EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney)

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| location = 13 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, London N16 8BH

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EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney) is an independent arts centre in Dalston, London which opened in 2018 in a former cinema.{{Cite web |title=EartH is the London events space leading the way in the city's cultural programming |url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/earth-hackney-creative-industry-sponsored-content-220523# |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=www.itsnicethat.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Gregory |first=Jochan Embley, Vicky Jessop, Elizabeth |date=2023-01-31 |title=Our pick of the 15 best independent music venues in London |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/london-best-independent-music-venues-a3896336.html |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}} On the ground floor is a multi-purpose 1200 capacity dedicated events space. Upstairs is a 750 capacity tiered seated Art Deco theatre.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://earthackney.co.uk/about/history/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=earthackney.co.uk |language=en-US}} Each of these locations hosts live music shows.{{Cite web |title=Music Events • Live Gigs in London • EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney) |url=https://earthackney.co.uk/music-events/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=earthackney.co.uk |language=en-US}} There is also a restaurant.

The building at 13 Stoke Newington Road was built in 1936 as an Art Deco cinema called The Savoy, later ABC, that ceased operations in 1984. It was later used as a snooker hall and wedding venue, among other uses. "The main auditorium then lay derelict for 40 years" until 2015.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Eliza |date=2018-08-21 |title=Hackney Arts Centre to open in September, rebranded as EartH |url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/hackney-arts-centre-reopens-and-rebrands-as-earth/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Creative Review |language=en-UK}}{{Cite web |date=2018-08-21 |title=Hackney Arts Centre To Be Named EartH |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/hackney-arts-centre-to-be-named-earth/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Clash|language=en-GB}} After a £3 million redevelopment by Auro Foxcroft and others,{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=Jessica |date=2017-07-25 |title=Derelict Art Deco cinema to be transformed into £3 million arts centre |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/derelict-art-deco-cinema-to-be-transformed-into-ps3million-pound-arts-centre-a3595306.html |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Dex |first=Robert |date=2018-02-14 |title=A derelict Hackney cinema will become a 'socially minded' arts complex |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/hackney-arts-centre-secures-ps1-9-million-funding-to-turn-old-cinema-into-socially-minded-arts-complex-a3766176.html |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2018-08-21 |title=Earth: Hackney Arts Centre unveils new name for state-of-the-art revamp of old Savoy Cinema |url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/22935531.earth-hackney-arts-centre-unveils-new-name-state-of-the-art-revamp-old-savoy-cinema/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Hackney Gazette |language=en}} Evolutionary Arts Hackney, or EartH, opened there in September 2018.{{Cite web |last=Bruce-Jones |first=Henry |date=2018-08-21 |title=Hackney Arts Centre changes its name to Evolutionary Arts Hackney (EartH) |url=https://www.factmag.com/2018/08/21/hackney-arts-centre-evolutionary-arts-hackney/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Fact (UK magazine) |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Hackney Arts Centre unveils new name ahead of September relaunch |url=https://mixmag.net/read/hackney-arts-centre-unveils-new-name-ahead-of-september-relaunch-news |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Mixmag}}