The Runaways

The runaways

This is a biographical film about underage 1970s all girl rock group of the same name founded by Joan Jett. A scandalous story of the first rock chicks based on lead singer Cherie Currie’s book ‘Neon Angel’ is a reflection of her experience as a rock star. Heavily manipulated by their manager as ‘jailbait rock’ the film charts their arena-filling rise to fame and the predictable descent.

Dates / Times

This film was last shown at Showroom on 23 Sep 2010

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    Fact File

    Director
    Floria Sigismondi
    Country
    USA
    Year
    2010
    Duration
    107 mins
    Language
    English
    Cast
    Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Tatum O’Neal

    More Info

    Opening night special event celebrating women in music 

    In cahoots with Sensoria

    Following 6.20pm screening on Friday 10th September there will be a Q&A with three leading ladies from the Sheffield music scene Sophie Townsend (AWAL, The Cuckoo Clocks), Penny Blackham (Manager, The Crookes) and Louise Prey (Manager, The Violet May).

    Live music kicks off in the showroom bar form 8.30 with local band talent 

    Oblong and John T Angle and the Spirit Levels playing live.