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7.30pm - Tickets £12 Concessions £10
Doug Scott has made 45 expeditions to the high mountains of Asia. He has reached the summit of 40 peaks, of which half were first ascents, and all were climbed by new routes or for the first time in Alpine Style.

This is the story of the first ascent of The Ogre (23,901 ft) by Doug Scott and Chris Bonington in July 1977. The Ogre is situated in the Karakorum mountain range, North Pakistan.

Doug and Chris reached the summit on July 13 via the south west spur to the west ridge and over the west summit to the main summit. The ascent of the summit block required very difficult rock climbing that extended the boundaries of what had been done at over 23,000 feet.

The descent was an epic as on the first abseil from the summit Doug broke both legs at the ankle and during the next eight days descent to base camp, a major storm raged. Chris also broke two ribs and contracted pneumonia. They were, however, able to reach base camp but had a long wait for assistance.

The Ogre is considered one of the hardest climbs in the world and it was 24 years before there was a second ascent.

7.30pm - Tickets £4.50

French with English subtitles. (12A)
A look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her grandmother a madam.

At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's soon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous.

The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien."

In association with TRAMPS.

Garlic Theatre

2pm Tickets £5

Family Ticket £16
An international award winning Company who have delighted family audiences with their delicious mix of wit, humour and inventiveness.

An old broom stands in the corner, a book is on the table and a young boy alone in the castle feels a tingling in his fingertips…Can he work a spell himself? Caught in the whirl of magic the broom dances and spins as it fetches more water for the cauldron. The boy watches transfixed as a flood starts to rise. Can he undo the spell before the sorcerer returns?