Solar-powered shed cinema is nation’s smallest

IT is a far cry from the 
multiplex experience, with no surround sound, no 3D and no chance of getting a large popcorn for the main feature.

But a tiny wooden shed on a remote East Lothian harbour has its own special selling point, having been 
transformed into what is believed to be Scotland’s smallest cinema, with a spectator capacity of just ten.

The diminutive venue is also understood to have the honour of being the only solar-powered film theatre in the country.

It is thought the Beach Hut cinema in Dunbar, which was officially launched on Sunday, has now replaced the 69-seater Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre in Dumfries as Scotland’s smallest moviehouse.

But there won’t be any 3D Hollywood blockbusters or movie classics showing in the Victoria Harbour shed – which will instead screen a series of films created by six artists, some with international reputations.

Susie Goodwin, creative director at North Light Dunbar – the art group which runs the 9ft by 10ft cinema – said she believed it had clinched two Scottish records with the small-scale silver screen.

“I think we are definitely the only solar-powered cinema in Scotland and we’re probably the smallest as well,” she said.

“It opened at the weekend and has a counter set up which shows how much solar energy is being generated. People have been quite bowled over and I’ve been hearing lots of people talking about it around town.”