Director David Williams and star of the movie Rhys Thomas will be at the Showroom for a Q&A following the screening of the film on Saturday 20 March at 6pm.
Described as “Touching the Void with laughs” and “Withnail and I on ice”, Beyond the Pole is a merciless mockumentary with a stellar British cast including Green Wing’s Stephen Mangan, comedian Rhys Thomas (Nathan Barley, The Fast Show) and Cold Feet’s Helen Baxendale.
Brian (Thomas) and Mark (Mangan) are preparing to attempt the first carbon neutral, vegetarian, organic expedition ever to the North Pole. With high hopes of saving the planet and, more importantly, getting their names into the Guinness Book of Records, the hapless pair set off. Unfortunately they have never done anything like this before and are left in the wilderness to contend with polar bears, competitive gay Norwegians and Mark’s rapidly slipping grip on reality. No one said saving the planet was easy, but does it have to be this hard?
“Cheeky low-budgeter Beyond the Pole brings a breath of satirical fresh air to a topic that's rapidly approaching media suffocation.’
Variety