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Writer's pictureEllen Cheshire

My Cultural Year: 2024

Updated: 17 hours ago

Wow, what a year 2024 was for culture! This list is just the tip of the iceberg.

Over the past 12 months, I managed to see an incredible 84 films at the cinema, 58 live shows, and more exhibitions than I can count (thanks to the National Art Pass I got as a Christmas present in December 2023). It was a year of rich cultural delights!


Here are my absolute favourites from each month, the highlights that made the year unforgettable.



January

  • Top Exhibition: Lee Miller: Dressed – Brighton Museum

  • Top Live Performance: Sir Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands – at Sadler’s Wells

  • At the Movies:

    • Classic Film: Never on Sunday (1960) – Chichester Cinema at New Park

    • New Film: The Holdovers – Bognor Picturedrome


February

  • Top Exhibition: Victorian Virtual Reality – Watts Gallery

  • Top Live (Broadcast) Performance: Vanya – NT Live at Bognor Picturedrome

  • At the Movies:

    • Classic Film: The Women (1939) – Worthing Connaught

    • New Film: All of Us Strangers – Chichester Cinema at New Park


March

  • Top Exhibition (Permanent Collection): Petworth House (National Trust)

  • Top Live (Broadcast) Performance: The Motive and the Cue – NT Live at Bognor Picturedrome

  • At the Movies:

    • Classic Film: Sherlock Jr. (1924) – Worthing Connaught

    • New Film: American Fiction – Chichester Cinema at New Park


April

  • Top Exhibitions:

    • London: Portraits to Dream In: Francesca Woodman & Julia Margaret Cameron – National Portrait Gallery

    • Elsewhere: John Craxton: A Modern Odyssey – Pallant House Gallery

  • Top Live Performances:

    • Ute Lemper – Turner Sims (Music)

    • Underdog: The Other Other Brontë – National Theatre (Theatre)

  • Live (Broadcast) Performance: Nye – NT Live at Bognor Picturedrome

  • At the Movies:

    • Classic Film: The Rock – Cineworld Brighton

    • New Film: Perfect Days – Duke’s at Komedia


May

  • Top Exhibition (Permanent Collection): Alfred Hitchcock Mosaics – Leytonstone Station

  • Top Live Performance: Lucia di Lammermoor – Royal Opera House

  • Top Live (Broadcast) Performance: The Winter’s Tale – Royal Ballet Live at Bognor Picturedrome

  • At the Movies:

    • Classic Film: The Smallest Show on Earth – Slindon Cinema

    • New Film: Civil War – Saffron Screen


June

  • Top Exhibition: Sargent and Fashion – Tate Britain

  • Top Live Performance: Coppélia by KVN Dance Co. – Worthing Connaught

  • At the Movies:

    • Classic Film: Babette’s Feast – Great Takes Film Club

    • New Film: Rosalie – Chichester Cinema at New Park


July

  • Top Exhibition: Abotz – Red Eight Gallery

  • Top Live Performance: Dreamworld by Pet Shop Boys – Royal Opera House

  • At the Movies:

    • Classic Film: The Conversation (1974) – Chichester Cinema at New Park

    • New Film: Rose (2022) – Chichester Cinema at New Park


August

  • Top Exhibition: Melting Ice - Rising Tides by Emma Stibbon – Towner Gallery

  • Top Live Performance: The Hound of the Baskervilles – Eastbourne Theatres

  • At the Movies:

    • Classic Film: It Came from Outer Space (1953) in 3D – Duke of York’s

    • New Film: Deadpool and Wolverine – Duke’s at Komedia


September

  • Top Exhibition: Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection – V&A

  • Top Live Performance: Redlands – Chichester Festival Theatre

  • Top Live (Broadcast) Performance: Sir Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands

  • At the Movies:

    • Classic Film: The Third Man – Central Picture House

    • New Film: My Favourite Cake – The Garden Cinema


October

  • Top Exhibition (Permanent Collection):  The Courtauld

  • Top Live Performance: Ajedrez – MSC Cruises, Virtuosa

  • Live (Broadcast) Performance: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Royal Ballet Live at Bognor Picturedrome

  • At the Movies:

    • Classic Film: Deep Red – Worthing Film Club at Worthing Connaught

    • New Film: Megalopolis – Bognor Picturedrome


November

  • Top Exhibition: Deborah Turbeville’s Photomontage – The Photographers’ Gallery

  • Top Live (Broadcast) Performance: Kiss Me, Kate – Barbican Live at Bognor Picturedrome

  • At the Movies:

    • Classic Film: Bringing Up Baby (1938) – Cary Comes Home Film Festival at Bristol IMAX

    • New Film: Wicked – Bognor Picturedrome


December

  • Top Exhibition (Permanent Collection): Handel & Hendrix House

  • Top Live Performance: Dick Whittington – Kings Theatre Portsmouth

  • At the Movies:

    • Classic Film: Gremlins – Worthing Connaught

    • New Film: Conclave – Cineworld Chichester


    Here’s to another year of cultural delights!


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