Alternative venue for cinema closed over Raac

The 200-seat Alhambra Studio will offer a series of film seasons

A city centre performance venue in Bradford is to show films while a cinema remains shut after the discovery of crumbling concrete.

Pictureville Cinema, at the National Science and Media Museum, closed after reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) concrete was found.

It is expected investigation work will take about six months to complete.

The nearby Alhambra Studio has been chosen as an alternative venue.

The Alhambra Studio is a 200-seat venue next to the Alhambra Theatre, which is one of four council-run theatres in Bradford.

A series of film seasons will begin at the venue on 8 February under the title Pictureville Presents.

Sally Folkard, the museum's head of screen and cultural engagement, said they would "give audiences the opportunity to see films rarely screened on the big screen, plus the chance to experience a broad programme of independent, world cinema and classic titles that Pictureville is known for".

She said the season would begin with a matinee showing of Powell and Pressburger's I Know Where I'm Going (1945) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), followed by opening night screenings of Black Narcissus (1947).

"We look forward to welcoming audiences to The Studio, and back to Pictureville at the museum once it reopens," she added.

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