Friday 27 September, 6:30pm for 7:00pm The Roscoe (Call My Bluff Wine Tasting) One of the great benefits of Membership is of course fine food and fine beverage. This Presidential Year will be no different as Catering continue to bolster the Club’s social programme with food and drink based events. During the coming months, we ... Read more
Thu 3 Oct. 5.30 meeting followed by optional supper at 6.30. Catherine Hayes on writing for television. Proprietor Cath Hayes has had a distinguished career writing for stage and television (including Coronation Street). She will talk informally about her experiences and the rewards and challenges of television writing.
Friday 11 October, 6:30pm for 7:00pm Opera At The Athenaeum We are delighted to announce the next ‘Opera At The Athenaeum’! Following on from our last two concerts our new President has commissioned David Cox to produce a third Opera Concert which will be performed on Friday, 11 October. The evening’s performance will once again ... Read more
Sunday 13 October, 12:30 for 1:00pm Sunday Lunch—Following the Judges’ Service As is customary, Members of the Club are invited to attend the Judges’ Service, which takes place every October. ‘Save the date’ information has been distributed and once formal invitations have been received from the High Sheriff’s Office they will be circulated to the ... Read more
Saboteur - (1942) Dir. by Alfred Hitchcock. With Robert Cummings, Prunella Scales. The film starts with a major act of sabotage; the hero, wrongly suspected, is on the run till the final confrontation with the villain at the top of the Statue of Liberty! One of Hitchcock's best films.
Wednesday 16 October—Whiskey Galore Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood and Catherine Lacey
Thursday 17 October, 6:30pm for 7:00pm ‘The Diaries of William Lloyd Holden’, Supper with Mr Jonathan Pepler. In the history of cartography, William Lloyd Holden is not a familiar name; however, the chance survival of his diaries provides unique evidence of the actual processes involved in producing the county maps published by private surveyors and ... Read more
The Club will be open between 12:00pm and 7:00pm on each of the Saturday’s listed (except Saturday 14th September), with Newsroom services available throughout. Whether you are attending the matinee or an evening show, guests are encouraged to take part in lively discussion at the Athenaeum.
Saturday 19 October—Amelie 2:00pm or 7:00pm at the Playhouse-£22.00 per person Amélie is an astonishing young woman who lives quietly in the world, but loudly in her mind. She secretly improvises small, but extraordinary acts of kindness that bring happiness to those around her. But when a chance at love comes her way, Amélie will ... Read more
Wednesday 23 October The Roscoe (details to be finalised) One of the great benefits of Membership is of course fine food and fine beverage. This Presidential Year will be no different as Catering continue to bolster the Club’s social programme with food and drink based events. During the coming months, we are trialing grouping these ... Read more