On Chesil Beach: win a pair of preview screening tickets

Summer 1962, England is still a year away from huge social changes: the sexual revolution and the Swinging Sixties. We first encounter Florence and Edward, a young couple in their early 20s, on their wedding day. Now on their honeymoon, they are dining in their room at a stuffy, sedate hotel near Chesil Beach in Dorset.

Their conversation becomes more tense and awkward as the prospect of consummating their marriage approaches. Finally, an argument breaks out between them. Florence storms from the room and out of the hotel, Edward pursues her, and their row continues on Chesil Beach where one of them makes a major decision that will change both of their lives forever.

On Chesil Beach is a powerful, insightful drama about two people, both defined by their upbringing, bound by the social mores of another era.

Adapted for the screen by Ian McEwan from his own novel, On Chesil Beach is directed by Dominic Cooke (The Hollow Crown) and stars three time Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird, Brooklyn, Atonement) and Billy Howle (The Sense Of An Ending).

We’ve teamed up with Lionsgate to offer readers the chance to attend a preview screening of the film. We have 35 pairs of tickets to give away.

On Chesil Beach is in London West End cinemas from 18 May and cinemas nationwide from 25 May. Read the Evening Standard's interview with director Dominic Cooke here.

Terms & Conditions: Winners and their guests must be 18+. Promotion closes at 23.59 on Thursday 3 May 2018. There are 35 pairs of tickets to be won. The winners will be the first 35 entries selected at random after the closing date and will be contacted by email on Friday 4 May 2018. Winners and their guests should arrive at 6pm on Wednesday 09 May 2018 for a 6.30pm start. The tickets are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative. One online entry per person. Usual promotion rules apply, see www.standard.co.uk/rules. For further information, please write to Customer Care, Evening Standard Limited, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT. The Promoter is Lions Gate International (UK) Limited of 5th Floor, 45 Mortimer Street, London, W1W 8HJ (Company No. 08936180). The competition is run in association with the Evening Standard.