Summer is speeding by – and so much is happening ‘behind the
scenes’ at the cinema. We have got to
that stage where from the outside it might look like very little is happening –
but actually we are busy busy getting things in place.
Hadden’s are making brilliant progress inside the building;
the amazing cooling labyrinth is in place – a whole series of pipes laid in
concrete under the auditorium – accessing the well of ‘coolth’ under the
building, so that on those fine summer days when we need the auditorium to be a
little cooler – we draw cool air from deep below the floor. Altogether, really cool. But now that the pipes are buried in
concrete – they will never be seen again!
The foundations for the internal walls and a solid floor
screed – so we are beginning to see the shape of what is to come. Very, very exciting.
During August the roof will be replaced – and this requires
scaffolding around the entire building, which unfortunately means that the
Chapel St bus stop will need to be temporarily moved for the next ten to twelve
weeks. Our apologies for any
inconvenience caused by this.
The other really exciting development has been the creation
of The Birks Cinema Ltd. This is now an
incorporated company (SC428528) and we have a board of nine Directors; three
from FoTBC and six new people. The new Trading Board members are:
Karen Banyard
Patti Walker-Booth
Ron Dekker
Mike Dukes
Charlotte Flower
Peter Guthrie
Daniel Maslen
Kevin Ramage
Douglas Swan
We have had our first full Board meeting, and what an
amazing room full of local expertise, enthusiasm and experience.
And elsewhere? This
is an exciting time for cinema in Scotland – The Thurso Cinema (http://thursocinema.co.uk) reopened in July and Oban Phoenix Cinema (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oban-Phoenix-Cinema)
is re-opening in August. Good luck to them both and Vive le cinema!
Other news:
The AGM of the Friends of The Birks
Cinema takes place on 30th August at Dewars Distillery from 730pm.
Recruitment of a General Manager of
the Birks Cinema will begin in mid-August. Please see the Birks Cinema website
for a link to the advert and further details, go to: www.birkscinemafriends.org.uk
