Memory Palaces

Odeon, Covent Garden 11Odeon, Covent Garden 11
Odeon, HammersmithOdeon, Camden Town
Cinema

Odeon, Covent Garden

135 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8AH

The former Saville Theatre where Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones played in the 60s was a cinema for more than 40 years from 1970. We await its redevelopment as a venue for Cirque du Soleil.

Leicester Square

Area:Central

Borough:Westminster

Odeon, HammersmithOdeon, Camden Town
Odeon, Covent Garden 8

Odeon, Covent Garden

Area

Central

Open

1970—2024

Borough

Westminster
Building: 1931
Cinema opened: 1970
First film: There's A Girl in My SoupThe Railway Children
Cinema closed: 2024
Final film: It Ends With Us
Screens: 4
Capacity: 151, 168, 178, 179
Orig. screens: 2
Orig. capacity: 1,827
Usage: Redevelopment
Architect: Bertie CreweT P Bennett & SonsWilliam Ryder & Associates
Style: Art Deco
Listed: II (Façade only)
AKA: ABC, Cannon, Odeon
Circuit: ABC (1970—1986)Cannon (1986—1992)MGM (1992—1996)ABC (1996—2000)Odeon (2000—2024)

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