Vue West End

Vue West End

Vue West End is a nine-screen cinema complex in Leicester Square, London. It was built on the site of Daly's Theatre, which was opened on 27 June 1893, and demolished in 1937, having been sold to Warner Brothers who demolished it to build a large theatre and cinema called the "Warner Theatre" in 1938. Most of this was later demolished, although the frontage was retained, and the site redeveloped as the Warner Village cinema complex. It is now operated by Vue Cinemas, a brand which absorbed the Warner Village chain in 2003.

The cinema was given a multi-million pound refurbishment in 2017, and re-opened with a redesigned foyer that has stands for Square Pie, Malletti pizza, Starbucks, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, and a Vue bar. The new cinema is Dolby ATMOS enabled, and uses state of the art Sony 4K digital projectors.

The architects of the 1938 cinema were Thomas Somerford and E. A. Stone. The frontage has a facade of faced reconstructed marble. The sculptor Bainbridge Copnall provided a large relief panel in each corner depicting the spirits of sight and sound.^[1]

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Coordinates: 51°30′41″N 0°7′46″W / 51.51139°N 0.12944°W / 51.51139; -0.12944