Morpeth Cinema – Where the Crawdads Sing (2022, cert 15)

Morpeth Community Cinema – all tickets for ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ are priced £6 + small booking fee (50p) and available in advance only. Please buy tickets online through Ticketsource, or from Chantry TIC  / card payment required. No tickets will be sold on the door.

Please note this screening will start at 7.15pm, as the 2nd film in our “Christmas Double Bill” following on from the film classic ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ (1946, cert U) which starts at 4.30pm (price £5.50).

To enhance your viewing comfort we recommend bringing a cushion!

2022, cert 15, running time: 2 hours 5 mins

Director: Olivia Newman

Screenwriter: Delia Owens & Lucy Alibar

Starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Based on the best-selling novel, Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raises herself in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina, where rumours of the “marsh girl” isolate her from the community. Drawn to two young men, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately becomes the main suspect. As the case unfolds, it threatens to reveal the many secrets that lay within the marsh.

Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People) as Kya, the film has won universal five star reviews from audiences and a huge following from readers of the book.