Regal Renovation - Good News (Definitely)

The HLF have finally announced that they have awarded Tenbury Town Council £681,300 towards the renovation of the Regal Cinema.
This appears to be 90% of the required funding so some additional money will have to be raised, or taken from Town Council reserves.

Mamma Mia Plays to Another Full House

Mama Mia, the hit Musical of Summer 2008 returned to Tenbury today as part of the Film Festival. Once again, the film played to a full house. This must have been the most successful film screened in the Regal in recent years with a record 7 full houses.

Tenbury Film Festival

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Mamma Mia Returns

After it's extended sell out screening in August, the hit musical film is set to return to Tenbury in October as part of the Film Festival.

Full details are on the Regal (unofficial) website.

New Lease of Life for the Tenbury Regal

A study commissioned by the Tenbury Area Partnership is to propose the development of the Regal Cinema/Community Centre into a vibrant arts, heritage and cultural centre.

New facilities could provide opportunities for people of all ages to participate in sports, arts and recreational activities.

A well designed re-development of the site could provide a vibrant cultural centre with cross over facilities by combing meeting rooms and office space with a wide range of activities including museum facilities, events and exhibitions, gallery, whilst keeping and upgrading the existing Cinema and Theatre space.

It is hoped that £2M Grant funding from a variety of sources can make this plan a reality.

Ghost Town

Tenbury town centre was like a ghost town this afternoon, with some of the shop keepers peering out along the pavement wondering where all the people were. The only hive of activity was the Regal, where over a hundred & forty excited children (and adults) waited to see the latest Dream Works release, Kung Fu Panda.

Busiest ever week at the Regal

With the screening of the hit movie Mamma Mia, the volunteers running the Regal Cinema at Tenbury Wells have successfully managed what is probably their busiest week ever.

With 5 full houses seating around 1300 people, Tenbury Wells Teme Street has been alive each evening, with hundreds of people with happy, smiling faces.

Mamma Mia is set to become as popular as the movie Grease has been for the last twenty years. With stunning and outrageous performances from a star packed cast, this film is a must see for anyone who has ever hummed, whistled or sung an Abba song, or remembers 'Disco'. Set in a holiday destination that we would all like to visit, this film will be re-watched and remembered for years.

Congratulations to the team, and long may it continue with an exciting range of high profile films being promised over the next few months.

Lets hope the the Town Council are as successful in the Lottery Grant Application to help fund much needed repairs having let the fabric of the building deteriorate over the years.

Unofficial Website
Official Website

Unprecedented crowds outside the Regal

Hugh crowds queued outside the Tenbury Wells Teme Street Regal Cinema tonight hoping to see the latest blockbuster movie 'Mamma Mia'.

The queue started forming an hour before the screening was due to start and quickly built to be over a hundred metres long.

The Art Deco style 1937 cinema only has a maximum capacity of 260 seats, so hundreds of people had to be turned away.

Hopefully this new found enthusiasm for screening popular films in Tenbury will be continued and this will help to raise the cinemas profile to enable the new management and the Town Council to raise the much needed finance and grant aid to carryout extensive repairs.

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Mamma Mia Trailer