Vue West End

The site was previously occupied by Daly's Theatre, which opened on 27 June 1893; following acquisition by Warner Brothers, this was demolished in 1937, to build a new 1,789-seat cinema.

[1] Its single auditorium was a 2 level design, with a circle balcony, and its sidewalls were fitted with asbestos panels, perforated with large holes, over acoustic absorption.

Due to asbestos, no further refurbishments could take place and the cinema closed on 12 September 1991 and the 1938 building was almost entirely demolished, but with the retention of, in particular, most of the front facade.

[2][4] A new glass fronted staircase was woven into the existing facade, which also featured a new canopy, and above, two vertical stacks of large single line monochromic LED dot matrix displays.

Some of the publicly accessible areas, particularly the foyer and lobby areas, were redecorated in subsequent years, and the large frontage rows of monochrome LED dot matrix displays were initially replaced with printed advertising, and subsequently colour LED displays.

The architect was UNICK Architects,[7] with the foyer, 1st floor bar area and new frontage details by Brinkworth Design, and auditoria largely fitted out by (or on behalf of) Eomac,[8] the walls primarily being covered with stretched fabric over acoustic absorption and acoustic carpet.

[10] The facade has been updated with a new doors, and a new canopy, above which a single large (62.7m2) colour LED display has been installed.