The Broadway's First New Screen in 69 Years Raised

With the Broadway's stage revealed once more, the next major step duly arrived, as Ayrshire's new largest cinema screen was raised for the first time.

The Broadway's first new screen since 1956 brings some Ayrshire history with it too as the original cinema screen of the fondly remembered Magnum Leisure Centre in Irvine! Cinemascope arrived in '56 and now 69 years on it returns! Raising the screen was no easy task as an enormous frame had to be constructed and winched into place, before the intricate fitting operation could begin. Once stretched and secured, it was time to fire up our digital and 35mm equipment and project the first pieces of film back into the Broadway's stage since One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest!

Half a century on, the magic of film is back.