Cinema Stories

Before the Second World War, there were around seventy cinemas operating in Leeds. Now, though some remain open, most of these 'forgotten temples' have been repurposed or demolished. Since 2014, Leeds-based poets James Nash and Matthew Hedley Stoppard have been visiting the sites of legendary picture-houses, and documenting their current status with two inimitable, unmistakable poetic voices - whilst also considering the remarkable shared (yet personal) experience that is cinema-going.