Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy makes an exclusive plea for a return to watching movies together in cinemas.

Screen Players Film Club is our brand new screening and podcast series.

We are thrilled to have teamed up with Soho Square Studios and The Cinema in The Power Station for a series of exclusive interviews and live on-stage events. Screen Players Film Club is your ticket to the personal stories behind some of the most iconic movies of all time.

NEXT EVENT: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE WITH SIMON BEAUFOY, MONDAY 25TH NOVEMBER. SOLD OUT

Hosted by Charlotte Bogard Macleod each Screen Players episode invites you into intimate conversations with the film’s writer, director, actor or producer.

Our Screen Players’ guests will open up about their creative processes, sharing never-before-told anecdotes from behind the scenes.

We’ll be asking guests to reveal insights into what initially drew them to the project, the personal passions behind the vision, and the creative challenges they had to overcome.

What inspired those key, memorable scenes? How, as a producer, do you approach a screenplay and forge a working relationship with writers and directors? What, as an actor, will convince you to take on a role, and how do you work with the text as you inhabit that role?

From intoxicating indies to ground-breaking documentaries, from heart stopping dramas to terrifying horror movies, thrilling blockbusters and beyond – SCREEN PLAYERS promises unique insights into the creative journey behind some true cinema greats.

And because film is meant to be seen on the big screen, we are thrilled that The Cinema In The Power Station have come onboard as partners. You are invited to join us for special screenings followed by an on-stage conversation with the film-makers which will be recorded as part of the SCREEN PLAYERS podcast series.

We plan to release the podcast in early 2025. In the meantime, please do join us for the exclusive events detailed below and sign up to our newsletter to be the first to know who we’ll be talking to next!

MoNDAY 7 OCtober
NiCK Broomfield & Special guest dan smith, bastille

Join us for the inaugural Screen Players Film Club, with  the legendary Nick Broomfield, the man Louis Theroux describes as “the star of documentary making.”

We kick off the night with a screening of  Nick’s highly personal film “Marianne and Leonard: Word of Love”. After which Nick will discuss how his dreamily romantic documentary came about with Charlotte.  We will be joined on stage by singer, songwriter, composer and Bastille frontman, Dan Smith, whose latest song was inspired by Nick’s film.

“Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love” is a sunlit romance, exploring the achingly painful love between the singer Leonard Cohen and his soulmate and muse Marianne Ihlen. 

All ticket holders are invited to an exclusive after-party where Dan Smith will perform his song.

Monday 7th October 6.10pm


The Cinema In The Power Station
3rd Floor, Turbine Hall B,  
Battersea Power Station, SW11 8DD

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MONDAY 25 november
oscar winner, simon beaufoy
slumdog millionaire

Coming soon in November is your chance to hear directly from Oscar and BAFTA winning screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy.

We’ll be screening the Indian fairy-tale “Slumdog Millionaire”, about a boy from the shanty towns of Mumbai, who confounds all expectation to triumph on the TV game-show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”.

Then we’ll bring Simon to the stage to discover how he crafted a screenplay that is, by turns, both heart-stoppingly horrific and gloriously uplifting.

All tickets include a drink in the bar beforehand, so a great chance to catch up and network with fellow film-lovers and Script Factory friends.

Monday 25th November 6.10pm (film starts at 6.30pm)

The Cinema In The Arches
Arches Lane, Circus West Village
Battersea Power Station

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Hope to see you there! **This event is now sold out.