| The Electric Cinema | |
|---|---|
 The Electric Cinema | |
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| Alternative names | Electric Screen, Imperial Playhouse Theatre, Electric Cinema Club |
| General information | |
| Type | Cinema |
| Architectural style | Edwardian Baroque |
| Address | 191 Portobello Road, London, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°30′56″N 0°12′18″W / 51.5155°N 0.2050°W |
| Opened | February 1910 |
| Closed | 1993 (re-opened in 2001) |
| Management | Soho House |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Gerald Seymour Valentin |
| Other information | |
| Seating capacity | 83 |
| Website | |
| electriccinema | |
The Electric Cinema is a cinema in Notting Hill, London.
One of the oldest working film theatres in Britain, it became Britain's first black-owned cinema in 1993, and remained so until it was sold in 2000.[1]
As of 2022[update], after several changes in ownership, the cinema is also known as the Electric Portobello, with a second screen at the old Television Centre at White City called the Electric White City.[2]
- ^ Yinka Sunmonu (2002). "Electric Cinema". In Alison Donnell (ed.). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. pp. 103–4. ISBN 978-1-134-70025-7.
- ^ "Home page". Electric Cinema. Retrieved 20 January 2022.