6. 11-15 Stoke Newington Road
Opened on 26th October 1936
1,890 seats
Built for the Associated British Cinemas (ABC)
Designed by William R. Glen in an Art Deco style
After it closed in 1984, the stalls area was
converted into a snooker hall with a false ceiling
The foyer had been converted into two shop units
Revamped in 2018 as a multi-arts space
33. 38 Stoke Newington High Street
Opened as The Electric Palace
Originally 700 seats, reduced to 451 in 1945
By 1940 it had been taken over by Capital &
Provincial Cinemas Ltd and re-named Vogue
Cinema
Capital & Provincial Cinemas Ltd became Classic
Cinemas and specialised in re-runs of classic
Hollywood films
It closed on 21st June 1958 as a protest by
Classic Cinemas against the landlord’s rent rise
43. 65 & 67 Stoke Newington Road
Opened as The Alexandra Theatre and Opera
House
Designed by the renowned Theatre architect
Frank Matcham who also designed the Hackney
Empire
The Theatre had a capacity of over 1,700 on its
opening.
Opened on Monday the 27th of December 1897
with the Drury lane production of the pantomime
'Dick Whittington'
45. In 1932 it was taken over by Standard Cinema
Properties Ltd and was turned over to full time
Cinema use
In 1934, the Theatre was fitted for sound and
began showing Films, Variety, and Plays
During the war the Theatre was open only
sporadically but it reopened afterwards in 1945
Closed down completely in 1950 and remained
unused for a decade until it was demolished
65. 31-33 Stoke Newington Road
Opened in January 1913 as the Electric Coliseum
Cinema, seating was provided on stalls level only
600 seats
Was always an independently operated cinema
and for many years was operated by Kingsland
Pictures Ltd
Closed on 5th February 1972 with the double bill
programme of Michael Caine in Too Late The Hero
and Lee Marvin in Hell in the Pacific
Demolished in 2001
81. 117 Stoke Newington Road
Opened as the Apollo Picture House in 1913
1,180 seats
Re-opened as the Ambassador Cinema in 1933
Converted into a Star Bingo Club by 1965
Re-opened in 1974 as the Astra Cinema
By 1978 it became a cinema club playing
uncensored martial arts movies and soft core sex
films, finally closing in July 1983
Converted into a mosque in 1994