FILM AT THE HERON - The Courier
This is the true story of an unassuming British businessman (Greville Wynne) who is unwittingly recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history, the Cuban Missile Crisis. At the behest of MI6 and the CIA he forges a covert and dangerous partnership with a Soviet officer (Oleg Penkovsky) hoping to prevent a nuclear confrontation.
The two men work together to provide crucial intelligence used to defuse the stand-off between the United States and the Soviet Union, when the world came to the brink of nuclear war.
Benedict Cumberbatch is terrific as Greville Wynne.
19:30, £7.50 (Members £6) Under 18s - £6
The Heron Theatre
Stanley Street
Beetham
Milnthorpe Cumbria LA7 7AS
Fri 6 May 2022