Prince Charles Cinema
7 Leicester Place,
London,
WC2 7BY
7 Leicester Place,
London,
WC2 7BY
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It was owned by the Star Group of Leeds in the mid 1960’s for whom I worked as a Mobile Chief Operator.
Visited the cinema a few time when they were short staffed and I remember the frustration of the company at the sight lines.
Unfortunatly I was busy when it reopened after the rebuild and I never go to see how it had changed.
A September 2007 view here:–
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Has the theaters “namesake” ever attended? I hope so. Perhaps he should write a healthy checque to restore this place befitting its name.
Another way to keep your patrons happy and returning time and time again is to OPEN THE BALCONY. The income from extra ticket sales is well worth it.
I’m an ex-Brit now living in California wondering is old “Blighty” still has that archaic policy of charging higher prices for the balcony? “Swipe me” as Tony Hancock often said! The open balcony policy is good for business.
Hello theater owners, take note, it’s a FACT!!!!!!!!!
I wish the balcony was open more often than only 1st shows on Monday to Friday. I sat there once, and greatly enjoyed the view.
My photo from April:
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OOH LOOK DEAR
AN INDEPENDENT CINEMA!
This close-up view of the fin sign on the Prince Charles Cinema shows that us ‘Brit’s’ have a sense of humour and hopefuly H.R.H Prince Charles does too!
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Excellent VFM and an interesting and varied programme of films. About the nearest we have to a central London full-time rep cinema these days. Worth venturing into Leicester Square to visit this cinema (and IMO not much else). They have a website at http://www.princecharlescinema.com
This has had an interesting history both as a first run theatre and now as a second run discount house…As a first run remember seeing Jacques Tati’s Traffic here in around 1972…believe it also had Emanuelle here for over a year…When I settled in London it was a second tier first run theatre showing mostly pictures from local distributor Guild – saw The Hot Spot, Narrow Margin and a preview of Grand Canyon here…Since around 1991 the Robins family has operated it as a discount with a robust schedule of recent hits…over the years have seen The Hudsecker Proxy, The Firm, Bad Lieutenant, Lost Highway, City of God here…it’s busy studenty and fun and there is a membership scheme which will save you even more for around £9 up front…the theatre must seat around 250 downstairs and 100 upstairs and both are double aisled…
This is a must for budget travellers to London to catch the odd film they missed back home
Recently visited this cinema…clearly run by people who care about presentation and customer service….and at £1.50 in the afternoon great value for money.