Dir. Kirk Jones, UK, 2025, 120 mins.

Cast. Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson, Peter Mullan.

Funny, heartfelt and emphatically moving, I Swear dramatises the true story of Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson and his quest to live normally in a world that insisted on calling him different.

Diagnosed aged 15, John’s Tourette’s made him the target of huge misunderstanding in 1980s Britain, and he faced hostility, bullying and occasionally outright violence for much of his youth.

Aged 16, he was the subject of BBC TV documentary John’s Not Mad (a Q.E.D. episode that’s still ranked one of the 50 best British docs in national polls) and subsequently became one of the UK’s most passionate advocates for greater awareness and acceptance of Tourette’s, for which work he received an MBE in 2019.

I Swear promises a powerful look at an astonishing life – taking in the frustration and fatigue of being persistently misunderstood and the wit, grit and resolve that saw Davidson seek to define himself on his own terms.

Show times:

• Saturday 8th at 2.15pm (Relaxed Screening + Descriptive Subtitles)

• Tuesday 11th at 6pm

• Wednesday 12th at 8.30pm

Get your tickets here.