Now in the process of being transformed into a community hub including a food bank and arts crafts etc. Nice to see it at the centre of the community again.
Now being demolished and replaced with a 3 screen multiplex on the same site. Local opinion is divided with many sorry to see the Cinema go but there are severe structural problems. The below stage dressing rooms have flooded for many years (see link).
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/watch-take-tour-behind-scenes-11989454
Stripping out has now begun so it looks like the end. Demolition is set to take more than a year because the building is set into a cliff face with houses above. In fact, the whole operation is set to cost £4million, which would have gone a long way towards restoration instead, but it wasn’t to be.
Demolition plans confirmed. The secretary of state has refused to call in the decision, so £4 million is to be spent on the demolition, which will take around a year. A deeply unpopular decision, especially since the replacement attraction looks like it will be rather naff. What on earth is going on in Scarborough?
Now in trouble again. There were a couple of years of very successful Bill Kenwright productions as well as other one off events, but the owner has now put in a planning application to turn it into flats. It is a large, well equipped and fully functioning theatre featuring one of the best preserved Odeon interiors in the country but it is in danger of being lost. There is a petition to Peterborough Council here
https://www.change.org/p/peterborough-city-council-refuse-planning-permission-for-the-broadway-theatre-to-be-converted-to-flats-30159e54-5eb0-4fb9-bcd8-31857bcb8465?recruiter=647615636&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive
Unfortunately, this theatre opened for a mere 6 months in 2011 before closing again after it emerged that it was being run by a notorious fraudster. It is now on the market for £2.8 million. It is in very good order but whether it ever opens as a theatre again remains to be seen.
http://www.theatreforsale.co.uk/?gclid=CNmzisPg8LcCFfDMtAodekUA9w
According to the York Evening Press, there are plans to create a fourth screen in the former Manager’s flat and a restaurant in the former shop downstairs which means the large auditorium using the original Circle will be retained as one space which is good news. There are also plans to use screen 3 as a live performance space in November which is ironic considering Odeon never provided the venue with stage facilities.
I’ve just returned from a trip to the Reel (I have to stop calling it the Odeon!) and the transformation, compared to the last days of Odeon, is very marked. The whole place feels warm and clean now. The staff are as friendly as ever and were quite happy to plot out the programme for screen one (the original auditorium). Toilets were clean and smelt fresh (unlike the old days) and, overall, it can be well recommended. The auditorium is certainly looking good. The audience were certainly a bit thin on the ground for an afternoon showing of ‘Aliens in the Attic’ but I’m told it can still be filled for the blockbusters. Splitting the main house into two would be a shame after all this effort because it would loose one of the most unique features but the fact that this venue has reopened as a cinema seemed so unlikely to happen at one point that I can only wish Reel Cinemas the very best in this venture and trust their judgement as custodians of this fine venue.
I had a look at the building yesterday. The car park at the rear is in use complete with its signage. There was a skip round the back full of rubbish and there was somebody in the building. The padlocks were off the front door and the foyer lights were on. Is somthing happening at last? I would love to see this as a cinema again but I do honestly think York City Council’s refusal to allow the signs to be removed was the death of this building. In my opinion, the signs should have been removed to a suitable museum and Odeon allowed to carry out its rebranding exercise as happened in nearby Harrogate. The signs were in poor condition and will have to come down anyway for any future use or, dare I say it, demolition. Reel cinemas run my local cinema in Grantham but it is a very small cinema. Could they have taken on too much with York?
Now in the process of being transformed into a community hub including a food bank and arts crafts etc. Nice to see it at the centre of the community again.
Now being demolished and replaced with a 3 screen multiplex on the same site. Local opinion is divided with many sorry to see the Cinema go but there are severe structural problems. The below stage dressing rooms have flooded for many years (see link). https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/watch-take-tour-behind-scenes-11989454
Stripping out has now begun so it looks like the end. Demolition is set to take more than a year because the building is set into a cliff face with houses above. In fact, the whole operation is set to cost £4million, which would have gone a long way towards restoration instead, but it wasn’t to be.
Demolition plans confirmed. The secretary of state has refused to call in the decision, so £4 million is to be spent on the demolition, which will take around a year. A deeply unpopular decision, especially since the replacement attraction looks like it will be rather naff. What on earth is going on in Scarborough?
Now in trouble again. There were a couple of years of very successful Bill Kenwright productions as well as other one off events, but the owner has now put in a planning application to turn it into flats. It is a large, well equipped and fully functioning theatre featuring one of the best preserved Odeon interiors in the country but it is in danger of being lost. There is a petition to Peterborough Council here https://www.change.org/p/peterborough-city-council-refuse-planning-permission-for-the-broadway-theatre-to-be-converted-to-flats-30159e54-5eb0-4fb9-bcd8-31857bcb8465?recruiter=647615636&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive
Re-opening again this winter with a programme of Bill Kenwright productions. Its for a few months at first but hopefully it will be well supported.
Unfortunately, this theatre opened for a mere 6 months in 2011 before closing again after it emerged that it was being run by a notorious fraudster. It is now on the market for £2.8 million. It is in very good order but whether it ever opens as a theatre again remains to be seen. http://www.theatreforsale.co.uk/?gclid=CNmzisPg8LcCFfDMtAodekUA9w
The Broadway Theatre is reopening in February 2011 after repairs.
http://www.thebroadwaytheatre.co.uk/
According to the York Evening Press, there are plans to create a fourth screen in the former Manager’s flat and a restaurant in the former shop downstairs which means the large auditorium using the original Circle will be retained as one space which is good news. There are also plans to use screen 3 as a live performance space in November which is ironic considering Odeon never provided the venue with stage facilities.
I’ve just returned from a trip to the Reel (I have to stop calling it the Odeon!) and the transformation, compared to the last days of Odeon, is very marked. The whole place feels warm and clean now. The staff are as friendly as ever and were quite happy to plot out the programme for screen one (the original auditorium). Toilets were clean and smelt fresh (unlike the old days) and, overall, it can be well recommended. The auditorium is certainly looking good. The audience were certainly a bit thin on the ground for an afternoon showing of ‘Aliens in the Attic’ but I’m told it can still be filled for the blockbusters. Splitting the main house into two would be a shame after all this effort because it would loose one of the most unique features but the fact that this venue has reopened as a cinema seemed so unlikely to happen at one point that I can only wish Reel Cinemas the very best in this venture and trust their judgement as custodians of this fine venue.
I had a look at the building yesterday. The car park at the rear is in use complete with its signage. There was a skip round the back full of rubbish and there was somebody in the building. The padlocks were off the front door and the foyer lights were on. Is somthing happening at last? I would love to see this as a cinema again but I do honestly think York City Council’s refusal to allow the signs to be removed was the death of this building. In my opinion, the signs should have been removed to a suitable museum and Odeon allowed to carry out its rebranding exercise as happened in nearby Harrogate. The signs were in poor condition and will have to come down anyway for any future use or, dare I say it, demolition. Reel cinemas run my local cinema in Grantham but it is a very small cinema. Could they have taken on too much with York?