Back to School: Dead Poets Society
English professor John Keating (Robin Williams) inspires his students to a love of poetry and to seize the day.
Book
PG
Back to School
Running Date: September 2026
They say you never forget a good teacher, but it’s the bad ones who are truly unforgettable...
Inspired by the new dark comedy Bad Apples starring Saoirse Ronan, this September Classics goes back to school to some of the most memorable teacher/student conflicts in cinema history.
The season swings between the truly heart-breaking impacts of school gossip in early queer drama The Children’s Hour starring Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, to the raucous chaos of the Ramones-loving punks of Rock n Roll High School.
We’ll also witness an iconic turn by Bill Murray in Wes Anderson’s Rushmore – who finds himself fighting for the same woman as his obnoxious pupil, Max Fischer. Robin Williams plays a stand-out teacher stuck in a school system that won’t let his pupils flourish, in the much loved Dead Poets Society.
Back to School: Season Schedule
Sun 6 Sep @ 14.30 - The Children’s Hour
Sun 13 Sep @ 14.30 - Rock n Roll High School
Sun 20 Sep @ 14.30 - Rushmore
Sun 27 Sep @ 14.30 - Dead Poets Society
Tickets and Prices
On peak tickets are £12 (£10 concession).
CINE26 tickets: 16-26 year olds can access £6 tickets anytime with a free CINE26 membership.
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*On peak applies Mon-Fri after 5pm, and all day Saturday and Sunday. Concessions includes claimants, under 16s, students, over 60s, and Blue Light cardholders.
Looking for more? The season will lead into our Dark Academia Freshers programme, featuring some of our favourite films about the social hierarchies of the education system
Now showing
12
Film's age rating
RS
Relaxed
F
F-Rated
AD
Audio description
DF
Dementia friendly
FL
Foreign Language
S
Hard of hearing subtitles
D
Dubbed
