Empire Mile End Road

• Theatre ID
  3278
• Built / Converted
  1848
• Dates of use
  • 1848 - 1923
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Cinema (Multi-screen cinema)
• Address
  93-95 Mile End Road, Tower Hamlets, London, E1 4UJ, England
• Website
  • http://www.genesiscinema.co.uk/about

Details

The history is that of an early East End Hall which started life at the Eagle Tavern with a dancing platform in the grounds, later known as Lusby's Summer and Winter Garden. A larger hall was then built, known as the Paragon Music Hall. In 1885, this was rebuilt by Frank Matcham as the Paragon, later known as the Empire, which by 1923 was a cinema. This in turn was rebuilt by W R Glen as a modern cinema, which, after a series of closures and time of uncertainty during the late 1980s and 1990s was refurbished and re-opened by an independent operator as a multi-screen cinema.

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• Other names
  Eagle Tavern, Lusby’s Summer & Winter Garden, Lusby’s Music Hall, Paragon Music Hall, Paragon, Empire, later: ABC, Coronet, Genesis Cinema
• Events
  • 1848 - 1923 Use:
  • Design/Construction: (date and architect unknown)
  • 1885 - 0 Design/Construction: rebuild.
    • Frank Matcham - Architect
  • 1939 - 0 Design/Construction: rebuild.
    • W R Glen - Architect
  • 1848 Owner/Management: John Ealy
  • 1851 Owner/Management: William Dix
  • 1855 Owner/Management: Henry Gould Hayward
  • 1861 Owner/Management: Edward Hayward
  • 1870 Owner/Management: Ann Hayward
  • 1874 Owner/Management: William Lusby
  • 1873 Owner/Management: Charles Spencer Crowder, George Adney Payne
  • 1883 Owner/Management: Charles Spender Crowder
  • 1887 Owner/Management: Alfred Aspinall Thoidon
  • 1892 Owner/Management: John Arthur Tressidder
  • 1894 Owner/Management: William Potier
  • 1899 Owner/Management: Frederick Miller
  • 1909 Owner/Management: Edward Rawlings
  • 1911 Owner/Management: David Jacob Cashstein
  • 1912 Owner/Management: Jacob Rosenberg
  • 1913 Owner/Management: Arthur Bernstein
  • 1921 Owner/Management: Henry Guide
  • 1923 Owner/Management: after UPT
  • 1934 Owner/Management: Independent owner
  • 1939 Owner/Management: ABC
  • 1986 Owner/Management: Coronat
  • 1999 Owner/Management: Independent
• Capacities
  • Later: 1923: 2000 1939: 1974
• Listings
  • Grade Not listed
• Stage type
  • 1912: Proscenium