£6m Pledged To Restore One Of UK's Oldest Cinemas

The cinema which hosted the UK's first moving image is to be restored and re-opened, according to recent reports.
Regent Street Cinema, which has also been a photographic studio, X-rated cinema and exam hall, is set to get a £6m makeover.
Now part of Westminster University the London cinema will be given state of the art projection and sound, while its auditorium will evoke its original late-Victorian grandeur.
Sarah Carthew, the university's Director of Development who has led fundraising, told The Guardian the cinema will be a world away from the multiplexes of the West End.
The building, which fell into disuse as a cinema in the 1980s, is scheduled to open in November next year, with the official launch of the restoration programme taking place on tonight.
(LB)