Art House

Last night, after months of wrangling, dithering, and what appears to be attempted sabotage, the city council finally approved my boss’ plan to reopen the Varsity cinema in Davis as an art house cinema.

Built in the 1950s, it had all the trappings of a small movie palace, including murals and a proscenium. It’s been hacked about since then. In the 70s it was divided into two screens, then in the early 90s the council acquired it and turned it into a very dull theatre space. The murals disappeared, the seating capacity was halved, and the exterior was painted grey and white.

Cinema Treasures documents the history, whilst the Davis Wiki details what the place has been used for in the past couple of years.

All being well, over the next few months I will make a documentary about the history of the building to be shown on the night of the grand re-opening.