A charity and campaign group will screen a film, apt to their cause, to raise awareness of their work.

The Friends of Carlisle Victorian and Turkish Baths, working with the University of Cumbria, will screen ‘Steaming’, a film from 1985 about three regular users of a Turkish baths who decide to fight its closure.

Lydia Hepburn, events organiser for the group, said: “This is by far the most ambitious event we have organised in the two years since we began the campaign to save Carlisle’s Turkish baths, and we are hugely grateful to the university for their help in organising the evening.

“As well as having a rare opportunity to see what is a classic film, filmgoers will get the chance to ask questions about what we’re doing to get the Northwest’s last remaining Victorian Turkish baths back open.

“I was a regular user right up until the baths closed and I miss it so much. It was a real hub of tranquillity and community, and the lead characters in ‘Steaming’ reflect the same emotions we felt when our baths were threatened with closure and then closed, but you will need to watch the film to see if the baths in ‘Steaming’ meet the same fate.”

‘Steaming’ was the last film of Oscar-winning director Joseph Losey and was released a year after his death.

It stars Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, and, in her final film appearance, Diana Dors.

Adapted from a play by Nell Dunn, the story is told in a series of conversations between the women after an announcement that the baths are to be closed to build a leisure centre.

The film will be shown at the Stanwix Theatre at the Institute of the Arts, University of Cumbria, Brampton Road, Carlisle on Friday, September 29, 2023, at 7pm.

Tickets cost £15, concession £5, and are on sale via the University of Cumbria’s Ticketsource platform.