"CHARMING & EXPERIMENTAL"

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"FEROCIOUSLY ENTERTAINING"

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"THE JARVIS COCKER THAT NEVER HAPPENED"

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Upcoming Screenings

14th Mar 2024
King Rocker - Director’s Cut Screening + Live Q&A
Wolverhampton, Arena Theatre
27th Apr 2024
King Rocker - Director’s Cut Screening + Live Q&A
Kendal, Brewery Cinema

Comedian Stewart Lee and director Michael Cumming (Brass Eye, Toast of London), investigate a missing piece of punk history: Robert Lloyd, best known for fronting cult Birmingham bands The Prefects and The Nightingales, has survived under the radar for over four decades.

But how, if at all, does Robert want to be remembered? The anti-rockumentary King Rocker weaves the story of Birmingham’s undervalued underdog autodidact into that of the city’s forgotten public sculpture of King Kong, eschewing the celebrity interview and archive-raid approach for a free-associating bricolage of Indian food, bewildered chefs, vegetable gardening, prescription medicines, pop stardom and pop art.

Featuring: Frank Skinner, Nigel Slater, Robin Askwith, Samira Ahmed, John Peel, Gina Birch, Marc Riley, Danny Fields, John Taylor, Paul Morley, Fuzzbox, Kevin Eldon, Nish Kumar, Bridget Christie, Andrew O’Neill, Seann Walsh, Paul Putner, Steve Beresford and more

Running Time: 90 Minutes

Director: Michael Cumming
Brass Eye, Oxide Ghosts, Toast Of London

Writer: Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle

Producer: James Nicholls
The Chills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Martin Phillipps, The Ballad Of Shirley Collins, Fire Records