"one bust each of famous former residents in the square: the scientist Sir Isaac Newton designed by W. Calder Marshall; Sir Joshua Reynolds, the first President of the Royal Academy by H. Weekes; John Hunter, a pioneer of surgery, by T. Wooler; and William Hogarth, the painter, by J. Durham. Ownership transferred to Westminster City Council in 1933. The most recent addition was a bronze statue of film star and director Charlie Chaplin, designed by sculptor John Doubleday in 1981. On the pavement were inscribed the distances in miles to several Commonwealth countries, including Canada, Kenya and Jamaica. After the"
"Great Outdoors refurbishment of the square, only the statue of Shakespeare still remains. Leicester Square is the centre of London's cinema land, and one of the signs marking the Square bears the legend ""Theatreland"". It contains the cinema with the largest screen and another with the most seats (over 1,600). The square is the prime location in London for film premieres and co-hosts the London Film Festival each year. Similar to Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, the square was surrounded by floor mounted plaques with film stars' names and cast handprints. During the 2010–2012 refurbishment, many of the plaques were"
"Leicester Square Leicester Square ( ) is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. It was laid out in 1670 and is named after the contemporary Leicester House, itself named after Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester. The square was originally a gentrified residential area, with tenants including Frederick, Prince of Wales and artists William Hogarth and Joshua Reynolds. It became more down-market in the late 18th century as Leicester House was demolished and retail developments took place, becoming a centre for entertainment. Several major theatres were established in the 19th century, which were converted to cinemas"
"London's entertainment district, became the preferred location for the work. The bronze statue was first unveiled on 16 April 1981 (the 92nd anniversary of Chaplin's birth) at its original site, on the south-western corner of the square, by the actor Sir Ralph Richardson. An inscription on the plinth read . The following year a slightly modified version was erected in the Swiss town of Vevey, which had been Chaplin's home from 1952 until his death. Following a refurbishment of Leicester Square in 1989–1992, the statue was moved to a site north of the statue of William Shakespeare, the square's centrepiece."
"Statue of William Shakespeare, Leicester Square A statue of William Shakespeare, sculpted by Giovanni Fontana after an original by Peter Scheemakers, has formed the centrepiece of Leicester Square Gardens in London since 1874. The marble figure, copied from Scheemakers' 18th-century monument to Shakespeare in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, stands on a pedestal flanked by dolphins at the centre of a fountain. It is the result of improvements to the gardens made by the financier Albert Grant, who bought the Square in 1874 and had it refurbished to a design by James Knowles. The scroll held by Shakespeare is inscribed with"
"Leicester Square, British comedian and actor Neg Dupree was arrested after pushing his way onto the red carpet and running around shouting ""I am Negend!"". The stunt was part of his ""Neg's Urban Sports"" section of comedy game show ""Balls of Steel"". The film's teaser was attached to the screenings of ""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"". And a tie-in comic from DC Comics and Vertigo Comics has been created, ""I Am Legend: Awakening"". The project draws upon collaboration from Bill Sienkiewicz, screenwriter Mark Protosevich, and author Orson Scott Card. The son of the original book's author, Richard"
"a quotation from ""Twelfth Night"" (Act IV, Scene II), , where the original in Poets' Corner has a misquoted passage from ""The Tempest"". The Leicester Square statue also differs from its model in omitting portrait reliefs of Henry V, Richard III and Elizabeth I from the plinth on which Shakespeare rests. The inscription on the pedestal in Leicester Square reads: The statue is listed at Grade II. In 2012 it underwent restoration, and the cleaning was completed and new water features added in 2014. Statue of William Shakespeare, Leicester Square A statue of William Shakespeare, sculpted by Giovanni Fontana after"
"leg are both broken, and some time before 1987 the entire statue was covered in a concrete wash which has now either been removed or worn away by the elements. The statue is used as a major plot device/character in Patrick Marber's 2017 production of Don Juan in Soho starring David Tennant. Statue of Charles II, Soho Square The statue of Charles II is an outdoor sculpture of Charles II of England by the Danish sculptor Caius Gabriel Cibber, located near the centre of Soho Square in London. Once part of a late 17th century fountain, it was removed in"
"Odeon Leicester Square ODEON Luxe Leicester Square is one of the most iconic cinemas in the world and the first Dolby Cinema™ in the UK. ODEON Leicester Square has been home to hundreds of premieres and its late transformation makes it a truly global icon in the heart of London’s West End. The famous premiere screen has been fully upgraded to combine luxurious reclining ODEON Luxe seats with the captivating experience of Dolby Cinema™. The cinema occupies the centre of the eastern side of Leicester Square in London, dominating the square with its huge black polished granite facade and high"
"remains in 2012, it was decided that they should be reburied at Leicester Cathedral, despite feelings in some quarters that he should have been reburied in York Minster. His remains were carried in procession to the cathedral on 22 March 2015, and reburied on 26 March 2015 at a religious re-burial service at which both the Right Reverend Tim Stevens, the Bishop of Leicester, and the Most Reverend Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, officiated. The British Royal Family was represented by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Countess of Wessex. The actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who is a"
"to Trafalgar Square began. Statue of Edward Jenner, London A statue of Edward Jenner, the physician, scientist and pioneer of the world's first vaccine, is located in Kensington Gardens in London. A work of the sculptor William Calder Marshall, the bronze was originally unveiled by Albert, Prince Consort in Trafalgar Square on 17 May 1858, before being moved to its present location in 1862. It is a Grade II listed building. The statue depicts Jenner in a seated position with one hand holding papers and is upon a plinth of Portland stone with Jenner's surname inscribed on a front panel"
"moulded plasterwork coming away. The Leicester Square Theatre re-opened on 12 December 1968 with a Royal Charity Premiere attended by Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon & Lord Snowdon of Shalako starring Sean Connery. It was equipped for 70mm presentations. Over the following 48 years it hosted many film premieres including Papillon in March 1974, Tommy in March 1975 and Crocodile Dundee in 1986. It was renamed Odeon West End from 22 July 1988 with the opening of the comedy film The Couch Trip. It closed for twinning on 11 July 1991 with The Pope Must Die. The Odeon West End"
"towards the middle of the next. Leicester Square holds a number of nationally important cinemas such as the Odeon Leicester Square, Empire, Leicester Square, which are frequently used for film premieres (and the now closed Odeon West End). The nearby Prince Charles Cinema is popular for showing cult films and marathon film runs. The square remains a popular tourist attraction, including hosting events for the Chinese New Year. The square has always had a park in its centre, which was originally Lammas land. The park's fortunes have varied over the centuries, reaching near dilapidation in the mid-19th century after changing"
"exhibition to his life and career in 1988. The London Film Museum hosted an exhibition called ""Charlie Chaplin – The Great Londoner"", from 2010 until 2013. In London, a statue of Chaplin as the Tramp, sculpted by John Doubleday and unveiled in 1981, is located in Leicester Square. The city also includes a road named after him in central London, ""Charlie Chaplin Walk"", which is the location of the BFI IMAX. There are nine blue plaques memorialising Chaplin in London, Hampshire, and Yorkshire. The Swiss town of Vevey named a park in his honour in 1980 and erected a statue"
"square is also referenced in the 1985 song ""E=MC²"" by Big Audio Dynamite, which was partially inspired by the film. Powis Square, London Powis Square is a garden square and locality in Notting Hill, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. The closest London Underground station to the square is Westbourne Park tube station. The Tabernacle, a local community arts centre with a long association with the Notting Hill Carnival, is located there. Exterior scenes for Nicolas Roeg's 1970 film ""Performance"", starring James Fox and Mick Jagger, were filmed in Powis Square. Lemmy Kilmister gave his"
"night, and wanted to demolish sections of it to encourage the growth of theatres and cinemas, and reduce popularity of nightclubs. In 2010, a major redevelopment of Leicester Square took place as part of a Great Outdoors scheme proposed by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The improvements included of granite paving and a water feature surrounding the Shakespeare statue. The square re-opened in May 2012 after 17 months' work at a total cost of £15.3 million. The Greater London Authority said the refurbishments would accommodate more than 1,000 new jobs. The re-opening coincided with the 2012 Summer Olympics later"
"of the display area (blue on the Piccadilly line platforms, and black on the Northern line platforms), due to the four premiere cinemas in Leicester Square. The station is featured briefly during the introductory video sequence of the 2009 film ""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"". London Buses routes 14, 19, 24, 29, 38 and 176 and night routes N5, N20, N29, N38, N47 and N279 serve the station. Leicester Square tube station Leicester Square is a London Underground station in Theatreland and Chinatown, in the West End of London. It is located on Charing Cross Road, a short distance"
"January 2015, ahead of planned redevelopment as a luxury hotel, to include a replacement cinema with two new screens in its basement. The Leicester Square Theatre was built for actor/film star Jack Buchanan and impresario Walter Gibbons. Jack Buchanan had a large two-storey apartment built on top of the theatre, which he occupied until it was damaged by bombing in late-October 1940. Natwest Bank later occupied this as their main London offices spread over two floors, but was later vacated in the early 2000s and left in quite a state. It was damaged by squatters a few years later with"
"Millennium Square, Bristol Millennium Square is a location in the centre of Bristol, England. It was built as part of the At Bristol development, and has become a popular public area. Millennium Square is home to a BBC Big Screen and a large water feature. A bronze statue of Bristol-born actor Cary Grant by sculptor Graham Ibbeson was unveiled by Grant's widow in 2001. Other bronze sculptures include William Penn, William Tyndale and Thomas Chatterton, all three by Lawrence Holofcener. There are also a number of small painted bronze Jack Russell terrier dogs by Cathie Pilkington, some of which are"
"Empire, Leicester Square The Empire, Leicester Square is a cinema currently operated by Cineworld on the north side of Leicester Square, London. The Empire was originally built in 1884 as a variety theatre and was rebuilt for films in the 1920s. It is one of several cinemas in and adjoining Leicester Square which are regularly used for film premières and first runs. Today, it has 9 modern auditoria, including an IMAX (IMAX with Laser projection), a Superscreen(Dolby Atmos), and a 4DX screen. The Empire Theatre opened on 17 April 1884 under the ownership of Daniel Nicols as a West End"
"unveiled on 4 February 2018, in a ceremony attended by thousands of people, including some of Hawkins' descendants. Alice Hawkins (statue) A statue of suffragette Alice Hawkins is located in Market Square, Leicester, England. The statue, which was funded by a local businessman, is the first statue of a named woman in the county of Leicester. The 7-foot tall, 800-pound bronze statue was created by sculptor Sean Hedges-Quinn and cast in a foundry in London. It stands on a 4-foot granite plinth and was erected near to the spot Hawkins would have stood when she addressed the public on the"
"and spontaneous Lucy, but also the glamorous Hollywood icon"" and ""I just hope that all the Lucy fans are pleased and that Lucille Ball herself would have enjoyed this image of her."" On August 6, 2016, the day that would have been Ball's 105th birthday, the replacement statue was revealed. Since ""Scary Lucy"" became a local tourist attraction after receiving media attention, it was placed 75 yards from its original location so visitors could visit both statues. Lucille Ball (sculpture) Lucille Ball is an outdoor sculpture of the American actress and comedian of the same name, originally sculpted by David"
"sited along the east side of the Square. Two of Farrell's sculptures can be seen on the central median of nearby O'Connell Street at the junction with Abbey Street, with a statue on either side of the Luas tracks. Padraig O'Faolain, an Irish painter, lived next to the Kasbah on Mountjoy Square West in the 1980s. Irish radio presenter, journalist, former Trinity College SU president and student activist Joe Duffy was born on Mountjoy Square in 1956. Much of John Carney's 2007 feature film ""Once"" which won the Academy Award that year for best original song was filmed in an"
"Phoenix Square Phoenix Cinema and Arts Centre is a cinema, art gallery and café bar in the city centre of Leicester, England. The two modern cinema screens show everything from micro-budget independent films to the latest Hollywood blockbusters, and there are often festivals and events. The regularly changing art programme presents work by local and international artists, and the education programme provides courses for people of all ages to learn about, and create their own, film and art. During 2014-2015 the venue hosted over 200,000 visitors. Phoenix is a charity with an overarching aim to 'bring inspiring film and art"
"venue for showing cult films, including ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" (1975) and a sing-along version of ""The Sound of Music"" (1965), and marathon performances including all seven Muppet films back to back. Prices are considerably cheaper than the main cinemas in the square; in 2013 a ticket for a new release at the Prince Charles cost £10, compared to £24 at the Odeon. Leicester Square is one of several places in the West End that puts on events relating to the Chinese New Year. The celebrations are organised by the London Chinatown Chinese Association and held on the first"
"London, died at her home on Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, in 1795 and was buried at Kew. Cavendish Square features in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" as the home of Dr Lanyon, Jekyll's former best friend. The bronze statue on the south side of the square (facing John Lewis) is of William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck (1802–1848). Known simply as Lord George Bentinck, he was MP for King's Lynn, Norfolk. The statue is by Thomas Campbell and was erected in 1848. Underground at Cavendish Square, there is a car park with spaces for 521 cars and"
"Statue of Edward Jenner, London A statue of Edward Jenner, the physician, scientist and pioneer of the world's first vaccine, is located in Kensington Gardens in London. A work of the sculptor William Calder Marshall, the bronze was originally unveiled by Albert, Prince Consort in Trafalgar Square on 17 May 1858, before being moved to its present location in 1862. It is a Grade II listed building. The statue depicts Jenner in a seated position with one hand holding papers and is upon a plinth of Portland stone with Jenner's surname inscribed on a front panel of Aberdeen granite. At"
"tribute to fruition. The committee, led by Jeremy Isaacs, included the actors Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen, and the poet Seamus Heaney. From sketches submitted by twelve artists, six were chosen to create models of their concepts (maquettes). Maggi Hambling's ""witty and amusing"" work was chosen for the memorial. The work is inscribed with a quotation from his play ""Lady Windermere's Fan"": ""We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars"". Hundreds of individual donors and foundations contributed funds for the project. The statue is located in central London between Trafalgar Square"
"""English Quarter"" of Oslo, Norway; and in British Place, New Orleans, USA. All were cast in London by Meridian Sculpture Foundry. Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London, is a bronze sculpture of the former British prime minister Winston Churchill, created by Ivor Roberts-Jones. It is located on a spot referred to in the 1950s by Churchill as ""where my statue will go"". It was unveiled by his widow Baroness Clementine Spencer-Churchill in 1973, at a ceremony attended by the serving Prime Minister and four former Prime Ministers, while Queen Elizabeth II"
"Statue of Jeff Goldblum In July 2018, a statue of American actor Jeff Goldblum was erected in London by Now TV to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the film ""Jurassic Park"" (1993). The , statue, installed in Potters Fields Park near Tower Bridge, depicts Goldlbum as the character Dr. Ian Malcolm, recreating a scene from the film by reclining with his shirt open. The artwork was installed from July 18 to July 26, 2018. Nicknames for the statue, which took 250 hours to complete, include ""Jurassic Jeff"" or ""Tyrannasaurus Pecs"". ""Deadline Hollywood"" Andreas Wiseman said the sculpture was ""bizarre"" and"
"a steeper rake. Empire, Leicester Square The Empire, Leicester Square is a cinema currently operated by Cineworld on the north side of Leicester Square, London. The Empire was originally built in 1884 as a variety theatre and was rebuilt for films in the 1920s. It is one of several cinemas in and adjoining Leicester Square which are regularly used for film premières and first runs. Today, it has 9 modern auditoria, including an IMAX (IMAX with Laser projection), a Superscreen(Dolby Atmos), and a 4DX screen. The Empire Theatre opened on 17 April 1884 under the ownership of Daniel Nicols as"
"Society of Ticket Agents & Retailers (STAR) logo. The Square is home to the Hippodrome Casino. Following a £40m refurbishment in 2012, the premises can now accommodate 2,000 patrons. Global Radio has its headquarters on the east side of Leicester Square at No. 30, close to the Odeon. The building houses the radio stations Capital, Capital Xtra, Classic FM, Gold, Heart, LBC, Smooth Radio and Radio X. The Odeon Leicester Square, which dominates the east side of the square, hosts many film premieres. It has a capacity for 1,683 people, arranged in circle and stalls. The last 70mm film showing"
"Palace, London in 1851. It was the first public statue to be erected in Leicester, and was unveiled by Sir Frederick Gustavus Fowke, Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons for the Province of Leicestershire, on 28 April 1852. It was sculpted by Edward Davis. It is marked "" EDW DAVIS Simonet & Fils / Fondeurs Paris 1851"". It stands on a high stone plinth on which is carved an inscription as follows: JOHN HENRY DUKE OF RUTLAND, KG LORD LIEUTENANT OF LEICESTERSHIRE. THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY & TOWN OF LEICESTER DURING THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS HIGH OFFICE WITH UNIVERSAL"