The Gateway Theatre has the perfect line-up that won't break the bank after the expensive month that is December, but you will find there is something for everyone with a brilliant selection of films, screenings and live music.

With its premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, Roald Dahl's best-seller has been turned into Matilda the Musical giving this super-powered schoolgirl a fresh Dayglo take.

Matilda (Alisha Weir) is a little girl with a big curiosity, a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, and the worst parents (Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough) in the world who bully and neglect her, contenting themselves with trashy TV and dodgy money making schemes.

Whilst sticking pretty much to the original storyline, this film is a clever new version with its whacky colour schemes and cartoony craziness, and everyone will cheer Matilda as she dares to stand up to Miss Trunchbull and teaches her a lesson she won't forget.

"Amusing, exhilarating and the tinniest bit exhausting" – The Guardian.

Friday, January 6 – Family Film Picnic Night 7pm, and Saturday, January 7 matinee 3pm. Tickets adult £7.50, child £6.50 

Emily is a loosely biographical drama about the Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë that captures the Victorian era with a modern twist, as actor turned writer-director Frances O'Connor reimagines Brontë's mental health issues in a way we can only now understand. 

But he also shows this melancholy character as being an opium user and having a very passionate affair with William Weightman, a parish curate who lived in the family home for several years. 

Friday, January 13, Picnic Night 7.30pm. Tickets adult £7.50, child £6.50

The sexual abuse and bullying of now convicted American film producer Harvey Weinstein sparked the worldwide #MeToo movement. 

She Said follows the dogged determination of two reporters, Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) to reveal the truth behind the intimidation, harassment and rape of young female actors and junior staff, restoring the importance of women's testimony against a man who thought he was untouchable.

"Excellent performances bring out the best in this David and Goliath story that reverberated around the world" – Evening Standard

Friday, January 20, Picnic Night 7.30pm, Tickets adult £7.50, child £6.50.

To round off the dark month of January, what better than the nation's funkiest 10-piece band who are returning to The Gateway for one night only. 

Joey the Lips are the go-to band that will give you a full-on high-energy night of Soul, Funk, Blues and Disco, guaranteed to keep you on your feet to banish the winter blues. So grab your coat, grab your friends, and grab the best time of your life, satisfaction guaranteed.

Saturday 28 January, doors 7.30pm. Tickets £20 (£22.50 on the door)