Genesis Cinema
Offering entertainment in the East End since 1848
When you google the history of the cinema, you will find out that the site has been used for entertainment purposes since the mid-19th century. The first building on the site opened in 1848 and was a pub that turned into a music hall. After that building was destroyed by fire in 1884 the owners at the time hired the architect Frank Matcham to design a replacement theatre that opened in 1885 under the name Paragon Theatre of Varieties.
