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	\| name = Scala		\| name = Scala
	\| image = [[File:Scala ~~london~~.~~JPG~~\|250px]]		\| image = [[File:Scala at night, King's Cross, August 2024 06.jpg\|250px]]
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	\| location = [[King's Cross, London]]		\| location = [[King's Cross, London]]
	\| address = 275 [[Pentonville Road]], London N1 9NL		\| address = 275 [[Pentonville Road]], London N1 9NL

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	Intended to be an alternative [[BFI Southbank\|National Film Theatre]], the Scala Film Club (which took its name from Scala House, its home on Tottenham Street) moved to this venue in 1981 under the management of [[Stephen Woolley]].<ref>[[Stephen Woolley]] [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/05/scala-cinema-vintage-goodwood "Beyond B-movies: Recreating The Scala's movie mecca"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 5 August 2011</ref> However, when the Scala showed the film ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)\|A Clockwork Orange]]'', then withdrawn from UK distribution, the copyright holder [[Warner Bros.]] sued at [[Kubrick]]'s insistence, and won.<ref>Tony Paley [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jul/31/scala-cinema-london "Cinema of sin: London's old Scala picturehouse"], ''The Guardian'', 31 July 2011</ref> As a result, Scala was almost rendered bankrupt and closed in 1993; however, the club was re-opened in 1999. The cinema had been refitted, with the lower seating area incorporating the new stage, [[disc jockey\|DJ]] booth and dancefloor, while the upper seating area incorporated a second room and a DJ booth.		Intended to be an alternative [[BFI Southbank\|National Film Theatre]], the Scala Film Club (which took its name from Scala House, its home on Tottenham Street) moved to this venue in 1981 under the management of [[Stephen Woolley]].<ref>[[Stephen Woolley]] [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/05/scala-cinema-vintage-goodwood "Beyond B-movies: Recreating The Scala's movie mecca"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 5 August 2011</ref> However, when the Scala showed the film ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)\|A Clockwork Orange]]'', then withdrawn from UK distribution, the copyright holder [[Warner Bros.]] sued at [[Kubrick]]'s insistence, and won.<ref>Tony Paley [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jul/31/scala-cinema-london "Cinema of sin: London's old Scala picturehouse"], ''The Guardian'', 31 July 2011</ref> As a result, Scala was almost rendered bankrupt and closed in 1993; however, the club was re-opened in 1999. The cinema had been refitted, with the lower seating area incorporating the new stage, [[disc jockey\|DJ]] booth and dancefloor, while the upper seating area incorporated a second room and a DJ booth.

	Scala now plays host to many eclectic club nights, and has featured live music acts including [[Jon Boden]], [[The Midnight]], [[Smoke Fairies]], [[Shed Seven]], [[The Libertines]], [[Deftones]], [[Slaves (UK band)\|Slaves]], [[Outlandish]], [[Laibach]], [[London Elektricity]], [[Coldplay]], [[Tash Sultana]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[The Killers]], [[Gorillaz]], [[Big Talk]], [[Moby]], [[HIM (Finnish band)\|HIM]], [[Wheatus]], [[Adam Ant]], [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Sara Bareilles]], [[Gavin DeGraw]], [[Ray LaMontagne]], [[Trampled by Turtles]], [[Doomtree]], [[Super Furry Animals]], [[The Chemical Brothers]], [[Avril Lavigne]], [[Enslaved (band)\|Enslaved]], [[Spandau Ballet]], [[Gorgoroth]], [[Lacuna Coil]], [[Maroon 5]], [[The Script]], [[Melanie C]], [[KLOQ (band)\|KLOQ]], [[Gabrielle Aplin]], [[~~piri~~]], [[Bastille (band)\|Bastille]], [[Wolf Alice]], [[JAWS (band)\|JAWS]], [[Kaiser Chiefs]], [[Jedi Mind Tricks]], [[P!nk]], [[Louis Tomlinson]] The Iterations and FEET.		Scala now plays host to many eclectic club nights, and has featured live music acts including [[Jon Boden]], [[The Midnight]], [[Smoke Fairies]], [[Shed Seven]], [[The Libertines]], [[Deftones]], [[Slaves (UK band)\|Slaves]], [[Outlandish]], [[Laibach]], [[London Elektricity]], [[Coldplay]], [[Tash Sultana]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[The Killers]], [[Gorillaz]], [[Big Talk]], [[Moby]], [[HIM (Finnish band)\|HIM]], [[Wheatus]], [[Wargasm (band)\|Wargasm]], [[Adam Ant]], [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Sara Bareilles]], [[Gavin DeGraw]], [[Ray LaMontagne]], [[Trampled by Turtles]], [[Doomtree]], [[Super Furry Animals]], [[The Chemical Brothers]], [[Avril Lavigne]], [[Enslaved (band)\|Enslaved]], [[Spandau Ballet]], [[Gorgoroth]], [[Lacuna Coil]], [[Maroon 5]], [[The Script]], [[Melanie C]], [[KLOQ (band)\|KLOQ]], [[Gabrielle Aplin]], [[Piri]], [[Bastille (band)\|Bastille]], [[Wolf Alice]], [[JAWS (band)\|JAWS]], [[Kaiser Chiefs]], [[Jedi Mind Tricks]], [[P!nk]], [[Louis Tomlinson]] The Iterations and FEET.

	==Shock Around The Clock==		==Shock Around The Clock==

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	== Controversy ==		== Controversy ==
	In 2021, [[Wargasm (band)\|Wargasm]] singer Sam Matlock stated that security staff at Scala had assaulted him, where the bouncers "dragged" him into the toilets, "slammed his head against the toilet seat" and "held his head in the toilet bowl".<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2021-11-08\|title=Wargasm singer's head 'held down backstage toilet by bouncers'\|language=en-GB\|work=BBC News\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-59208362\|access-date=2021-11-08}}</ref> Scala banned the bouncers involved from the club.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/scala-bans-third-bouncer-after-wargasm-assault-claims-3093260\|title=Scala bans third bouncer after Wargasm assault claims\|website=[[NME]]\|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-59222640\|title=Scala bans bouncers after Wargasm frontman assault claim\|date=9 November 2021\|access-date=25 January 2022\|website=Bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/band-lead-singer-assaulted-bouncers-music-venue-kings-cross-493816\|title=Bouncers Went Overboard Against Metal Band, Singer Gets Worst Of It\|first=Brian\|last=Yalung\|date=10 November 2021\|website=Latintimes.com\|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>		In 2021, [[Wargasm (band)\|Wargasm]] singer Sam Matlock stated that security staff at Scala had assaulted him, where the bouncers "dragged" him into the toilets, "slammed his head against the toilet seat" and "held his head in the toilet bowl".<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2021-11-08\|title=Wargasm singer's head 'held down backstage toilet by bouncers'\|language=en-GB\|work=BBC News\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-59208362\|access-date=2021-11-08}}</ref> Scala banned the bouncers involved from the club.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/scala-bans-third-bouncer-after-wargasm-assault-claims-3093260\|title=Scala bans third bouncer after Wargasm assault claims\|website=[[NME]]\|date=11 November 2021 \|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-59222640\|title=Scala bans bouncers after Wargasm frontman assault claim\|date=9 November 2021\|access-date=25 January 2022\|website=Bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/band-lead-singer-assaulted-bouncers-music-venue-kings-cross-493816\|title=Bouncers Went Overboard Against Metal Band, Singer Gets Worst Of It\|first=Brian\|last=Yalung\|date=10 November 2021\|website=Latintimes.com\|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>

	== Movies and popular culture ==		== Movies and popular culture ==

Zarino: Adding link to newly created Scala!!! film article

2024-03-08T21:53:24Z

Adding link to newly created Scala!!! film article

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	== Movies and popular culture ==		== Movies and popular culture ==
	The Scala's years as a cinema club in Tottenham Street and King's Cross are chronicled in the book ''SCALA CINEMA 1978-1993'' written by Jane Giles and edited by Ali Catterall (FAB Press, 2018) and the film ''SCALA!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits'' (directors: Ali Catterall, Jane Giles, 2023).		The Scala's years as a cinema club in Tottenham Street and King's Cross are chronicled in the book ''SCALA CINEMA 1978-1993'' written by Jane Giles and edited by Ali Catterall (FAB Press, 2018) and the film ''[[Scala!!! (2023 film)\|SCALA!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits]]'' (directors: Ali Catterall, Jane Giles, 2023).

	==Notes and references==		==Notes and references==

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	== Controversy ==		== Controversy ==
	[[Wargasm (band)\|Wargasm]] singer Sam Matlock stated that security staff at Scala had assaulted him, where the bouncers "dragged" him into the toilets, "slammed his head against the toilet seat" and "held his head in the toilet bowl".<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2021-11-08\|title=Wargasm singer's head 'held down backstage toilet by bouncers'\|language=en-GB\|work=BBC News\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-59208362\|access-date=2021-11-08}}</ref> Scala banned the bouncers involved from the club.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/scala-bans-third-bouncer-after-wargasm-assault-claims-3093260\|title=Scala bans third bouncer after Wargasm assault claims\|website=[[NME]]\|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-59222640\|title=Scala bans bouncers after Wargasm frontman assault claim\|date=9 November 2021\|access-date=25 January 2022\|website=Bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/band-lead-singer-assaulted-bouncers-music-venue-kings-cross-493816\|title=Bouncers Went Overboard Against Metal Band, Singer Gets Worst Of It\|first=Brian\|last=Yalung\|date=10 November 2021\|website=Latintimes.com\|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>		In 2021, [[Wargasm (band)\|Wargasm]] singer Sam Matlock stated that security staff at Scala had assaulted him, where the bouncers "dragged" him into the toilets, "slammed his head against the toilet seat" and "held his head in the toilet bowl".<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2021-11-08\|title=Wargasm singer's head 'held down backstage toilet by bouncers'\|language=en-GB\|work=BBC News\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-59208362\|access-date=2021-11-08}}</ref> Scala banned the bouncers involved from the club.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/scala-bans-third-bouncer-after-wargasm-assault-claims-3093260\|title=Scala bans third bouncer after Wargasm assault claims\|website=[[NME]]\|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-59222640\|title=Scala bans bouncers after Wargasm frontman assault claim\|date=9 November 2021\|access-date=25 January 2022\|website=Bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/band-lead-singer-assaulted-bouncers-music-venue-kings-cross-493816\|title=Bouncers Went Overboard Against Metal Band, Singer Gets Worst Of It\|first=Brian\|last=Yalung\|date=10 November 2021\|website=Latintimes.com\|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>

	== Movies and popular culture ==		== Movies and popular culture ==

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	Intended to be an alternative [[BFI Southbank\|National Film Theatre]], the Scala Film Club (which took its name from Scala House, its home on Tottenham Street) moved to this venue in 1981 under the management of [[Stephen Woolley]].<ref>[[Stephen Woolley]] [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/05/scala-cinema-vintage-goodwood "Beyond B-movies: Recreating The Scala's movie mecca"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 5 August 2011</ref> However, when the Scala showed the film ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)\|A Clockwork Orange]]'', then withdrawn from UK distribution, the copyright holder [[Warner Bros.]] sued at [[Kubrick]]'s insistence, and won.<ref>Tony Paley [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jul/31/scala-cinema-london "Cinema of sin: London's old Scala picturehouse"], ''The Guardian'', 31 July 2011</ref> As a result, Scala was almost rendered bankrupt and closed in 1993; however, the club was re-opened in 1999. The cinema had been refitted, with the lower seating area incorporating the new stage, [[disc jockey\|DJ]] booth and dancefloor, while the upper seating area incorporated a second room and a DJ booth.		Intended to be an alternative [[BFI Southbank\|National Film Theatre]], the Scala Film Club (which took its name from Scala House, its home on Tottenham Street) moved to this venue in 1981 under the management of [[Stephen Woolley]].<ref>[[Stephen Woolley]] [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/05/scala-cinema-vintage-goodwood "Beyond B-movies: Recreating The Scala's movie mecca"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 5 August 2011</ref> However, when the Scala showed the film ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)\|A Clockwork Orange]]'', then withdrawn from UK distribution, the copyright holder [[Warner Bros.]] sued at [[Kubrick]]'s insistence, and won.<ref>Tony Paley [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jul/31/scala-cinema-london "Cinema of sin: London's old Scala picturehouse"], ''The Guardian'', 31 July 2011</ref> As a result, Scala was almost rendered bankrupt and closed in 1993; however, the club was re-opened in 1999. The cinema had been refitted, with the lower seating area incorporating the new stage, [[disc jockey\|DJ]] booth and dancefloor, while the upper seating area incorporated a second room and a DJ booth.

	Scala now plays host to many eclectic club nights, and has featured live music acts including [[Jon Boden]], [[The Midnight]], [[Smoke Fairies]], [[Shed Seven]], [[The Libertines]], [[Deftones]], [[Slaves (UK band)\|Slaves]], [[Outlandish]], [[Laibach]], [[London Elektricity]], [[Coldplay]], [[Tash Sultana]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[The Killers]], [[Gorillaz]], [[Big Talk]], [[Moby]], [[HIM (Finnish band)\|HIM]], [[Wheatus]], [[Adam Ant]], [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Sara Bareilles]], [[Gavin DeGraw]], [[Ray LaMontagne]], [[Trampled by Turtles]], [[Doomtree]], [[Super Furry Animals]], [[The Chemical Brothers]], [[Avril Lavigne]], [[Enslaved (band)\|Enslaved]], [[Spandau Ballet]], [[Gorgoroth]], [[Lacuna Coil]], [[Maroon 5]], [[The Script]], [[Melanie C]], [[KLOQ (band)\|KLOQ]], [[Gabrielle Aplin]], [[Bastille (band)\|Bastille]], [[Wolf Alice]], [[JAWS (band)\|JAWS]], [[Kaiser Chiefs]], [[Jedi Mind Tricks]], [[P!nk]], [[Louis Tomlinson]] The Iterations and FEET.		Scala now plays host to many eclectic club nights, and has featured live music acts including [[Jon Boden]], [[The Midnight]], [[Smoke Fairies]], [[Shed Seven]], [[The Libertines]], [[Deftones]], [[Slaves (UK band)\|Slaves]], [[Outlandish]], [[Laibach]], [[London Elektricity]], [[Coldplay]], [[Tash Sultana]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[The Killers]], [[Gorillaz]], [[Big Talk]], [[Moby]], [[HIM (Finnish band)\|HIM]], [[Wheatus]], [[Adam Ant]], [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Sara Bareilles]], [[Gavin DeGraw]], [[Ray LaMontagne]], [[Trampled by Turtles]], [[Doomtree]], [[Super Furry Animals]], [[The Chemical Brothers]], [[Avril Lavigne]], [[Enslaved (band)\|Enslaved]], [[Spandau Ballet]], [[Gorgoroth]], [[Lacuna Coil]], [[Maroon 5]], [[The Script]], [[Melanie C]], [[KLOQ (band)\|KLOQ]], [[Gabrielle Aplin]], [[piri]], [[Bastille (band)\|Bastille]], [[Wolf Alice]], [[JAWS (band)\|JAWS]], [[Kaiser Chiefs]], [[Jedi Mind Tricks]], [[P!nk]], [[Louis Tomlinson]] The Iterations and FEET.

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	== Movies and popular culture ==		== Movies and popular culture ==
	The Scala's years as a cinema club in Tottenham Street and King's Cross are chronicled in the book SCALA CINEMA 1978-1993 written by Jane Giles and edited by Ali Catterall (FAB Press, 2018) and the film SCALA!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits (directors: Ali Catterall, Jane Giles, 2023).		The Scala's years as a cinema club in Tottenham Street and King's Cross are chronicled in the book ''SCALA CINEMA 1978-1993'' written by Jane Giles and edited by Ali Catterall (FAB Press, 2018) and the film ''SCALA!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits'' (directors: Ali Catterall, Jane Giles, 2023).

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	== Movies and popular culture ==		== Movies and popular culture ==
	The Scala's years as a cinema club in Tottenham Street and King's Cross are chronicled in the book SCALA CINEMA 1978-1993 written by Jane Giles and edited by Ali ~~CAtterall~~ (FAB Press, 2018) and the film SCALA!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits (directors: Ali Catterall, Jane Giles, 2023).		The Scala's years as a cinema club in Tottenham Street and King's Cross are chronicled in the book SCALA CINEMA 1978-1993 written by Jane Giles and edited by Ali Catterall (FAB Press, 2018) and the film SCALA!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits (directors: Ali Catterall, Jane Giles, 2023).

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	== Movies and popular culture ==		== Movies and popular culture ==
	The Scala's years as a cinema club in Tottenham Street and King's Cross are chronicled in the book SCALA CINEMA 1978-1993 by Jane Giles (FAB Press, 2018) and the film SCALA!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits (directors: Ali Catterall, Jane Giles, 2023).		The Scala's years as a cinema club in Tottenham Street and King's Cross are chronicled in the book SCALA CINEMA 1978-1993 written by Jane Giles and edited by Ali CAtterall (FAB Press, 2018) and the film SCALA!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits (directors: Ali Catterall, Jane Giles, 2023).


	==Notes and references==		==Notes and references==