Ambassadors Theatre (Perth)

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

Ambassadors Theatre
General information
StatusDemolished
Address164–168 Hay Street
Town or cityPerth, Western Australia
CountryAustralia
Coordinates31°57′17.503″S 115°51′35.611″E
Construction started1928
Completed1929
Renovated1937
Demolished1972

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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