Everyman Cinemas

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Everyman Media Group plc
TypePublic Limited Company
AIM: EMAN
Industry Entertainment
GenreCinema, Films, Movies, Restaurant, Bar
Founded1933 (Original Everyman theatre)
Headquarters London, England
Number of locations
42 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

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

Everyman Cinema, Muswell Hill Muswell Hill.jpg
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 3Opening February 2024 [10]
Canary Wharf 3
CardiffMermaid Quay 5
Chelmsford 6
Chelsea 3
Cheltenham 5Former Tivoli Cinema until December 2023
Clitheroe 4
Crystal Palace 4
Edinburgh - St James Quarter 5Opened April 2022
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 [11]
Liverpool 4
Maida Vale 2
Manchester St. John's [12] 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-Upon-Avon 4
Walton-on-Thames 2
Winchester 2
Wokingham 3
York 4Originally the Odeon Cinema [13]

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. [14] They started a phased reopening in July 2020. [15]

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