Help is needed - and soon - to save Tyneside Cinema from what it calls an 'unprecedented threat to its survival'.
The warning comes as Newcastle's much-loved independent cinema faces up to a stark reality that sees it unable to ride out its current financial problems and live in fear that it might end up, like many independent venues around the country, having to close its doors for good.
The 86-year-old cinema has launched an urgent fund-raiser in response to what boss Simon Drysdale says is potentially the worst funding crisis in its history. “Right now, we ask people who want to help us to do two things - donate to our fund-raising appeal and visit us as often as you can," he said.
