Odeon Brighton
85 Kings Road,
Brighton,
BN1 2RE
85 Kings Road,
Brighton,
BN1 2RE
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Operated by: Odeon Theatres Ltd.
Previously operated by: Rank Organisation
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
440871.224.4007
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The Brighton Centre was built in 1966 on the site of the former Palladium Theatre 1888-1956 (aka Odeon Cinema) which had been demolished in 1963 (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures).
In 1972 the upper part of the building which housed a skating rink and conference hall was converted into a three screen Odeon Cinema which opened on 19th April 1973 with Maggie Smith in "Travels With My Aunt", Gene Hackman in "The Poseiden Adventure" and "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland". The nearby 1937-built Odeon Cinema on West Street closed the day previously (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures). The new Odeon screens were designed by D.H.D. Design Group of Richmond, Surrey and had seating for 390, 885 and 504.
Since then, two additional screens seating 275 and 242 have opened in the basement of the building in May 1987, and another screen opened in a disused kitchen in August 1989 which seats 103. In December 2001 the largest screen (885 seats) was divided into three screens, giving a total of eight screens in the building today. It was closed on 19th October 2024, together with the Prizm nightclub part of the building, due to the building being certified as unsafe, with the threat of collapse.
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Ken Roe
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The Kingswest Centre containing the Odeon cinema complex was not the site of the former Odeon Palladium. The Brighton Centre occupies the Palladium site.
Photo of the Kingswest Odeon shortly after opening (cinema entrance at rear of building):
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A more recent picture of the seafront facade:
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Some more photographs and a potted history at this page:
http://www.terramedia.co.uk/brighton/Kingswest.htm
Hideous! I shudder everytime ive walked past this thing. I would never contemplate stepping inside. Rip it down now.
Actually some of the screens are not that bad – 1 and the original 3 (now 5?) are decent sized stadium auditoria while the two in the basement are OK. Shame they tripled the original Screen 2 – Saw “The Living Daylights” in there back in 1987 and it was a really nice auditorium.
I used to regularly go to this cinema in the nineties. I believe the final film to be screened in Screen 2 before being divided was the Tim Burton version of Planet of the Apes.
Closed suddenly on Saturday 19th October 2024 due to “issues with building”.