and booking: https://london.titaniquemusical.com/tickets
Access info: https://www.criterion-theatre.co.uk/access-information
For further information and assistance on booking, please contact boxoffice@criterion-theatre.co.uk
Titaníque is the Olivier Award-winning musical comedy bursting with nostalgia, non-stop laughs and killer vocals. Featuring all your favourite Celine Dion hits, including My Heart Will Go On, All by Myself and To Love You More, all backed by a sensational live band.
Celebrated as ‘The West End’s Funniest Musical’ (Smooth Radio), Titaníque is brilliant and bonkers fun.
‘If you love the film Titanic or Celine Dion, you’ll love Titaníque. Hell, if you couldn’t care less about them, you’ll love it’ (Mail on Sunday).
It’s the musical that’s making hearts go on… and on, so get on board as this ship of dreams is one voyage you simply can’t miss!
Date: Saturday 18 September 2026
Time: 8.45 p.m.
Venue: Filmhouse | Edinburgh
Price: £13.50 ( Discounts may apply )
More info/booking: iberodocs.org
With special guest Manuel Muñoz, director of Aqueronte
Aqueronte | Spain | Manuel Muñoz
Chilapa girl | Colombia | Juana Lotero López
The Garbage Man | Portugal | Laura Gonçalves
Voices from the Abyss | Mexico | Irving Serrano & Victor Rejón
The journey is a passage and reflection,a departure and arrival. In the selection of short films journeys cross the border between life and death, between self and others, between vibrant stories and attentive ears and between intergenerational rituals. The point of arrival is the surface of the water that in all selected shorts leaves characters with questions, doubts and a promise of different beginnings. Once confronted with the current, past, present and future merge and we, as characters, or spectators remain the anchor points, held together by the act of viewing.
Date, time & venue
- Saturday 19 September 6.15 p.m. | Edinburgh | Filmhouse
- Thursday 24 September 6pm | Oban | The Rockfield Centre Friday
- 25 September 7pm | Aberfeldy | The Birks Cinema Saturday
- 26 September 6pm | Dundee | Dundee Contemporary Arts
Price
- £13.50 ( Discounts may apply ) | Filmhouse
- £7.50-£10 (film club members £5) | The Rockfield Centre
- £11.50 ( Discounts may apply ) | The Birks Cinema
- £10 ( Discounts may apply ) | DCA
More info/booking: iberodocs.org
In Edinburgh we will have special guests Maria Casas, director of Dust is a Whale, is sunlight, Jorge Peña director of Waiting To Sea.
Drop by Drop | Portugal | Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves
Waiting to Sea | Brazil, Spain | Jorge Peña
Sweet and Salty | Portugal | Carmen Tofeni
Dust is a Whale, is sunlight | Mexico | María Casas Castillo
In To The Sea programme, the sea is a space of reflection and encounters. A space in which we can understand ourselves and the personal and physical landscapes we inhabit.
The films in To The Sea programme explore the ways in which we relate and understand each other with the sea being both a companion and witness to this encounter. The sea witnesses a disintegrating community in Drop by Drop by Alexandra Ramires and Laura Gonçalves, a conversation between father and daughter in Esperando a Mar by Jorge Peña, a poetic journey across the Portuguese coastline in Sweet and Salty by Carmen Tofeni and a discussion about what remains in Dust is a Whale, it is sunlight by María Casas Castillo.
In the short films the intimate depth of an encounter is revealed by the sea, which brings it right above the surface and toward the cinema screen.
Date: 19 September 2026
Time: 8.30 p.m.
Venue: Filmhouse | Edinburgh
Price: £13.50 ( Discounts may apply )
More info/booking: iberodocs.org
Flores Para Antonio is a heartfelt tribute to Antonio Flores, a key figure in Spanish music. Guided by her father’s story, his daughter Alba Flores (well known actor for her role in Money Heist) embarks on an intimate journey to reconnect with his legacy, alongside family, friends, and artists who knew him through unseen footage, archival images, and his iconic songs.
Q&A with Elena Molina (Director) and Diana Sagrista (Sound Mixer)
Dates: THU 03 SEP – SAT 10 OCT 2026
Relaxed Environment: Tue 29 Sep, 7.30pm
BSL Interpreted: Thu 01 Oct, 7.30pm
Captioned: Fri 02 Oct, 7.30pm
Audio Described: Sat 10 Oct, 2.30pm
Times: 2.30pm, 7.30pm
Venue: Stratford East
Price: From £10
More info/booking: bit.ly/SE_Bloodsport
GIVE IT BACK. GIVE IT BACK NOW. GIVE IT BACK OR I’LL TAKE IT BACK.
Artistic Director Lisa Spirling makes her directorial debut at Stratford East with this fierce new play by Ava Pickett (1536, Almeida Theatre, upcoming Baz Lurhmann film about Joan of Arc).
Years after she walked out on her family, Helen has returned home after a war fought in her name. Her husband celebrates, her childhood friend Cee does not. Over the course of this first fragile night of peace time, wounds reopen, loyalties fracture and the true cost of a woman’s choice to leave her life is made clear.
Ava Pickett’s debut play 1536 (Almeida Theatre) won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2024, received a special commendation from the George Devine Award, and won The Stage Debut Award (Best Writer). 1536 was also earned Ava nominations in The Standard Theatre Award’s Most Promising Playwright category in 2025, and the Critic Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright. Following a sold out run at the Almeida, 1536 will open on the West End in May 2026. It has also been picked up for a TV adaptation by the BBC.
In addition, Ava has adapted Jane Austen’s Emma for the Rose Theatre, Kingston’s Autumn 2025 season, and her adaptation of A.K. Blakemore’s The Manningtree Witches opened at the Mercury Theatre Colchester in February 2026.
Ava is co-writing a feature film based on the life of Joan of Arc, with Baz Luhrmann for Warner Brothers. Other screen credits include Brassic, The Buccaneers, The Great and How to Get to Heaven from Belfast.
Presented by Stratford East.
This production is generously supported by Eleanor Lloyd Productions, Eilene Davidson Productions and Mark Gordon Pictures.
Supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a Donor Advised Fund, held at The Prism Charitable Trust
Date: Saturday 5th September 3.00 pm – BSL Interpreted Performance/Sunday 18th October 2.30 pm – Captioned Performance
Venue: Criterion Theatre, 218-223 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HR
More info and booking: https://london.titaniquemusical.com/tickets
Access info: https://www.criterion-theatre.co.uk/access-information
For further information and assistance on booking, please contact boxoffice@criterion-theatre.co.uk
Titaníque is the Olivier Award-winning musical comedy bursting with nostalgia, non-stop laughs and killer vocals. Featuring all your favourite Celine Dion hits, including My Heart Will Go On, All by Myself and To Love You More, all backed by a sensational live band.
Celebrated as ‘The West End’s Funniest Musical’ (Smooth Radio), Titaníque is brilliant and bonkers fun.
‘If you love the film Titanic or Celine Dion, you’ll love Titaníque. Hell, if you couldn’t care less about them, you’ll love it’ (Mail on Sunday).
It’s the musical that’s making hearts go on… and on, so get on board as this ship of dreams is one voyage you simply can’t miss!
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