Dome Cinema

A wonderful example of a fantastic Edwardian period picture house. It opened as an entertainment centre known as the Kursaal, and it also contained a 120 seat cinema known as the Electric Theatre which opened on 7th October 1911.

The main hall was converted into the Dome Cinema by 1921 and it originally contained 875 seats. The former Electric Theatre then became a restaurant.

The building underwent a full heritage Lottery funded restoration/renovation, closing in June 2005 and re-opening on 6th July 2007 with 580 seats in the original auditorium and a second 118 seat cinema in another part of the building.

The Dome Cinema is a Grade II* Listed building.

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Ian on May 6, 2006 at 12:20 am

Yet more interior photos here – dating from 1991

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raubre on May 6, 2006 at 1:45 am

It kind of looks like a lighthouse. Neat!

KenRoe on August 2, 2007 at 3:46 pm

Well it took a year longer than originally planned, but the Dome Cinema has finally re-opened on 6th July 2007 following its multi-million £’s restoration.

KenRoe on November 30, 2007 at 8:53 am

A photograph of the newly refurbished Dome Cinema in June 2007, just prior to re-opening:
http://flickr.com/photos/11763518@N00/897910391/

lostmemory on January 10, 2008 at 8:15 pm

This is an exterior photo dated January 14, 1990.

Ian on February 3, 2008 at 7:53 am

And another exterior from 1987, showing how it dominates this part of the Marine Parade, here:–

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lostmemory on June 23, 2008 at 9:41 am

Here is another photo of the Dome Cinema.

lostmemory on June 14, 2009 at 8:12 am

Another photo is here.

lostmemory on July 17, 2009 at 5:13 pm

This is a recent photo of the Dome Cinema.

vost_bcn on April 15, 2012 at 1:12 pm

Without a doubt my favorite cinema in the whole world. My craving for Maltesers comes from the beautiful concession stand in front of the doors. Watership Down may have been my first movie there. And endless reruns of Grease in 78-79.

For the longest time there was a poster in the lobby for Heaven Can Wait with Warren Beatty in his grey track suit. It never seemed to go down.

I’m so glad it’s up and running again.