ABC Piccadilly Circus

215 Piccadilly,
London, W1V 9DL

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HAL9000
HAL9000 on March 30, 2024 at 4:49 am

Slightly odd experience of seeing ‘Scandal’ here: the poster for it at the entrance showed John Hurt in front of a 1960s image of the neon signs of Piccadilly Circus - and then I turned around and saw the 1989 version of the same view!

rivest266
rivest266 on May 22, 2021 at 2:52 pm

November 4th, 1934 grand opening ad as Montseigner News Theatre posted.

Simon
Simon on August 31, 2018 at 4:48 pm

I went here to see a double-bill of Russ Meyer films when I first moved to London to attend university. I was 19. I naively thought this place was an arthouse cinema. But then I noticed that the all-male customers kept changing seats throughout the film. One guy sat next to me and started feeling me up. The penny then dropped as to what kind of a cinema it actually was :)

jncohen
jncohen on June 21, 2015 at 2:04 pm

This cinema (amongst others) was owned by my family business Jacey Cinemas Ltd. that no longer exists. Anyone interested in learning more can find my webpage devoted to the ‘History of the Jacey Group’ that included Jacey Cinemas, this was created by my late Grandfather Joseph Cohen (I am the last surviving Director) Please have a look at my website: – http://www.jncohen.net/JaceyGroup/JosephCohen.htm

SethLewis
SethLewis on April 8, 2015 at 7:59 am

Saw The Conformist, and Slackers here in the early 90’s…not a great experience but at the same time a testament to London offering the chance to see some classic films in theatres

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on August 26, 2010 at 5:37 pm

Thanks Woody.

scott99
scott99 on October 15, 2008 at 9:40 pm

Man, this place was an oddity. Can’t remember what i saw there, but I went a couple of times. the auditorium used to shake as the trains went past, and the auditoria were really narrow. Used to show some very weird stuff as well.

woody
woody on May 22, 2007 at 2:21 am

interior shots of the stairs and lobby and the former auditorium
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/492953019/
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woody
woody on March 22, 2007 at 4:22 am

shot of the exterior taken yesterday, now as the Pigalle nightclub, the lobby and staircase ceiling plasterwork has been restored, nothing remains of the auditorium (on view at least)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/429778275/