Local news direct to your inboxĪBC Broken Hill will deliver a wrap of the week's news, stories and photos every Friday. Mr Boland said all serving cinema staff would be offered employment at the Musicians Club. The cinema will be run under the club model of a not-for-profit business, meaning all profits will go back into the theatre. "It's an awesome feeling to ensure that that asset for the Broken Hill community, as well as the Wren legacy, is well looked after into the future." "We'll maybe look at a new silver screen, put curtains up on the walls so the sound is better, replace the chairs and give the foyer a spruce up. "There will be a little bit of a refurbishment but nothing will change building-wise," Mr Boland said. Some 25 years later, he's taking on the business to see John Wren's vision continue. General manager of the Broken Hill Musicians Club Michael Boland scored his first job as a teenager at the cinema. ( ABC Broken Hill: Jonathon Poulson) New beginnings Midnight Blue Art Silk Curtain Panels, Faux Silk Curtains (Rod Pocket, Grommet, Box Pleat, Three Pinch Pleat, Tab Top And Plain Ring Top) FabricMart. Hur, of the tribe of Judah 11 And he made loops of blue on the 31 And he hath filled him with the spirit edge of one curtain from the selvedge in of God. "The plan is to do our last screening on July 31 and end it with Elvis."Ĭinema manager Ashton Wren says he feels sadness and relief in handing over the cinema. "We can't sustain six or seven people inside a theatre when we've got reverse cycle blasting away, chewing up profits.
However, Mr Wren said the money went towards bills and insurance and had not been enough to get the business over the line. The Silver City Cinema was granted $35,000 in federal government funding last year to help with the cost of overheads during the crux of a lockdown. "Since COVID, it has just been so tough mentally, physically, emotionally," he said. The Wren family has owned and operated the cinema for four decades but says streaming services, rising utility bills, and coronavirus lockdowns made the business no longer viable.Ĭinema manager Ashton Wren said it was a difficult decision to sell the business.
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The future of one of the last independent movie theatres in NSW has been secured with the Broken Hill Musicians Club stepping in to purchase the Silver City Cinema.
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