An Independent movie theatre in Reading could host late screenings and entertainment into the night.
The Biscuit Factory is an independent cinema at Broad Street Mall that opened in July 2021.
It has shown a number of arthouse and mainstream films and hosted events since then.
The cinema was rescued in January last year after the original operator, the Really Local Group, went into administration.
The Biscuit Factory is now run by RIENT Ltd and is currently open from 10am to 11pm Tuesday to Sunday.
Its website states that it opens on Mondays for Bank Holidays and during school holidays from 10am to 11pm, and that it hosts Quiz Mondays in the Foyer upstairs from 5pm to 10pm.
Now, RIENT Ltd has applied to keep some activities at the theatre going until 1am.
Film showings would start at 10.30am Monday to Saturday and 11am on Sundays, going on until 11pm Sunday to Thursday and 1am on Fridays and Saturdays.
The business also wants the ability to host live music from 4pm Monday to Saturday, ending at 11pm Monday to Thursday and midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
Live music would take place from 3pm to 11pm on Sundays.
Recorded music would be played from 8am Monday to Saturday, ending at midnight Monday to Thursday, 1am Friday to Saturday, and from 8am to 11pm on Sundays.
In terms of food and drink, the venue would sell alcohol from 10.30am Monday to Saturday and 11am on Sundays until 11pm each night, the sale of food and soft drinks until midnight on Thursdays.
The increase in thes these activities has been submitted in a licensing application to Reading Borough Council.
A statutory consultation into the application is currently live.
You can provide a response by emailing licensing@reading.gov.uk. The deadline for responses is Monday, May 25.
