There’s more to Biscuit Factory than just films
READING’S newest cinema is quickly proving that it can do so much more besides screeening films. The Biscuit Factory opened last autumn with the promise that it would be a community hub.
After a combined film screening and live drag event late last month, it has shown that it can be.
The evening’s host, Calamity Storm, lived up to her name with a whirlwind of a lip-sync, matched with intricate yet inyour-face costume design.
She was followed by
Reading lip-sync champion of 2022, Moanica Balls, who also gave a stunning performance.
Big Jay closed the evening, showing how Reading is at the forefront of the emerging drag monarchy with their inventive lip-syncing and dance numbers, including a lip-sync competition between three members of the audience.
This set the stage for a screening of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Dessert, as part of the cinema’s Cult Classics programme.
With smaller theatre rooms, the Biscuit Factory provides a comfortable viewing experience with the atmosphere of a classic Saturday at the pictures.
The audience’s whoops, cheers, and tears give the feeling of a group event.
This is something that has been sorely missed during the pandemic, and lends itself to the Biscuit Factory’s “cult” showings, and Priscilla especially.
The venue has a wide range of film screenings, including other classics such as Little Shop of Horrors and Thelma and Louise.
It also shows brand new releases, such as Doctor Strange: Multiverse of
Madness and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.
The Biscuit Factory has a bar which features a good selection of beers, wines, spirits, and soft drinks, as well as ales from local breweries Phantom, DoubleBarrelled, and Siren Craft Brew.
It will soon be opening its kitchen, where it will provide pizza, hotdogs, cinema snacks, and milkshakes, with plantbased options available.
Until then, snacks are available at the bar.
The venue offers a full range of accessibility options, with relaxed and captioned screenings and plenty of wheelchair access to screens and facilities.
For more information, or to book tickets, visit: www. readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk