The Empire Cinema opened in 1912 and by 1916 was advertising itself as "the only theatre playing Drama in the Aberdare valley". It appears that the Empire struggled to attract audiences following the General Strike and the building closed in the early 1930s.

Meilyr Powel, RCAHMW, November 2020

Source:

'Entertaining South Wales, L-M', overthefootlights.co.uk, pp.50-51