The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” - a favourite with our loyal Silver Screen audiences;

“Skyfall” – the first film in UK Cinema history to gross over £100m.

“Les Miserables” – still filling screens since its opening on 11 January. This stirring and emotive musical had customers reaching for the complimentary tissues provided by our wonderful team.

We have had good reason to celebrate our first anniversary as our audience numbers have rocketed, bringing visitors from all parts of the Wirral and beyond, to the jewel in the crown of New Brighton’s regeneration at Marine Point.

We pride ourselves on excellent customer service and go the extra mile to provide a superior cinema experience. Our extra comfy seats, licensed auditoria, mixed programme and competitive offers ensure that the Light is the cinema of choice on the Wirral.

Working closely with other businesses, Marine Point offers an unbeatable range of retail, restaurant and leisure experiences ranging from watersports to children’s entertainment, plus retail, restaurant and leisure – making New Brighton Wirral’s premier leisure destination.

Our classical programme of opera and ballet continues to delight audiences – and due to popular demand, we have added more screenings to our full and varied programme, to include:

• Sunday 24 March, 3pm – Verdi’s “Rigoletto” recorded live from Teatro Regio de Parma. Conducted by Massimo Zanetti;

• Thursday 28 March, 7.15pm – “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” – LIVE ballet from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden;

• Thursday 18 April, 6.20pm – “Mahler’s Third Symphony” –ballet performed LIVE from Opera de Paris;

• Sunday 21 April, 3.00pm – Verdi’s “Aida” conducted by Ricardo Chailly, directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Recorded LIVE from Teatro alla Scala;

 • “Chasing Ice” on Monday 22 April, 7.00pm, with a special introduction from Greenpeace. Dr Miguel Angel Morales Maqueda, an expert on the Arctic Ocean and sea ice dynamics working at the National Oceanography Centre (University of Liverpool) will introduce this Oscar-nominated documentary, and there will an opportunity for Q&As afterwards. The stunning film follows National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers;

• Sunday 28 April, 3.00pm – “Bodas de Sangre” Flamenco recorded LIVE from Teatro Real, Madrid (based on Lorca’s “Blood Wedding”;

• Monday 29 April, 7.15pm – Verdi’s “Nabucco”, conducted by Nicola Liusotti LIVE from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden;

• Sunday 5 May, 3.00pm – “The Little Mermaid”, San Francisco Ballet Company, recorded LIVE;

• Monday 13 May, 6.20pm – “La Gioconda” Opera, conducted by Daniel Oren – LIVE from Opera de Paris.

• Sunday 19 May, 3.00pm – “Swan Lake” (Legends) – a unique opportunity to see Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev performing from Vienna State Opera House in 1966;

• Ennio Morricone - Live from the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday 21 May;

• Sunday 26 May, 3.00pm – Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” recorded LIVE from New York’s Philharmonic;

• Monday 27 May, 6.45pm – Rossini’s “La Donna Del Lago” conducted by Michelle Mariotti, LIVE opera from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden;

• Monday 24 June, 7.15pm – Britten’s “Gloriana” conducted by Paul Daniel, LIVE opera from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden;

 • Opera Australia’s exquisite recording of “Madama Butterfly” will be coming in June (date tbc).

We hope to see you at the Light Cinema soon - where we guarantee a truly wonderful cinematic experience for everyone!