The Palace was designed by architect Norman Bailey and opened on 16 January 1939 with “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. After the war the Palace was bought by Raymond Stross Cinemas then sold in 1957 to Clifford Spain manager of the circuit.
Originally a single-floor affair but a balcony was added probably during the 1930s. Colin Aldis leased it from 1965 to 1992 using his initials in the name CBA Cinema. It operated as a bingo-hall between 1973 and 1976 when Aldis took over the Memorial Hall to screen films. Trevor Wicks took over in 1992 and it became the Hollywood Cinema.
The Regal was extended and modernised reopening in April 1936. Frank Boswell and Ace Cinemas ran it for a time in the early 1980s but it was saved by Simon Perry and Alistair Gregory, with help from the council, and they reopened it in 1985. The Norfolk Cinema Trust took charge of the building in 1994 and it passed to David Haigh and Chris Green before being acquired by Merlin.
Norfolk at the Pictures suggests the hall was used by the Eastern Counties Cinema Company who screened films here from 1919. It was renamed the Regal after the Bostock circuit acquired it in 1938. They pulled out in 1959.
The previous building had already been known as the “Clonmel Theatre (Magner’s)” when the noted film Knocknagow was shown in January 1918. It was mentioned as being at the rear of No. 35 Gladstone Street so the new one maybe a completely new building rather than a reconstrcution.
The manager mentioned above was Albert Kelly who leased it initially before buying outright. It most likely closed owing to his ill-health from which he died in July 2005.
The building was constructed on the site of a supermarket, courtesy of Six Architecture, although the listed façade is that of a former 19th century merchant’s house. The seating is in stadium style and although it stages plays, concerts and exhibitions, as of 2018 the staple diet is very much cinema.
Diary for June 2018
Saturday 2 June – Darkest Hour (PG)
Monday 4 June – Edie (12A)
Wednesday 6 June – Let the Sunshine In (15)
Thursday 7 June – Custody (15)
Monday 11 June – Saturday 16 June – No films
Monday 18 June – Nothing Like a Dame (12A)
Thursday 21 June – Wonderstruck (PG)
Saturday 23 June – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society (12A)
Monday 25 June – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society (12A)
Tuesday 26 June – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society (12A)
Friday 29 June – The Leisure Seeker (15)
Second screen of the conversion project was opened by Anne Diamond on 16 December 1994. “Miracle on 34th Street” and “Junior” were the two films shown that day.
The cinema on Stourbridge Road was in the Old School Hall and was run by Harry Bowers in the 1920s. It closed down when talkies arrived at the Plaza in 1931. There was another in the village on Golden Cross Lane where Spar is now, run by Archie Holloway in the 1940s. The tin-roofed hut was declared unsafe and business moved to the Village Hall opposite which lasted until 1964. The Hall is still standing.
Tuesday 1 May – The Shape of Water (15)
Wednesday 2 May – The Shape of Water (15)
Friday 4 May – The Shape of Water (15)
Friday 4 May – Film: TBC
Tuesday 8 May – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (15)
Friday 11 May – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (15)
Tuesday 15 May – Cinderella (12A)
Wednesday 16 May – NT Live: Macbeth (15)
Friday 18 May – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (15)
Thursday 24 May – I, Claude Monet (12A)
Friday 25 May – Winchester (15)
Saturday 26 May – Peter Rabbit (PG)
Tuesday 29 May – An American in Paris (PG)
Wednesday 30 May – Peter Rabbit (PG)
Wednesday 30 May – Darkest Hour (PG)
Wednesday 30 May – Winchester (15)
Warwick Arts Centre is one of the largest of its type in the UK. It opened in 1974 and is situated on the University of Warwick campus. The complex includes a 220-seat cinema, the 550-seat Goose Nest theatre, the Butterworth Hall capable of holding up to 1540 in various permutations, the 150-seat Helen Martin Studio space and the Mead Gallery along with several conference rooms. The fare includes theatre, including NT live, comedy, dance, music and visual arts. At the moment film seems to be the staple diet with several being screened each week.
In October 2017 a £17 million three-year programme began to redevelop the Centre, which will include demolition of the cinema and Mead Gallery to create a new building consisting of three auditoria and gallery with a new restaurant, and improvements to foyer areas. The programme is most likely to be connected with the announcement that Coventry will be the City of Culture 2021.
The cinema opened on 17 April 1911 in former restaurant premises and was altered in the 1920s to include a gallery and bring the capacity up to 400 people. The Kingstown in the name was later dropped when the town reverted back to Dun Laoghaire. It passed from Associated Picture Houses to Odeon (Ireland) in the late 1940s and was closed. It reopened as the Tatler around 1950 giving it another decade or so of life. It closed in 1962 and was later dance-hall and then a bank.
Reputed to have been established in 1916.
Ran by the Jay family from 1938 including the golf centre.
The Palace was designed by architect Norman Bailey and opened on 16 January 1939 with “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. After the war the Palace was bought by Raymond Stross Cinemas then sold in 1957 to Clifford Spain manager of the circuit.
Cinema shows stopped after the war but returned from 1973 to 1976 when Colin Aldis used it for a time while his CBA Exchange was a bingo hall.
Originally a single-floor affair but a balcony was added probably during the 1930s. Colin Aldis leased it from 1965 to 1992 using his initials in the name CBA Cinema. It operated as a bingo-hall between 1973 and 1976 when Aldis took over the Memorial Hall to screen films. Trevor Wicks took over in 1992 and it became the Hollywood Cinema.
Run by Jack Jones from 1964 onwards.
The Regal was extended and modernised reopening in April 1936. Frank Boswell and Ace Cinemas ran it for a time in the early 1980s but it was saved by Simon Perry and Alistair Gregory, with help from the council, and they reopened it in 1985. The Norfolk Cinema Trust took charge of the building in 1994 and it passed to David Haigh and Chris Green before being acquired by Merlin.
Norfolk at the Pictures suggests the hall was used by the Eastern Counties Cinema Company who screened films here from 1919. It was renamed the Regal after the Bostock circuit acquired it in 1938. They pulled out in 1959.
The previous building had already been known as the “Clonmel Theatre (Magner’s)” when the noted film Knocknagow was shown in January 1918. It was mentioned as being at the rear of No. 35 Gladstone Street so the new one maybe a completely new building rather than a reconstrcution.
Diary for July 2018 5 July – Finding Your Feet (12) 12 July – I Tonya (15) 19 July – The Shape of Water (15) 26 July – Journey’s End (12A)
Opened 5 February 1983, five of the seven screens are situated at basement level.
Fire in January 2015, empty as of April 2017.
A tribute site is at: http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~ccdublin/start.html
The manager mentioned above was Albert Kelly who leased it initially before buying outright. It most likely closed owing to his ill-health from which he died in July 2005.
The building was constructed on the site of a supermarket, courtesy of Six Architecture, although the listed façade is that of a former 19th century merchant’s house. The seating is in stadium style and although it stages plays, concerts and exhibitions, as of 2018 the staple diet is very much cinema.
Diary for June 2018
Saturday 2 June – Darkest Hour (PG) Monday 4 June – Edie (12A) Wednesday 6 June – Let the Sunshine In (15) Thursday 7 June – Custody (15) Monday 11 June – Saturday 16 June – No films Monday 18 June – Nothing Like a Dame (12A) Thursday 21 June – Wonderstruck (PG) Saturday 23 June – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society (12A) Monday 25 June – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society (12A) Tuesday 26 June – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society (12A) Friday 29 June – The Leisure Seeker (15)
Second screen of the conversion project was opened by Anne Diamond on 16 December 1994. “Miracle on 34th Street” and “Junior” were the two films shown that day.
The cinema on Stourbridge Road was in the Old School Hall and was run by Harry Bowers in the 1920s. It closed down when talkies arrived at the Plaza in 1931. There was another in the village on Golden Cross Lane where Spar is now, run by Archie Holloway in the 1940s. The tin-roofed hut was declared unsafe and business moved to the Village Hall opposite which lasted until 1964. The Hall is still standing.
The Regal is currently a nightclub called 57 Monkeys.
Diary for May 2018
Tuesday 1 May – The Shape of Water (15) Wednesday 2 May – The Shape of Water (15) Friday 4 May – The Shape of Water (15) Friday 4 May – Film: TBC Tuesday 8 May – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (15) Friday 11 May – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (15) Tuesday 15 May – Cinderella (12A) Wednesday 16 May – NT Live: Macbeth (15) Friday 18 May – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (15) Thursday 24 May – I, Claude Monet (12A) Friday 25 May – Winchester (15) Saturday 26 May – Peter Rabbit (PG) Tuesday 29 May – An American in Paris (PG) Wednesday 30 May – Peter Rabbit (PG) Wednesday 30 May – Darkest Hour (PG) Wednesday 30 May – Winchester (15)
Warwick Arts Centre is one of the largest of its type in the UK. It opened in 1974 and is situated on the University of Warwick campus. The complex includes a 220-seat cinema, the 550-seat Goose Nest theatre, the Butterworth Hall capable of holding up to 1540 in various permutations, the 150-seat Helen Martin Studio space and the Mead Gallery along with several conference rooms. The fare includes theatre, including NT live, comedy, dance, music and visual arts. At the moment film seems to be the staple diet with several being screened each week.
In October 2017 a £17 million three-year programme began to redevelop the Centre, which will include demolition of the cinema and Mead Gallery to create a new building consisting of three auditoria and gallery with a new restaurant, and improvements to foyer areas. The programme is most likely to be connected with the announcement that Coventry will be the City of Culture 2021.
The cinema opened on 17 April 1911 in former restaurant premises and was altered in the 1920s to include a gallery and bring the capacity up to 400 people. The Kingstown in the name was later dropped when the town reverted back to Dun Laoghaire. It passed from Associated Picture Houses to Odeon (Ireland) in the late 1940s and was closed. It reopened as the Tatler around 1950 giving it another decade or so of life. It closed in 1962 and was later dance-hall and then a bank.
Opened 4 January 1937.
Opened in December 1996.
Opened 10 August 1991, reportedly by Elizabeth Hurley.
Opened 16 July 1999