The Polar Express.
Running time: 100 mins
Distributor: Park Circus Films
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, Michael Jeter
Come and join us for our Polar Express Pyjama Party. The £8.00 ticket price includes a hot chocolate and train cookie for everybody, special guests, competitions and live festive music on the Compton Paramount Cinema organ.
The Polar Express revolves around Billy, who longs to believe in Santa Claus but finds it quite difficult to do so, what with his family's dogged insistence that all of it, from the North Pole to the elves, to the man himself, is all just a myth. This all changes, however, on Christmas Eve, when a mysterious train visits Billy in the middle of the night, promising to take him and a group of other lucky children to the North Pole for a visit with Santa. The train's conductor along with the other passengers’ help turn Billy's crisis in faith into a journey of self-discovery.
The afternoon screening at 14:00 has been timed so that after the film you can make your way to the St John’s Church for the Christmas Lights switch on (expected at 5pm) and see the arrival of Santa and the tractor run.
The early evening screening at 18:30, has been timed so that patrons can go to the Christmas lights switch on before the screening..
What's On
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A Compton Christmas Cracker
André Rieu’s 2026 Christmas Concert: Let It Snow
Battling Butler
Harold Lloyd + Silent Curiosities (Sensory Friendly)
From Vauderville to Avant Garde
Candlelit Concerts – Made in Sheffield
Cinderella: Relaxed Pantomime
Cinderella: The Pantomime
Desperados : The Music & Legacy of Eagles
Disney’s Newsies The Broadway Musical
Doctor Who: The Satan Pit
Drag me to Broadway
Fallen Angels by Noel Coward
Genesis Connected
GIANT - The Play
Jimmy Nail - Songs and Stories 2026
Kite Runner, The
Last Laugh Comedy Club
Lord of the Dance – Dance Music From Around The World
LOUIS - ELVIS FOR EVERYONE!
Nandor Fodor and The Talking Mongoose
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
Nosferatu (1922)
Paul Jones and Dave Kelly from the Blues Band
Proms at the Paramount
RBO 2026-27: The Met Opera – La Fanciulla Del West
RBO 2026-27: The Met Opera – Macbeth
RBO 2026-27: The Royal Ballet – Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland
RBO 2026-27: The Royal Ballet – Manon
RBO 2026-27: The Royal Ballet – Romeo & Juliet
RBO 2026-27: The Royal Ballet – Swan Lake
RBO 2026-27: The Royal Ballet – The Nutcracker
RBO 2026-27: The Royal Opera – Carmen
RBO 2026-27: The Royal Opera – Così Fan Tutte
RBO 2026-27: The Royal Opera – Götterdämmerung
RBO 2026-27: The Royal Opera – Tosca
Robert Wolfe
Rock for Heroes
St. Agnes Fountain
The Sting
The Big Christmas Sing –a–long at The Paramount
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari + live piano with Andy Quin
The ELO Experience
THE MAKINGS OF A MURDERER: FATAL MISTAKE
The Pirates of Penzance.
The Snowman – Live with Yorkshire Imps
The Vintage Explosion
The Wizard of Oz Youth Edition
Vicar of Dibley Christmas
