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The Last Projectionist hits cinemas

4th May 2012
The Last Projectionist hits cinemas

The Last Projectionist - our feature length documentary about the history of The Electric and UK independent cinema, directed by Electric owner Tom Lawes - fi... read more

Educational hires

26th March 2012
Educational hires

Did you know that schools and colleges can book themselves in to watch a film and have a special presentation here at The Electric? One of the most recent med... read more

The Last Projectionist

18th January 2012
The Last Projectionist

Tutors looking to engage their students in film education will be pleased to know that The Electric Cinema has made available a brand new documentary entitled... read more

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Testimonials

Testimonials

Previous schools that have enjoyed our education tours/talks have included:

Staffordshire University
Bournville College
Golden Hillock School
5 Ways School
Heartlands School
Acorns Screening 
Arthur Terry School
Stratford College
Stratford High School

 


 Reviews

“Excellent service, really good, the guy knows what he’s doing. It’s nice that they’re trying to embrace a more social dimension to their activities, trying to widen the net rather just showing the latest films from the distributors and money being the only driving force.

Architecturally it’s a really beautiful place and the bijou size is perfect for small intimate screenings. It’s big enough to get a fair amount of people in there but not so much that you get lost.. And the comfy chairs at the back are absolutely top!”

Ian Cawley – South Birmingham College

"Our students rated their visit to the Electric Cinema as the best enrichment activity they did all term. Tom's talk on how he runs the Electric stimulated plenty of questions and gave us a lot of scope for follow up work in the classroom. The scale of the Electric was something they could relate to and they really enjoyed the style and atmosphere of the place - very different from the multiplexes they are used to. A really worthwhile experience"

 If you're looking to market to Schools the visit fits perfectly with the AQA "A" Level Business Studies Specification, Units 1 and 3 as well as Economics "A" level courses involving competition and theory of the firm.

Nigel Sharp - Five Ways School 

"Thanks for such a great event; everyone was really knowledgeable, and all of the children commented how much they enjoyed the trip and how much they learnt ready for their exam. The tour really engaged them and they enjoyed the comfort and friendliness of the cinema. I was really pleased how accommodating you were, especially to entertain us for four hours. We hope to make this trip an annual thing and possibly a more frequent trip with other year groups."

Emma Robins - Barr Beacon School