Only a “small minority” of cinemas in Wales will be able to reopen next week under current restrictions, according to an industry trade body.Confirmation is expected on Friday that cinemas can reopen from 17 May.
But the UK Cinema Association said regulations were different in Wales to the other nations, with venues following the same, stricter rules as indoor hospitality.The Welsh government said cinemas would open “when safe to do so”.
Phil Clapp, chief executive of the association which represents 90% of the industry including big cinema chains, said because many cinemas were licensed for the sale of alcohol it meant Welsh officials had “lumped them in” with pubs and restaurants.
Source: Covid: Wales cinema rules ‘impractical and unnecessary’ – BBC News