Screen Machine given major refurbishment
‘We are thrilled to be part of the new Screen Machine launch in Arran’
Arran’s mobile cinema is back on the road after a major refit, with a new hi-tech digital projector, new livery and, for the first time, the Screen Machine will be accompanied by the Travelling Gallery, Scotland’s mobile contemporary art exhibition space.
The 80-seater HGV, owned and operated by Regional Screen Scotland, will return to service after its full refit in France – at its original builders Toutenkamion, the world’s leading creators of cinemobiles – where it has had its hydraulics completely overhauled, received a state-of-the-art digital projector and screen and newly re-upholstered seats and a striking new livery by Highland-based designer Tristram Woolston.
From Tuesday to Friday, June 6 to 9, the Screen Machine will roll into Brodick for its first stop since the refurbishment with a packed
programme of the latest blockbusters and a unique Expanded Cinema screening of The Illusionist.
The packed programme includes the latest Disney blockbusters Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge and Beauty And The Beast, a chance to see this year’s Academy Award Best Picture winner Moonlight and Daniel Radcliffe
in Rosencratz and Guildenstern Are Dead in an encore screening from the National Theatre in London.
All of the senses will be tingled with New Media Scotland’s unique and evocative Expanded Cinema presentation of Scottish-French animation The Illusionist.
Working with local Arran food and drink producers and scent technician Ericka Duffy, audiences will eat, drink and smell their way through the film.
In another first for Arran, the Screen Machine will be parked up alongside the Travelling Gallery, Scotland’s mobile contemporary art gallery who’s current exhibition EAT SLEEP WORK REPEAT features artists who look at the industrialised and repetitive effects of the everyday.
Robert Livingston, director Regional Screen Scotland, said: ‘We’re delighted to be able to welcome the Screen Machine back from its major refit in France, at the factory of Toutenkamion, which built the Screen Machine back in 2005.
‘The substantial restoration work, and our new digital projector, will ensure that our much-loved mobile cinema remains fit for full-time operation for several years to come,
‘In launching our new tour in Brodick, we’re presenting a showcase of the range of exciting experiences that our audiences can expect in the coming months.
‘It’s not just the latest big releases, but special events, like our expanded cinema collaboration with New Media Scotland, regular on-screen presentations of photography exhibitions in association with Street Level Photoworks, encore screenings of live theatre relays and special daytime events with partners such as Alzheimer Scotland and Into Film. And we’re also especially pleased to be collaborating with the Travelling Gallery, bringing our two very special vehicles together in the one location for the very first time, as a symbol of our intention to work together more regularly in the coming months.’
Claire Craig, travelling gallery curator, added: ‘We are thrilled to be part of the new Screen Machine launch in Arran. It’s a wonderful opportunity to bring together and celebrate two of Scotland’s unique and mobile art spaces. We would like to thank Screen Machine and North Ayrshire Council.’
For the full 2017 Screen Machine schedule and tickets, go to screenmachine. co.uk.