Electric Cinema owner Tom Lawes has opened his heart about the anguish of trying to keep the UK's oldest working picture house alive. Staff only celebrated the cinema's 110th birthday on December ...

T he Electric cinema in Birmingham city centre has closed. The cinema on Station Street - said to be the UK's oldest working cinema - reopened after the pandemic under new management in 2022.

The Electric in Birmingham, which first opened in 1909, was suddenly closed in 2024, to the disappointment of film fans. In a bid to protect its future, campaigners applied to Historic England for ...

Birmingham's historic Electric Cinema on Station Street is to reopen under new ownership in time for Christmas. Originally launched on December 27, 1909 and famously promoted as 'The UK's oldest ...

Britain's oldest working cinema has closed down suddenly after 115 years of entertaining film fans and could now face demolition, it emerged today (Thurs). The Electric Cinema in Birmingham opened ...

Iconic London cinema forced to close after blaze that had to be put out by 60 firefighters ...

The cinema, which also includes a brasserie and private members club, has a celebrity following. Comedian Stephen Merchant was among fans tweeting about the blaze: “Apparently the Electric ...

The owner of the UK's oldest cinema says the pandemic has created "the biggest existential crisis" ever faced by the industry. The Electric in Birmingham dates back to 1909 but enforced closure at ...

The Electric Cinema in Birmingham opened back in 1909 after being built out of a converted taxi rank and businessman Kevin Markwick spent an estimated £100,000 restoring the two-screen cinema ...