Looking across the auditorium in the United Church of the Kingdom of God, the former Astoria Theatre, showing the atmospheric stage set of a Spanish town

Date:
1995 - 2015
Location:
United Church of the Kingdom of God, Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, Islington, Greater London Authority
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Finsbury Park Astoria, Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, Islington, Greater London Authority, N4
Astoria Theatre, Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, Islington, Greater London Authority
Odeon Cinema, Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, Islington, Greater London Authority
Rainbow Theatre, Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, Islington, Greater London Authority
Reference:
NWC01/01/2166
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

The Astoria Theatre was opened in September 1930. It could seat 4,000 people, making it one of the largest cinemas in the world in 1930. The interior was designed by Tommy Somerford and Ewen Barr in an atmospheric style with Spanish-Moorish stage sets of a town in the auditorium. The theatre was taken over by Paramount in December 1930 and Odeon in 1939, though it was not renamed the Odeon Cinema until 1970. It became the Rainbow Theatre in 1971 and closed in 1981. The United Church of the Kingdom of God moved into the building in 1995.

Content

This is part of the Series: NWC01/01 Norman Walley: Series of slides; within the Collection: NWC01 Norman Walley Cinema Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Walley, Norman

Architect: Stone, Edward Albert

Keywords

Auditorium, Early 20th Century Cinema, Late 20th Century Church, Leisure And Recreation, Christian Religion