Saville Theatre
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ODEON Covent Garden is a four-screen cinema in the heart of London's West End. Formerly known as The Saville Theatre, a former West End theatre at 135 Shaftesbury Avenue in the London Borough of Camden. The theatre opened in 1931, and became a music venue during the 1960s. In 1970 it became the two cinemas ABC1 Shaftesbury Avenue and ABC2 Shaftesbury Avenue, which in 2001 were converted to the four-screen cinema Odeon Covent Garden.
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ABC Shaftesbury Avenue | |
Address | Shaftesbury Avenue Camden, London |
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Coordinates | 51.514269°N 0.128242°W / 51.514269; -0.128242 |
Owner | Odeon Cinemas |
Type | Cinema |
Capacity | 1,426 (1931) |
Current use | Odeon Covent Garden |
Construction | |
Opened | 8 October 1931 |
Closed | December 1969 |
Rebuilt | Renovated, as cinema, 2001 |
Years active | 1931–1969 |
Architect | Sir Thomas Bennett, with Bertie Crewe |
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