A Walk through º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ's Cinema History with Andrew Dix

Because of coronavirus, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ's cinemas currently lie empty and silent. While we wait for them to be lively again, this podcast recaptures the vivid history of the town's film-watching from the end of the nineteenth century to the present

Andrew Dix takes a walk not only to the Odeon and Cineworld that are still thriving, but to º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ's several 'ghost cinemas': those sites, now put to other uses, where townspeople once gathered to watch films. We will hear about the Victory, the Playhouse and Vint's Electric Hippodrome - and about the community's film-viewing even before the coming of purpose-built cinemas.

This podcast was produced as part of Arts Week, an exciting and diverse programme of online events from º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ's creative community. View the full programme of events