Capitol Theatre ( Dublin ) The Capitol Theatre , located just off O'Connell Street , Dublin , began life on August 10 , 1920 as the La Scala Theatre and Opera House . Despite its name , the La Scala was a cinema . Paramount Pictures took over the lease on the building and renamed it the Capitol . Under new management , the Capitol ran a live show every week to accompany the current film . Well-know Irish acts to appear in these shows included Peggy Dell , Martin Crosbie and Sean Mooney . The last stage show was on October 29 , 1953 . The Capitol continued as a cinema until 1972 . It was demolished along with the adjacent Metropole Cinema and a branch of the department store chain British Home Stores was built on the site . This , in turn , closed and was replaced by a branch of the Irish Penneys chain . Reference Ryan , Philip B. The Lost Theatres of Dublin. ( The Badger Press , 1998 ) ISBN 0-9526076-1-1 Categories : Theatres in the Republic of Ireland 