An Upper Hutt company is planning to open a newly refitted single-theatre cinema in April in the former original Lighthouse building on Miro St.

Company director Paul Dawson said the 40-seat Miro Cinema would be licensed and included the cafe currently trading at the site.

A media advertisement has touted the new business, and more information will follow ahead of the cinema's opening, Dawson said.

The Miro cinema will show a variety of films including new releases and feature the latest digital equipment.

Upper Hutt has been without a new release cinema since the multi-screen Ascot Cinemas closed in late 2013.

The doors were closed on the four-screen cinema on when its directors, the receivers who conducted the sale of The Mall on behalf of its financiers, decided not to continue. They had been unable to secure a buyer with a deal acceptable to them within the timeframe they had set.