JohnCenaFan28
02-04-2009, 06:15 PM
A 73-year-old woman and her 35-year-old husband are to open one of the world's smallest cinemas in their back garden.
Edna and Simon Martin hope the 17-seater picture house behind their terrace house will attract local film enthusiasts, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The couple insist that their "artistic temperaments" mean their relationship does not suffer despite their 38-year age gap.
The cinema, called the Savoy Lounge, will show silent films from the 20s and 30s to which Mr Martin will play the accompanying music on his restored Compton organ.
The couple, who married four years ago, invited a small group of friends for their first organ concert last week and hope to open the cinema within the next few months.
"It has been Simon's dream all his life to own a Compton organ," said Mrs Martin, a grandmother, from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. "He really becomes quite a showman in front of an audience."
The couple will not be able to charge an admission fee because it is not a licensed venue. But they are hoping for donations to help pay for their overheads.
-Nova
Edna and Simon Martin hope the 17-seater picture house behind their terrace house will attract local film enthusiasts, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The couple insist that their "artistic temperaments" mean their relationship does not suffer despite their 38-year age gap.
The cinema, called the Savoy Lounge, will show silent films from the 20s and 30s to which Mr Martin will play the accompanying music on his restored Compton organ.
The couple, who married four years ago, invited a small group of friends for their first organ concert last week and hope to open the cinema within the next few months.
"It has been Simon's dream all his life to own a Compton organ," said Mrs Martin, a grandmother, from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. "He really becomes quite a showman in front of an audience."
The couple will not be able to charge an admission fee because it is not a licensed venue. But they are hoping for donations to help pay for their overheads.
-Nova