Cube Microplex

The wooden theatre at the heart of the Cube was adapted from a workshop by volunteers for an amateur dramatics group in 1964. In July 2001 a serious fire originating in the New Mayflower kitchen destroyed most of the internal storeys and timber of 4 and 5 King Square. The Cube itself only sustained minor damage, but as its public entrance was accessed via a corridor between the fire damaged restaurant and kitchen, the Microplex was cut off from use by the general public. After extensive rebuilding work, the Cube reopened in August 2002 with a new entrance on Dove Street South. In December 2013, a fund-raising project to buy the freehold of the Cube's building was successful in reaching its…

The Cube Cinema was incorporated in 1998 as a company limited by guarantee, constituted as a democratically run worker's co-operative. Its volunteer workforce has ranged in age from 8 to 65.