Merrily we roll along (Cinema)

Lowther Cinema: Merrily We Roll Along (15)
NEW SHOW CHAPMAN STUDIO
Showing from Tue 14 — Wed 15 Apr 2026

Running time: 2 hours 19 minutes

Age Guidance: 15+

Spanning two decades, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG traces the complex, often heartbreaking unravelling of a once-unbreakable friendship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two closest friends — playwright-lyricist Charley and writer Mary. But this is no ordinary story. Told in reverse, the film winds backwards through time, beginning in fractured adulthood and journeying back to the bright-eyed optimism of youth — when everything still seemed possible.

Long considered a cult classic ahead of its time, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG features some of Stephen Sondheim's most personal and piercing songs.

Now, in a bold new cinematic interpretation of the Tony Award-winning musical, the film invites audiences into the heart of the story — not just watching it unfold, but inhabiting it.

Shot with intimacy and immediacy, it places viewers on stage and inside the action, offering a deeply immersive experience that reveals the emotional truth of the piece in a way no theatre seat ever could.