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film · Saturday 8 August 2026 · 12:00pm 
Sensory Friendly Screening at Omniplex Roscommon
At Omniplex Roscommon · Unit 10, Centre Point Retail Park, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
At Omniplex Roscommon · Unit 10, Centre Point Retail Park, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
Omniplex Roscommon, the county’s five-screen multiplex at Centre Point Retail Park, runs a sensory friendly screening every Saturday at around 12pm, the next falling on Saturday 8 August 2026. The format is designed for guests with autism or sensory processing disorders: the house lights stay on at a low level throughout, the sound is turned down from the usual cinema volume, and subtitles are shown on screen, all changes aimed at making a normal trip to the cinema workable for anyone who finds a standard screening overwhelming.
The film itself is whatever family-friendly title is drawing the biggest audience that particular week, since Omniplex sets its sensory screening around the most popular current release rather than a fixed title, with schedules confirmed chain-wide each Wednesday for the coming weekend. The Saturday slot is deliberately timed for around midday, before the foyer fills up and gets noisy ahead of the afternoon’s ordinary showings, so the calmer environment extends slightly beyond the auditorium itself. This is a nationwide Omniplex initiative rather than something unique to Roscommon, run at every Omniplex cinema in the Republic on Saturdays, but it means families in the county have a genuine local option rather than having to travel to a bigger town for a sensory-adapted screening. Omniplex also runs a separate subtitled screening on Monday evenings, aimed at deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences, using the previous week’s top box office film at full volume with subtitles on.
Omniplex Roscommon is in Centre Point Retail Park on the edge of Roscommon town, with on-site parking. The cinema is a short drive from the N61 and N63 routes into town.
A sensory friendly Saturday screening is an easy addition to a family day out in Roscommon town, with the castle grounds and County Museum both a short drive away. There is more to see in Roscommon and across Co. Roscommon.
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