For recorded information please telephone 0300 124 0275. Calls to this number are charged at local call rates. To contact the cinema directly, please telephone 01179 625 852, after 2.00pm at weekends, and after 5pm on weekdays. Staff are unavailable to take telephone calls before this time.

This cinema is part of a Waitrose development that was carried out in the late 1960s and is built on the site of the original Orpheus Cinema. This was a very pleasant, typical 1930s suburban cinema with around 1,500 seats. Pictures are on display on the main entrance stairs.

It was fitted out and operated for many years by Star Cinemas, a National company who were well known for the creation of small, multi-screen cinemas all designed in what was then the latest style, with much use of purples, illuminated stair banisters & pyschedelic screen lighting.

Ownership passed from Star to Cannon, to MGM to ABC, then to a Mr Peter Walker until he assigned the lease to Reeltime Cinemas. They continued to operate it until February 2009 when it was acquired by Scott Cinemas.

Some refurbishment was carried out in May 2009 to improve the retail and other areas but care was taken to retain its better late 60s features which some 40 years on give it a particular appeal.

In 2012, a thorough complete refurbishment commenced of the auditoria and front of house areas. New ceilings and soundproofing were installed to help with heat loss and accoustics. All auditoria lighting was updated, and air conditioning was fitted. A new, larger screen was added to Screen 1, as well as a general tidy up of the main entrance and stair way. In 2016, we completely refurbished the toilets and foyer, by expanding into redundant staff areas. We made use of lockdown in 2020 by adding a Digital Laser Projector to Screen 1.

This is a pleasant neighbourhood cinema in an affluent part of the city which has a very loyal audience and is also enthusiastically supported by the many students in the area... a little gem that still shines!