The cinema, which is believed to be the last gas-lit cinema in the world, reopens today.
A "gem" of a cinema in Leeds is to reopen at the end of June after a £4m restoration project.
The work, funded with a £2.3m National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, will see the building's nine gas lamps lit for every screening.Leeds Heritage Theatres chief executive Chris Blythe said when developers began the project in 2015 they had not anticipated it taking so long to complete. "As we stand on the cusp of reopening, we are looking forward to a bright future with this gem of a picture house restored and more accessible than ever before."Hyde Park Picture House opened in November 1914, just after the outbreak of World War One, when it broadcast news bulletins and morale-boosting dramas.The National Lottery Heritage Fund said the revamp of a "much-loved community hub" was also supported by Leeds City Council and the Garfield Weston Foundation.