Empire Mile End Road

The history is that of an early East End Hall which started life at the Eagle Tavern with a dancing platform in the grounds, later known as Lusby's Summer and Winter Garden. A larger hall was then built, known as the Paragon Music Hall. In 1885, this was rebuilt by Frank Matcham as the Paragon, later known as the Empire, which by 1923 was a cinema. This in turn was rebuilt by W R Glen as a modern cinema, which, after a series of closures and time of uncertainty during the late 1980s and 1990s was refurbished and re-opened by an independent operator as a multi-screen cinema.

Built / Converted
1848
Dates of use
  • 1848 - 1923
Current state
Extant
Current use
Cinema (Multi-screen cinema)
Address
93-95 Mile End Road, London, Tower Hamlets, E1 4UJ, England
Website
http://www.genesiscinema.co.uk/about
Further details
Other names
Eagle Tavern , Lusby’s Summer & Winter Garden , Lusby’s Music Hall , Paragon Music Hall , Paragon , Empire , later: ABC , Coronet , Genesis Cinema
Events
  • Design/Construction: (date and architect unknown)
  • 1848 Owner/Management: John Ealy
  • 1848 - 1923 Use:
  • 1851 Owner/Management: William Dix
  • 1855 Owner/Management: Henry Gould Hayward
  • 1861 Owner/Management: Edward Hayward
  • 1870 Owner/Management: Ann Hayward
  • 1873 Owner/Management: Charles Spencer Crowder, George Adney Payne
  • 1874 Owner/Management: William Lusby
  • 1883 Owner/Management: Charles Spender Crowder
  • 1885 Design/Construction: rebuild.
    Frank Matcham
    - Architect
  • 1887 Owner/Management: Alfred Aspinall Thoidon
  • 1892 Owner/Management: John Arthur Tressidder
  • 1894 Owner/Management: William Potier
  • 1899 Owner/Management: Frederick Miller
  • 1909 Owner/Management: Edward Rawlings
  • 1911 Owner/Management: David Jacob Cashstein
  • 1912 Owner/Management: Jacob Rosenberg
  • 1913 Owner/Management: Arthur Bernstein
  • 1921 Owner/Management: Henry Guide
  • 1923 Owner/Management: after UPT
  • 1934 Owner/Management: Independent owner
  • 1939 Owner/Management: ABC
  • 1939 Design/Construction: rebuild.
    W R Glen
    - Architect
  • 1986 Owner/Management: Coronat
  • 1999 Owner/Management: Independent
Capacities
  • Later
    1923: 2000
    1939: 1974
Listings
  • Not listed
Stage type
1912: Proscenium
Building dimensions: -
Stage dimensions: -
Proscenium width: -
Height to grid: -
Inside proscenium: -
Orchestra pit: -

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