Christmas screening of classic musical

Wolverhampton's Light House cinema returns to the golden age of cinema with it Christmas screening of Meet Me in St Louis, a cinematic musical gem from the golden age of MGM musicals.

The film, being screened on Thursday, December 22, at 8.20pm, tells the story of a turn-of-the-century family in suburban St. Louis of 1903.

The city, and the well-to-do Smith family, with four beautiful daughters, is on the verge of hosting the arrival of the spectacular 1904 World's Fair. However, the family's head of the house is beckoned to New York for a job promotion - an uprooting move that threatens to indelibly change the lives of the family members forever. Tickets cost: £7.30 (£5.90 concessions), with a complimentary Christmas cocktail for every ticket holder.

Next month screenings of Massenet's magical re-working of the Cinderella story, Cendrillon, will offer the perfect feast for the pantomine season this New Year and a treat for music lovers of all ages.

This is the first time The Royal Opera have presented this opera, which was premiered in Paris in 1899. French music specialist, Bertrand de Billy, conducts Massenet's perfectly proportioned score in this production by Laurent Pelly, who charmed audiences last year with his La Fille du Régiment.

There will be an evening screening on Thursday 12 January, at 7.15pm. Tickets cost £18 for adults and £12.50 for under 15s. There will also be a matinee performance on Sunday 15 January, at 3pm, tickets cost: £14.50 for adults and £7.50 for under 15s.

Visit www.light-house.co.uk