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22/03/2012
£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)
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)
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