Regal Trust Report July/August 2016

Regal Trust Report July/August 2016

Attendance figures

July 2013    786 patrons

July 2014    898 patrons

July 2015  1287 patrons

July 2016  1839 patrons

August 2013 1352 patrons

August 2014 1398 patrons

August 2015 1117 patrons

August 2016 1797 patrons

Another great year at the Regal, and the best ever figures for July & August.

31st August was the end of the fourth year that the Regal has been under the management of the Regal Tenbury Trust.  It was also the busiest year on record with 227 Film screenings, 53 Event Cinema Screenings and 49 Live performances, a total audience of over 21,500 people.  In addition we hosted a number of public and private events, parties, conferences and rehearsals.

Type	2016	2015
Film	227	217
Event	53	36
Live	49	36
Audience	21616	19016

This time last year we reported on the plans to redevelop the service block in the function room.  Unfortunately there has been no further progress with this project will all requests for funding being turned down.

During the Summer both the current General Manager and the Deputy General Manager have resigned.

The Deputy GM will be leaving at the end of September and the GM at the end of October.

The Trustees have decided to change the management structure, and recruitment of a Theatre Manager is underway with interviews this week.  The hope is that someone will be in post by early October. The recruitment of a Theatre Administrator and a Caretaker will commence shortly.

Regal Trust Report June 2016

Regal Trust Report June 2016

Attendance figures

June 2013 1438 patrons

June 2014   726 patrons

June 2015   789 patrons

June 2016   871 patrons

June was a month of surprises and disappointments.  Eddie the Eagle and Florence Foster Jenkins performed below expectations, whereas Jungle Book, Eye in the Sky and Angry Birds exceeded our expectations.  Our final film of the month, The Train, a 1964 war thriller starring Burt Lancaster was a great success. The local audience was swelled by the arrival of two vintage bus loads of re-enactors from the Severn Valley Railway in authentic costumes.

We had four live shows this month, all were thoroughly enjoyed by those that attended, but all had disappointing tickets sales, which does seem to be a slightly worrying trend at the moment.

We now wait in anticipation to see how well our packed summer season performs.  We kick off the school holidays with The BFG, which is our first ever “first run” film, and follow with numerous family friendly presentations throughout the holiday season.

Regal Trust Report May 2016

Regal Trust Report May 2016

Attendance figures

May 2013 1516 patrons

May 2014 1358 patrons

May 2015 1061 patrons

May 2016 1108 patrons

A rather unremarkable month.  Some films, such as Batman v Superman failed to deliver, and whilst Eddie the Eagle and Eye in the Sky were successful they still failed to live up to expectations.  Only Jungle Book exceeded our expectations, but perhaps only because we had revised those expectations downwards.  We are seeing smaller audiences for family films as more people are now seeing films on release with the much improved offering in Hereford.

As our report was not on the agenda for the last meeting so I thought it was worth repeating this section from the report that was prepared.

We have just finished booking films for our summer season, and perhaps as an indication of the fragmentation in the marketplace, this has been the most time consuming and complicated process of all the seasons we have booked so far.  

The good news is our summer programme is much stronger than last years and for the first time we have been able to secure a film on a first run basis so we will be screening  Steven Spielberg’s The BFG at the same time as the big cinemas.  

As an indication of the fragmentation.  The BFG  is a Spielberg production, Spielberg productions are owned by Disney, so this is a Disney Film, but we are negotiating with Entertainment One (EOne) who have the UK rights.  The trailer is being distributed by MPD via the Lansat system, how we will receive the DCP or digital package is at yet unknown but will probably be via the Unique system.  As the different distribution platforms roll out I’m sure there will be further confusion until a dominant player emerges.