‘Wicked' singalong and ‘The Salt Path' on Bray's packed summer cinema schedule
Bray People
An afternoon of singing your favourite Wicked songs, while watching the hit new film, and an evening with one of this year's most moving book-to-screen adaptations, The Salt Path, headline the summer cinema schedule in Bray.
With screenings at the Mermaid Arts Centre and some free open-air showings, movie-lovers have plenty to look forward to in the seaside town over the summer months, even when it's raining.
The Wicked singalong is at the Mermaid on Saturday, July 12, with attendees encouraged to dress up as their favourite Wicked characters.
It starts at 3pm.
On Monday, July 14, the true story of Raynor Winn and her husband Moth, who embarked on a transformative 630-mile trek after losing their home and livelihood comes to the Mermaid screen at 8pm.
The Salt Path is adapted from the book of the same name, written by Raynor to help Moth remember the trip they took that changed their lives in unimaginable ways.
Steve Coogan's quirky new comedy The Penguin Lessons (August 4) is another 2025 release on the Bray calendar, as is the gritty feature film debut of British-Indian documentary maker Sandhya Suri, Santosh (August 25), which follows the story of a widowed woman who takes over her late husband's job as a police officer. She quickly becomes involved in a complex rural murder case.
The Bray summer cinema schedule also includes screenings of music documentaries about John and Yoko (July 21) and Led Zeppelin (July 24), and Irish films and documentaries Blue Road The Edna O'Brien Story (June 19), Housewife of the Year (July 22), The Forest Midwife (July 25), Beat The Lotto (July 26), Fidil Ghorm (July 28), Four Mothers (August 11)
Tickets for all Mermaid films are available at mermaidartscentre.ie starting at €8.
However, if it's open-air cinema you are after, screenings are free at the bandstand on Bray's seafront on Thursdays July 3, 17 and August 7. Movie titles will be announced closer to the time of each screening via bray.ie's social channels and all films will begin at 6pm and 8.30pm.
They are of course weather dependent, and movie-goers should bring their own seating, snacks and drinks.
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