The Arcola Theatre in Dalston (which is 300m north of the new Dalston Kingsland interlinked station) is a great little theatre. My wife and I were up there on Friday. http://www.arcolatheatre.com/ Just 150m north of Kingsland is The Rio - a long-established independent cinema. http://www.riocinema.ndirect.co.uk/ The Geffrye Museum is 2 minutes walk from the new Hoxton station. http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/