Ambassadors Theatre (Perth)

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

Ambassadors Theatre
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General information
StatusDemolished
Address164–168 Hay Street
Town or cityPerth, Western Australia
CountryAustralia
Coordinates31°57′17.503″S 115°51′35.611″E / 31.95486194°S 115.85989194°E / -31.95486194; 115.85989194
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]

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  1. ^ "PERTH'S NEW THEATRE". The Daily News. Vol. XLVII, no. 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. Vol. XLVII, no. 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. Vol. XLVIII, no. 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. Vol. 60, no. 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