When:

Thursday 24th September 2026

Doors open:

7.00pm

Event starts: 7.30pm

Where:

The Crescent Club 

Victoria Crescent, Cullercoats,

NE30 4PN

Special 20th-anniversary screening of Graham Fellows’ much loved comedy documentary It’s Nice Up North starring his alter ego John Shuttleworth.

The event is also being presented as a tribute to the late Martin Parr, the celebrated photographer who shot the movie, and whose distinctive eye is central to the movie’s charm and enduring appeal.  

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It’s Nice Up North follows the legendary comic character John Shuttleworth - on a gently absurd journey through the Shetland Islands to test the theory that the further north you go, the nicer people become. Foiled by failing light, let down by a flat car battery, and buffeted by the constant wind, John doggedly pursues his quest; asking everyone he meets the all important question; ‘Is it nice up North?’ Co-starring Shetland tour guide, Elma Johnson, as herself, and featuring the magical and inspiring music of Shetland’s folk ensemble Fiddlers Bid.

Graham Fellows will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A, and to discuss his on and off screen relationship with Martin Parr and how the photographer chose to adapt his legendary techniques to a film camera and crew on a remote Scottish island.​​​​