Everyman Cinemas

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Everyman Media Group plc
Company typePublic Limited Company
AIM: EMAN
Industry Entertainment
GenreCinema, Films, Movies, Restaurant, Bar
Founded1933 (Original Everyman theatre)
Headquarters London, England
Number of locations
45 cinemas
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Alex Scrimgeour (CEO)
Adam Kaye (Executive Director) [1]
Will Worsdell (FD)
ServicesBox Office Cinema, Food and Drink
OwnerEveryman Media Group plc
Website www.everymancinema.com

Everyman Media Group plc (known as Everyman Cinemas) is a cinema company based in London, England. [2]

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History

The company was founded in 2000, when entrepreneur Daniel Broch bought the original Everyman Cinema in Hampstead, London, which dated to 1933, which before then was a theatre. Broch led the growth of the company with the acquisition in 2008 of Screen Cinemas to add more locations. This coincided with Broch selling a majority stake in the enlarged company, though he remains a shareholder. [3]

The group is extending its operating area and has opened cinemas in northern England. The first of these opened in Leeds in April 2013 as part of the Trinity Leeds development in the city centre [4] and a second opened within The Mailbox in Birmingham on 27 February 2015. [5] A further cinema opened in Harrogate in September 2016. In April 2015, the company reached an agreement to buy four cinemas from its larger rival Odeon for £7.1 million. [6]

In August 2013, The Guardian reported that the entire non-management staff of about 100 was employed on zero-hour contracts, earning just above the minimum wage, and without any guaranteed set hours each week. [7]

Operations

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2 worlds 1 voice premier - Ntantu - Leeds 2023

Everyman Cinemas offer a programme of films and special events, including the Metropolitan Opera from New York and the National Theatre (in selected cinemas), live Q&As, film festivals and seasons. [8] The venues each feature a licensed bar, food, digital projection and surround sound technology. [9]

Current locations

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Everyman Cinema, Muswell Hill
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Interior of Everyman Cinema, Egham
CinemaScreensNotes
Altrincham 4
Baker Street 2
Bath 5Former Tivoli Cinema until December 2023
Barnet 5Former Odeon until July 2015
Belsize Park 1
BirminghamThe Mailbox 3
BristolWhiteladies Picture House 4
Borough Yards2Located by Borough Market
Broadgate 3
Bury St Edmunds 3Opened February 2024 [10]
Canary Wharf 3
Cambridge 5
CardiffMermaid Quay 5
Chelmsford 6
Chelsea 3
Cheltenham 5Former Tivoli Cinema until December 2023
Clitheroe 4
Crystal Palace 4
EdinburghSt James Quarter 5Opened 2 April 2022 [11]
Egham 4Opened September 2022
Esher 4
Gerrards Cross 3
Glasgow 3
Hampstead 2Additional private screening room
Harrogate 5
Horsham 3
IslingtonThe Screen On The Green 1
King's Cross 4Screen 4 is located in a different building
Leeds – Trinity5
Lincoln 4Opened August 2020 [12]
Liverpool 4
Maida Vale 2
Manchester St. John's [13] 3
Marlow 2Opened September 2023
Muswell Hill 5Former Odeon until June 2015
Newcastle upon Tyne 4
Northallerton 4Opened May 2023
Oxted 3
Plymouth 3Opened June 2023, located in the Royal William Yard.
Reigate 2
Salisbury 4Opened June 2023
Stratford International 4Opened 2024
Stratford-Upon-Avon 4
Walton-on-Thames 2
Winchester 2
Wokingham 3
York 4Originally the Odeon Cinema [14]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

In March 2020, Everyman Cinemas and all other cinemas in the UK closed indefinitely due to a national lockdown in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [15] They started a phased reopening in July 2020. [16]

References

  1. "Adam Kaye: Executive Director, Everyman Media Group PLC". Bloomberg. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. "Investors information - Registered Office of the Company". investors.everymancinema.com.
  3. "The Everyman gets a few more Screens". 24 March 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  4. "Everyman – Trinity Leeds" . Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  5. Young, Graham (24 February 2015). "First Look: Everyman Cinema at The Mailbox". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  6. Armstrong, Ashley (20 April 2015). "Everyman raises £20m to snap up four cinemas from Odeon". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  7. "Curzon and Everyman cinema staff on zero-hours contracts". The Guardian Newspaper. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  8. "About Everyman" . Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  9. "A Very Holborn Guide to Angel" . Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  10. Derrick, Paul (9 January 2024). "Opening revealed for town's new cinema – see how it will look inside". Suffolk News.
  11. Traynor, Sian; Farr, Jacob (17 March 2022). "Opening date for city's luxurious Everyman cinema at St James Quarter confirmed". Edinburgh Live. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  12. "Everyman Lincoln in Lincoln, GB - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org.
  13. "EVERYMAN Cinema Manchester | Browse Latest Listings". www.everymancinema.com.
  14. Laycock, Mike (24 June 2017). "York Cinema To Close For Refurb". The York Press.
  15. "An update from us". Everyman. March 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  16. Rosser2020-06-24T14:27:00+01:00, Michael. "Everyman to test reopening UK cinemas from July 4". Screen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)