Eden Court reopening on Thursday
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Eden Court is to open its cinema and café bar for the first time in seven months.
The venue in Inverness has also reprogrammed its ventilation system to pull in air from outside, rather than recirculating it.
James Mackenzie-Blackman, its chief executive, said: "To re-open our doors 226 days after we closed them feels like a huge moment for us.
"We do so with both excitement and nervousness about how successful our reopening will be, because the pandemic has devastated our cash position.
"The best way that folks can support us over the coming weeks would be to step-through our doors and work with us to make our re-opening the success it needs to be."
The films being shown are:
- Tenet, a sci-fi spectacle from the director Christopher Nolan.
- Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables
- A new adaptation of The Secret Garden
- The punk documentary White Riot details the Rock Against Racism movement.
- And, just in time for Halloween, there's the acclaimed new psychological horror Saint Maud from British writer-director Rose Glass.
Paul MacDonald-Taylor, the venue's head of film, said: "The light of the Eden Court projectors has been dormant since March.
"While the safety of our staff and audience will be our paramount concern in the coming months, I’m delighted that our cinemas will be reopening.
"There is a wealth of wonderful films out there waiting to be shown, where films really need to be seen – in the cinema.
"I’ve always felt that our screens are a window to the world – it’s now time for that window to be opened again."
Eden Court is not offering live performances yet.
Over the coming months though it will deliver theatre, opera, ballet and music on screen in the OneTouch Theatre.
It will have a number of National Theatre Live productions including, War Horse, All My Sons, King Lear, and Fleabag.
Dance fans will have Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, The Royal Ballet’s Giselle plus Spartacus and Sleeping Beauty from Australian Ballet.
A production of Aida, performed and recorded live on Sydney Harbour bridge will also be screened as will Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace.
Musical shows will also include Michael Ball and Alfie Boe back together, plus the Olivier award-winning musical Kinky Boots.
Full details will be online soon, with tickets going on sale in early November.
