THE FIGHT

Tina Bell (Jessica Hynes) lives in a quiet seaside town, but her life is anything but quiet.

Sunday 24 March | Picture House | doors 5.30pm; ​film 6.00pm

Directed by Jessica Hynes 2018 | UK | English | 91 minutes | TBC

​Q&A with Writer/ Director/ lead Jessica Hynes

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Life is just too much for Tina (Jessica Hynes, Spaced, W1A, There She Goes), a busy mother of three who feels unable to stand up for herself. Her husband works nights, her eldest daughter is being bullied at school, her mother (Anita Dobson, EastEnders) is endlessly demanding and her own full time job is exhausting. Things come to a head when an old school rival forces Tina to face up to some difficult truths. Determined to regain control, Tina steps into boxing ring (run by Cathy Tyson) and discovers how to fight for herself. The multi-talented Hynes excels behind and in front of the camera. Join us for Q and A with Writer / Director Jessica Hynes.
 

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As both a writer and performer, Jessica Hynes has worked prolifically in television, film and theatre. Born in Lewisham, South London in 1972, she was brought up in Brighton, Sussex. At school, she would write bizarre sci-fi stories. At age 15, she joined the National Youth Theatre and left home at age 18. She then moved to London and took bit parts as an actress and comedienne. She worked on stage with Katy Carmichael, who would later appear as "Twist" on Spaced (1999), they both joined Simon Pegg on the sketch show, Six Pairs of Pants (1995). Simon Pegg recommended Jessica for a part on another sketch show, Asylum (1996), which was directed by Edgar Wright. Simon and Jessica became friends, immediately, and decided that they wanted to write comedy together. They came up with Spaced (1999), a sitcom about dysfunction among a group of strange twenty-somethings. Edgar Wright was brought in to direct and the show was filmed in 1998 in North London, during Jessica's first pregnancy. An instant success, Spaced was commissioned for a second series and Jessica moved on to work in films, winning two British Comedy Awards. She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for her work in the play, "The Night Heron", in 2001, during filming of series 2. She was also nominated for a Best Actress BAFTA Award for the film, Tomorrow La Scala! (2002). Jessica, Simon and Edgar was reunited for the film, Shaun of the Dead (2004), in which Jessica played Simon's school-friend, "Yvonne". She is now working mainly in film, and is still writing comedy. The Fight is Jessica’s directorial debut.