Balmain & Glebe Heritage
National Theatre c.1912
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The National Theatre was opened as a live theatre/music hall in January 1912. Eventually cinema use came and it was taken over by Hoyts Theatres chain in the late-1920’s, and was renamed Hoyts Balmain Theatre. Remodeled in 1936, in an Art Deco Style.
It was closed in 1964 and uses made of this site included a dance institute and film, T.V., music and recording studio (1965), dance hall (1967), auction rooms (1967), indoor mini golf amusement centre (1973), cinema (1974), roller skating rink (1979) and sound recording studio (1986) Live Theatre
In the late-1990’s, undergoing commercial alterations and additions, known as ‘The Bijou’.
National Theatre c.1912
See where this picture was taken. [?]
The National Theatre was opened as a live theatre/music hall in January 1912. Eventually cinema use came and it was taken over by Hoyts Theatres chain in the late-1920’s, and was renamed Hoyts Balmain Theatre. Remodeled in 1936, in an Art Deco Style.
It was closed in 1964 and uses made of this site included a dance institute and film, T.V., music and recording studio (1965), dance hall (1967), auction rooms (1967), indoor mini golf amusement centre (1973), cinema (1974), roller skating rink (1979) and sound recording studio (1986) Live Theatre
In the late-1990’s, undergoing commercial alterations and additions, known as ‘The Bijou’.