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Dundee

63 buildings

This site attempts to catalogue, record and describe Dundee's cinema and theatre buildings, past and present.

48 mapped cinemas · View map →
Open cinemas3
CineworldOpen

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Cineworld

Other names: UGC Dundee

Camperdown Leisure Park, Kingsway West, Dundee, DD2 3SQ

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DCA Contemporary Arts CentreOpen

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DCA Contemporary Arts Centre

152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY

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Odeon DouglasfieldOpen

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Odeon Douglasfield

Douglas Road, Dundee, DD4 7SN

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Theatres5
Caird HallTheatres

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Caird Hall

City Square

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Dundee Rep TheatreTheatres

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Dundee Rep Theatre

Tay Square

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Little TheatreTheatres

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Little Theatre

Victoria Road, Dundee

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Steps TheatreTheatres

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Steps Theatre

Other names: BFI Regional Theatre

Central Library, Wellgate, Dundee, DD1 1DB

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Whitehall TheatreTheatres

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Whitehall Theatre

Other names: Alhambra – State – Queen's

Bellfield Street

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Closed/Repurposed cinemas8
(New) CapitolClosed/Repurposed

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(New) Capitol

Other names: ABC

Seagate

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Castle Street CinemaClosed/Repurposed

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Castle Street Cinema

Castle Street

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Gilfillan HallClosed/Repurposed

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Gilfillan Hall

Whitehall Street

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Green's PlayhouseClosed/Repurposed

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Green's Playhouse

106, Nethergate

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KingsClosed/Repurposed

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Kings

Other names: Gaumont – Odeon

Cowgate x St Andrews St

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RialtoClosed/Repurposed

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Rialto

1, Grays Lane, Lochee

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Theatre RoyalClosed/Repurposed

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Theatre Royal

Castle Street

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TivoliClosed/Repurposed

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Tivoli

Bonnybank Road

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Demolished cinemas24
BroadwayDemolished

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Broadway

7, Arthurstone Terrace

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CinemaDemolished

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Cinema

Other names: BB Cinerama

57 Tay Street

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Electric PalaceDemolished

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Electric Palace

Other names: Savoy – Palace

160, Nethergate (by Queen's Hotel)

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Electric TheatreDemolished

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Electric Theatre

122 Nethergate

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Electric Theatre (William Street)Demolished

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Electric Theatre (William Street)

William Street

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EmpireDemolished

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Empire

Other names: New Empire

62-70 Rosebank St, Hilltown

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Forest Park CinemaDemolished

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Forest Park Cinema

Forest Park Road

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GaietyDemolished

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Gaiety

Other names: Victoria

52, Victoria Road

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Her Majesty'sDemolished

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Her Majesty's

Other names: Capitol – Majestic

7, Seagate

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KinnairdDemolished

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Kinnaird

Bank Street

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La ScalaDemolished

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La Scala

30, Murraygate

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Main St Picture PalaceDemolished

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Main St Picture Palace

Other names: Regent

Main Street

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Morgan StDemolished

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Morgan St

Other names: Stobswell – Ritz

Morgan Street

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New HippodromeDemolished

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New Hippodrome

Other names: Princess

160, Hawkhill

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Odeon at the StackDemolished

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Odeon at the Stack

Harefield Road, Dundee, DD2 3DD

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OxfordDemolished

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Oxford

Other names: Astoria

62, Logie St, Lochee

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PavilionDemolished

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Pavilion

Other names: Palladium – New Palladium – Rex

67 Alexander Street

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Picture HouseDemolished

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Picture House

Other names: Royal

22, Arthurstone Terrace

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PlazaDemolished

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Plaza

107, Hilltown

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Queen's HallDemolished

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Queen's Hall

3 Well Road

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RegalDemolished

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Regal

Other names: New Brittania

Smalls Wynd

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Royalty KinemaDemolished

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Royalty Kinema

62-66, Baffin (Watson) St.

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VogueDemolished

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Vogue

Other names: Odeon

146, Strathmartine Road

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West EndDemolished

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West End

Other names: Shand's – Gray's

Shepherd's Loan

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Other Dundee cinemas

These cinemas are recorded in the database but do not yet have a linked photographic page. Do you have a photo or other information? Email us!

NameAddressWhat we know
Blackness QuarryBlackness Quarry Building type: other · Opened: 1910 · Closed: 1910 · Source: The Bioscope 17.02.10 · Coordinates: 56.460931, -3.006344 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
Britannia / Salon / Britannia PicturedromeAddress not recordedOpened 1912 · Closed 1939 · o. 1912. Renamed Salon, 1923. Renamed Britannia Picturedrome soon afterwards. Cl. c. 1939.
Britannia PicturedromeSmalls Wynd Programme: Film only · Capacity: 1000 · Opened: 1912 · Closed: 1939 · Source: Bioscope Annual 1915 · Coordinates: 56.457814, -2.980183 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
CasinoSouth Road o. c. 1925. Cl. c. 1930.
City PicturedromeRosefield Street / Milnbank Street Opened 1913 · Closed 1915
EdenbankWatson Street Programme: Film only · Opened: 1912 · Closed: 1922 · Source: Bioscope Annual 1915 · Coordinates: 56.468132, -2.951222 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
Empress PlayhouseErskine Street Short-lived small cinema, c. 1928-32.
Foresters' Hall6 Nicoll Street Building type: hall · Opened: 1910 · Closed: 1910 · Source: The Bioscope 17.02.10 · Coordinates: 56.462423, -2.975659 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
Glebe Picture Theatre / EdenbankWatson Street Opened 1912 · Closed 1922 · o. 1912. Renamed, 1914. Cl. 1922 (Same building as the Royalty Kinema?)
Grand Theatre / New Grand TheatreAddress not recordedOpened 1912 · Closed 1942 · o. 1912. Renamed, 1938. Cl. c. 1942.
Magnet8 Well Road c. 1912 - 1915. Later West End Palais.
Magnet Pictures8 Well Road Programme: Film only · Opened: 1911 · Closed: 1911 · Source: Bio 20.07.11 · Coordinates: 56.457402, -2.984473 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
Main StreetMain Street Building type: other · Opened: 1910 · Closed: 1910 · Source: The Bioscope 17.02.10 · Coordinates: 56.471164, -2.980908 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
Newman's Picture PalaceSt Mary Magdalene's Halls, Well Road, Hawkhill Building type: hall · Opened: 1908 · See images: http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-505-448-C · Source: Dundee Courier 1908.08.10, Bioscope 1908.10.09 · Coordinates: 56.457790, -2.985712 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
Palace PlayhouseAddress not recordedProgramme: Cine-variety · Building type: theatre · Capacity: 2500 · Opened: 1914 · Closed: 1916 · Source: bioA, The Bioscope 08.10.14 · Coordinates: 56.466442, -2.978971 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
Regal (Lochee)22 Taylor St, Lochee A short lived cinema of c. 1936-39. Later social club,
St Ann St CinemaSt Ann Street c. 1912-15.
St Mary Magdalene's HallWell Road Building type: hall · Opened: 1910 · Closed: 1910 · Source: The Bioscope 17.02.10 · Coordinates: 56.458151, -2.985380 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
Star Electric / Star Picture PalaceLochee Programme: Cine-variety · Opened: 1911 · Closed: 1915 · Source: Bio 20.07.11, The Bioscope 19.03.14, Bioscope Annual 1915 · Coordinates: 56.469604, -3.004183 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
Wellington30 Wellington Street 1925-1936
Wellington Palace30 Wellington Street Programme: Cine-variety · Capacity: 600 · Opened: 1911 · Source: Bio 20.07.11, Gashinski, http://www.dundeecivictrust.co.uk/articles/alhambra-theatre.php, Bioscope Annual 1915 · Coordinates: 56.467484, -2.966501 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk
West End Picture PalaceUnknown 1908 · 2000 · o. 1908 by as Newman's West End Picture Palace. Is this the same building that became West End Kinema/Shand's? · Demolished
YMCA HallConstitution Road Building type: hall · Opened: 1910 · Closed: 1910 · Source: The Bioscope 17.02.10 · Coordinates: 56.464122, -2.975907 · Info from EarlyCinema.org.uk

Last updated: 7/9/26 at 14:14 by gbarr