New Dot Cinema to re-open this Friday

                          * The first screening is the classic Stand By Me.

There are just five days to go until New Dot Cinema returns to Llangollen Town Hall for its first screening since 2023. Doors open this Friday, July 25, at 6.45pm.

To launch a new season of films, the popular community cinema will screen one of the definitive coming-of-age movies, Stand By Me. Setover a summer weekend in 1959, four inseparable friends set off on a two-day trek to look for a missing teenager’s body—a mission they hope will make them heroes in their small town. 

However, what starts out as a macabre adventure turns into so much more. It’s a funny, emotional, dramatic film about friendship, self-discovery and that fleeting moment between the innocence of childhood and the complicated world of adulthood.

Heulwen Wright, who is part of the team leading New Dot’s relaunch, is a firm fan of the film. She said: “We knew from the start that this would be the film we wanted to show first. It doesn’t matter if you’ve seen it many times, it’s such a classic that you can always find something new in it. We’re delighted that it’s our first film.” 

As part of the relaunch, New Dot also has new social media pages and a new website, all of which will showcase future films.

Tickets are £6 and are still available online via TicketSource (with a 50p booking fee) or from Laura’s Tea Room in Oak Street, Llangollen (cash only) and on the door on the night.