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The Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals

Sleep

A pregnant wife becomes worried about her husband's strange new sleeping habits, as seemingly out of nowhere, he starts talking in his sleep, saying: "someone's inside."

What starts out as some light sleep-talking soon escalates to unexpectedly nightmarish behaviour.

This debut feature from director Jason Yu stars the late actor Lee Sun-kyun (who achieved global fame in Bong Joon-ho's Parasite).

Book now: The Light / Showroom

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The origin of the term ‘gaslighting’ dates back well before the internet made it commonplace. This series of talks and screenings in the Showroom's Film Studies programme will look at four films from the 1940s in this rich vein of murder melodramas.

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

Thu. 22 January 2026 — Sat. 28 February 2026

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Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

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