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The Empire, Leicester Square is a cinema currently operated by Cineworld [1] on the north side of Leicester Square, London, United Kingdom. The Empire was originally built in 1884 as a variety theatre and was rebuilt for films in the 1920s. It is one of several cinemas in and adjoining Leicester Square which are regularly used for film ...
Leicester Square (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər / ⓘ LEST-ər) is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England, and is the centre of London's entertainment district. It was laid out in 1670 as Leicester Fields , which was named after the recently built Leicester House , itself named after Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester .
The Empire was originally a cinema in Leicester Square in London which opened in 1884 as the Empire Theatre and was a West End variety theatre, designed by Thomas Verity. Empire Cinemas Limited was formed in 2005 when Empire acquired the cinemas divested from Odeon Cinemas and Cineworld after the Office of Fair Trading had required them to ...
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In 2008, the WSOPE added a fourth event and was held at the Empire Casino in Leicester Square, London. The 2008 WSOPE was particularly notable, as Jesper Hougaard became the first person to win a bracelet at both the WSOP and WSOPE, let alone winning both in a single year.
The first four WSOPEs were held at the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square, London, making 2011 the first WSOPE not held in London and the first whose buy-ins and prize funds were fixed in euros instead of British pounds.
The London Coliseum (also known as the Coliseum Theatre) is a theatre in St Martin's Lane, Westminster, built as one of London's largest and most luxurious "family" variety theatres. Opened on 24 December 1904 as the London Coliseum Theatre of Varieties , it was designed by the architect Frank Matcham for the impresario Oswald Stoll . [ 1 ]
Empire Cinemas multiplex cinema chain with 14 locations and 131 screens; Empire Palace Theatre, later simply the Empire Theatre and now the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh; Empire Theatre of Varieties, now the Empire, Leicester Square, City of Westminster, London; Empire Theatre of Varieties, Belfast, Victoria Square (1894 bis 1961)