Doncaster cinema gives away free tickets to comedy film

The Savoy cinema in the city centre is offering free tickets to an early screening of Sunny Dancer which stars Bella Ramsey.

Sunny Dancer follows 17-year-old Ivy. After Ivy beats cancer she can’t think of anything worse than to become a Make-A-Wish kid.

When her parents send her to a summer camp in Scotland for kids affected by cancer, Ivy has a hard time adjusting to the rules.

But as the weeks progress, she manages to find unexpected friends in a group of misfits and has a summer she’ll never forget at ‘Chemo Camp.’

Shot entirely in Scotland, Sunny Dancer comes from 26-year-old writer-director George Jaques, starring a beloved ensemble cast including Bella Ramsey (Game Of Thrones, Last Of Us) as Ivy, as well as James Norton (Happy Valley, House Of Guinness) and Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer) as Ivy’s parents.

Also starring is Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, It’s A Sin), alongside rising stars Ruby Stokes, Earl Cave, Conrad Khan, Daniel Quinn-Toye,and Jasmine Elcock.

You’re Beautiful singer James Blunt even makes a cameo as himself.

The soundtrack comes from Haim sister Este Haim and Zachary Dawes, best-known as a regular Lana Del Rey collaborator and member of the British supergroup The Last Shadow Puppets.

These free screenings are some of the first chances for UK audiences to see Sunny Dancer before the film’s UK-wide cinema release on 14 August 2026.

Bella Ramsey said after reading the script, they were convinced: “There was absolutely no doubt in my mind that this was something I absolutely needed to do.”

For writer and director George Jaques, the film’s inspiration was personal: “My mum had cancer for a long time when I was growing up.

“I think it was part of why I got into writing. Having that background as a teenager, and her getting diagnosed massively impacted the way I saw the world. So I knew I wanted to tell a cancer story.”

Sunny Dancer screens for free at over 120 UK independent cinemas on July 27 - 28, 2026. Tickets are available now at escapetothecinema.co.uk