Listen & Lounge - Audiobook Experience
Step into one of our comfiest cinema screens for a night of pure storytelling bliss. Bring a soft blanket, your slippers and even your favourite book (for vibes) Then sink into your seat, relax, and let a beautifully narrated audiobook carry you away. No screens, no distractions—just you, the story, and a few peaceful hours in good company.
If you're not interested in the audiobook of choice, you are still welcome to join in with your own book and headphones!
Complimentary Hot Drink on the first session!!
Whether you're escaping into fiction or soaking up something thought-provoking, this is your permission to slow down, get comfy, and simply listen.
The Backlot will provide the audiobook via audible. Sessions may slight over or under run due to chapters finishing.
First book of choice: Ready Player One
By Ernest Cline
Narrated by
Wil Wheaton
A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?
It's the year 2044 and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty and disease are widespread.
Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of 10,000 planets. And like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the OASIS - and his massive fortune - will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation.
For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late 20th century. And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle.
Suddenly, he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, a chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions - and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed.
If you loved Ready Player One and can't wait for more, check out Armada, Ernest Cline's latest geek masterpiece!PT2H12A2025-07-03Listen & Lounge - Audiobook Experience"Listen & Lounge - Audiobook Experience"Showtimes