Special screenings & events
At the Showroom we're committed to supporting emerging film talent and bringing exciting filmmaker events to our cinema.
Here is where you'll find information on all our preview screenings, filmmaker Q&As and other special events.
Please note: These events start promptly with no adverts and trailers.
If you are collecting pre-booked tickets, please collect them at the earliest possible opportunity to avoid delays on the night.
Upcoming films & events
- NT Live: The Motive and the Cue 15
- English
- Sam Mendes directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play.
- Thu 21 Mar
- 19.00
- Sun 24 Mar
- 14.30
- Wendy and Lucy 15
- English
- The first film made as a collaboration between Kelly Reichardt and Michelle Williams tells the story of a drifter and her dog who face troubles on the road to a new life.
- Fri 22 Mar
- 18.00
- Sat 23 Mar
- 20.45
- Sun 24 Mar
- 12.30
- GOOD TIME (Event)
- Fri 22 Mar 20:00
- GOOD TIME is a new monthly night of music, art, and performance, launching at Showroom Cinema on 22 March. GOOD TIME will feature a performance from audiovisual artist VJ KULESHOV, followed by music from Ben Taylor and visuals Joseph Cutts.
- Young Programmers Takeover: Whiplash - 10th Anniversary 15
- English
- A promising young drummer enrols at a cut-throat music conservatoire where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realise a student's potential.
- Sat 23 Mar
- 18.00
- DocNights: Much Ado About Dying 15
- English
- When filmmaker Simon Chambers cuts short a shoot in India to tend to his dying uncle, he has no idea of the journey they’re about to embark on together.
- Mon 25 Mar
- 18.00
- Dementia Friendly Screening: Singin' in the Rain U
- English
- Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds star in one of the most beloved movie musicals of all time, which follows a group of characters as they navigate the Hollywood transition from silent film to the ‘talkies’.
- Tue 26 Mar
- 12.00
- Showroom Pub Quiz
- Tue 26 Mar 20:30
- Join us each month at the Showroom Cinema for our pub quiz. General knowledge rounds, picture rounds and music rounds to test your knowledge to its very limits!
- Film Studies: The Pumpkin Eater 12A
- English
- Film Studies: Sixty Years Ago season begins with a look at British cinema, with this boldly ambitious study of the emotional breakdown of a middle-class married woman.
- Wed 27 Mar
- 18.30
- Bride of Frankenstein (Philosophy) PG
- English
- The Philosophy at Showroom screenings, in collaboration with The University of Sheffield, continue with a special one-off screening of classic horror Bride of Frankenstein.
- Thu 28 Mar
- 18.00
- Showroom Classics: The Long Good Friday 18
- English
- Universally regarded as one of the greatest British gangster films ever made, Bob Hoskins stars as an ambitious businessman. But who is killing his associates and blowing up his businesses, and why?
- Fri 29 Mar
- 18.00
- Sat 30 Mar
- 20.15
- Sun 31 Mar
- 17.00
- Drag Bingo with Emma Maezin
- Fri 29 Mar 19:00
- Sashay into the Bank Holiday weekend at the Showroom Café Bar with an amazing night of Drag Bingo hosted by local drag sensation Emma Maezin
- Showroom Classics: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 12A
- English
- In this British comedy classic, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal quest for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles along the way.
- Fri 29 Mar
- 20.30
- Sat 30 Mar
- 15.45
- Sun 31 Mar
- 14.30
- Mon 1 Apr
- 17.45
- Free VR Experience Open Day (March)
- Sat 30 Mar 10:00
- Showroom Cinema has partnered with StoryFutures to become one of the first independent cinemas in the UK to offer Virtual Reality (VR).
- Celluloid Screams: Satranic Panic + Q&A 18
- English
- A bloody, demon-infested road movie about the power of claiming one’s identity and the importance of chosen family. By prolific 18-year-old trans filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay who joins us for a virtual Q&A.
- Sat 30 Mar
- 20.30
- Transforming Cinema Film Project: Premiere Screening + Short Film Collection 18
- English (TBC)
- Join us on Trans Day of Visibility for a premiere screening of short films from participants of the E.D.E.N. Film Productions’ filmmaking project.
- Sun 31 Mar
- 18.00
- Film Studies Lecture: British Cinema
- Wed 3 Apr 18:00
- Dr Sheldon Hall of Sheffield Hallam University begins his in-depth season on cinema in 1964 with a look at the landscape of British Cinema.
- We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen + virtual Q&A with Michael Azerrad 18
- English
- Showroom Cinema’s OUR CINEMA COULD BE YOUR LIFE season opens with a special screening of We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen followed by a Q&A with author, Michael Azerrad.
- Fri 5 Apr
- 17.45
- Our Cinema Could Be Your Life Season Pass 18
- Festival passes for all films in the OUR CINEMA COULD BE YOUR LIFE season can be bought for £25.
- Fri 5 Apr
- 19.00
- Cobain: Montage of Heck + Intro 15
- English
- Showroom Cinema presents a special screening of Cobain: Montage of Heck, marking the 30th anniversary of the death of musician and artist Kurt Cobain as part of the OUR CINEMA COULD BE YOUR LIFE season.
- Fri 5 Apr
- 20.25
- Instrument 18
- English
- The OUR CINEMA COULD BE YOUR LIFE SEASON continues with Instrument, a collaboration between filmmaker Jem Cohen and the Washington D.C. band Fugazi, covering the period 1987-1998.
- Sat 6 Apr
- 14.30
- 1991: The Year Punk Broke + virtual Q&A with director David Markey 18
- English
- Showroom’s OUR CINEMA COULD BE YOUR LIFE season continues with a special screening of 1991: The Year Punk Broke, the seminal documentary capturing life on the road with Sonic Youth and Nirvana, followed by a Q&A with director David Markey.
- Sat 6 Apr
- 17.30
- Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. 15
- English
- Showroom Cinema’s OUR CINEMA COULD BE YOUR LIFE season continues with the emotional, tragically funny, and sometimes noisy rollercoaster ride with a dysfunctional family, rock band Dinosaur Jr.
- Sun 7 Apr
- 16.00
- Showroom Film Quiz
- Tue 9 Apr 20:30
- The finest showcase of film geekery Sheffield has to offer.
- Film Studies: Seven Days in May PG
- English
- Film Studies: Sixty Years Ago season continues with a look at American cinema, with this suspenseful Cold War drama with an all-star cast.
- Wed 10 Apr
- 18.00
- Kendal Mountain Tour 2024: A Night Of Adventure Films + Guest Speaker Andy Berry CTBA
- Join us on a journey through the world's most breath-taking landscapes with a selection of award winning films showcasing the year’s most daring feats of courage and tales of human resilience.
- Fri 12 Apr
- 19.00
- Exhibition on Screen: John Singer Sargent CTBA
- English
- Step into the glittering world of fashion, scandal and shameless self promotion that made John Singer Sargent the painter who defined an era.
- Tue 16 Apr
- 18.00
- Sun 21 Apr
- 14.30
- Film Studies Lecture: American Cinema
- Wed 17 Apr 18:00
- Dr Sheldon Hall of Sheffield Hallam University continues his in-depth season on cinema in 1964 with a look at the landscape of American Cinema.
- NT Live: Nye CTBA
- English
- Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.
- Tue 23 Apr
- 19.00
- Tue 7 May
- 19.00
- Film Studies: The Soft Skin (La Peau Douce) 12A
- French with English Subtitles
- Film Studies: Sixty Years Ago season continues with a look at French cinema, with Francois Truffaut’s follow-up to his French New Wave classics.
- Wed 24 Apr
- 18.00
- A Canterbury Tale (Philosophy) U
- English
- The Philosophy at Showroom screenings, in collaboration with The University of Sheffield, continue with a special one-off screening of Powell and Pressburger’s The Canterbury Tale.
- Thu 25 Apr
- 18.00
- ADRA - Film and Speaker Tour: presented by Pertex and Kendal Mountain Events 12A
- English
- Experience the magic of the award-winning film Adra as the team behind the renowned Kendal Mountain Festival take it on tour.
- Fri 26 Apr
- 19.00
- Celluloid Screams Horror All-Nighter 18
- Celluloid Screams Horror Film Festival returns to Showroom Cinema to present an all-night cinema celebration of 1980s horror classics, including a special mystery screening and some surprises.
- Sat 27 Apr
- 23.00
- Dementia Friendly Screening: Some Like It Hot 12A
- English
- Marilyn Monroe stars in Billy Wilder’s iconic comedy about two men (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) on the run from the mob, who end up joining an all-female jazz band to hide their identities.
- Tue 30 Apr
- 12.00
- Film Studies Lecture: French Cinema
- Wed 1 May 18:00
- Dr Sheldon Hall of Sheffield Hallam University continues his in-depth season on cinema in 1964 with a look at the landscape of European Cinema.
- Film Studies: Onibaba 15
- Japanese with English Subtitles
- Film Studies: Sixty Years Ago season concludes with a look at Japanese cinema, with this memorable combination of period drama and horror.
- Wed 8 May
- 18.00
- Film Studies Lecture: Japanese Cinema
- Wed 15 May 18:00
- Dr Sheldon Hall of Sheffield Hallam University concludes his in-depth season on cinema in 1964 with a look at the landscape of Japanese Cinema.
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Charity Immersive Screening 18
- English
- Our collaboration with University of Sheffield Horror Society returns! A special immersive screening of the cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in support of LGBTQ+ youth charity, SAYiT.
- Sat 1 Jun
- 20.00
- Exhibition on Screen: My National Gallery, London CTBA
- English
- The National Gallery of London is one of the world’s greatest art galleries. It is full of masterpieces, an endless resource of history, an endless source of stories. But whose stories are told? Which art has the most impact and on whom?
- Tue 4 Jun
- 18.00
- Sun 9 Jun
- 14.30