The Choral (12A)
Schedule
Fri Jan 02 2026 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Altwood Rd, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 4PF, SL6 4PF Maidenhead, United Kingdom | Maidenhead, EN
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Dir: Nicholas Hytner | 113 mins1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks.
They must also engage a new chorus master, and despite their suspicions that he has something to hide, their best bet seems to be Dr Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) – driven, uncompromising, and recently returned from a career in Germany.
As conscription papers start to arrive, the whole community discovers that the best response to the chaos that is laying waste to their lives is to make music together.
Directed by BAFTA, Olivier and Tony Award winner Nicholas Hytner (The Crucible) and written by BAFTA, Olivier and Tony Award winner Alan Bennett, The Choral marks their fourth writer-director collaboration following the acclaimed films The Madness of King George, The History Boys and The Lady in The Van.
‘A quiet and consistent pleasure: an unsentimental but deeply felt drama which subcontracts actual passion to the music of Elgar and leaves us with a heartbeat of wit, poignancy and common sense’ ★★★★ Guardian
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam, Mark Addy, Alun Armstrong, Robert Emms and Simon Russell Beale.
Courtyard Theatre
£10.50 | £9.50 conc
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