Richard Curtis’s Love Actually screens in full at Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith while a live orchestra plays Craig Armstrong’s score to the picture.
Love Actually, the Christmas film written and directed by Richard Curtis, screens in full at Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith on Wednesday 2 December 2026. A full orchestra plays its score live.
Released in 2003, it was the first film Curtis directed. The story follows a set of Londoners in the weeks before Christmas.
Its ensemble cast includes Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley and Bill Nighy. Nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), the film has become a fixture of the British Christmas.
The score is by Craig Armstrong, the Glasgow composer who studied at the Royal Academy of Music. His music for Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet won him a BAFTA, and he went on to score Moulin Rouge! for Luhrmann.
At the Apollo the orchestra performs Armstrong’s music in time with the film, which is projected on the big screen. The house holds one performance, and the film runs 135 minutes.