The King’s Lynn Community Cinema Club is a place of dreams, at home in Britain’s oldest working theatre, the only one with a strong case for Shakespeare himself having performed here. Under the historic beams of medieval St George’s Guildhall, the largest and most complete in England, you can enjoy contemporary, art house and classic Hollywood films. Everyone’s welcome. Sign up or grab a day membership if you’re just passing through. Ready for your Close-Up? Join fellow movie lovers for a friendly film appreciation session. An evening with Events are a chance to find out more about aspects of film through informal discussion and fascinating clips.

And what of Shakespeare? One building in its time plays many parts and St George’s has been a courthouse, merchants’ exchange, French school, armoury and gunpowder store in the 1600s. And, after the guilds were dissolved, it hosted companies of players. The Queen’s Players appeared here seven times between 1585 and 1595 and academics believe Shakespeare may have performed with the Earl of Pembroke’s Men in 1593, when plague closed the London playhouses. Shakespeare’s leading comic actor, Robert Armin, was born in King’s Lynn, perhaps it’s where they met. But the earliest recorded theatrical production is a nativity for a January feast in 1445, featuring Richard Comber and William the barber from Grassmarket.

Find out more about the Shakespeare’s Guildhall Trust, founded to give the site a sustainable future for the whole community, and enjoy a night at the movies like no other.