Vue West End

The site was previously occupied by Daly's Theatre, which opened on 27 June 1893; following acquisition by Warner Brothers, this was demolished in 1937, to build a new 1,789-seat cinema. The cinema featured designs never before incorporated into a UK cinema such as the screen design, lighting and the walls quilted with mahogany and fawn to give the maximum in acoustic results. The Warner West End opened 29 October 1970 with the British premiere of There Was a Crooked Man... starring Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda, and the Rendezvous opened 12 November with the world premiere of The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer. The whole complex became known as the Warner West End. Due to asbestos, no…

In 2017, the cinema closed for a major refurbishment at a cost of £6.6m, reopening on 10 July 2017, with new finishes in all auditoria and public areas, and larger luxury auditorium seating installed with a commensurate reduction in seating capacity to a total of 1,388. The architect was UNICK Architects, with the foyer, 1st floor bar area and new frontage details by Brinkworth Design, and auditoria largely fitted out by (or on behalf of) Eomac, the walls primarily being covered with stretched fabric over acoustic absorption and acoustic carpet. Proscenium details and tabs have been retained. Sony 4K projection is installed throughout, with dual Sony FINITY SRX-R515DS projectors, a product…