please empty your brain below
I think successive Covid lockdowns is what did for Cineworld (owner of Picturehouse cinemas) and the operator of the trampoline park.

The latter was all free-standing inside the auditorium - a giant scaffolding staircase took you to the bouncy bits in the circle, and the stage and even proscenium arch remain - so whoever buys it could potentially bring it back to a former use. Or it might just 'go on fire', as this kind of building would in Glasgow.

Think I might save my pennies and ignore the Everyman. Doesn't sound like it's for me.

martin | 18.12.24 - 7:13 a.m. | #

I think the wine bar might be hoping in vain for TfL staff to visit at lunch given it's strict policy on alcohol for all it's staff during the working day. A consultant who went out at lunch and brought back a bottle of wine for their evening meal was politely but firmly told never bring alcohol into the office ever again.

gruntbuggly | 18.12.24 - 7:31 a.m. | #

Here at the "real Stratford" (the one with an Avon) we have an Everyman "boutique cinema" that replace a Picture House that's been demolished in the thrust of "progress" and now looks like an overgrown bomb-site.

All I can say is that I want to go and watch a film, not be plagued with people bringing food and drink - what is life coming to?

Rob Gullen | 18.12.24 - 7:36 a.m. | #

Personally, I much prefer cinema-going in Everyman cinemas, but each to their own.

Steve | 18.12.24 - 8:05 a.m. | #

I no longer go to the cinema.
I preferred the large single screen cinemas with circle and stalls, continuous performance which meant you could enter and leave anytime during the show, a real pipe organ playing in the interval. Genuine film being shown from 20 minute reels with changeovers which meant the projectionist stayed alert. Managers wearing evening dress in the foyer greeting patrons. Ice cream sales from salesgirls who patrolledd the auditorium.
Today there is no film just large screen video, no projectionist, an unattractive box for auditorium, often no curtains or screen masking. Sound which is far to loud, and movies often full of CGI. No thanks

John | 18.12.24 - 8:34 a.m. | #

We are still in mourning for the Stratford Picturehouse as we could leave our house and be in our favourite seats seven minutes later after a stroll across the Morrisons car park. We are going to the cinema so much less now. We do ocassionally go to Vue but it is so loud (I say this as a hearing aid wearer). We tend to take advantage of the Elizabeth line station which is less than a five minute walk away and go to see films at the Barbican. Very good deals for members and Monday screenings are £6 for everyone. We won't be troubling the Everyman even though my husband works in the office block next door.

Joan | 18.12.24 - 8:38 a.m. | #

For a giggle, iI thought “it can’t really be twenty quid to watch a film” so went to their website but its worse

For a lunchtime screening! It’s £17.40 plus two quid booking fee to take it to £19.40, but for an evening screening, it is indeed more expensive and they want to charge me £22.40, which is hilariously awful.

Except even worse, when you tap to make your seat selection, it defaults to two people, and chooses you two seats, and i cant find a way to reduce that to one person. So right now for me its defaulting to £44.80 for this evening, and i cant find a way to purchase a solo ticket. Embarassing.

Clive | 18.12.24 - 9:26 a.m. | #

Could somebody please tell me what standards 'world-class' is judged against. It seems to be a phrase used by lazy PR staff all adopting the latest meaningless mumbo-jumbo.

Alan JS | 18.12.24 - 10:42 a.m. | #

Looks like Vue have dropped their prices, or they vary by location. Haven't been for some time, but I seem to remember prices north of £10 in the Finchley Road O2.

dg writes: the latter

Andrew S | 18.12.24 - 10:45 a.m. | #

How dare the cinema market cater for all ranges of tastes and budgets.

dncn | 18.12.24 - 11:05 a.m. | #

Everyman is certainly not for this (wo)man!

Cornish Cockney | 18.12.24 - 11:25 a.m. | #

Old enough to remember when the edibles available at a cinema were limited choices of confectionery, and occasionally popcorn. When did people become unable to watch a film without a side order of something smelly and unhealthy? That said, I did consume an excellent (and healthy) Poke Bowl at a boutique cinema in Suffolk this year. It was greatly more satisfying than the film.

Frank F | 18.12.24 - 12:03 p.m. | #

“Vue thus attracts more of the teenage crowd, whose inability to put their phones away mid-performance nudges many better-off filmgoers towards somewhere quieter”

Would love to see some guerrilla social science research on this, because in my limited experience (more theatre than films) this vice is always blamed on “teenagers” but it’s usually much older people who do it!

This tick is repeated elsewhere, e.g. there’s an old joke that boomers spent a lot of time stressing about the impact of social media on their kids, and then all of their worries happened to them instead. Those over 65 share *seven times* as much disinformation on social media as teenagers, for example: see here

Dominic Self | Homepage | 18.12.24 - 12:42 p.m. | #

Andrew - Vue have tiered pricing depending on which row you want to sit on. I went to the one on Finchley Road yesterday and I think they have four pricing tiers, from £6.99 to £10.49.

Jack S | 18.12.24 - 2:39 p.m. | #

I don't go to the cinema often and I currently don't live near an everyman. But I have been a couple of times and it's a nice treat. Very comfy spacious and no people talking or on their phones. Plus as cinema food is expensive anyway might as well have something decent.

Only problem is that some people get a bit too comfy and sometimes you hear some snores.

Rational Plan. | 18.12.24 - 6:28 p.m. | #

Having worked in two 20 screen cinemas opened in a fit of indulgence around the turn of the millennium, why did they open such a white elephant in 2011?!

Kirk | 18.12.24 - 6:36 p.m. | #

A £20 cinema ticket isn't worth £20 if you have people munching a full gourmet meal next to you in my opinion -- red cushions or not!

The Curzon in Victoria which I've been to once was an odd curiosity -- likely in the same modernity as an Everyman. It really did seem like cinema-ing is their side gig and their basement bar just before the screens was their main money maker at least judging by the number of people there and comparing the number of staff posted upstairs serving you popcorn (and perhaps a ticket) [1] and those working at the bar [many]!

matthieu1221 | 18.12.24 - 8:24 p.m. | #

Bromley Vue charges 9.99 for the cheapest "super saver" seats. My main gripe is that they turn on the lights immediately the credits begin to roll in an attempt to clear people out quickly, which is highly irritating for those of us who like to sit until the very end

Still mourning our beloved Picturehouse which closed last August

schmoodub | 19.12.24 - 11:24 a.m. | #

schmoodub- That's actually my favourite cinema in the area- the recliner seats, cheap price and local availability of places to score cheap snacks and drinks make it a very good option for "hey lets go see a film!" when with friends.

Emma | 19.12.24 - 3:20 p.m. | #











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