Say hello to Screen Two!

We’re so excited to now have a second screen and the transformative potential it brings. It will allow us to double the number of films we show as well as increasing the length of time we’re able to show films for. It’s also the new home for our relaxed screenings on Sunday mornings. Our relaxed screenings are intended to provide a safe environment for neurodiverse audiences, but are open to everyone. This screen will also be the permanent home of our 16mm analogue projector, making it the perfect space to screen artist films as part of our new Pavilion Presents strand. 

Screen Two opened last Saturday for the memorable occasion of our very first Hyde Park Film School, with a specially curated day of films and talks focused on the brilliant work of Spike Lee. We then showed two wonderful documentaries there: My Name is Alfred Hitchcock and Kokomo City which is still showing and we highly recommend you come see it!

Our brand new 51 seat second screen is located in a new lower level with a cosy lobby area outside which has additional seating that audiences are welcome to use whenever we are open. It’s fully accessible via a new platform lift and the screen has space for two wheelchairs.

We’re thrilled with how Screen Two has turned out and hope you love it as much as we do. It was made possible thanks to support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Leeds City Council. We’d also like to say a huge thank you to our project team for the meticulous level of care they put into each detail of planning and building Screen Two – from ingenious box-within-a-box engineering to avoid sound spilling into the screen above – to the dedication they showed in making sure everything was right before opening. Thank you Page\Park, Buro Happold, Gardiner & Theobald, Avison Young UK and Triton Construction.

We're also extremely grateful to all customers who have sponsored seats in Screen Two and we will be holding a special sponsors event for sponsors in the autumn. We will be sharing details about this soon. There are a few seats left to sponsor, so if you're interested in seeing your own plaque on one of these seats, you can sponsor one here. And a final big thank you to all our audiences for your patience as we reached this milestone. We can’t wait to hear what you think of Screen Two!