Everyman Media Group plc
Company typePublic Limited Company
AIM: EMAN
IndustryEntertainment
GenreCinema, Films, Movies, Restaurant, Bar
Founded1933 (Original Everyman theatre)
HeadquartersLondon, 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
Websitewww.everymancinema.com

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

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

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. ^ "Everyman Lincoln in Lincoln, GB - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org.
  12. ^ "EVERYMAN Cinema Manchester | Browse Latest Listings". www.everymancinema.com.
  13. ^ Laycock, Mike (24 June 2017). "York Cinema To Close For Refurb". The York Press.
  14. ^ "An update from us". Everyman. March 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  15. ^ 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)
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