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Theatre, originally the Astoria Theatre, is a Grade II*-listed building
in the Finsbury Park area of North London. Built as a cinema in 1930, it
later became well known as a music venue and is now a Pentecostal
church. When it opened in 1930, the Astoria Cinema was one of the
largest in the world. Standing at the junction of Isledon Road and Seven
Sisters Road on an island site, it was the fourth of the famous London
suburban Astoria Theatres built by film exhibitor Arthur Segal. It was
opened on 29 September 1930: there were three other Astorias, Streatham,
Old Kent Road and Brixton. It was in use as a cinema until September
1971 when it was permanently given over to live music - although rock
concerts had been a feature throughout the 1960s.
