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Revamped cinema welcomes 200,000th customer

Newcastle’s Tyneside Cinema celebrated a historic landmark as it welcomed its 200,000th customer in just 18 months of reopening.

75-year-old Lawrence Burn was on his way to see costume drama Bright Star with his wife when staff told him that he’d bought the cinema’s 200,000th ticket since May 2008.

Lawrence gets a six-month pass to the Tyneside Cinema, and the chance to programme a film of his own choosing at the cinema.

Lawrence said: “I was absolutely amazed when I found out, I’ve never won anything before in my life. I love coming to the Tyneside and this free pass will mean I can come a lot more often.”

Jonny Tull, the Tyneside Cinema’s Cinema Programme Manager said: “The Tyneside has proven extremely popular since it reopened and that we’ve sold so many tickets in such a short space of time is brilliant. We’re really thankful to our audiences for ensuring that the restoration and extension of the Cinema has proven such a huge success.”

December highlights include the return of the Christmas classic It’s A Wonderful Life, which the Tyneside screens to sellout audiences year-on-year.

There are also live satellite broadcasts of Opera from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York as well as old favourites such as The Wizard of Oz, La Dolce Vita and a screening of 80s action classic Die Hard.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .