Everyman, Barnet Electric Theatre, Islington

Empire, Leicester Square

Area

Central

Open

1928—Present

Borough

Westminster

Cinema opened:	1928
First film:	Trelawney of Wells
Screens:	9
Capacity:	23, 30, 38, 44, 47, 78, 135, 375, 721
Orig. screens:	1
Orig. capacity:	3,330

Usage:	Cinema (Cineworld)
Architect:	Frank T. VerityThomas W. Lamb
Style:	Adam
AKA:	Cineworld Leicester Square
Circuit:	Loew's (1928—1973)CIC (1973—1989)UCI (1989—2005)Empire Cinemas (2005—2016)Cineworld (2016— Present)

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