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We're installing a new giant IMAX screen. It's a big job, so the Theatre will be closed from 6-18 February.
Wednesday, January 18 by Julie Brown
We are installing a brand new giant IMAX 3D screen.
It’s big (naturally), so it’s a big job, which means we will be closed from 6-18 February, reopening for business as usual on Sunday 19 February.
• The screen measures 29.5m h by 35.7m wide and weighs approx 800kg. It is the biggest cinema screen in the world.
• On the day the screen is lifted onto the frame it will require 20 riggers working simultaneously to raise it the 30m to its full height.
• It will be painted on site using 350kg of special high gain silver paint. It will need four coats and each coat requires 24 hours to dry. A special paint rig scaffold has been brought in from IMAX in Canada to perform this task.
It’s big (naturally), so it’s a big job, which means we will be closed from 6-18 February, reopening for business as usual on Sunday 19 February.
• The screen measures 29.5m h by 35.7m wide and weighs approx 800kg. It is the biggest cinema screen in the world.
• On the day the screen is lifted onto the frame it will require 20 riggers working simultaneously to raise it the 30m to its full height.
• It will be painted on site using 350kg of special high gain silver paint. It will need four coats and each coat requires 24 hours to dry. A special paint rig scaffold has been brought in from IMAX in Canada to perform this task.
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