Stafford Cinema - ups & downs.

[Gramaisc]

The cinema is available, on eBay, as a model, as it was in its Odeon days:

Initially, the offer included a boat, as well as the cars, but it was pointed out that it was too small.

 

[gilbert grape]

Facebook page now launched

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[Theresa Green]

for Penkridge too I hope

 

[Theresa Green]

Brian Clough

Excellent coach

Took all his teeth out and put seats in

 

[Cirrus]

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out. I wonder if they will keep the other 2 screens, or open it all up.

 

[bunique]

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out. I wonder if they will keep the other 2 screens, or open it all up.

They’ve said main room (screen 1) open by March, second room open later in the year plus rehearsal space, music lessons and merchandise space

 

[SketchyMagpie]

The story also says one of the screens (3 if I recall correctly) will keep the seats for comedy shows etc.

 

[PeterD]

Music venue opening in the old cinema?

Plans to reopen former Stafford cinema as music venue https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-64038900

 

[gilesjuk]

These days you have to think about what a town lacks when opening a new venue. Unless of course you think you can steal customers away from other places. But that helps nobody long term.

Live performance music venue maybe. However there's houses not a million miles away.

 

[Mudgie]

These days you have to think about what a town lacks when opening a new venue. Unless of course you think you can steal customers away from other places. But that helps nobody long term.

Live performance music venue maybe. However there's houses not a million miles away.

It was built soundproofed enough for films including westerns.

 

[gilesjuk]

It was built soundproofed enough for films including westerns.

Yeah but gig volume levels tend to be higher. You never need to tell people to switch off their phones or stop talking at gigs. Of course, there's a nightclub or two near by as well.

 

[Gramaisc]

Yeah but gig volume levels tend to be higher. You never need to tell people to switch off their phones or stop talking at gigs. Of course, there's a nightclub or two near by as well.

Films may have quiet suspenseful bits, that music performances may have a lot fewer of, in general.

Although, I have been at phone-restricted music events.

People outside the venue can be an issue, of course, before and after, hence the odd parking restriction times in Friars' Road, presumably as a result of closing time at the Top of the World/Couture?

 

[Mudgie]

Maybe it could become yet another McCarthy Stone retirement home.
Built in 1936 it would be about the same age as its residents.

 

[proactive]

These days you have to think about what a town lacks when opening a new venue. Unless of course you think you can steal customers away from other places. But that helps nobody long term.

Live performance music venue maybe. However there's houses not a million miles away.

Living proof that we need experts.

 

[Noah]

Alternative site for the beer festival if Couture doesn't work

 

[proactive]

Would be a much better option, frankly.

 

[Mudgie]

Alternative site for the beer festival if Couture doesn't work

Yes indeed, and it certainly won't have the shortage of seating that's all too often a feature of beer festivals.

 

[gilesjuk]

Although, I have been at phone-restricted music events.

Yeah well that was more about stopping people blocking everyones view plus watching the gig through their phone screen.

 

[Gramaisc]

Yeah well that was more about stopping people blocking everyones view plus watching the gig through their phone screen.

It was more about phones going off during the performance and disturbing the ambience.

 

[gilesjuk]

It was more about phones going off during the performance and disturbing the ambience.

Can't say I've ever heard a phone ring at a gig. I know some artists dislike having really ropey videos of them performing uploaded to the internet. In some cases because it's their low effort performances that are ropey