Gaming enthusiasts will have chance to play Call of Duty on a cinema screen at an event featuring new and retro computer games at Bradford Playhouse.

Button Mash, running from midday to 2am on Saturday, February 5, will transform the Little Germany theatre into a gamers’ virtual dreamworld, with four rooms of gaming on consoles spanning two decades.

Rock Band will have its own stage, lights and smoke machine, and there will be chance to play Halo Reach and Call of Duty Black Ops on the big screen.

The event is the first in what is hoped will become a regular part of the Playhouse programme.

Premises supervisor Will Wade said: “It’s the perfect opportunity to enjoy games as they really should be played, instead of the usual sofa-TV-pizza set-up or in arcades."