The Athenaeum Liverpool

Thursday 23 January: 11:00am Meeting & Lunch—£12.50 per person

Friday 24 January—Burns Night- 7:00 for 7:30pm Dress: Black Tie Ticket Price: £37.50 We celebrate the life of Robbie Burns, with all his associations to The Athenaeum, at our black-tie event. A piper, the haggis, the Immortal Memory and whisky galore!

The Club will be open between 12:00pm and 7:00pm on each of the Saturday’s listed (except Saturday 14 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 1 February—The Woman in Black 7:30pm at the Playhouse-£17.00 per person A lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a Woman in Black engages a sceptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips ... Read more

Malcolm Lowry’s ‘Under the volcano’, with Diana Lane

Thursday 13 February— The Cruel Sea The next of our classic film showings accompanied by supper and interval refreshments is The Cruel Sea. Despite his guilt over a recent harrowing sea battle in which many of his men were lost, Lt. Cmdr. George Ericson is assigned to helm the new H.M.S. Compass Rose with the ... Read more

Valentines Day Dinner Friday 14 February , 7:00 for 7:30pm Dress: Smart Casual Ticket Price: £TBC

Wed. Feb. 19th 2020 at 2.0 p.m. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (US 1944, dir. by Frank Capra.) Mortimer (Cary Grant) is a drama critic, and has two delightful maiden aunts.  Except that they take such pity on lonely old men that they poison them and bury them in the cellar.  Mortimer’s brother (Raymond Massey) is even more sinister, and ... Read more

Robert Burns’ ‘Tam O’ Shanter’ with Willie Williams

Thursday 5 March—Joint Supper with the LMI (at the LMI)

6pm – welcoming drinks 6.30pm – ‘Forty Years in the Air’ - Mr Bill Cotterell, Senior Pilot, British Airways. Followed by supper.

Thursday 12 March—Irish Film Night As we close in on ‘Paddy’s Night’ March’s Film Night has an Irish theme. A ballot will take place on the night to choose which film with an Irish connection will be shown. Pionta Guinness, le do thoil!!!!

Wed. March 18th 2020 at 2.0 p.m. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)  Dir. by Gene Kelly, with Leslie Caron. Gene Kelly made three great musicals – On the Town, Singin’ in the Rain (his most popular film) and An American In Paris. Which is now mostly forgotten.   Kelly is an artist, and the film  ends with the terrific American in Paris ballet  - perhaps the most ... Read more

Friday 20 March — The Annual Dinner (provisional)

Thursday 26 March: 5:30pm Meeting & Supper—£12.50 per person

Wed. April 15th 2020 at 2.0 p.m. THE BICYCLE THIEVES (Italy 1948)  Dir. by Vittorio de Sica. The hero needs a bike to get a job, and has to pawn all his belongings to get one.  But whilst he’s working, someone steals the bike, so what can he do now?  This poignant film was the first of the great Italian neo-realist ... Read more

Wednesday 15 April — Quiz Night

Wednesday 22 April—Musical Month—Showboat Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a showboat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady. 1936—Directed by James Whale, starring Irene Dunne, Allan Jones and Charles Winninger

Thursday 23 April — St George’s Day Dinner

Thursday 7 May —VE Day Lunch

Wed. May 20th 2020 at 2.0 p.m. THE MIRACLE WORKER ​(1962) Based on a biography of Annie Sullivan, the blind teacher who reaches out to blind-deaf Helen Keller, it shows her turning Helen from a frustrated, sometimes violent child into one who overcomes her dreadful disabilities, and is one of the most heart-warming films you can see.   Anne Bancroft ... Read more

Friday 12 June—The Sir David Maddison Opera Prize 2020