Vue Cinema Edinburgh

The home of the Edinburgh International Movie Competition

The home of the Edinburgh International Movie Competition, The Filmhouse opened its doorways in 1979 in an abandoned church on Lothian Street within the metropolis centre.The cinema was expanded over the following two decades to accommodate three separate screens and a sizeable bar area.Having hosted an array of inspirational cinematic dignitaries resembling Martin Scorcese, Sean Connery and James Mason, the Filmhouse Edinburgh is without doubt a key player in the Scottish movie industry.Odeon CinemasAnother key participant in the Edinburgh cinema scene is the very profitable firm Odeon. They have two cinemas in Edinburgh, one on Lothian Street (you possibly can call this ‘cinema street’!) and one other on the Westside Plaza within the suburb of Wester Hailes in south-west Edinburgh.The Odeon has various different screens displaying all the newest international releases.

I like to recommend checking the website for the Lothian Highway cinema and the Wester Hailes cinema for the latest listings.Vue CinemasWith two multi-display screen cinemas at two of the largest leisure complexes in Edinburgh, The Omni Centre and Ocean Terminal, Vue can also be one of the leading cinema companies in Edinburgh.Whereas the Ocean Terminal cinema tends to fulfill the demand in the north of Edinburgh, the Omni Centre cinema at the top of Leith Stroll subsequent to the Playhouse controls the market in that part of the town centre.Both cinemas are well-liked with these looking to mix a movie with a meal, drink or evening out at a club.The Edinburgh Playhouse TheatreIt is probably fitting to start out with a theatre which used to be a cinema! The Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre is the UK’s largest working theatre by way of audience capacity.

The theatre can seat a whopping 3,059 people. The Playhouse, which is a stone’s throw from the city centre on the top of Leith Walk subsequent to the Omni Centre, was originally a giant cinema built in 1929. In recent times it has turn out to be an internationally famend venue for theatre productions and concerts.In addition to placing on massively profitable productions of Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals akin to Joseph and the Superb Technicolor Dream Coat and Cats, the Playhouse has staged concert events by countless artists…U2, Queen, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones to say but a few.The Edinburgh Pageant TheatreThe Competition Theatre with its placing glass facade is the town’s longest-standing theatre.Although the building has gone by way of quite a few trials, tribulations (together with a disastrous fire in 1911), renovations and identities, the Competition Theatre constructing has been a performing arts location since 1830!The Festival Theatre we see before us today on Nicholson Avenue seats 1,915 people and is used primarily for opera, ballet and comedy performances as well as for musical acts.As the title would suggest additionally it is one of many key Edinburgh Festival venues every year. Many household names equivalent to Laurel and Hardy and Morecambe and Wise have carried out on the Competition Theatre.

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