Odeon Luxe London Leicester Square
26 Leicester Square,
London,
WC2H 7LQ
26 Leicester Square,
London,
WC2H 7LQ
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moviebuff82: Many happy returns. :–)
To all my british friends on CT, happy Boxing Day, and to a few, happy kwanzaa, and to myself, a happy birthday to me!!! Best wishes for a Happy new year after a great christmas yesterday. May 2019 be a banner year for this famous theater.
Article regarding the ticket prices with seating chart- https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46438241
I also wish CF100, Lionel and all fellow contributors the ‘Compliments of the Season’ and hope that you have a good 2019!
To my fellow CinemaTreasurers, I hope you’re having a merry Christmas and wish you the best for the New Year…
Wow. A top ticket price of over $50.00 (US).
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/movie-tickets-in-london-hit-dollar50-%E2%80%94-here%E2%80%99s-what-they-cost-around-the-world/ar-BBRfUCW?li=BBnb7Kz
A Merry Christmas to all…
Thank you FanaticalAboutOdeon.
I think LARGE_screen_format had in mind by “video wall entrance” was something like this:
YouTube video of AMC Dolby Cinema auditorium entrance.
It’s basically a video wall along a curved corridor that “snakes” around under the booth/rear of the seating, connecting to the vomitory into the auditorium.
Some ISENSE auditoria feature a similar entrance, albeit with “environmental” mood setting content rather than fast moving trailers.
Obviously, this is straightforward enough with a typical multiplex layout, but the OLS has 4 entrances to the auditorium (1 stalls, 3 circle level.) Incorporating it at stalls level would be at the expense of the added facilities in the the space that was formerly part of the rear stalls. It also clearly is not the design direction that Odeon have chosen for the refurbishment. (Else the black marble wall finishes in the circle, for instance, could have been LED display module screens instead!)
LARGE_screen_format: The video wall at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square is sited on the landing halfway between the foyer and the circle lounge. Video screens are intermixed with identically sized reflective rectangles incorporating white LED stripes at approximately 45 degree angles.
Presumably, as no photos have been posted online of a video wall entrance to the auditorium, there is not one at this cinema? Which is a shame seeing as this is a flagship venue and presently AFAIK the largest Dolby Cinema in the world?
This was linked above-https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/behind-scenes-dolby-cinema-odeon-3635999 which says “In a nice touch, the curtains for the screen replicate the original from the 1930s” That would be very sloppy writing if it meant a projected image of the safety curtain! Let’s hope there’s curtains now or in January when the ladies & whatever other aspects are finished.
Comparing photos of the auditorium as it is to the renderings, it seems that not only are the flying ladies not in, but the white light strip forming a sort of “dado rail” in the stalls is not visible, nor the the concealed lighting behind the flying ladies, nor the curved strip of lighting above the/ahead of the flying ladies.
Odeon have posted some high resolution photos on Twitter.
There are clear signs of unfinished work and/or “snags” that need to be remedied, with quite a bit of wiring looking like it needs tidying up. (No, I’m not placing any bets on whether tabs are to be added!)
The wood panelling looks fantastic, as does the rear stalls ceiling, under the circle. The latter appears to be the “Acoustic Wood by Eomac” Grill product.
8 subwoofer cabinets are hung under the circle ceiling, which look to be either Dolby SLS CS218XL Cinema Subwoofer Modules or Dolby SLS CS218I Cinema Subwoofer Modules. Each comprises 2x18" drivers, so it can be seen that 16 18" drivers are visible for the (bass managed) rear low end.
This installation looks quite unsightly, and more so since, curiously, the grilles have not been attached. (They appear to screw on, so, no, the reason presumably is not because they would at risk of falling off!)
The leopard print carpets are a very nice touch, perhaps tabs will arrive along with the flying ladies (missing toe reattached!)
The Rex tabs look stunning I will post photos on The Tex page
I can now add the Rex, Wilmslow, which also reopened today, as an example of how tabs add that essential ‘finishing touch’….
Davepring: I hope you are right……
It is just possible that because the builders are returning in January that the tabs have not been installed yet.
I should have included as an exception Muswell Hill (being a purpose built Odeon)!
No one would have liked more to be proven wrong about AMC than I.
However, it does look like the ‘no tabs’ policy has now been extended to this iconic building. If so, I say to them : Look at Plaza Stockport, Rex Berkhamsted, Odyssey St Albans, Regal Evesham, Everyman, Muswell Hill (at least this was spared their York treatment) and just see for yourselves how much better these already fine venues look with illuminated house tabs!
With the possible exception of the Plaza Stockport the others are not in the same league as the Odeon Theatre Leicester Square – but, owing to the tabs alone, they look a damn sight better!!!
The proscenium end does look disappointing, more so given FanaticalAboutOdeon’s extensive descriptions of the various curtains and lighting schemes over the years.
Perhaps the screen has been moved forward such that there is no space for tabs?
I am puzzled by the concealed lighting in the coves on the circle sidewall/ceiling. They were shown as “white” in the renderings, but all photos of them look like white with blue patches?!
@terry – meant to say masking! I do wonder if curtains have been retained….
YouTube – ODEON Luxe Leicester Square Is Coming.
Uploaded 2nd December, views inside the unfinished auditorium, and full motion pans around the 3D models of the auditorium and circle foyer.
Evening Standard – “First Look at Leicester Square Odeon Revamp”.
Photos of the new escalators and an evening view out of the “glass box” across the square.
Antovolk: No tabs in the photos you have taken, sadly. Organ console looks lovely and curtains would have complemented same.
Review: Odeon LUXE Leicester Square Dolby Cinema
I should probably not that unlike the previous iteration, the screen is CIH, so the tabs only open outwards. While screen does appear roughly same size as it was previously for 2.40:1 films, for 1.85 content it’s definitely smaller because of that.