Palairet Productions

A community group putting on monthly films, plays, social and community events.

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All welcome! Contact: 07432 602068 hello@palairetproductions.com

Doors open 7.30pm, film at 8pm £5 Bar

Advance ticket sales:

www.ticketsource.co.uk/philips-norton-players (booking fee applies)

Friday 31st October

MR. BURTON (2025) 12A (DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY)

It’s 1942 and Richard Jenkins (Harry Lawtey) is at school in Port Talbot, caught

between the pressures of an alcoholic father, a devastating war, and his own

ambitions. A new opportunity beckons when Richard’s natural talent for drama

catches the attention of his teacher, Philip Burton (Toby Jones). The young man

thrives under Philip’s strict tutelage and the guidance of a kindly landlady, Ma

Smith (Lesley Manville). But as the acting world comes within Richard’s reach,

the burden of his past risks holding him back forever.

With Harry Lawtey, Toby Jones, Lesley Manville

Director: Marc Evans

Runtime: 124 mins

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

Friday 28th November

THE PENGUIN LESSONS (2024) 12A (DRAMA)

Disillusioned teacher Tom Michell (Steve Coogan) gets a job teaching English and

Rugby in a school for rich kids in Buenos Aires. It’s 1976 and Argentina is

controlled by a military dictatorship, but Tom is more interested in spending

time on the beach than in either his pupils or the political situation. During a

weekend trip to Uruguay he rescues an orphaned penguin and smuggles it back

into the school, little suspecting that this is the beginning of a personal and

political awakening.

With Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce

Director: Peter Cattaneo

Runtime: 111 mins

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH, SOME SUBTITLED SPANISH

Friday 12th December

Friday 12 December 2025

THE FRIEND (2025) 15 (DRAMA)

Adapted from the bestselling novel by Sigrid Nunez. Iris (Naomi Watts) finds her

comfortable New York life upended when her friend and mentor Walter (Bill

Murray) bequeaths her his Great Dane, Apollo (Bing). The regal yet intractable

beast is a constant reminder of Walter and causes various problems—yet as Iris

bonds with Apollo, she begins to cope with her past, her lost friend, and her own

creative inner life.

With Naomi Watts, Bill Murray

Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel

Runtime: 120 mins

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH