Palace Theatre

Theatre

Variety theatre, also used as a cinema, in Pitt Street.

Milestones
Constructed
1896
Demolished
1970
Positions
Architect
Backhouse, Clarence
Designer
Goatcher, Philip W
Property
Owned by
Adams, George

Palace Theatre

by Ailsa McPherson, 2008

 

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Built as part of the Tattersall's hotel complex, the Palace Theatre was an opulent, baroque-style theatre, with interior design by Phil Goatcher. It became known as a 'hard luck house' where shows did not prosper, and was later used as a cinema, and mini-golf course. It closed in 1969.
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