Councillors hope a closed cinema will soon be used by more community groups after plans to install a new fire exit were approved. The Silver Screen Cinema in Dover shut in November 2022 as bosses found it “uneconomic to continue to run as a mainstream cinema” with declining footfall and the energy crisis. It was only supposed to stay closed for three months but the 70-seat venue in Gaol Lane never reopened. Instead, the site, which is next to the Dover Museum and Bronze Age Boat Gallery, has been used for events such as specialised film performances and as an education space for lectures and a…
