How to get cheap cinema tickets in London

£7 (seniors £5, members £6)

The brilliant Rio in Dalston is a proper community cinema for locals and makes a point of being accessible. That means Bargain Mondays, with tickets at £7 (seniors: £5, members: £6). 

Crouch End, East Dulwich, the Gate, Greenwich, Hackney and the Rizty in Brixton. £7 (£5 members)

The Picturehouse chain has utterly transformed what Londoners expect from the cinema, with its comfy-chairs-and-nice-glass-of-wine approach. They are not the cheapest cinemas in town. But on Mondays, most of them offer a Happy Mondays deal, with tickets at £7 (members £5). For Clapham, see Tuesday.

Shaftesbury Avenue, £13 (members £10)

Yes, it’s over a tenner, but if you’re in town on a Monday looking for a reasonably priced cinema, the Picturehouse Central has a Happy Mondays deal, with tickets at £13 (£10 members). Which is not too shabby for the West End’s plushest cinema. 

Crouch End £5, £7

Voted London’s best cinema by Time Out readers in 2014, Crouch End’s indie ArtHouse, housed in a former Salvation Army Hall, offers a Monday deal. Tickets are £7 all day (seniors £5).

Whitechapel, £4.50

Not only has the Genesis been updated into a retro-lovely cinema, it also has some of London’s best priced tickets. Mondays and Wednesdays are especially good value at £4.50. 

Moorgate, £6

Going to the Barbican is always a treat. And on Mondays it’s a cheap treat with Monday Madness tickets at £6.  

Kensington, £7

The Ciné Lumière is the home of French film in London. Located in L’Institut Français in Kensington, it shows a mix of arthouse and foreign movies – with a special focus on French films, naturellement. Tickets on Mondays are £7. 

Kensal Rise, £7 (members £5) 

The Lexi is one of the friendliest places in London to watch a movie, a tiny community-run cinema where all the profits go to charity. Mondays is the regular cheap night, with tickets priced at £7 (£5 for members).