Somerville outdoor cinema extends closing as arborists continue to examine the health of surrounding trees

A suspension of outdoor films at the University of WA’s Somerville Auditorium has extended to a second week, with the Perth festival authorities that cannot guarantee that views will start this weekend.

The popular outdoor cinema has been closed since a Tallgren fell near the audience that sits 10 minutes into a show of Saturday night of everything we imagine as easily on February 1st.

Arborists who were brought in to investigate the health of trees within the picturesque arena are still investigating, and roam initial expectations that the Lottery West film season would be safe to start again last Sunday.

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This week, the organizers remained hopeful views back on Monday, when the Cold War Documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat is planned to start a two -day driving, but could not give further the insurance.

The popular outdoor cinema at UWA's Somerville Auditorium has expanded its closure to investigate the health of the surrounding trees after a branch fell near the audience's seating during a movie last week. — The popular outdoor cinema at UWA’s Somerville Auditorium has expanded its closure to investigate the health of the surrounding trees after a branch fell near the audience’s seating during a movie last week. Credit: delivered

“The university has closed the arena and committed arborists to carry out further checks of all trees within the auditorium,” said a spokesman for the Perth festival.

“The arborists continue their investigation and the arena will not open until it is safe to do so.”

A photo published on Facebook last week showed the fallen tree branch that was over cinema seats.

No injuries were reported and Ticketolder was informed that they would receive repayments after the Perth festival waived the remaining exhibitions of the Chinese movie Black Dog, which was planned for the rest of last week.

The Perth Festival said that the explored alternatives for re -plan the affected films, including this week’s interrupted views of the Iranian film Tatami.

“While the closure has of course affected ticket sales, our priority has always been the security of our protectors,” said spokesman.

A tree branch unexpectedly snapped off. Credit: Facebook

“We are also in discussions with our distributor partners to explore ways to bring these films to our audience in the future, and we share more information as soon as we can.”

The outdoor film festival, which has been going on for more than 70 years, is within “Pine Tree Cathedral” at the university.

The season is scheduled to continue until the end of March, with a week of Encore shows planned until early April.