Ambassadors Theatre (Perth)

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Ambassadors Theatre
Ambassadors Theatre (Perth)
General information
StatusDemolished
Address164–168 Hay Street
Town or city Perth, Western Australia
Country Australia
Coordinates 31°57′17.503″S115°51′35.611″E / 31.95486194°S 115.85989194°E / -31.95486194; 115.85989194 Coordinates: 31°57′17.503″S115°51′35.611″E / 31.95486194°S 115.85989194°E / -31.95486194; 115.85989194
Construction started1928
Completed1929
Renovated1937
Demolished1972

Ambassadors Theatre was a theatre and cinema in Hay Street, Perth, between 1929 and 1972.

Constructed beginning in 1928 [1] following a visit to the United States by the head of Union Theatres, [2] it was completed and opened in 1929. [3] [4]

In its initial years, the theatre had stage, music and cinema as part of the format of events. [5] [6]

Much of the ornamentation incorporated in the 1929 design was changed during renovations in the late 1930s. [7]

It closed and was demolished in 1972. [8]

Notes

  1. "PERTH'S NEW THEATRE". The Daily News . XLVII (16, 439). Western Australia. 6 January 1928. p. 10 (HOME (FINAL) EDITION). Retrieved 17 October 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "THE AMBASSADORS". The Daily News . XLVII (16, 469). Western Australia. 10 February 1928. p. 5 (HOME (FINAL) EDITION). Retrieved 17 October 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  3. A souvenir of the gala premiere of Australia's greatest theatre the Ambassadors, 1900, retrieved 17 October 2016
  4. Illustrations Ltd; HRRC (1953), Interior of the Ambassadors Theatre, 629 Hay Street , retrieved 17 October 2016
  5. "AMBASSADORS THEATRE". The Daily News . XLVIII (17, 022). Western Australia. 22 November 1929. p. 16 (HOME FINAL EDITION). Retrieved 17 October 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  6. Union Theatres Ltd (1928), The Ambassadors news : a weekly paper devoted to the motion picture and allied entertainment, a personal link between you and Australia's greatest theatre, Union Theatres, retrieved 17 October 2016
  7. "Metro Theatre". Western Mail . 60 (2, 760). Western Australia. 19 January 1939. p. 29. Retrieved 17 October 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  8. Offen, Richard (2016), Perth Then and Now, Pymble, A Collins & Brown (uk), ISBN   978-1-910904-90-9 pages 94-95

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