The Embassy Theatre was designed by David Evelyn Nye in the Art Deco style and built by The Demolition & Construction Co. of Croydon using the locally produced Fletton bricks.^[1] It opened in 1937, putting on performances by well-known performers such as Laurel and Hardy.^[2]

Nye was usually a cinema architect, and this was his only theatre.^[3] However, the building was converted into a cinema in 1953, later becoming the ABC and finally Cannon Cinema. It tripled in size in 1981, before finally closing in 1989.^[4] Since 1996, part of the premises have been occupied by the Edwards bar chain.^[1]

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