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Back in its early ’00s days, Secret Cinema really was a secret. The identity of the films that were given inventive immersive screenings were kept a mystery until you got to a location only divulged at the last minute.
Blockbuster success has changed this quite a lot: it’s obviously not very practical to put on a massive scale, massive budget screening of a huge hit film but not tell anyone what or where it is. It has tended to flit around London, popping up unpredictably, often at venues that don’t technically have a name.
Well that’s all set to change from later this year, as Secret Cinema opens a new, permanent flagship home in the Greenwich Peninsula towards the end of 2026. And very pretty to looks to be too, from the fancy artistic renderings you can see above.
Beyond the pictures we don’t actually know a lot about the venue, not even its name (so there are still some secrets I guess). It’s also not entirely clear if ‘opening at the end of 2026’ means there will be an accompanying show. It seems improbable that there would be year-round programming, and with the company’s Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical returning to Battersea Park this summer, it may be a while before we get a show at the new venue. Then again, it may not: a lavish new screening-slash-staging of Barbie was seemingly almost announced last year – could the new venue open with that? All will be revealed in due course.
Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical is at Evolution London in Battersea Park, Jul 22-Sep 13.
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