Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

National Amphitheatre

Circus venue in 73-75 Castlereagh Street which began life as the National Sporting Club.

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Milestone
Opened
1906
Demolished
1984
Name
Alternate
The Nash
Alternate
Fuller's Theatre
1919 - 1930
Alternate
Roxy cinema
1930 - 1932
Alternate
Mayfair cinema
1932 - 1980
Position
1918 - 1919
Property
Occupied by
Type

National Amphitheatre

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,
2013

Converted from boxing auditorium to popular vaudeville theatre, the 'Nash' reinvented itself again in the 1930s as a cinema when economic depression and the popularity of film forced further adaptation.