Opening Times
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 5-8.30pm
Wednesday: 1-8.30pm
Saturday: 1-8pm
Closed Monday and Sunday
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
PL4 8AT
Independent Cinema for Everyone
Past Events
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- Adventure Film Club
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- Beyond the Page with The Box
- Bringing in Baby
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- Descriptive Subtitles Available
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- French Film Festival
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- Programmer's Pick
- Reclaim The Frame
- Relaxed Screening
- SAFAR Arab Film Festival
- Silent Cinema Season with Theatre Royal Plymouth
- Talks
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024
- Virtual Cinema
Past Events
- See All
- Art
- Creative Learning
- Film
- Adventure Film Club
- Artist Moving Image
- Beyond the Page with The Box
- Bringing in Baby
- Classic Film
- Descriptive Subtitles Available
- Documentary
- Environment & Nature
- Exhibition On Screen
- F Rated
- Family Friendly
- Festivals
- Free Events
- French Film Festival
- French Music and Film Evening
- Hidden Figures of Plymouth
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- Powell & Pressburger
- Programmer's Pick
- Reclaim The Frame
- Relaxed Screening
- SAFAR Arab Film Festival
- Silent Cinema Season with Theatre Royal Plymouth
- Talks
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024
- Virtual Cinema
Viewing Archived Events: Open Air Cinema
Some like it Hot (U) at Tinside Lido [SOLD OUT]
Arguably the best and most popular comedy ever made, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis star in Billy Wilder’s classic screwball tale of love, cross-dressing Jazz musicians and gangsters.
Jaws (12A) at Tinside Lido [SOLD OUT]
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into Tinside! In what has become a bit of a Tinside summer tradition we are delighted to have the best seaside movie of all time back in the water.
The Shape of Water (15) at Tinside Lido [SOLD OUT]
[SOLD OUT] Drawing on classic 1950s movies and the on-going fascination with Area 51 conspiracy theories, Del Toro’s tale of the inexplicable is an old-school cinematic joy.
The Greatest Showman (PG) at Mount Edgcumbe [SOLD OUT]
Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
Pan’s Labyrinth (15) at Mount Edgcumbe
Pan’s Labyrinth is one of the cinema’s great fantasies, rich with darkness, folklore and fairy-tale and we thought there’s no better place to see this than in the dark and mysterious woodlands of Mount Edgcumbe.
Dirty Dancing (12) at Tinside Lido [SOLD OUT]
To finish our weekend of music and film we thought, what better way to celebrate than with the iconic Dirty Dancing, everyone’s favourite dancing romance!
Yellow Submarine (U) at Tinside Lido
As a special 50th Anniversary treat PAC is joining with Plymouth City Council to bring you this iconic film in an iconic Plymouth location.
The Piano (15) at Tinside Lido
Open Air Cinema 2018 comes to Tinside Lido with The Piano... Jane Campion became the first female director to win the Palme d’Or for The Piano, her extraordinary, triumphant masterpiece about a mute woman’s rebellion in a newly colonised, Victori...
By Date
By Category
- See All
- Adventure Film Club
- Artist Moving Image
- Beyond the Page with The Box
- Bringing in Baby
- Classic Film
- Descriptive Subtitles Available
- Documentary
- Environment & Nature
- Exhibition On Screen
- F Rated
- Family Friendly
- Festivals
- Free Events
- French Film Festival
- French Music and Film Evening
- Hidden Figures of Plymouth
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- Powell & Pressburger
- Programmer's Pick
- Reclaim The Frame
- Relaxed Screening
- SAFAR Arab Film Festival
- Silent Cinema Season with Theatre Royal Plymouth
- Talks
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024
- Virtual Cinema
Past Events
- See All
- Art
- Creative Learning
- Film
- Adventure Film Club
- Artist Moving Image
- Beyond the Page with The Box
- Bringing in Baby
- Classic Film
- Descriptive Subtitles Available
- Documentary
- Environment & Nature
- Exhibition On Screen
- F Rated
- Family Friendly
- Festivals
- Free Events
- French Film Festival
- French Music and Film Evening
- Hidden Figures of Plymouth
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- Powell & Pressburger
- Programmer's Pick
- Reclaim The Frame
- Relaxed Screening
- SAFAR Arab Film Festival
- Silent Cinema Season with Theatre Royal Plymouth
- Talks
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024
- Virtual Cinema
Thank you so much to everybody who donated to our Crowdfunder campaign!
We’ll be in touch with donors by email before the end of January with details about rewards.
We exceeded our target of £10,000 to raise £11,745, and were blown away by all the kind comments of love and support.
Thanks to Plymouth City Council who donated £5000 to the campaign from the City Change Fund.
Big thanks to the our brilliant suppliers and cultural partners across Plymouth who donated rewards: Salcombe Dairy, Summerskills Brewery, Canton Tea, Tolchards, Ocean Studios, Plymouth Gin.
As the cost of living crisis bites, we don’t want people to break the habit of coming to the cinema because it’s something they can no longer afford. There’s no better way to watch a film than to make an event of it and see it on the big screen, with an audience. You won’t be asked any questions if you choose this price point, just choose the Budget Ticket option when you book.
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Access seats
The wheelchair space and companion seat can be booked online by customers with access requirements.
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