Leap onto the dance floor and discover the enduring legacy of the cultural phenomenon that is Northern Soul. Ignited in the working class communities of the North and the Midlands in the late 60s and 70s, this underground scene brought together youth culture and rare, overlooked uptempo American soul music in a rush of exhilaration and high-energy dancing.
Northern Soul: Still Burning charts how this movement has weaved and transformed itself musically and culturally through the decades. Exploring its roots and celebrated all-nighters at the legendary Wigan Casino, the documentary examines the roles that the music and DJs, dance, drugs, politics, class, fashion and much more have played in keeping the embers of Northern Soul burning over the years and how newer generations of dancers and DJs are setting the floors on fire in their own way for future waves of soulies.
Northern Soul continues to re-invent itself more than any other music movement, remaining as thriving, vibrant and relevant today as when it first evolved.
THEATRICAL DATES
IN UK CINEMAS 15th MAY 2026
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From 29th May
NEWLY OPENING AT
Futurist Cinema – Kidderminster
Station Cinema – Richmond, North Yorkshire
Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre – Dumfries
The Old Market Hall – Shrewsbury
EXTRA SHOWS ADDED AT
Bertha Dochouse (Curzon Bloomsbury) – London
Mockingbird Cinema – Birmingham
Vue Printworks – Manchester
From 5th June
The Bonnington Theatre – Arnold
Stag Community Arts Centre and Theatre – Sevenoaks, Kent
Stamford Arts Centre – Lincolnshire
From 12th June
Abbeygate Cinema – Bury St Edmunds
South Hill Park Arts Centre – Bracknell
The Roses Theatre – Tewkesbury
Stephen Joseph Theatre – Scarborough
From 19th June
Totnes Cinema – Devon
From 26th June
LATER DATES
MAC – Birmingham (9th July)
Marina Theatre – Lowestoft (23rd July)
The Plaza Theatre – Stockport (September)
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Odeon Cinema:
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Banbury | Bolton | Bradford | Cambridge | Huddersfield | Sheffield | Sittingbourne | Stockport | New Brighton | Walsall | Wisbech
Everyman – Leeds
Warwick Arts Centre – Coventry
ACT ONE Cinema – London
Broadway Cinema – Nottingham
Jam Jar – Whitley Bay
Omniplex Wigan
Pictureville Cinema Science & Media Museum – Bradford
Movie Starr Cineplex – Canvey Island
Ucheldre Centre – Holyhead
Kinema in the Woods – Woodhall Spa
Reel Cinema – Burnley
Reel Cinema – Hull
ArtHouse – Crouch End
Derby Quad
Stoke Film Theatre – Stoke-on-Trent
Barn Cinema – Totnes
Connaught Cinema – Worthing
Northern Light Cinema – Stretford
Lumiere Cinema – Romford
Macrobert Arts Centre – Stirling
Hebden Bridge Picture House
DCA: Dundee Contemporary Arts
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Tyneside Cinema – Newcastle
The Showroom – Sheffield
Parkway – Beverley
Parkway – Cleethorpes
Parkway – Workington
Peckhamplex – London
HOME – Manchester
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THE CAST
Ian Dewhirst • Richard Searling • David Nathan • Ian Levine • Paul Mason • Kev Roberts • John Bratton • Elaine Constantine • Wayne Hemingway
Stephen Riley • Keith Gildart • Russ Winstanley • Tony Blackburn • Levanna McLean • Dave Evison • Jordan Wilson • Brian Rigby • Ian Wills • Tim Brown
Brian Meadows • Marie Gillespie • Neil Rushton • Frank Orrell • Will Foot • Lewis Henderson • Alan Cain • Julian Palmer • Lee Jeffries • Steve Jeffries • Craig Birchall • Derrill Birchall • Steve Caesar • Christine Fiddler • Thomas Hassett • Francesco Mellina
