Little Lightning

Cosy pop-up cinema in Lurgashall, West Sussex | Wine, food & movie themed cinema events

Japan, such a swinging city. I’ve just been lucky enough to spend a decent period of time working in Tokyo and it’s hard to know where to start. The Japanese are incredible at detail, and I think these tasty treats sum them up for food. H
Japan is full of highly specialised restaurants supervised by craftspeople dedicated to a single technique. One that is almost universally beloved in Japan but relatively obscure beyond its borders is yakitori, a dish for our first weekend. &nbs
Following a long winter search for fabulous fun movies to share, we’re turning Japanese (yes we really think so) with the vapours from sumptuous Japanese food of course. My entry for Japanese food was a thank you dinner I was given whilst work
My Neighbour Totoro, by Studio Ghibli, Director Hayao Miyazaki, has been a huge favourite and we have just had the immense privilege to see it brought to the stage by Phelim McDermott of Improbable at the Barbican. I cannot overstate just how immens
2024 season launching soon. I’m just putting the final touches to our next longer season, with a short film being added to compliment the main feature. As ever, the food is the tricky one, trying to find some exciting new pairings to tantaliz
Rhubarb and Blackberry crumble is on the way…. Rhubarb from the magnificent #runctonfarmshop and blackberries from #norfolk - just didn’t have time to pick my own from Ireland :) _ #littlelightningcinema #belfastthemovie #southdownsnp #
A fabulous lager to be joining us next weekend from the inimitable award winning #langhamsbrewery May I introduce you to Lodsteiner. A fine upstanding chap, providing you don’t spend too much time with him. A delicious crisp and refreshing lage
Test baking the Flan de Naranja for Official Competition, our Spanish night. Golly gosh these taste sensational, I heartily reccomend you give them a go. Stand-by for 120 shortly :-). ___ #littlelightningcinema #popupcinema #southdownsnp #spanishfood
Roasted butternut squash with apple and beetroot slaw followed by mango pavlova with passion fruit custard - that was last night. Thank you so much for coming along, these are such fun. __ #littlelightningcinema
Two down, 8 to go. The yummiest apple pie America ever did get it’s laughing gear around. Hunted high and low for this recipie and my daughter ended up eating the test bake morning, noon and almost night. For Knives Out, on Saturxay night for o
A very hectic and fabulous weekend to re-open with 150 lemon meringue pies. Pleased to see the back of those :-) What a fabulous pair of nights, with wonderful meat from cowdray butchery each night - thank you to everyone who popped along. ______ #li
… the bar is taking shape again too with some super cosy stools. ____ #littlepopup #littlelightningcinema #southdownsnp #chichester #midhurst #haslemere #petersfield
I wish I could whip up gorgeus cheese soufflé for this Friday, but at the risk of a deflated offering we have the fabuous Provencal Daube- Elizabeth Davids’ recipe of course & local southdowns beef from #cowdrayfarmshop _______ #litt
The screen is up and running and we have some rather naughty new chairs. There will be a race for these I’m sure the “super-cosies”. The chairs are still an eclectic mash up, which I have refreshed for this year - some coming from a
Getting set to fire up again. Excited doesn’t do it - so very much looking forward to doing this again - it’s been far too long. __________ #llpopup #littlelightningcinema #popupcinema #southdowns #southdownsnationallark #blackdown #midhu