An alert from the Brontë Parsonage Museum for tomorrow, May 7:
Thu 7 May, 7:00pm Brontë Parsonage Museum Shop
Come along to the museum shop where Emma Conally-Barklem will be giving a live reading of her latest collection of poems The High Flight: 50 Poems Inspired by Emily Brontë's Hawk. Emma Conally-Barklem is an author, poet, yoga teacher and workshop facilitator based in Yorkshire. She has taught yoga for fourteen years both home and away. Her classes are creative, fun and led with kindness offering options for everybody who wishes to practice. She is the author of four collections. Her first collection The Ridings was curated into an exhibition in her hometown, Bradford. Hymns from the Sisters was written after a residency at the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Emma won the Black in White Poetry Prize 2024. Her first novel, Yoga Homicide was shortlisted for the 2025 Book Edit Writers’ Prize and a Top 100 choice for The Ascent Novel Prize 2025. She was a core poet for the BBC’s Contains Strong Language Poetry Festival Bradford 2025 and was a guest on Radio 4's 'Front Row' where she talked about the Brontës. She won the First Chapter Award 2025 for her grief work and services to marginalised communities.
Man of Many reviews Wuthering Heights 2026, giving it 4 stars and asking the all-important question of whether it's a 'date movie'. Is “Wuthering Heights” a date movie? Unlike Heated Rivalry, this probably won’t make you or your partner blush, but a story about intense obsession might not be the best play for a first date. And for anyone who knows the story, this isn’t exactly a feel-good romcom. Sensual moments are balanced with plenty of decidedly unsexy moments as Fennell explores the visceral nature of love and the gristle behind tough circumstances. Committed couples and partners are probably going to find more resonance with the clandestine romance and soulmate talk. That being said, there’s some heavy material here that risks ending a night with your valentine on something of a downer. Leave some time after for a romantic dinner or drinks to cleanse the palate. Fluids of almost every kind fill Fennell’s framing, from the close-ups of beads of sweat on Elordi’s back to the snail crawling up a window and characters perpetually caught in the rain. ASMR is definitely in the mix, with a soundscape orchestrated to immerse the audience. All of the elements singularly align with Emerald Fennell’s vision, from the strong performances to the dreamlike production design, the sumptuous set decoration and the elaborate costumes. Charli XCX’s original soundtrack gives the period-esque tragedy a contemporary pulse, underscoring all the angst. In a haunted romance where sex and death seem intrinsically linked, “Wuthering Heights” frequently teeters on the edge of being completely over the top without ever actually going off the cliff. Fennell continues to helm visionary films wrestling with obsession and revenge within the context of class and power dynamics. Those themes echo through Promising Young Woman, Saltburn, and now into the Yorkshire moors. Fennell conducts with whip-smart precision, and audiences willing to trust her baton will be rewarded with a bittersweet symphony. (Chad Kennerk)
Of all the roles Molano has played on Alley stages since joining the company, none stands out more than her superlative starring effort in Jane Eyre, by far her biggest role to date. But no matter the role, Artistic Directo Melrose notes she is an utterly transformative actor. (Jessica Goldman) A contributor to Tech Advisor lists 5 new horror films she won't miss including Mārama The trailer for Taratoa Stappard’s first feature promises a blend of Jane Eyre and folklore, with a touch of Guillermo del Toro style. In Mārama, the writer-director draws on Gothic horror and Māori culture to summon the ghosts of colonialism. (Weronika de Oliveira)
A couple of online alerts:
Tue 5 May, 7:00pm Online via Zoom
This 5 week course, delivered by Dr Sam Hirst, takes a deep dive into the world of the Brontë Juvenilia, exploring the fantastical worlds they created. Weekly topics are: Creating Worlds: An Introduction to the Juvenilia in context; Branwell's Angrian Imagination; Charlotte's Gothic Africa; Charlotte's 'Farewell to Angria' and Untangling Gondal: Emily and Anne's shared world in poetry. The course will explore what the Brontës' juvenilia reveals about their attitudes towards empire and desire and map how the sisters' writing develops across their juvenile work and lays the groundwork for their later fiction. After reading short stories and poems from the juvenilia, you may see the Brontës in a new light!
Online via Zoom
Elizabeth Gaskell’s famous biography, The Life of Charlotte Brontë, went a considerable way to creating the myth of the famous writer living up on the moors. But what of the image of Charlotte’s two groundbreaking literary sisters, Emily and Anne Brontë? How has our view of these trailblazing writers changed over the years? Emily Brontë’s enduring classic Wuthering Heights makes her the author of one of the finest novels in the English language and shows her to be a woman of great passion. What was she like as a person, and how was she depicted outside the family? Her sister Anne has been overshadowed by both siblings but her debut novel, Agnes Grey, and feminist masterpiece The Tenant of Wildfell Hall are now critically acclaimed. Compared with Charlotte, both sisters left little behind beyond their work, creating a vacuum others have been happy to fill with their own theories, and this has sometimes obscured our understanding further. So, what did Elizabeth Gaskell discover about Emily and Anne in her research? How have opinions on their trailblazing works changed over the years, and how has our image of them changed? Sue Newby, Education Officer at the Brontë Parsonage Museum, reveals all the answers. The last in the Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell mini-season, in partnership with Elizabeth Gaskell’s House.
According to MovieWeb, 'Margot Robbie's R-Rated Drama [aka Wuthering Heights 2026] Is a Late Night Hit on Streaming'. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi's R-rated Wuthering Heights dominated pop culture during its theatrical build-up and run in early 2026. Some audiences preemptively criticized the film as a wildly unfaithful adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel. Others waited until after the credits rolled to lambaste the film online. Either way, the movie wasn't exactly warmly received. But despite the initial backlash, Margot Robbie's Wuthering Heights adaptation has taken its new streaming home by storm. Wuthering Heights is now streaming on HBO Max. After less than a day, Wuthering Heights is the number one movie on streaming in the US and across the globe. (Archie Fenn) ScreenRant also describes it as 'An Instant Streaming Sensation'. Metro refers to the film as '2026’s most controversial film', but if that is so, then 2026 seems pretty tame filmwise. Collider ranks Jacob Elordi's roles, and his Heathcliff makes it to #3: 3 'Wuthering Heights' (2026) Elordi's first-ever period-like drama...truly memorable. One of the most controversial movies of 2026, Wuthering Heights is an adaptation of the famous Emily Brontë book, directed by Emerald Fennell. This was the second project on which Fennell and Elordi worked together, and the messiest one, surely. Not because of the different casting per se, but, according to fans of the original material, because of the too-much erotic portrayal and grand lack of depth to the book's story. Now, I believe that Elordi and Margot Robbie did an outstanding job in this movie. Despite what critics and the general audience think, Elordi, thanks to his performance in Wuthering Heights, has the potential to be cast as a future Mr. Darcy, if the industry ever considers doing another version of the movie (without counting the Netflix series releasing this fall). Add the romantic value and depth of Elordi's acting...and you've got a great chance of winning an Oscar, just saying! This movie's aesthetic, scenery, and clothing were phenomenal, which added to the beauty of Elordi and Robbie's portrayal. An unforgettable film indeed. (Giulia Campora)
More movies, as Liverpool Echo recommends watching To Walk Invisible and Jane Eyre 2006 (among other, non-Brontë-related adaptations) if you've just finished The Other Bennet Sister.
Do you remember the first book you read, or the book that made such an impression on you that you kept returning to it again and again? For me, it was Jane Eyre, the Charlotte Brontë classic that I discovered on our bookshelves at home when I was about 12. Orphaned Jane and the inscrutable Mr. Rochester certainly struck a chord with me and I still have that old copy and pick it up every couple of years. It’s interesting that although I’m totally familiar with the story, I always find something that surprises me: a scene I didn’t remember or a detail of an encounter or relationship that I had skipped over to get to the juicier bits.The story seems to have resonated with filmmakers as well. I’ve lost count of how many versions have made it to the screen, big or small. Move over, Jane Austen. (Margaret Tessman)
The Maëlle Dequiedt Wuthering Heights adaptation premieres in Tourcoing, France:
Hurlevent
Une création collective de la Phenomena
d'après le roman et la vie d'Emily Brontë
Mise en scène Maëlle Dequiedt Du 5 au 7 mai 2026, 19h30 L'Idéal, 19 Rue des Champs, 59200 Tourcoing, France
Catherine aime Heathcliff, un enfant abandonné et élevé comme son frère. Mais elle épouse un autre homme, riche, plus convenable. Humilié, Heathcliff imagine une terrible vengeance. Les Hauts de Hurlevent est une œuvre brutale, sombre, hantée par la violence sociale, les fantômes et la rage d’exister. Maëlle Dequiedt revisite cette œuvre mythique d’Emily Brontë en rompant avec les clichés romantiques au profit d'un théâtre iconoclaste, à la recherche de l'humanité profonde de ces personnages. Mêlant librement au roman, des poèmes et des éléments de la vie d'Emily Brontë, la metteuse en scène dialogue avec cette autrice aux prises avec la morale de son temps et compose un spectacle très personnel qui pose des questions essentielles : que faire des histoires qui nous ont façonné·es adolescent·es ? Sur scène, les interprètes se confrontent à ce roman-monstre, porté par la musique live de la compositrice et performeuse Nadia Ratsimandresy. Le plateau devient un champ de tensions, où les passions s’incarnent dans la voix, le souffle, les corps, pour mieux révéler ce que cachent les mots : la captivité mais aussi les outils pour s’en libérer.
► RENCONTRE AVEC L'ÉQUIPE ARTISTIQUE mercredi 6 mai | à l'issue du spectacle | l'Idéal - Tourcoing
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