The venue’s history has been varied. Originally built in 1936 as an art deco cinema called The Savoy, it stopped showing films in 1984 (its last screening was Scarface, fact fans) and became a snooker ...

In September 2018, the team behind Village Underground in Shoreditch reopened a derelict cinema in Dalston. The former Savoy Cinema, built in 1936, has been given a new lease of life as a cultural ...