| Rio Cinema | |||||||||||
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.jpg) The Rio Cinema | |||||||||||
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| Former names | Kingsland Picture Palace, Kingsland Empire, Classic, Tatler | ||||||||||
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| Location | Kingsland, East London | ||||||||||
| Address | 107 Kingsland High Street, London, E8 2PB | ||||||||||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°32′59″N 0°04′32″W / 51.5496°N 0.0756°W | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1909 | ||||||||||
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| Seating capacity | 402 (screen 1), 28 (screen 2) | ||||||||||
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The Rio Cinema is a Grade II listed independent Art Deco cinema in Dalston, east London. It is a popular independent cinema located on Kingsland High Street, with a history stretching back over 100 years. The Rio added a second screen in the unused basement space in December 2017.[2]
The Rio was named one of London's best cinemas by the Daily Telegraph[3] and best cinema bars by the Evening Standard.[4]
- ^ Historic England, "Details from listed building database (1244939)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 September 2014
- ^ Peter Beech, Cine-files: Rio, Dalston, London, theguardian.com, 21 June 2011, retrieved 9 September 2014
- ^ Oliver Smith, London's best cinemas and filming locations, telegraph.co.uk, 21 August 2014, retrieved 9 September 2014
- ^ Phoebe Luckhurst, London's best cinema bars, Evening Standard, 10 January 2014, retrieved 9 September 2014