Kings Road Theatre

• Theatre ID
  2516
• Built / Converted
  1910
• Dates of use
  • 1973 - 1979: Until when not known.
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Cinema (four-screen cinema)
• Address
  279 Kings Road, Kensington & Chelsea, London, SW3 5EW, England

Details

Opened as cinéariety in 1910 as Palasseum, renamed Kings in 1911, later becoming a cinema. No description of interior found. Exterior square three-storey building on corner site, now with modern entrance, canopy, readograph etc. The interior was remodelled in modern style in 1949. In 1973, the theatre reopened as the Kings Road Theatre, presenting the popular Rocky Horror show. It closed in 1979, at the end of the run. In 1980, the auditorium was subdivided and it reopened as a four-screen cinema.

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• Other names
  Palasseum, Kings, Ritz, Essoldo, Curzon, Classic, The Arts, Cannon, MGM, ABC
• Events
  • 1973 - 1979 Use: Until when not known.
  • 1910 Design/Construction:
    • A W Hudson - Architect
  • 1949 Alteration: remodelled
    • C Edmund Wilford - Architect
  • 1949 Owner/Management: Essoldo
  • 1973 Owner/Management: Laurie Marsh, lessee
  • 1980 Owner/Management: Classic
  • 1986 Owner/Management: Cannon, continuing as ABC
• Capacities
  • Original: 960
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed