Lighthouse Poole events listings – August 2025

School’s out and summer’s here, but there’s still plenty to see and do at Lighthouse. For the first time, this year the arts centre is hosting a summer camp for creative young people.  
 
Wild Art Wonders, delivered with Coda Music and Arts Trust is a five-day arts activity in which 7-12 year olds will work across a range of artforms to create a collaborative, eco-conscious installation while also learning how to use creativity to care for themselves and the world around them. Workshops run daily from 10am-4pm, but there’s the option of wrapround care from 9am until 5pm. 
 
There’s a full programme of films for the month in Poole’s only independent, town centre cinema; while the end of the months brings some truly roar-some fun in the shape of Dinosaur World Live where audiences have the chance to meet and marvel at some astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs including the Tyrannosaurus Rex, a Triceratops, Giraffatitan, Microraptor and Segnosaurus! 
 
LISTINGS 
 
Relaxed Family Club Film: Lilo & Stitch (U) 
Friday 1 August, noon, Cinema 
Classic Disney animation in a relaxed screening with complimentary light refreshments before the film starts. 
 
The Ballad of Wallis Island (12A) 
Friday 1, Saturday 2, Friday 15 August, 3.30pm (Fri1), 7.30pm (Sat), 7pm (Fri15), Cinema 
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home. Carey Mulligan, Tim Key and Tom Basden star. 
 
Hot Milk (15) 
Friday 1, Saturday 2, Tuesday 5 August, 7pm (Fri, Tue), 5pm (Sat), Cinema 
With a strange illness, a mother and her daughter embark on a journey to the Spanish coast to find a cure, and along the way the daughter discovers another reality far from her controlling mother. Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, and Patsy Ferran star. 
 
Bigger Than Broadway 
Saturday 2 August, 2pm, 7pm, Theatre 
Performing arts school Strictly Stage are back to dazzle audiences with their annual West End-style summer show, including excerpts from award-winning musicals such as Finding Nemo, Aladdin, Mamma Mia and A Chorus Line. 
 
Wild Art Wonders – Summer Camp  
Monday 4 – Friday 8 August, 10am (9am with wraparound care), Gallery 
New for this year, our creative summer camp delivered with Coda Music and Arts Trust. Imagination meets the natural world in a joyful, hands-on art experience for kids aged 7-12. Working alongside a team of artists with a mix of creative backgrounds, young participants will explore a range of techniques – from drawing and sculpture to movement and mindful making. Throughout the week, they’ll build a collaborative, eco-conscious installation while also learning how to use creativity to care for themselves and the world around them. Workshops run from 10am to 4pm each day, but there is the option of wraparound care from 9pm and until 5pm. Discounts available for booking all week. 
 
How To Train Your Dragon (PG)  
Saturday 2, Thursday 7 August, 2pm (Sat), 3pm (Thu), Cinema  
As an ancient threat endangers both Vikings and dragons alike on the isle of Berk, the friendship between Hiccup, an inventive Viking, and Toothless, a Night Fury dragon, becomes the key to both species forging a new future together. 
 
Lilo & Stitch (U) 
Tuesday 5 August, 3.30pm, Cinema 
A lonely Hawaiian girl befriends a runaway alien in classic Disney animation. 
 
Jurassic World – Rebirth (12A)  
Wednesday 6, Thursday 7 August, 3.30pm (Wed), 6.30pm (Thu), Cinema  
Five years later, an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a ground-breaking medical breakthrough. Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Rupert Friend star.  
 
The Salt Path Sat (12A) 
Friday 8, Tuesday 12 August, 11am, Cinema 
Uplifting drama starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, based on Raynor Winn’s bestseller.  
 
Smurfs (U) 
Friday 8, Saturday 9, Tuesday 12, Wednesday 13, Thursday 14 August, 3.30pm (Fri), 1.30pm (Sat), 2.30pm (Tue), 11.30am (Wed), noon (Thu), Cinema 
When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission to the real world to save him. Voice cast headed by Rihanna and James Corden. 
 
Superman (12A) 
Friday 8, Saturday 9, Tuesday 12, Wednesday 13, Thursday 14, Saturday 16 August, 7pm (Fri, Sat9, Tue), 3.30pm (Wed), 6pm (Thu), 6.30pm (Sat16), Cinema 
Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. David Corenswet, Alan Tudyk and Grace Chan star. 
 
Four Letters of Love (12A)  
Saturday 9, Wednesday 13 August, 4pm (Sat), 7pm (Wed), Cinema 
Based on Niall Williams’ best-seller. Nicholas and Isabel were made for each other but how will they ever know it? As ghosts, fate and the sheer power of true love pull them together. Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne star.  
 
The Bad Guys 2 (PG) 
Friday 15, Saturday 16, Tuesday 19, Wednesday 20, Thursday 21, Saturday 23, Wednesday 27 August, 12.30pm (Fri), 3.30pm (Fri), 11.30am (Sat16), 2.30pm (Sat16), 3.30pm (Tue, Wed27), 12.30pm (Wed20, Sat23), 2pm (Thu), 3pm (Sat23), Cinema 
The Bad Guys are struggling to find trust and acceptance in their newly minted lives as Good Guys, when they are pulled out of retirement and forced to do “one last job” by an all-female squad of criminals. With the voices of Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron and Craig Robinson. 
 
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (15) 
Tuesday 19, Wednesday 20 August, 7pm (Tue), 3.30pm (Wed), Cinema 
A desperately single bookseller (Camille Rutherford), lost in a fantasy world, finds herself forced to fulfil her dreams of becoming a writer in order to stop messing up her love life. 
 
The Phoenician Scheme (12A) 
Friday 22, Tuesday 16 August, 11am, Cinema 
Wes Anderson’s beautifully made comedy drama in which wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists and determined assassins. Benicio del Toro stars with Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Scarlett Johansson et al. 
 
The Naked Gun (15) 
Friday 22, Saturday 23, Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 August, 7.30pm (Fri), 7pm (Sat, Wed), 3.30pm (Tue), 5.15pm (Thu), Cinema 
Frank Drebin Jr (Liam Neeson) follows in his father’s footsteps. Joining the case are cast Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder and Danny Huston. 
 
This Is Spinal Tap (4k Restoration) (15) 
Tuesday 26, Thursday 28 August, 7pm (Tue), 7.30pm (Thu), Cinema 
Smell the glove. Smell the 4K. Smell the comedy classic. This Is Spinal Tap is remixed, remastered, and re-releasing on the big screen for a limited time. 
 
Dinosaur World Live 
Friday 29, Saturday 30, Sunday 31 August, 2pm (11am not Fri), Theatre 
Grab your compass and join our intrepid explorer across uncharted territories to discover a prehistoric world of astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs. Meet a host of impressive creatures, including every child’s favourite flesh-eating giant, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, a Triceratops, Giraffatitan, Microraptor and Segnosaurus! Age guidance: 3+