Popcorn at the ready: The Labia Theatre, Cape Town, has been listed among the best 50 in the world.
Cape Town, South Africa (12 July 2021) – We all know theatre productions and movies on a big screen are something magical and an out of this world experience – but there are magical places to watch them, too – the Labia Theatre in Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town. It’s been recognised on Time Out’s top 50 most beautiful cinemas in the world list. It’s number fourteen on the list.
Located beneath Table Mountain is this quirky solitaire. South Africa’s oldest indie cinema prides itself on marrying modern tech with an olde-worlde charm a world away from the gleaming modern multiplex.
According to Time Out, cinemagoers purchase their tickets from an ornate ticketing booth (or online). In recent years the rich and famous like John Cleese, Werner Herzog, Matt Damon and Salma Hayek have popped by for a movie.
According to its website, this gem was opened by Princess Labia in May 1949 as a theatre for the staging of live performances. For the past four decades, it has been operating as a cinema on the alternative circuit, appealing mainly to the more discerning viewer who enjoys its quality product and the charm of its old-world ambience.
Thanks to the assistance of Crowd Funding and the Digital Gold Fund, the Labia was able to convert to digital projection and boasts superior picture and sound quality whilst retaining its unique charm.
In addition to the conversion to digital projection, The Labia has been able to continue slowly upgrading her facilities to make your experience an even more memorable one.
The top three:
1. Pathé Tuschinski, Amsterdam;
2. Le Grand Rex, Paris;
3. Village East Cinema, New York.
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