Caley Picture House

31 Lothian Road,
Edinburgh, EH1 2DJ

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Ian
Ian on October 15, 2011 at 9:27 am

The Picture House (Caley) is in good condition and functions as a 1,500 capacity live music venue. This is mainly standing, but the front five rows of the balcony are padded bench seating. Photos from October 2011 below.

EXTERIOR

FOYER

AUDITORIUM TOWARDS STAGE

AUDITORIUM ACROSS STAGE

AUDITORIUM TOWARDS REAR

garypainter
garypainter on June 17, 2009 at 9:40 pm

Shortly after opening as a live music venue in September 2008, it was renamed the HMV Picture House, following a new sponsorship deal.

lostmemory
lostmemory on November 5, 2008 at 4:17 pm

This is an updated link for the one posted on Feb 6, 2008.

garypainter
garypainter on September 15, 2008 at 10:26 am

The Caley re-opens this month as a live music venue and club called The Picture House, run by the MAMA Group. The gaudy pink interior scheme and intrusive bars appear to have been removed for this more sympathetic use.

http://www.mamagroup.co.uk/picturehouse/

lostmemory
lostmemory on February 6, 2008 at 3:49 pm

More photos can be found here.

Ian
Ian on February 5, 2008 at 5:24 pm

A close up of the Caley from 1993 here:–

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KenRoe
KenRoe on February 4, 2008 at 11:27 pm

The Caley Picture House can be seen in this vintage 1959 photograph; It’s the dark building jutting out, mid-distance on the right, just beyond the bus:
http://flickr.com/photos/allybeag/838615722/

lostmemory
lostmemory on February 4, 2008 at 10:44 pm

This link claims that the building was used as a public house and nightclub. The date given at that link is March 2003, so the building might be empty today.