Athenæum

Imperial Charity Coach Trip - Gloucester Quays
2026-04-15
Imperial Charity Coach Trip to the shopping centre at Gloucester Quays!

Event Details
Starts at 9:00AM

This year the tickets will stay on sale up until the date of trip/sell-out. The tickets are priced at £15 each, but people with special educational needs will be entitled to a free ticket for themselves and one carer (they cannot travel alone). A total of 49 tickets are available for each trip.
Please note that the coach pick up points need to be recorded when the ticket is sold, and are as follows:

Central Car Park depart 09:00
Regal Court depart 09:05
Christ Church depart 09:10
Bell Hill depart 09:15

Tickets: £15
Purchase your ticket by clicking on the Ticket Source logo below.

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All My Sons - National Theatre Live
2026-04-16 19:00 - 22:30 (Europe/London)
All My Sons  by Arthur Miller
directed by Ivo Van Hove
design by Jan Versweyveld
One family; the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Will peacetime bring peace of mind, or will he be confronted by the consequence of his actions?
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge).

One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Will peacetime bring peace of mind, or will he be confronted by the consequence of his actions?
Filmed live from the West End, Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Tom Glynn-Carney (House of the Dragon), and Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) also feature in this disturbingly prescient play.

Running Time – 2 hrs 45 mins, with a 20 minute interval. Age Rating – 12A

Event Details
Doors Open at 6:30PM
Starts at 7:00PM

Purchase your ticket by clicking on the Ticket Source logo below.

Save the Cinema
2026-04-22 19:30 - 21:15
Based on the true, moving story of Liz Evans, a hairdresser and leader of a youth theatre in Carmarthen, Wales who started a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric Cinema from closure and demolition. She and a local councillor enlist the help of Steven Spielberg.
1 hour 45 minutes Cert. 12A (UK – 2025)

Want to join the Warminster & District Film Society – ask for a leaflet in the Foyer
https://www.facebook.com/WarminsterAndDistrictFilmSociety
Adult Tickets: £6
WDFS Members: FREE
Purchase your ticket by clicking on the Ticket Source logo below.

Please note; A limited number of guest tickets for films are available in advance online or from the box office. If the advance tickets sell out, more tickets may be available at the door on the day.

Dead of Winter
2026-05-13 19:30 - 21:15
In this action-packed thriller, a grief-stricken widow (Emma Thompson) stops by a remote cabin after getting lost on the back roads of Minnesota in the middle of winter. She soon finds herself in a desperate fight for survival as she encounters a murderous couple holding a young woman hostage.
1 hour 38 minutes Cert. 15 (UK – 2025)

Want to join the Warminster & District Film Society – ask for a leaflet in the Foyer
https://www.facebook.com/WarminsterAndDistrictFilmSociety
Adult Tickets: £6
WDFS Members: FREE
Purchase your ticket by clicking on the Ticket Source logo below.

Please note; A limited number of guest tickets for films are available in advance online or from the box office. If the advance tickets sell out, more tickets may be available at the door on the day.

The Colour Room
2026-06-03 19:30 - 21:15
Based on the life of ceramic artist Clarice Cliff who broke the glass ceiling and revolutionised the workplace at a pottery factory in the 1920s. She covered up the
imperfections of undecorated sub-standard ceramics with bright Art Deco-style patterns and helped the factory survive the Great Depression.
1 hour 50 minutes Cert. PG (UK – 2025)

Want to join the Warminster & District Film Society – ask for a leaflet in the Foyer
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Adult Tickets: £6
WDFS Members: FREE
Purchase your ticket by clicking on the Ticket Source logo below.

Please note; A limited number of guest tickets for films are available in advance online or from the box office. If the advance tickets sell out, more tickets may be available at the door on the day.

Playboy of the Western World - National Theatre Live
2026-06-06 19:00 - 22:30
The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge
directed by Caitríona McLaughlin

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.
Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.

Event Details
Doors Open at 6:30PM
Starts at 7:00PM

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Les Liaisons Dangereuse - National Theatre Live
2026-06-25 19:00 - 22:30
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton

based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
directed by Marianne ElliottBAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.
Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.

Event Details
Doors Open at 6:30PM
Starts at 7:00PM

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All we imagine as light
2026-07-08 19:30 - 21:15
Nurse Prabha’s (Kani Kusruti) daily life in Mumbai takes an unexpected turn when a surprise present arrives from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, faces frustration in her quest to secure a private spot in the city to be intimate with her partner. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest. (Subtitled)
2 hours Cert. 15 (UK – 2025)

Want to join the Warminster & District Film Society – ask for a leaflet in the Foyer
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Adult Tickets: £6
WDFS Members: FREE
Purchase your ticket by clicking on the Ticket Source logo below.

Please note; A limited number of guest tickets for films are available in advance online or from the box office. If the advance tickets sell out, more tickets may be available at the door on the day.

The Choral
2026-07-22 19:30 - 21:15
Written by Alan Bennett. As World War I rages on, the controversial Dr. Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) takes over a British choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire that’s lost most of its men to the army. Recruiting teenagers, the community soon discovers that the best response to the chaos of war is to make beautiful music together.

1 hour 50 minutes Cert. 12A (UK – 2025)

Want to join the Warminster & District Film Society – ask for a leaflet in the Foyer
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Adult Tickets: £6
WDFS Members: FREE
Purchase your ticket by clicking on the Ticket Source logo below.

Please note; A limited number of guest tickets for films are available in advance online or from the box office. If the advance tickets sell out, more tickets may be available at the door on the day.

I swear
2026-08-05 19:30 - 21:15
Based on a true story, the moving, uplifting account of the life of John Davidson, a Tourette’s syndrome campaigner who grew up with the condition in 1980s Scotland, at a time when it was little known and misunderstood. A frank, funny and touching story about the transformative power of friendship and community.

2 hours Cert. 15 (UK – 2025) Contains strong language

Want to join the Warminster & District Film Society – ask for a leaflet in the Foyer
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Adult Tickets: £6
WDFS Members: FREE
Purchase your ticket by clicking on the Ticket Source logo below.

Please note; A limited number of guest tickets for films are available in advance online or from the box office. If the advance tickets sell out, more tickets may be available at the door on the day.
