Maxime Cinema

DavidSimpson on May 15, 2019 at 2:41 am

In May 2019 it was reported that local entrepreneur Kevin Newton and his restoration team have brought back to life features from the “Great Gatsby” era to create Pillars Bar and Grill in the former cinema, which had been a nightclub until it closed after a New Year’s Eve Party in 2016.

Original features, including the arched tin ceiling, have been painstakingly restored and twinned with stunning furniture and fixtures. The £1 million project incorporated features celebrating the history of the building with a big screen installed, a baby grand piano for visiting performers and a ceiling feature created from the nightclub décor. Stunning new art deco doors form the entrance while a garden is accessed through bi-fold doors. See related photo.

Harry Rigby on February 25, 2018 at 5:41 am

Somersetlive.co.uk gives the opening date as January 1921 as the Playhouse. In July 1946 the name changed to Maxime and films ceased in September 1989.