What's On

1h 34m Cert. 15

Cast: Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Josh Charles

Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbors who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly bond.

Time - TBC Cert. TBC
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens
The new instalment in the Monsterverse puts the mighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal deadly threat hidden within our world that threatens the existence of their species and our very own, as well as diving deep into the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond. Delving straight into the origins of Hollow Earth, this film will explore the ancient Titan battle that brought man and monster together forever.

Cast: Aigul Akhmetshina, Piotr Beczala, Kostas Smoriginas, Blaise Malaba, Sarah Dufresne, Olga Kulchynska, Gabriele Kupšyte, Pierre Doyen, Vincent Ordonneau, Grisha Martirosyan

Conductor: Antonello Manacorda | Director: Damiano Michieletto
Sung in French with English subtitles

Damiano Michieletto’s sizzling new production evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet’s score, which features Carmen’s sultry Habanera and the rousing Toreador song. Antonello Manacorda and Emmanuel Villaume conduct an exciting international cast with Aigul Akhmetshina in the title role.

Join us for the very special Opening Event of Alchemy Film Festival 2024, a 60th anniversary screening of Hawick Film Group’s 1964 film ‘Sons of Heroes’, preceded by a live performance from Hawick Saxhorn Band.

Made to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Hawick’s Battle of Hornshole, ‘Sons of Heroes’ will be presented in a newly digitised form for the first time.

Runtime: 60 minutes

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Content warning: contains depiction of violence, murder.

Across ancient geologies, oceanic depths and celestial bodies, seven films push at the borders and boundaries of perspective.

Runtime: 67 minutes + Q&A

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Content warning: contains flashing imagery; discussion of racism, slavery; depiction of nudity, insects, animal carcasses, snakes.

Nine films seek orientation in the world – sketching, animating, performing and speculating about the body and senses in motion.

Runtime: 67 minutes + Q&A

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Content warning: contains flashing imagery; discussion of mental health, domestic violence; depiction of nudity, blood, bodily manipulation, needles.

Seven films sculpt meaning from the space between worlds – from the spiritual to the folkloric, the colonised to the diasporic, the meteoric to the transcendent.

Runtime: 67 minutes + Q&A

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Content warning: contains flashing imagery; discussion of murder, displacement.

A new performance lecture by G F Ramsay on the joyously dense entanglements between volcanoes, the pre-Socratics and early cinema.

Runtime: 45 minutes

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Four films persuasively re-enter history – arresting its development and intervening upon its systems of violence and renewal.

Runtime: 68 minutes + Q&A

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Content warning: contains flashing imagery, sustained intense sound; discussion of racism, injury; depiction of nudity, sex, racism, orientalism.

Four films scrutinise mythmaking as the basis and backdrop of narratives taken for granted – those of nationhood, colonialism, empire.

Runtime: 66 minutes + Q&A

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Content warning: contains flashing imagery; discussion of classism, sexism, injury, imperialism, poverty; depiction of nudity.

Five films use the cinematic image to trace, map, preserve and amplify the absences and aftershocks of trauma.

Runtime: 65 minutes + Q&A

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Content warning: contains flashing imagery; discussion of death, injury, imperialism, capitalism, terrorism, plane crash; depiction of nudity, sex, guns.

Four films investigate mediated images, the mechanics of erasure, and the knife-edge between oppression and resistance.

Runtime: 64 minutes including Q&A

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Content warning: contains flashing imagery, sustained intense sound, strong language; discussion of classism, death, drug use, addiction, homophobia, imperialism, police misconduct.

In the timeless, transfixing brilliance of Noor Abed’s films, history is a permanent present tense, a collective and imaginative act.

Runtime: 57 minutes including Q&A

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Content warning: contains flashing imagery; depiction of animal carcasses, needles.

Through music, animation, sign language and photography, five films explore the depths and intricacies of grief and loss.

Runtime: 65 minutes + Q&A

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Content warning: contains flashing imagery, discussion of death, abuse, mental health, childbirth, miscarriage, animal death.

The UK premiere of a feature documentary in which a Leipzig-based Syrian filmmaker forensically traces his father, who studied engineering in East Germany 60 years ago.

Runtime: 64 minutes + Q&A

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024, presented in partnership with Open City Documentary Festival.

Content warning: contains discussion of war.

Eight films find poetry and richness in the concept of home – its textures, its memories, its shadows and joy.

Runtime: 62 minutes + Q&A

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Content warning: contains flashing imagery; discussion of suicide; depiction of insects, animal carcasses.

Between seasons, correspondences and continents, seven films capture the intimacies, specificities and temporalities of place.

Runtime: 66’ + Q&A

Part of Alchemy Film Festival 2024.

Content warning: contains flashing imagery.

1h 24m Cert. 15

Cast: Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein

In search of a fresh start, two women embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, Fla. However, things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.

2h 2m Cert. 15

Cast: Jack O'Connell, Marisa Abela, Eddie Marsan

A biopic centring on the life and career of Amy Winehouse, which takes an unflinching and occasionally heart-wrenching look at the singer's extraordinary talent, passionate relationships, and self-destructive behaviour.

In the heart of the UK’s bustling Americana scene, a star has been steadily ascending, illuminating the landscape with her raw talent and honest storytelling. Jill Jackson’s name that has gained prominence, is not just a musician; she's a force of nature, an artist whose music strikes a chord with the deepest emotions of listeners. From her humble beginnings in Glasgow to gracing the stages of Top of The Pops, of T In The Park and touring with Bryan Adams, Jackson’s journey has been nothing short of remarkable.
In 2024, Jackson re-introduces herself to the world with her new album, "Curse of The Damned" approached with the same honesty and vulnerability that had endeared her to fans. The album promises a deeper dive into the intricacies of life's twists and turns and the complex nature of neurodivergence. In her own words, Jackson described the album as a "front seat to my life" that explores her tumultuous journey to the present
Book now for this intimate show at Heart of Hawick.
Ages; 14+
Doors 19.40
Show 20.00

Are you over 50 and do you have a story to tell?

Tricky Hat is welcoming people aged 50+ to join their performance company The Flames, to create a show at Heart of Hawick that challenges pre-conceived ideas of how older people think and what they aspire to.

We welcome people from all walks of life and gender identity. No experience is necessary, there is no acting, and you do not need to memorise a script. You just need to be yourself, interact with everyone involved and be up for a possibility!

Are you over 50 and do you have a story to tell?

Tricky Hat is welcoming people aged 50+ to join their performance company The Flames, to create a show at Heart of Hawick that challenges pre-conceived ideas of how older people think and what they aspire to.

We welcome people from all walks of life and gender identity. No experience is necessary, there is no acting, and you do not need to memorise a script. You just need to be yourself, interact with everyone involved and be up for a possibility!

1h 49m Cert. 15

Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny

A group of journalists make the dangerous journey from New York to Washington, DC during a new American Civil War in this intense action drama

Doors - 7pm
Event Start - 7.30pm

CHAMELEON LADY were formed at school near Edinburgh by childhood friends Robbie Hutchison and Cameron Middlemass. After the usual revolving door members for a year, they eventually recruited their siblings from Uni to settle on a stable line-up of creative multi-instrumentalists and extraordinary vocalists.


The band members are now all related, and this is usually of interest to the press. If we start with founding member Cameron, we have his brother Tom, then Tom’s partner Caitlin, then there’s Caitlin’s dad (ex pro session player) Kenny, her wee brother Robbie, and their cousin Michael. There are six different ways of explaining this line-up, but for now we’ll leave it at that.


A period of development took place as CHAMELEON LADY experimented as songwriters, performers and producers. As a live band, they got their act together by playing music bars, soon becoming match-fit for festivals around Scotland and France, as well as self-promoted sell-out gigs in response to their growing fan base. Pre Pandemic, the band appeared on the same festival bills as The Darkness, The Noisettes and supported Skerryvore at the Tivoli Theatre in Aberdeen at Hogmanay 2019.


During lockdown, CHAMELEON LADY began writing their newest material. At the first opportunity, the band got in the same room, refined, arranged and recorded this lockdown inspired material and released it as an EP called '11 Waverley Road'. The band has received a great reception to their fresh sound with online streams and energetic audiences at live performances.


CHAMELEON LADY now have a brand new single 'Beasts Down Below'. The song follows in the same vein as their recently released EP but taps into their Scottish roots with a blasting folk-rock instrumental section that is sure to encourage a toe-tap at the very least.

[Revival]

Cast: TBC

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Music: Joby Talbot

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter's Tale is an award-winning modern ballet classic adapted from Shakespeare’s profound story of love and loss.


Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK

1h 58m Cert. 12A – Contains brief moderate bloody images

Cast: Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson, Emily Mitchell

A struggling hairdresser finds a renewed sense of purpose when she meets a widowed father working hard to care for his two daughters. With his youngest critically ill and waiting for a liver transplant, the fierce woman single-handedly rallies an entire community to help.

[Recorded production]

Cast: TBC

Choreography: Kate Prince Music: based on the songs of Sting

Message In A Bottle, the acclaimed dance theatre production by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, set to the music of Grammy Award-winning artist Sting, has been filmed for cinema release in partnership with Sadler's Wells and Universal Music UK. The international refugee crisis is at the centre of this production – an imagined story about one displaced family, and a universal story of loss, fear, survival, hope and love. Songs including 'Every Breath You Take', 'Roxanne', 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic' and 'Fields of Gold' feature in new arrangements.

2h 6m Cert. 12A – Contains moderate violence, infrequent strong language, drug references

Cast: Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling, Hannah Waddingham

After leaving the business one year earlier, battle-scarred stuntman Colt Seavers springs back into action when the star of a big studio movie suddenly disappears. As the mystery surrounding the missing actor deepens, Colt soon finds himself ensnared in a sinister plot that pushes him to the edge of a fall more dangerous than any stunt.

Cast: Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, Carlos Álvarez

Conductor: Antonio Pappano | Director: David McVicar

Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar’s spectacular staging, under the baton of long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano – who conducts Giordano’s epic historical drama of revolution and forbidden love in his last production as Music Director of The Royal Opera.

Two shows in one night! One voice, one guitar.

In Acoustic McCartney, Edinburgh Fringe Award winner since 2016 Gus Boyd performs interpretations of Paul McCartney's songs from The Beatles, Wings and his solo career.

Expect to hear Yesterday, Here, There and Everywhere, The Fool on the Hill, The Long and Winding Road, Drive My Car, Let it Be, Hey Jude and many more.

In Acoustic Sting, Gus sings The Police and Sting numbers with passion and power, including Roxanne, Fields Of Gold, Message in a Bottle, Every Breath You Take, Walking on the Moon and Englishman in New York.

Bahookie is a tour-de-force celebration of what you can achieve when you're terrified of becoming irrelevant, where Jay Lafferty uses her signature warm wit and sharp observations to highlight the hilarity that comes from completely overestimating your own abilities.

Ridiculous things always happen to Harriet, but this year it’s out of control. She’s got to rebuild her whole life but she cannot work out which way the building blocks go.

The multi award-winning Harriet Kemsley is back with a new show about break-ups, sloths and trying to think positively while everything descends into absolute chaos.

As seen on Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Hypothetical and Roast Battle.

‘Extraordinarily talented’ **** Scotsman
‘Packs in high calibre jokes’****
Guardian ‘A masterful hour’**** Skinny
‘Effervescent’ ****EdFest Mag

Presented by Plosive Live in association with United Agents
Ages 16+
Show starts at 8pm doors open at 7.40pm

THE BEST OF THE MOD 60’s AND THE BRITISH BEAT BOOM!
FOUR PIECE LIVE BAND
STUNNING VOCALS~
PERFORMING WITH HIGH ENERGY AND RECREATING THE ICONIC ERA .....

100 + MINUTE SHOW WITH VIDEO CLIPS,FOOTAGE AND VOICE OVERS.....
RATED AS THE TOP AUTHENTIC SOUNDING 60’s SHOW!