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The Castle Cinema is a former cinema building located adjacent to the grounds of Swansea Castle in Swansea, south Wales. According to Kinematograph year book of 1914 the Castle opened in October 1913. It was the only building left standing in Swansea's Castle Street vicinity after the Nazi German Luftwaffe bombing raids during the Second World War.
The centre hosts a broad programme of events including cinema screenings and a variety of live performances, from dance and drama to jazz and world music. Taliesin Arts Centre provides a service to both students and the people of Swansea and acts as a regional centre.
Swansea city centre in Swansea, Wales, contains the main shopping, leisure and nightlife district in Swansea.The city centre covers much of the Castle ward including the area around Oxford Street, Castle Square, and the Quadrant Shopping Centre; Alexandra Road, High Street, Wind Street and the Castle; Parc Tawe; and the Maritime Quarter extending down to the seafront.
One of the former Odeon cinemas in Leeds, pictured in May 1980.This is now a Sports Direct branch.. Odeon Cinemas was created in 1928 by Oscar Deutsch.Odeon publicists liked to claim that the name of the cinemas was derived from his motto, "Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation", [5] but it had been used for cinemas in France and Italy in the 1920s, and the word is actually Ancient Greek ...
Entertainment in the area include a 10 screen UCI On 29 September 1989 until 2006 (Then: Odeon cinema [2]) and a ten pin bowling alley. [3] [4] The area occupied by Parc Tawe was once the North Dock. [5] The North dock was opened in 1852 becoming the first dock in the Swansea docks complex. During the 1930s changes in methods of working ...
Swansea Civic Centre (Welsh: Canolfan Ddinesig Abertawe) – formerly known as County Hall – is the principal administrative centre of Swansea Council.Standing some 800 m southwest of Swansea city centre, by the seafront and overlooking Swansea Bay, the complex houses – in addition to the council chamber and offices – a public cafe, the central library, an exhibition space, archives ...
An independent movie theater (American English) or indie cinema (British English) is a movie theater which screens independent, art house, foreign, or other non-mainstream films. [1] It can be contrasted with a mainstream theater (often a multiplex ), which is more likely to screen blockbusters and other popular films.
In 1968, the Swansea Grand was threatened with closure but, following a campaign led by its manager and artistic director John Chilvers, the theatre was saved. [2] The Swansea Corporation (City Council) leased the building in May 1969 and bought it outright in 1979. The theatre was then refurbished and updated between 1983 and 1987 at a cost of ...