Watermans is West London's arts centre and is open Wednesday to Sunday. See great films, live shows and exhibitions and discuss it all at the Guru, its unique bar and restaurant serving the best in drink, snacks and Indian dishes. In the cinema, take advantage of Wild Wednesdays – all cinema tickets £7 – all day on Wednesdays.   

Catch the new releases including: 

Past Lives (12A) - Fri 22 – Thur 28 September (excl. Mon & Tue). See website for times. 

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance. 

Nominated at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival for Best Film.  

Bolan's Shoes (15) - Fri 22 - Wed 27 September (excl. Mon & Tue). See website for times.   

Bolan's Shoes takes us on a tumultuous journey through the height of T. Rex mania in 1970s Liverpool. It captures the heady exhilaration of glam rock mania through the experiences of a group of over-excited kids from a local children's home before a devastating road accident changes their lives forever.   

La Ronde (PG) - Sat 23 - Sun 24 September. See website for times.   

This Academy Award-nominated French film presents a series of interconnected romantic entanglements. Narrated by an omniscient guide (Anton Walbrook), the movie has a large cast of characters that includes a prostitute (Simone Signoret), who meets up with a soldier (Serge Reggiani), who later becomes involved with a maid (Simone Simon). This merry-go-round continues until it circles back to the beginning, making for an intriguing tale of love and infidelity.   

Special Event Cinema: 

A Little Life (18) - Thur 28 & Sun 1 October. See website for times.   

A Little Life follows four college friends in New York City: aspiring actor Willem, successful architect Malcolm, struggling artist JB, and prodigious lawyer Jude. As ambition, addiction, and pride threaten to pull the group apart, they always find themselves bound by their love for Jude and the mysteries of his past. But when those secrets come to light, they finally learn that to know Jude St Francis is to understand the limitless potential of love in the face of life.   

In the gallery see the latest new media exhibition:

Creatures of The Kelp (Part of Totally Thames Festival 2023) - Fri 22 – Sat 30 September (Excl. Mon & Tues). FREE   

‍Creatures of the Kelp explores the crossover between mythology, eyewitness sightings and scientific research between UMO's (Unidentified Marine Object). The most famous such creature is the Loch Ness Monster, but in fact sightings of the British Isles over the last two hundred years have been plentiful. Performers embody the creatures spotted in such sightings whilst accounts are narrated. Costumes are bright and bold and made from found and recycled materials.   

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