Backyard Cinema is opening a cosy Winter cinema on the roof of Broadwick Live’s Depot Mayfield, home to Escape to Freight Island, The Warehouse Project and overlooking the new 6.5-acre Mayfield Park
Perfect for movie-lovers and adventure-seekers, Backyard Cinema offers an immersive cinema experience that is more than just the movies. What once started as a passion project in its founders’ very own back garden, Backyard Cinema has now grown to be one of the leading alternative cinema experiences in the UK.
After nearly a decade of reinventing what it means to watch a movie in London, they have now turned their attention to the North for their very first event outside of London. The immersive cinema experts will be building a purpose-built 330-capacity, indoor Winter cinema on the platform of Depot Mayfield for a limited 10 week run which commences from Friday 21st October.
Audiences can expect to be transported on a magical journey to a cinema like no other. Having to make choices as visitors explore movie-grade sets, through tunnels of trees, magical doors to eventually discover the Enchanted Forest and home of the Lost Theater.
The screening room will be filled with custom-made giant bean bag seating for guests to get cosied up in with ushers serving seasonal cocktails and sweet treats to create the most magical place to watch a movie. Taking residency on the platform for this limited 10 week run.
