SHEFFIELD FILM FESTIVAL
SHOWROOM CINEMA // 2-31 AUG // PRICES VARY
Sheffield Film Festival is a new annual celebration of the rich film heritage and thriving film culture of Sheffield, and the surrounding region. The inaugural edition will focus on homegrown talent and showcase the continuing contributions of Sheffield-based filmmakers, producers, programmers, academics and cinephiles.
showroomworkstation.org.uk
TESS JARAY: PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS ACROSS 60 YEARS
MILLENIUM GALLERY // UNTIL 13 OCT // FREE
Tess Jaray is one of the most influential British painters of the last century. For over six decades she has continued to explore form and space in abstract painting, governed by an interest in architecture, pattern, repetition and colour. The exhibition presents a number of Jaray’s paintings and drawings selected from the past 60 years accompanied by a selection of her inspirations and influences
sheffieldmuseums.org.uk
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
PLAYHOUSE // 14-17 AUG // £22
The father-in-law is nowhere to be found. The aunties are on the warpath. The guests from London keep attempting Yorkshire accents. The teenage band want to put their own spin on the first dance. And don’t even mention the catering. When the party gets forced into a rundown community centre everyone has to face what it means to commit to someone and somewhere. Can they come together and save the wedding and their community?
sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
CYBER CAFE
SITE GALLERY // 2 AUG-8 SEP // FREE
Cyber Cafe takes inspiration from the first internet cafes that acted as a site for optimism and excitement at the early potential of the internet. These spaces offered new possibilities for connection, collaboration and creative self expression. Site Gallery’s young people’s collective, the Society of Explorers, have collaborated with artists Antonio Roberts and Lucy Cheesman over a series of workshops, experimenting with open-source platforms and old technologies. Together they have designed an interactive exhibition reimagining the creative potential of the internet cafe of today.
sitegallery.org
