After nearly a year closed following the collapse of the Empire Cinema chain, its former Sunderland site in Sunniside welcomes its first cinemagoers from 4pm today, May 10. There’s been much ...

Irish chain Omniplex has confirmed it will be opening at the site of the former Empire Cinema, in Sunniside, Sunderland, this May. The venue closed in July last year when Empire Cinemas went into ...

The leisure complex has faced issues in recent years with the collapse of the Empire Cinemas chain, which left Sunderland without a multiplex cinema for months, as well as several restaurant units ...

Streamers, camels and Can Can dancing are all part of the fun as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat arrives at the Sunderland Empire. For more than 50 years this multi-award-winning show by ...