The Secret Cinema chief executive, Max Alexander, said the company always engaged with local communities, and planned to give 1,500 free tickets to residents and invite local schools to use the site in the daytime.
Secret Cinema has defended proposals for an immersive Dirty Dancing event in east London, saying it will invest in local businesses after residents claimed it would be “hijacking” vital green space this summer.
Secret Cinema said they would use only half of the space and claimed it had created jobs for hundreds of local people in recent years.
Waltham Forest council told the Guardian Secret Cinema still needed to get planning approval for the event and it would consider all responses to the application, with the event being subject to any Covid-19 restrictions and government guidance.