Zonita (Posts by Glenn Hutchings)

AmptHELL is coming!

Glenn Hutchings — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:19:06 GMT

On September 26th, in collaboration with Ampthill Ghost Walks, we are screening two films as part of...

Love movies? Love scary movies? Then you'll love AmptHELL! An afternoon and evening of two awesome blockbuster movies, one classic, one a little newer (see What's On for details). As well as the scary movies, there will also be:

Live, on-stage interviews with a movie maker, writer, actor and Hollywood movie extra
An exclusive showing of a locally made suspenseful short fright film!

Films are classified , making this ideal for couples, groups or families with young adults with an interest in media and the film industry.

More information:

Prices on the door are £8 for a single movie, or £12 for both of them. The afternoon showing opens at 3pm and runs until 6pm; the evening showing is from 6:30pm until 10pm.
Unlike our normal system, you are reserving admission only, not particular seats or tables. If reserving by email, let us know which showing (matinee, evening, or both). If reserving using the online form, simply select the desired option from the movie menu.
There are limited seats for these showings; reserve early to avoid disappointment!

Reservation closing dates

Glenn Hutchings — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:56:01 GMT

We are introducing a change to the way we handle reservations: namely, adding a closing date before the film. This is so we can process the reservations without the possibility of missing last-minute reservations (which has happened in the past). Another reason to get your reservations in early! See Tickets for more details.

Changes to screenings and bookings

Glenn Hutchings — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:31:26 GMT

Starting with the Autumn 2024 season, we have a couple of changes to announce:

We have decided to discontinue the Matinee showings for the time being, and only put on Evening showings.
There's a new online reservation system that you can use instead of emailing us, which you may find more convenient. You can find it on the Reservations page.

Autumn 2024 season confirmed

Glenn Hutchings — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:28:15 GMT

We're pleased to announce that the 2024 autumn season movies are now confirmed. See here for more details.

Extra summer evening showing

Glenn Hutchings — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:17:42 GMT

We don't usually run movies during the summer months, but this summer we're making an exception! Since we did Barbie back in January, we thought we'd finish the Barbenheimer sequence by showing the award-winning Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy on Saturday June 15th.

It's an evening-only showing, and since it's quite a long film we'll be starting a bit earlier, at 7pm. Doors open at 6:15pm. We hope to see you there!

Sloop Groggy Dogs return!

Glenn Hutchings — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 11:38:55 GMT

We are pleased to announce that the Sloop Groggy Dogs will be back at the Zonita for the April 13 showing of Fisherman's Friends: One And All. They'll be playing for us just before the film starts, and also in the interval. Come and join us for a jolly sea-shanty sing-along!

Announcing the Autumn 2023 season

Glenn Hutchings — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 04:28:54 GMT

We're pleased to announce that the 2023 autumn season movies are now confirmed. See here for more details.

From this season onwards, we are making a few changes:

We are slightly changing our matinees, by including some matinee films aimed at older audiences. The matinees will now screen at the slightly later time of 3:00pm, with doors opening at 2:30pm.
Evening screenings will also be a little later, starting at 7.30pm and with doors opening at 6:45pm.
Under-18s get in free!

We look forward to seeing you!

Coronation screening event

Glenn Hutchings — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 21:21:02 GMT

As part of King's Coronation Day, the Zonita team is holding a screening event at Parkside Hall -- see below for details.

Season tickets now available

Glenn Hutchings — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 11:51:53 GMT

At the Ampthill Festival, several people asked about whether season tickets were available. Well, now we can announce that they are! You can find all the details at the bottom of our Tickets page.

Zonita privacy policy

Glenn Hutchings — Sun, 15 May 2022 14:13:30 GMT

It's not the most exciting announcement ever, but I thought you should know that we've added a Zonita Cinema Privacy Policy page. I've tried to keep it as simple as possible, but here's an even simpler version:

If you email us requesting a table or ticket reservation, we'll keep your email address and may use it to email you about upcoming Zonita events. Unless you tell us not to, in which case we'll stop.