Firebrand

Director: Karim Aïnouz

Starring: Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Simon Russell Beale, Eddie Marsan

Fri 20 Sep 7.30pm      Book Now

Sat 21 Sep 7.30pm      Book Now

Duration: 121 mins
AGE Rating: Cert 15
Adults £10

In blood-soaked Tudor England, twice married, accomplished, and educated Katherine Parr (Vikander), reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII (Law). Her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given that her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded, or dead. When Henry appoints her as Regent, the nation’s ruler during his absence when he departs to fight overseas, he lays a dangerous path for her. Henry’s courtiers, suspecting she’s sympathetic to radical Protestant beliefs that have taken root in the kingdom and are a threat to their power, scheme against her and cast doubts upon her fidelity to the increasingly ailing and paranoid King.

★★★★ “Incendiary…Jude Law is scarily good…A vividly constructed drama, expertly played” Kevin Maher, The Times

★★★★ “Jude Law is horribly good” Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph

★★★★ “Remarkable” Raphael Abraham, Financial Times

“Whip smart historical drama bristling with court intrigue” David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

“Jude Law’s obese and oozy Henry VIII rules supreme” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian