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His Majesty's Theatre is an Edwardian Baroque theatre in Perth, Western Australia. Constructed from 1902 to 1904 during a period of great growth for the town, the theatre is located on the corner of Hay Street and King Street in Perth's central business district .
Perth 1900 [57] First purpose-built fire station in WA, operated until 1979. Now the FESA Fire Safety Education Centre & Museum His Majesty's Theatre Perth 1904 [58] Constructed at the time of the Western Australian gold rush, it was the largest theatre in Australia, and had seating for over 2,500 people.
Former theatres in Perth, Western Australia (2 P) Pages in category "Theatres in Perth, Western Australia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
West Australian Opera (WAO) is the principal opera company of Western Australia and is a resident company at His Majesty's Theatre, Perth. The company formed in 1967 and works in close association with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. It presents three main stage productions each year as well as the annual free event, City of Perth's ...
The Perth Theatre Trust is a statutory authority which manages and operates cultural venues in Western Australia.It manages His Majesty's Theatre, the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, the Subiaco Arts Centre (leased from the City of Subiaco), the Albany Entertainment Centre, the Goldfields Arts Centre and the Perth Cultural Centre.
The need for the Playhouse arose as Perth's main theatre, His Majesty's Theatre was considered too large to provide a feasible venue for locally produced live-theatre productions, and had been functioning principally as a cinema since the early 1940s. In the mid-1950s the board and members of the Repertory Club commenced fundraising for the ...
The Perth Cultural Centre includes facilities such as the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the State Library of Western Australia, the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia and the Western Australian Museum. [10] The Perth Concert Hall is located on St Georges Terrace and His Majesty's Theatre on Hay Street.
In 1980 the company moved to the newly refurbished His Majesty's Theatre which remained its performance, rehearsal and administrative home until 2012 when rehearsals and administration were moved to the West Australian Ballet Centre. In 1981, Garth Welch's world premiere of Peter Pan gave West Australian Ballet its very first sell-out season ...