Plaza Cinema
Market Place,
Newbury,
RG14 5AA
Market Place,
Newbury,
RG14 5AA
No one has favorited this theater yet
Additional Info
Nearby Theaters
Located in Newbury, Berkshire. The Plaza Cinema was built in the Market Place in the late-1920’s. it was a project of James Tufnail, who died soon after its opening. It was equipped with a Picturetone sound system. By 1934, the Plaza Cinema was listed in the Kinematograph Yearbook as available ‘For Hire’ as a cinema, theatre or dance hall. It had gone from listings by 1937.
Contributed by
Ken Roe
Want to be emailed when a new comment is posted about this theater?
Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater.
Recent comments (view all 4 comments)
Can you confirm where this information came from? I ask as I believe it is incorrect. Tufnail opened a cinema, Newbury Cinema, near to the Railway Station in 1910. It then later move into The Plaza, which was in the Market Place. The Town Hall was never used as a cinema. The photo you have is of the Town Hall which is not in the Market Place and was, as far as I am aware, never used as a cinema. Summary, The Plaza was located in the Market Place, nothing to do with the Town Hall.
nickbits: Thanks for your clarification. I have updated the introduction, and removed the photo of the Town Hall.
As in the photo the cinema entrance seems to have been down a passage between the shops.
Street number was 18 by the look of the photograph.