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Firstsite Cinema in Colchester is screening 'Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day' over the weekend of 31 July to 2 August 2026, presenting Tina Gharavi’s film adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel as part of its regular cinema programme. The venue lists three screenings across the run: Friday 31 July at 5:30 pm, Saturday 1 August at 2:00 pm, and Sunday 2 August at 11:00 am.
The film is described by Firstsite as based on Woolf’s novel 'Night & Day' and centred on Katharine Hilbery, a passionate astronomer who tries to avoid romantic love and marriage. The listing sets the story in London in 1910 and links it to Edwardian patriarchy, the suffragette movement, and the era’s advances in science and technology. Firstsite characterises the film as an “un-romantic comedy” and says it is fun and contemporary in tone.
Firstsite’s cinema programme combines standard screenings with more inclusive formats, and the listing for 'Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day' includes a Parent & Baby screening. The site also notes that Firstsite Cinema hosts relaxed, captioned and Parent & Baby screenings on a regular basis, with accessibility information available for visitors. For this title, the event page identifies the certificate as 12A and the running time as 110 minutes.
The film’s cast, as listed by Firstsite, includes Haley Bennett, Jack Whitehall, Jennifer Saunders, Timothy Spall and Lily Allen. Gharavi is named as director. The venue also lists ticket prices for the film, with standard admission at £11.50, concessions at £10.50, students at £5.50 and under-18s at £4.94. Members can see standard films for free under the Mosaic membership scheme described on the site.
The screening sits within Firstsite’s wider cinema offer, which the organisation describes as ranging from family films and independent titles to live and encore screenings of theatre, opera and ballet. Its cinema is powered by Curzon, and the programme page positions the venue as offering an eclectic film line-up in the heart of Colchester.
The weekend slot for 'Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day' comes alongside several other titles on Firstsite’s cinema schedule, but the Woolf adaptation is the film highlighted in the email newsletter that announced the week’s picks. The screening runs at Firstsite Cinema, Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester, with bookings available for the three listed showtimes from 31 July through 2 August.
