ODEON announces reopening dates for UK cinemas

The UK’s largest cinema chain, ODEON, has announced it will begin reopening cinemas from Saturday 4 July, with new health and safety measures in place. Ten ODEON cinemas in England will be the first to open, with a further 88 UK cinemas set to reopen by 16 July.

To ensure guests can enjoy the ODEON safer cinema experience in the most controlled environment, ODEON has worked with the UK Cinema Association and UK Government to introduce enhanced health and safety measures to each site. These safety measures include:

• Safer Buying
  • Contactless experience, including booking online and contactless ticket checks in cinema and contactless till payments for purchasing food and drinks
  • Range of ‘Grab & Go’ pre-packaged food and drinks including a bottled drink, Butterkist popcorn and a bag of sweets to improve speed of service

• A Safer Space:
  •  Limited seats on sale for each show and guaranteed unoccupied seats between guests to meet social distancing requirements, whilst enabling family groups and social bubbles to sit together
  • Staggered show start times to reduce queues, with safe queuing measures in place such as floor markings and cinema host support
  • Newly serviced air conditioning that ensures fresh air is delivered into all screens
• Enhanced cleaning by well-trained teams
  • More frequent cleaning routines on all high contact areas of the cinema guest journey
  • Guest sanitiser stations offering complimentary sanitising gels and wipes
  • Teams diligently trained on safety and hygiene measures, equipped with PPE, including face coverings and gloves

Carol Welch, Managing Director UK & IRE said “We are excited to confirm that from 4 July, our UK cinemas will begin reopening.  We’ve carefully planned every step of our guest journey and put safety measures in place that will enable our highly trained colleagues to provide a controlled and safer cinema experience for all our guests.

“New measures include social distancing in our auditoriums and foyers, additional cleaning regimes, and a request to book tickets online prior to arrival.  We would like to thank our colleagues and guests for their patience during this period, and we can’t wait to welcome guests back to big-screen entertainment and a safer cinema experience.”

Following three months of small-screen home entertainment, virtual quizzes and endless remote scrolling, film fans can once again book tickets for the big screen from 25 June.  A mix of recent and remastered classics will be screened at ODEON following the reopening including 1917, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, re-released and remastered in 4k for its 40^th anniversary, Sonic the Hedgehog and Onwards, Little Women, Bad Boys for Life, Dirty Dancingand The Greatest Showman.

Summer’s big blockbusters are also just around the corner, beginning with Mulan and Tenet at the end of July alongside other new releases including Dreambuilders and Unhinged.

ODEON Trafford Centre, ODEON Luxe Birmingham Broadway Plaza, and ODEON Luxe Epsom will be amongst the first ten cinemas to reopen, while further film-loving communities can expect their local ODEONs including ODEON Liverpool ONE, ODEON Kingston, and flagship ODEON Luxe Leicester Square back by 16 July.

Film fans craving the big screen experience can purchase tickets from 25 June online at https://www.odeon.co.uk/.

The reopening of ODEON’s UK cinemas follows the successful and safe reopening of ODEON Cinema Group’s European sites in Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, built on consistent safety processes, and adapted to local Government regulations.

Reopening dates:

Saturday 4 July (tickets on sale from 25 June)

1. ODEON Trafford Centre
2. ODEON Luxe Birmingham Broadway Plaza
3. ODEON Luxe Epsom
4. ODEON Norwich
5. ODEON Milton Keynes Stadium
6. ODEON Bournemouth BH2
7. ODEON Luxe Lee Valley
8. ODEON Luxe Warrington
9. ODEON Port Solent
10. ODEON Luxe Durham

Friday 10 July (tickets on sale from 25 June)

1. ODEON Liverpool ONE
2. ODEON Metrocentre
3. ODEON Silverlink
4. ODEON Guildford
5. ODEON Luxe Liverpool Switch Island
6. ODEON Chatham
7. ODEON Luxe Telford
8. ODEON Luxe Tamworth
9. ODEON Luxe Maidenhead
10. ODEON Luxe Derby
11. ODEON Luxe Leicester
12. ODEON Mansfield
13. ODEON Luxe Hull
14. ODEON Tunbridge Wells
15. ODEON Luxe Bromborough
16. ODEON Beckenham
17. ODEON Luxe Stafford

Monday 13 July (tickets on sale from 25 June)

1. ODEON Luxe Aylesbury
2. ODEON Brighton
3. ODEON Colchester
4. ODEON Hatfield
5. ODEON Coventry
6. ODEON Kettering
7. ODEON Kingston
8. ODEON Luxe Leeds Thorpe
9. ODEON Luxe Leeds-Bradford
10. ODEON Luxe Leicester Square
11. ODEON Lincoln
12. ODEON Luxe Nuneaton
13. ODEON Trowbridge
14. ODEON Rochdale
15. ODEON Chelmsford
16. ODEON Surrey Quays
17. ODEON Taunton
18. ODEON Birmingham New Street
19. ODEON Blackpool
20. ODEON Camden
21. ODEON Northwich Baron Quays
22. ODEON West Brom
23. ODEON Greenwich
24. ODEON Hereford
25. ODEON Huddersfield
26. ODEON Orpington
27. ODEON Salisbury
28. ODEON Covent Garden
29. ODEON Uxbridge
30. ODEON Wimbledon
31. ODEON Oxford George Street

Wednesday 15 July (tickets on sale from 25 June)

1. ODEON Luxe Glasgow Quay
2. ODEON Dunfermline
3. ODEON Luxe Dundee
4. ODEON Luxe East Kilbride
5. ODEON Braehead
6. ODEON Edinburgh Fort Kinnaird
7. ODEON Luxe Edinburgh West
8. ODEON Kilmarnock

Thursday 16 July (tickets on sale from 25 June)

1. ODEON Luxe & Dine Islington
2. ODEON Oldham
3. ODEON Oxford Magdalen Street
4. ODEON Preston
5. ODEON Richmond
6. ODEON Southampton
7. ODEON Stoke
8. ODEON Streatham
9. ODEON Luxe Swiss Cottage
10. ODEON Bath
11. ODEON Dudley
12. ODEON Worcester
13. ODEON Southend
14. ODEON Great Northern
15. ODEON Andover
16. ODEON Banbury
17. ODEON Basingstoke
18. ODEON Bristol
19. ODEON Tottenham Court Road
20. ODEON Luxe Darlington
21. ODEON Dorchester
22. ODEON Exeter
23. ODEON Harrogate
24. ODEON Hastings
25. ODEON Loughborough
26. ODEON Newark
27. ODEON Crewe
28. ODEON Luxe Putney
29. ODEON Luxe Sheffield
30. ODEON South Woodford
31. ODEON Swadlincote
32. ODEON Luxe Haymarket