Editing Dalston (section)

==Cultural references==
[[File:St Mark, Dalston, London E8 - Interior - geograph.org.uk - 1680110.jpg|thumb|Interior of St. Mark's Church in Dalston, featured in 2007 film [[Run Fat Boy Run]].]]
* The 2007 film ''[[Run Fat Boy Run]]'' (directed by [[David Schwimmer]]) was filmed in Dalston (St. Mark's Conservation Area). Dennis ([[Simon Pegg]]) stays in a flat on Sandringham Road across the road from St. Mark's Church.
* The second and third series of popular television show ''[[The Mighty Boosh (TV series)|The Mighty Boosh]]'' takes place in Dalston.
* The 2021 film [[Boiling Point (2021 film)]] was filmed in Dalston at restaurant, Jones & Sons.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hui |first=Angela |title=How 'Boiling Point' was filmed in a real London restaurant |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/how-boiling-point-was-filmed-in-a-real-london-restaurant-012622 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250328095148/https://www.timeout.com/london/news/how-boiling-point-was-filmed-in-a-real-london-restaurant-012622 |archive-date=2025-03-28 |access-date=2025-04-27 |work=Time Out London |language=en-GB}}</ref> Dalston bar [[Dalston Superstore]] is mentioned multiple times in the film.
* Dalston Songs is a staged song cycle with seven singers created and composed by [[Helen Chadwick (musician)|Helen Chadwick]] and choreographed by Steven Hoggett. It was based on interviews with people in East London about home and was performed in 2008 at the [[Royal Opera House]].
* Dalston is the second of 12 placenames associated with London mentioned in an [[Overdubbing|overdubbed]] choral series on the [[Lily Allen]] song "[[LDN (song)|LDN]]": "Angel, Dalston, Stockwell, Clapton, Soho, Ladbroke Grove...".
* [[Britney Spears]] recorded the pop video for the song ''[[Criminal (Britney Spears song)|Criminal]]'' in Dalston in September 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/entertainment/britney-spears-shoots-new-video-in-dalston-1-1027933|title=Britney Spears shoots new video in Dalston|first=Chloe|last=Mayer|website=Hackney Gazette}}</ref>
* British indie rock band [[Razorlight]] recorded a song called "Don't go back to Dalston", featured on their debut album ''[[Up All Night (Razorlight album)|Up All Night]]''.
* [[Connan Mockasin]]'s song "Forever Dolphin Love" mentions Dalston.
* Dalston was featured in an episode of the 1990s Channel 4 comedy series ''[[Drop the Dead Donkey]]'', in which the reconstruction of a fictitious post office robbery is staged, in a 'Crime Watch' type parody.
* The poet [[Martina Evans]] lives in Dalston and has referenced it in some of her poems.<ref>{{cite web |title=I want to be like Frank O'Hara |url=http://www.martinaevans.com/videos |website=www.martinaevans.com |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>