Special 50th Anniversary screening of A TASTE OF HONEY

Stratford Picturehouse, Wednesday 16 November, 3pm & 8.30pm

In partnership with Theatre Royal Stratford East and The BFI
With Q&A with original cast member Muray Melvin and BFI fiction curator Jo Botting.

There will also be an exhibition of original materials from the film and stage show in the cinema bar.
Join us for a very special screening of A TASTE OF HONEY(15) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of a classic film from the British New Wave.
Initially a play written by the then-18 year old Shelagh Delaney, it was first produced by Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop and performed at Theatre Royal Stratford East, before being adapted into an award winning film.
Set in the northwest of England in the 1950’s, A TASTE OF HONEY stars Rita Tushingham as Jo, a 17 year old working class girl from Salford. Neglected by her mother, she starts a relationship with a black sailor (Paul Danquah), but when he goes to sea she finds herself alone and pregnant and moves in with her gay friend, Geoffrey (Murray Melvin), who assumes the role of surrogate father.

Groundbreaking in its day (the film was initially rated ‘X’), the film presents the taboos of mixed-race relationships, teenage pregnancy and unmarried mothers, and also went against the grain in foregrounding a strong female character.
With a special introduction and post-screening Q&A with actor and archivist for the Theatre Royal Murray Melvin, and Jo Botting, curator with the BFI, this special screening is not to be missed.

TICKETS:
£6.50 for adults, £4.50 concessions, £ members. Call 0871 902 5740 or book online at http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Stratford_London/film/A_Taste_Of_Honey .

School groups can book tickets at £2.50 per student directly through the education department by emailing leah.b@picturehouses.co.uk or calling 07918745267.