Staff members working at the Light House cinema in Wolverhampton, England, today announced on social media that the arthouse and media center is set to cease trading and close its doors for the final time Thursday due to acute financial struggles.
On Thursday morning Darryl Griffiths, Marketing Manager of the cinema posted a lengthy message on social media announcing the closure.
“For a venue that has been remarkably resilient amidst many a challenge, never did we think it would finally come to this,” he wrote.
News of the closure comes just weeks after the unexpected shuttering of the Edinburgh film festival and both Filmhouse cinema locations in Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
The popular arthouse cinema is part of the wider Light House charity, which has operated out of the Chubb Building in the city center of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region of England since 1991.
The building has also doubled as an arts center,...
On Thursday morning Darryl Griffiths, Marketing Manager of the cinema posted a lengthy message on social media announcing the closure.
“For a venue that has been remarkably resilient amidst many a challenge, never did we think it would finally come to this,” he wrote.
News of the closure comes just weeks after the unexpected shuttering of the Edinburgh film festival and both Filmhouse cinema locations in Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
The popular arthouse cinema is part of the wider Light House charity, which has operated out of the Chubb Building in the city center of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region of England since 1991.
The building has also doubled as an arts center,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
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