The Odeon Luxe West End is a two-screen cinema[1] on the south side of Leicester Square, London.

[2] It reopened in September 2021 as an Odeon Luxe cinema, following a £300 million redevelopment of the site that also includes a luxury hotel.

Buchanan had a large two-storey apartment built on top of the theatre, which he occupied until it was damaged by bombing in late October 1940.

NatWest later occupied this as their main London offices spread over two floors, but vacated it in the early 2000s and was damaged by squatters a few years later with graffiti everywhere, ceiling tiles punched out and carpet ripped up.

It opened on 19 December 1930 as a dual-purpose live theatre/cinema with 1,760 seats in stalls, dress circle and balcony levels.

It was taken over by County Cinemas and renamed Olympic Theatre from 21 March 1932, re-opening with John Stuart in In a Monastery Garden.

The UK premiere of Laurence Olivier's production of Richard III took place in August 1955, and it ran here for thirteen weeks.

The UK premiere of Mary Poppins opened here on 17 December 1964 and played for several weeks before transferring to the Odeon Haymarket.

It was renamed Odeon West End from 22 July 1988 with the opening of the comedy film The Couch Trip.

In 2008, the UK premiere of Sex and the City saw the film play in both auditoriums with every single session selling out.

The Odeon West End had an exclusive run of The Master from 2 November 2012, playing a 70mm print of the film.

Ownership subsequently passed to the Irish National Asset Management Agency and in 2012 it was sold to the Radisson Hotels company.

The cinema reopened in September 2021 as the Odeon Luxe West End, occupying the basement of The Londoner, a new boutique hotel with six underground floors as well as nine above-ground.

[13][14] The theater also hosted the premiere of the 2024 Dolby Cinema remaster of Tom Hooper's 2012 film adaptation of the musical Les Miserables.