Cinema in the Square is The Arzner's outdoor queer cinema event. Cinema in the Square takes place across the last three weekends of August, including Bank Holiday Monday on the 31st. From Madonna to Mary Poppins, we have 28 queer & queer-adjacent films for you to enjoy in the summer heat in Bermondsey Square.
Seating is unallocated. All ticket holders will receive wireless headphones. Membership discounts and free tickets do not apply for Cinema in the Square.
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Drag Race star Peppermint takes centre stage in this up close and personal documentary about her journey with fame, identity, and the art of drag. Sharing her story alongside a close network of trans individuals, one of the world's favourite drag performers takes you inside her rise from humble beginnings to her current reign as outspoken trailblazer for the trans community.
Jack has been married to Maggie for over half his life. He works as a Hand Raker on the mussel beds in North Wales alongside his younger brother, Dyfan, and Dyfan's three sons. Jack has always assumed that his own boy, Tom, will join the family business on leaving school but Tom's resistance to follow in his footsteps creates familial tension. Tensions are further inflamed by the arrival of an iti...
Headlining our Trans+ Pride Week. 10% of ticket sales will be donated to London Trans+ Pride. After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and d...
London Trans+ Pride: A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Sat 25 Jul
Trans+ individuals can get half price tickets (£6) for this screening. Drag Race star Peppermint takes centRE stage in this up close and personal documentary about her journey with fame, identity, and the art of drag. Sharing her story alongside a close network of trans individuals, one of the world’s favorite drag performers takes you inside her rise from humble beginnings to her current reign a...
Part of our Summer Lovin' season of feel-good musicals. A young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.
Part of our Trans+ Pride Week. 10% of ticket sales will be donated to London Trans+ Pride. Trans+ individuals can get half price tickets (£6) for this screening. In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called 'Kitten' leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.
Trans+ individuals can get half price tickets (£6) for this screening. A beloved musician transitions and risks everything - including his voice - to live authentically as Dylan Holloway.
London Trans+ Pride Afterglow: A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Sun 26 Jul
Trans+ individuals can get half price tickets (£6) for this screening. Drag Race star Peppermint takes centRE stage in this up close and personal documentary about her journey with fame, identity, and the art of drag. Sharing her story alongside a close network of trans individuals, one of the world’s favorite drag performers takes you inside her rise from humble beginnings to her current reign a...
Trans+ individuals can get half price tickets (£6) for this screening. Two young women form a romantic bond after discovering they have supernatural powers. Their insecurities unknowingly release a demon, which possesses one of their exes and begins feeding on their friends. As the bodies pile up, it becomes up to the women to face their pasts and stop the growing evil.
London Trans+ Pride Afterglow: Tomorrow's Too Late
Sun 26 Jul
Trans+ individuals can get half price tickets (£6) for this screening. A beloved musician transitions and risks everything - including his voice - to live authentically as Dylan Holloway.
Closing our Trans+ Pride Week. This screening is courtesy of Netflix. This is a 'Choose What You Pay' screening. Pick the price tier that best suits you. When Will Ferrell's good friend Harper comes out as a trans woman, they take a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self. We are hosting Trans+ Pride Week to commemorate London Trans+ Pride on Saturday 25th July...
This screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Dylan Holloway. A beloved musician transitions and risks everything - including his voice - to live authentically as Dylan Holloway.
Part of our Summer Lovin' season of feel-good musicals. Starring Dolly Parton. When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel The Chicken Ranch, proprietress Miss Mona Stangley and her girls won't go down without a fight.
This is a Wham! Party to commemorate the release of 10 Days in China. We will have Wham! cocktails and tunes in the bar. The screening will have an introduction TBA. In 1985, Wham! were the first Western pop group to perform in communist China. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's two concerts in Beijing and Guangzhou introduced live Western pop to Chinese audiences and marked a turning point for...
Closing our Summer Lovin' season of feel-good musicals. This is an adult-only relaxed party screening. A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in hope of finding her biological father to walk her down the aisle.
For all you Mariah Carey fans out there, we are screening Glitter to celebrate its 25th anniversary. As the film has a whopping 6% Rotten Tomatoes, tickets are only £8. Let's get hella CAMP! This is an adult-only screening. A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots.
In 1985, Wham! were the first Western pop group to perform in communist China. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s two concerts in Beijing and Guangzhou introduced live Western pop to Chinese audiences and marked a turning point for the band. For Wham!, the tour was more than music; it was a bold move to capture American attention and launch them into global superstardom, and it worked.
This is a 'Choose What You Pay' screening. There are 4 price tiers to choose from; please pick whatever tier best suits you. Jack has been married to Maggie for over half his life. He works as a Hand Raker on the mussel beds in North Wales alongside his younger brother, Dyfan, and Dyfan’s three sons. Jack has always assumed that his own boy, Tom, will join the family business on leaving school bu...
Choose What You Pay: A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint
Tue 4 Aug
This is a 'Choose What You Pay' screening. There are 5 price tiers to choose from; please pick whatever tier best suits you. Drag Race star Peppermint takes centre stage in this up close and personal documentary about her journey with fame, identity, and the art of drag. Sharing her story alongside a close network of trans individuals, one of the world’s favourite drag performers takes you inside...
