Massive refurbishment/rebuilding by Cineworld taking place. The foyer is gutted and being totally reconstructed at the moment. 4 or 5 screens at any one time are out of action for over a month for building work.
bigjoe59: Could the Cinerama cinema you refer to be the Columbia Shaftesbury Avenue. The Columbia Cinema was sunk into the basement of a large office block and had 734 seats. Not cinerama but it had a huge curved screen for 70mm and Todd-AO presentations. Open as the Curzon Soho:
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6244
Former London Cinerama theatres:
Casino Cinerama, Old Compton Street, Soho (now Prince Edward Theatre): http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2497
Royalty Cinerama, Kingsway: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/11040
Coliseum Cinerama, St Martins Lane: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/11041
Massive refurbishment/rebuilding by Cineworld taking place. The foyer is gutted and being totally reconstructed at the moment. 4 or 5 screens at any one time are out of action for over a month for building work.
Thank you Zappomatic and others for the detailed and interesting comments and photos about the refurbishment of Cineworld Leicester Square.
bigjoe59: Could the Cinerama cinema you refer to be the Columbia Shaftesbury Avenue. The Columbia Cinema was sunk into the basement of a large office block and had 734 seats. Not cinerama but it had a huge curved screen for 70mm and Todd-AO presentations. Open as the Curzon Soho: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6244
Former London Cinerama theatres: Casino Cinerama, Old Compton Street, Soho (now Prince Edward Theatre): http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2497 Royalty Cinerama, Kingsway: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/11040 Coliseum Cinerama, St Martins Lane: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/11041