Capitol Cinema Bodmin

Local cinema showing live feeds of Covent Garden opera, ballet, National Theatre and London West End productions - brilliant! But I'm reducing my star rating to four because of the sound quality in the live feeds from Covent Garden. I saw The Barber of Seville earlier in the season and it was LOUD! But sound quality varied during the evening so perhaps they were trying to tweak it. Turandot was lovely. The Marriage of Figaro last night was so loud that at times the speakers couldn't cope and the sound was distorted. And the balance was off - at times the orchestra was drowning the singers out. I don't know whether this is something the cinema can do anything about, or whether it's due to badly placed microphones in the theatre. It was so bad that when Il Trovatore comes around later in the season I will go to the Vue cinema in Plymouth - bigger cinema so maybe their sound system will be better able to cope? I don't want to be negative - I think this cinema does a great job - all the five star reviews are correct, but their sound system is letting them down
Apr 26th, 2023

Apr 23rd, 2023

Nice clean and fresh the staff are lovely so friendly and helpful and up for a laugh. Very welcoming. They also have pick n mix sweets, alcohol, crisp, popcorn, and fizzy drinks. Good prices. Definitely going again.
Apr 20th, 2023

First time to this cinema and first time ever for my daughters cinema experience and we had a fantastic time. Lovely young girl behind the counter and older chap just as friendly. Beautiful little cinema with comfortable,spacious seats. Highly recommend.
Apr 12th, 2023

What a cute small cinema. They were the only ones opened last minute at 8pm on an Easter Sunday night. Also half the price of what I pay in the city, and that included snacks.
Apr 11th, 2023