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Joy (12A)


  • Corn Exchange Cinema
  • Full Price £7.80 - £9.80  / 
  • Concessions £6.30 - £8.30  / 
  • Special Screenings £6.30 (including booking fees)
Three people, two in lab coats stand in a sun-lit room

Joy tells the remarkable true story behind the ground-breaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978, the world’s first ‘test-tube-baby’, and the tireless 10-year journey to make it possible. 

Told through the perspective of Jean Purdy, a young nurse and embryologist, who joined forces with scientist Robert Edwards and surgeon Patrick Steptoe to unlock the puzzle of infertility by pioneering in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The film celebrates the power of perseverance and the wonders of science as it follows this maverick trio of visionaries who overcame tremendous odds and opposition to realise their dream, and in doing so allowed millions of people to dream with them.

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Duration: 115 mins

Director: Ben Taylor

Starring: Douggie McMeekin, Thomasin McKenzie, Bill Nighy

USA, 2024

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