The Rainbow Theatre, originally known as the Finsbury Park Astoria, then the Finsbury Park Paramount Astoria, and then the Finsbury Park Odeon, is a Grade II*-listed building in Finsbury Park, London. The theatre was built in 1930 as an "atmospheric cinema", to house entertainment extravaganzas which included a film show. It later became an ordinary cinema, then a music venue, as which it is best known, and then an occasional unlicensed boxing venue. Today, the building is used by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, an Evangelical church.
Exterior view as its current use (c.2008)
The London Astoria was a music venue at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England, that operated from 1976 to 2009.
The front of the Astoria in 2004, five years before its demolition
Workmen preparing the building for demolition in October 2008
The Astoria with scaffolding prior to demolition
The Tottenham Court Road construction site (2009) on the former site of the Astoria, the green of Soho Square is seen at the top