SCREENINGS at Lyme Regis’s arts venue and cinema will now be available to under 18s in education at a special price of £5 advance or on the door.

This price will be available for the foreseeable future at all screenings, and is part of their current programme of widening participation in the arts across across the community. With normal admission from £11, this new price has been made available following negotiations with distributors such as National Theatre Live, The Royal Shakespeare Company, and Met Opera.

Screenings are broadcasted or recorded at live events such as plays, operas, and musicals, and started at the theatre earlier in the year. Their aim is to increase accessibility to events happening around the world that might otherwise be hard to see.

Theatre manager Sophia Moseley said: “£5 is bonkers value for these screenings: they are sublime cultural events of an international quality. We’re pleased to make this announcement, which aligns closely with our central value - the Marine makes culture accessible to all."

Events included in this scheme are broad. Based on the novel that also inspired Hitchcock’s celebrated thriller, composer Nico Muhly’s Marnie receives its US premiere at the Met Opera this season, and is broadcast live to the Marine from New York on 10 November.

Written by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights Alan Bennett, Mark Gattiss stars in The Madness of George III, which was also adapted into a BAFTA Award-winning film following its premiere on stage in 1991. It will be broadcast on November 20 from Nottingham Playhouse.