Omniplex advertises for Sunderland manager after lease agreed with new cinema operator
The curtain could soon raise on a new cinema for Sunderland.
After the council recently approved a lease with a new theater operator, Sunderland-based Omniplex is hiring a general manager.
Omniplex posted a job advertisement for Sunderland this week, despite the fact that the identity of the new owner of the former Empire Cinema in Sunderland has not yet been officially announced.
The job spec reads: “Would you like to join a growing company in an exciting industry? If so we are currently recruiting a General Manager for our state-of-the art all-digital Sunderland Omniplex! This is a senior role with a high degree of responsibility.”
Established in Ireland in the early 90s, Omniplex operates many cinemas across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and has since branched into mainland UK.
The company describes itself as: “the market leaders in cinema, with state of the art technology, ensuring our customers enjoy the best experience possible!”
Sunderland has been without a cinema since July 2023, when Empire Cinemas went into administration.Before the national announcement from Empire Cinemas, Sunderland City Council had already acquired the Sunniside Leisure building, the location of the movie theater.
The Sunniside Leisure Complex is set to undergo restoration and re-fit in the coming months. The council has released spending recommendations, with the goal of repurposing the leisure complex’s unoccupied units through capital investment planned for the 2024–2025 year.
Last year, they entered talks with a number of possible operators to take over the site and run it as a cinema once more.
And earlier this year, Sunderland City Council’s Labour leader confirmed the council is in the “advanced stages of agreeing a lease” for a cinema operator at the site.
The announcement that a movie theater will reopen coincides with the week that Sunderland was the focus of the UK film and television industries.
A devolution agreement reached after the spring budget has made it possible to obtain the additional funds required to construct one of Europe’s biggest film and television complexes on the banks of the Wear at Pallion.
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