Media | Cinema | Projection
Between 1928 and 1939, Oscar Deutsch wowed the British public with one of the most extraordinary estates of Streamline Moderne cinemas ever built – and he named them Odeons. These alluring neon-clad beacons of escapism, glamour and affordable luxury came … Continued
Wigan town centre will be totally transformed over the next five years if the council’s £130m redevelopment of the Galleries shopping centre goes to plan. Wigan council purchased the Galleries, Makinson Arcade and Marketgate Shopping Centre – a quarter of … Continued
Widnes was home to a number of cinemas before many cinemas shut their doors, when movie going took a down turn. The Premier cinema was situated in Albert Road and opened for business on the 14th June 1915 with the … Continued
Heavy plant rolled on to the ABC cinema site in Tunbridge Wells yesterday (January 12) to ensure planning consent for the flats and cinema did not expire. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council gave approval for an £80 million development on Mount … Continued
Scarborough Council had intended to let its development agreement for the Sands project in the town’s North Bay with Benchmark expire on December 31, before the company launched a legal challenge. Benchmark has been responsible for the £14 million Alpamare … Continued
Approval has been given for work to repair the front of the historic Paignton Picture House, one of Europe’s first purpose-built cinemas and a favourite of Torquay-born thriller writer Agatha Christie. Torbay Council has given listed building consent for structural … Continued
A multi-million pound entertainment complex within Huddersfield’s Kingsgate Centre is to get underway thanks to a £7m loan from Kirklees Council. The authority has agreed to lend developer WD Limited the capital required to create what’s been described as the … Continued
MORE than £9,000 funding has been approved to help refurbish the facilities at Guiseley Theatre. The three Guiseley and Rawdon ward councillors approved the grant from their discretionary wellbeing funds to revamp and turn the men’s toilets into a modern, … Continued
One of Derby’s Showcase multiplex cinemas has been forced to close, the company has confirmed. The cinema chain told Derbyshire Live that its venue in Foresters Leisure Park, Osmaston Park Road, will not reopen, having shut its doors in September in response … Continued
A ‘DERELICT’ bingo hall which was also previously a cinema could be turned into an “arts music centre”. The Gala-turned-Buzz Bingo building, in Aylesbury High Street, is under review by Buckinghamshire Council, in hopes it could help to revive the … Continued