Onwards and Sideways (2026)
Tony Evans is the deputy head of a local primary school. Emma Dretzin is a pianist, composer and single mother of two daughters. Neither knows the other until a startling encounter changes the course of their lives: on the same morning, they are both confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s.
- Date of release
- 2026-11-06
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- John Madden
Casting
- Laura Linney — Emma Dretzin
- Rhys Ifans — Tony Evans
- Rory Kinnear — Professor Ridge
- Monica Dolan — Liz Evans
- Isabella Nefar — Bahar
- Leah Byrne — Julie
- Danielle Galligan — Carol
- Paul Mayhew-Archer — Tom
- Sorcha Cusack — Mary
- Emma Louise Webb
- Olivia Maffett — Viv
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