BFI Musicals! The Greatest Show on Screen Programme

The Fountains, The Centre

Join Pervasive Media Studio residents Compass Presents as they lead a Flashmob in the Centre of one of the most iconic, best-loved dance routines of all time: Gene Kelly's umbrella-twirling, puddle-splashing turn in Singin' in the Rain.

With its all-Black cast, MGM’s 1943 musical Cabin in the Sky provided a rare and invaluable showcase for some of the era’s most legendary African American performers.

One of the most extraordinary musical melodramas ever made and a cult classic, Pakeezah is much beloved by audiences for Meena Kumari’s breathtakingly tragic turn as the doomed Sahibjaan, who is born in a graveyard to a dying mother who was once a famed courtesan.

Jacques Demy’s 1964 all-sung masterpiece launched Catherine Deneuve into stardom and remains one of the most romantic films to emerge from the French New Wave era.

George Cukor’s (The Women,My Fair Lady,A Philadelphia Story) epic 1954 version of A Star is Born features an Oscar® nominated Judy Garland and James Mason as the lovers on opposing ends of fame, and is widely considered one of the greatest musicals of all time.

Dust off your Stetson and polish those cowboy boots - Calamity Jane is back, this time with a dazzling digital restoration and a sing-a-long screening.

Based on the popular 1950 Broadway musical of the same name, Guys and Dolls is a hugely entertaining musical with some of the brightest stars of its day, including Marlon Brando in his only musical role.

A masterful mythologisation of the Soviet way of life, singing Soviets on the Steppe are to the fore in this richly coloured Romeo and Juliet-style tale of two rival farms.

A brilliant parody of Soviet top-down bureaucracy, Eldar Ryzanov’s debut musical comedy satirises the appointment of a new Director of a House of Culture, who threatens the New Year’s party plans of his co-workers.

An electrifying musical, with an astonishing score written by masterful composer Leonard Bernstein and legendary Stephen Sondheim, Westside Story sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet in 1950s New York City.

Waterside 1, Watershed

Join the brilliant Beth Calverley and Malaika Kegode for a not-to-be-missed musical inspired spoken word workshop for anyone aged 15 – 24.

Set in Baltimore in 1962, Adam Shankman’s glittering production of Hairspray - adapted from the 2002 stage production and John Waters’ gloriously kitsch 1988 film is a celebratory call for equality and acceptance.

Waterside 3 Event Space, Watershed

Join us for an evening of spoken word with Milk Poetry featuring Caroline Teague, Beth Calverley and Asmaa Jama performing work inspired by some of the greatest musicals hosted by Malaika Kegode. Expect speed poems, politics and show tunes.

A unique and wonderfully upbeat musical comedy adapted for the screen in 1963, Cheryomushki is set in the suburbs of Soviet Moscow, where young couples find dream homes provided by the state.

This unforgettable comedy musical follows the story of the young musician Konstantin and his burning ambition to bring jazz to the Soviet Union in the 1920s.

East Bristol Cinema, Easton Community Centre

We've teamed up with We Are Parable for a unique screening of Process, the visual album from award-winning UK artist Sampha, directed by video artist Kahlil Joseph (Beyonce: Lemonade, Kendrick Lamar: good Kid, m.A.A.d city).