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Palace Cinema, Devizes
Heritage Open Day: The Palace Cinema will be opened on Saturday 14th September for an update on the work in hand and progress since 2023. Opened in 1912 with 417 seats, the cinema was first known as the Picture Palace and then became the Electric Palace. In the late-1920’s it was enlarged to seat 900. Always operated as an independent, the operators in the 1930’s were A. Austin Pilkington Theatres.
In the 1970’s bingo was played on some nights and it was acquired by Zetters in 1975 and converted into a bingo club in the former stalls and a 253 seat cinema in the former circle. It was operated by Miles Byrne until his death in 1986. Taken over by Steven Wischusen until 1992, it then became part of the small Robins Cinemas circuit.
It was operated for some years by independent operator Angel Leisure. Today, it's owned by Picturedrome Cinemas. It was closed for renovations in July 2021. Renovation is still ongoing.
Sat 14 Sep:12:00 - 16:00; Free Entry.
19-20 Market Place, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1JQ
Sat 14 September