Odeon may refer to:

Ancient Greek and Roman buildings

Odeon (building) Odeon or Odeum (, , lit. "singing place") is the name for several ancient Ancient Greece, Greek and Ancient Rome, Roman buildings built for musical activities such as singing, musical shows, and poetry competitions. Odeons were smaller than List o ...

, ancient Greek and Roman buildings built for singing exercises, musical shows and poetry competitions *

Odeon of Agrippa 275px, The remains of the Odeon in the Agora of Athens The Odeon of Agrippa was a large odeon located in the centre of the ancient Agora of Athens. It was built about 15 BC, occupying what had previously been open space in the centre of the Ago ...

, Athens * Odeon of Athens *

Odeon of Domitian The Odeon of Domitian was an ancient Roman building on the Campus Martius in Rome, used for plays and musical competitions and with room for an audience of 11,000. The first Odeum, at Rome, was built by Domitian in imitation of Greek odeons (nei ...

, Rome *

Odeon of Herodes Atticus The Odeon of Herodes Atticus (; also called Herodeion or Herodion; ) is a stone Roman theatre structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. The building was completed in AD 161 and then renovated in 1950. Ancien ...

, Athens * Odeon of Lyon, France *

Odeon of Philippopolis The Odeon of Philippopolis () was the house of the city council of citizens (known as bouleuterion) of ancient Plovdiv. It was also used as a theatre due to its appropriate structure. The Odeon buildings had four construction periods: from the ...

, Plovdiv, Bulgaria * Odeon theater (Amman), Jordan * Odeon of Baalbeck, Lebanon

Modern places of entertainment

Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe The Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe (; "European Music Hall"; formerly the Théâtre de l'Odéon ; "Music Hall") is one of France's six national theatres. It is located at 2 Rue Corneille in the 6th arrondissement of Paris on the left bank of the ...

, in Paris, France * Odeon Theatre (disambiguation), the name of several theatres *

Odeon Cinemas Odeon Cinemas Limited, trading as Odeon (stylised in all caps), is a cinema brand name operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway and Greece, which along with UCI Cinemas and Nordic Cinema Group is part of the Odeon Cinemas Group subsi ...

, a cinema brand name in the UK, Ireland and Norway **

Odeon Cinemas Group Odeon Cinemas Group Limited is Europe's largest cinema operator. Through subsidiaries it has over 360 cinemas, with 2900 screens in 14 countries in Europe, 120 cinemas with 960 screens are in the UK. It receives more than 2.2 million guests per ...

** Odeon Kino, a cinema group in Norway ** Odeon Cinema, Barnet, London, England **

Odeon Cinema, Bilston The Odeon Cinema (originally Wood's Picture Palace) is a former cinema in Bilston, West Midlands England. Built in 1921, it was a cinema until 1964. History The Wood family, who had shown films in Bilston Town Hall since 1910, built the cinem ...

, England **

Odeon, Kingstanding The Odeon at Kingstanding, Birmingham, was a 1930s cinema in the Odeon chain. Though closed as a cinema in 1962, the building survives as a bingo hall, and is Grade II listed. History The cinema was constructed between 1935 and 1936 to a sym ...

, Birmingham, England **

Odeon Leeds-Bradford Odeon Leeds-Bradford Odeon Leeds-Bradford is a multiplex cinema at Gallagher Leisure Park, Thornbury, West Yorkshire, between the cities of Leeds and Bradford in England. It has 13 auditoria, ranging from 126 to 442 seats. All screens hav ...

, Bradford, England **

Former Odeon cinemas in Leeds Two Odeon Cinemas, Odeon cinemas were formerly located in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England: The Headrow Located at the junction of Briggate with the Headrow, the Odeon first opened as the Paramount Pictures, Paramount Theatre with a showing ...

, England **

Odeon Leicester Square The Odeon Luxe Leicester Square is a prominent cinema building in the West End of London. Built in the Art Deco style and completed in 1937, the building has been continually altered in response to developments in cinema technology, and was the ...

, London, England **

Odeon Marble Arch The Odeon Marble Arch (known as the Regal from 1928 to 1945) was a cinema in London located opposite Marble Arch, at the top of Park Lane, with its main entrance on Edgware Road. It operated in various forms from 1928 to 2016, and is most famo ...

, London, England **

Odeon West End The Odeon Luxe West End is a two-screen cinema on the south side of Leicester Square, London. It has historically been used for smaller film premieres and hosting the annual BFI London Film Festival. The site is on an adjacent side of the squa ...

, Leicester Square, London, England **

Odeon Cinema, Manchester The Odeon Cinema, Manchester (originally known as the Paramount Theatre or the Paramount Cinema) was a former Odeon Cinema located on Oxford Street, Manchester, England. It was close to St. Peter's Square, within the Civic Quarter of Manchester c ...

, England **

Odeon Sheffield Odeon Sheffield is a multiplex cinema located at Arundel Gate in Sheffield city centre, South Yorkshire, England, adjacent to the city's O2 Academy. It is operated by Odeon Cinemas and has ten screens. Screen 1 is the largest, having 252 seat ...

, Sheffield, England **

Odeon Cinema, Weston-super-Mare The Plaza Cinema is an art deco cinema in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, owned by Merlin Cinemas. It was built by Odeon Cinemas and known as the Odeon Weston-super-Mare until 2023. It was designed by Thomas Cecil Howitt and is a Grade II listed b ...

, England **

Birmingham Odeon The Birmingham Odeon is a cinema and former concert venue located in Birmingham, England. History It originally opened in 1937 as the Paramount Theatre, featuring a seating capacity of 2,439. It was built on land made vacant by the removal of ...

, England **

Bradford Odeon Bradford Odeon is the name applied to two different cinemas in central Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. One, in Godwin Street, was built in 1930 and survives; the other, in Manchester Road, was built in 1938 and demolished in 1969. Godwin S ...

, England **

Lewisham Odeon The Lewisham Odeon was a cinema and music venue located in Lewisham, London, England. During its nearly half a century open the changes in British popular music can be seen reflected in the acts to perform there, particularly in the 1950s, ' ...

, London, England **

Newcastle Odeon Newcastle Odeon was a 2,602-seat cinema located in Pilgrim Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It opened as the Paramount Theatre on September 7, 1931 before being purchased by Odeon Cinemas on November 27, 1939 and renamed the Odeon on 22nd A ...

, England *

Odeon Theatre, Hobart The Odeon Theatre (formerly known as The Strand Theatre) is a historic former cinema and current live entertainment venue in the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. History Tasmanian entrepreneur E.J. Miller envisioned a world-class picture ...

, Tasmania, Australia *

Odeon Events Centre Coors Event Centre is an events hall in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The centre contains several large rooms is used for concerts, banquets, and other special events. In 2009, the former theater was renovated and combined with the neighbo ...

, now Coors Event Centre, in Saskatoon, Canada *

Odeon, Boston The Odeon (1835 – c. 1846) of Boston, Massachusetts, was a lecture and concert hall on Federal Street in the building also known as the Boston Theatre. The 1,300-seat auditorium measured "50 feet square" with "red moreen"-upholstered "seats ...

, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., 1835 – c. 1846 *

Odeon (Munich) The Odeon is a former concert hall in the Odeonsplatz in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, which is named after it. Built in the early 19th century to a design by Leo von Klenze and forming a counterpoint to the externally identical Palais Leuchtenberg, ...

, a former concert hall in Munich, Germany * Odeon Newport, now The NEON, in Newport, Wales *

Cineplex Odeon Cineplex Odeon is a theatre brand owned by Cineplex Entertainment in Canada, after acquiring the Cineplex Odeon Corporation in 1998. As of 2023, there are 61 Cineplex Odeon locations in Canada. The former corporation was one of North America's ...

, a cinema theatre brand of Cineplex Entertainment **

List of Cineplex Entertainment movie theatres Cineplex Inc. (formerly Cineplex Entertainment and Cineplex Galaxy) is a Canadian operator of movie theater and family entertainment centers, headquartered in Toronto. It is the largest cinema chain in Canada; as of 2019, it operated 165 loc ...

* Hammersmith Odeon, now the

Hammersmith Apollo The Hammersmith Apollo, currently called the Eventim Apollo for sponsorship reasons, and formerly and still commonly known as the Hammersmith Odeon, is a live entertainment performance venue, originally built as a cinema called the Gaumont Pa ...

, in London, England

Other uses

* ''Odeon'' (album), a 2013 music album by Tosca * " Odeon", a composition by

Ernesto Nazareth Ernesto Júlio de Nazareth (March 20, 1863 – February 1, 1934) was a Brazilian composer and pianist, especially noted for his creative maxixe and choro compositions. Influenced by a diverse set of dance rhythms including the polka, the habanera ...

(1863–1934) * Odéon (Paris Métro), a station in Paris, France * Odeon Film, a German film production company *

Odeon Records Odeon Records is a record label founded in 1903 by Max Straus and Heinrich Zuntz of the International Talking Machine Company in Berlin, Germany. The label's name and logo come from the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe in Paris. History Straus a ...

, a German record label *

Odeon Tower The Odeon Tower (; Monégasque: ''Turre Odeu̍n'') is a double-skyscraper in the Principality of Monaco. It was the first high-rise in the city-state to be built since the 1980s (high constructions had been abandoned due to aesthetic concerns an ...

, a residential skyscraper in Monaco *

Odeon 24 Odeon 24 was an Italian channel owned by Gold TV, a television network. Originally airing movies, news and weather bulletins, political debates and variety shows, the channel was bought by Primarete and became almost entirely dedicated to infomerc ...

, an Italian television network *

Cineplex Odeon Films Cineplex Odeon Films (later known as Odeon Films) was the film distribution unit of the Canadian cinema chain Cineplex Odeon Corporation. The company was originally named Pan-Canadian Film Distributors. In 1998, the company was purchased by Allian ...

, or Odeon Films, a former film distributor * The Odeon, a restaurant in New York City

Ancient Greek and Roman buildings

Modern places of entertainment

Other uses

See also