Cinema marks 20 years with a fun day

Cineworld Chichester is celebrating its 20th birthday with a day of fun and games on Saturday, March 25.

The actual anniversary of its opening in 2003 is March 21, but the team have put the party back to the Saturday to maximise the party for everyone. Hans Sigurbjornsson, one of the cinema managers, explains: “We are going to get as many people as we can along and it will be coinciding with the beginning of John Wick 4.

“Every customer that comes will get a free small popcorn and we'll have some fun and games in the foyer. There will be some surprises and we will have some people dressing up as characters from films. One of the games is going to be bean bag throwing and if you hit the target you can upgrade your small popcorn to bigger or a substitute that is appropriate to you if you don't eat popcorn. Basically we're going to make sure that everyone gets a free treat.”

Cineworld started in 1995 and Chichester came along eight years later: “The whole focus has been on getting the best buildings, the cleanest buildings, the best experience and the best atmosphere. We've been so lucky here that we have got the IMAX screen as well. It is a big selling point for us. People come from a long way to see films there. I started at Cineworld part time when I was at university and I'm here full time six years later. I love the films and I love the colleagues. There's a real family feel all the way down from the management, and nothing beats being at work on Friday and seeing all the people coming in really excited about the films they're going to watch and seeing the children so excited about what they're going to see.”