Odeon Luxe London Leicester Square

26 Leicester Square,
London, WC2H 7LQ

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Odeon Leicester Square – 2018 Refurbishment – View to Left Sidewall from Circle Cross-Gangway.

Odeon Leicester Square – 2018 Refurbishment – View to Left Sidewall from Circle Cross-Gangway.

Taken from the “accessible” space to the right of the new vomitorium opening to the Royal Circle.

The blue fibre-optic “guideway” lighting and blue backlit seat numbers are not visible as they were accidentally removed by aggressive chromatic defringing in post-processing.

Taken February 2019.

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FanaticalAboutOdeon
FanaticalAboutOdeon on February 16, 2019 at 3:02 am

Eureka! They’ve finally used the cove lighting but does it all have to be white? The system, as installed, is capable of being set on various points within its not unlimited spectrum and even a pastel shade of blue, mauve or coral would prevent the unconcealed speakers from being at least as eye-catching as the “ladies” from balcony level. On my early January visit, only the horizontal, forward curving lighting below the coves was operating plus SOME of the downlighters set into the ceiling (hardly any to audience left). These downlighters were simply the safety lighting which are lit during films but brought “fully up” to act as house lighting. I sat in the second row of the Royal Circle and the blue-upholstered panel along the inside of the balcony’s front wall wasn’t even visible.

Eleven months is a long spell of zero revenue and I can’t help thinking the board of AMC’s Odeon Cinemas must have been aggrieved that their “flagship” had to open as a work in progress.

It’s a shame that almost all observations about OLS auditorium on this site are peppered with the words “shame”, “pity”, “no longer” and other negatives while most positives are reserved for the foyer, extended circle lounge and façade – all impressive but nevertheless peripheral.

Not a patch on what it was…

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