The revamp aims to boost Nottingham's cultural status

Work on the Broadway complex in Nottingham has cost more than �6m and it now boasts two more screens and two refurbished bars.

Building work to give the venue its new look took more than a year.

To mark the occasion there was a special screening of the new Kirsten Dunst movie "Marie Antoinette" on Friday night when the centre reopened.

The number of screens has doubled to four, with new conference facilities and public areas also added.

Raise cultural status

Top Nottingham designer Paul Smith has even been involved in shaping the complex's new look.

The number of visitors to the centre is expected to rise to tens of thousands and officials hope the development will raise Nottingham's cultural status.

Broadway director Laraine Porter said: "I want Nottingham to be known not just as a shopping and drinking city but as a city where you can actually come and have cultural experiences as well."

The centre also hosts training in film production.

Al Clark, a professional film producer who did a year-long course at the complex, said: "There's a creative hub for many industries here as well as it just being the cinema, there's far more things than that.

"There's office spaces here, there's many creative industries like myself based here."