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Hayden Orpheum [Explore]
The Hayden Orpheum on Cremorne's main drag stands opposite some lively restaurants and pizza places. Currently showing The French Film Festival and Dune!
The 700-seat art deco cinema opened in 1935 as the Cremorne Orpheum Theatre, cost over £45,000. Its architect George Kenworthy designed other cinemas in similar style including the Enfield Savoy Theatre and the Majestic Theatre in Port Macquarie.
The Orpheum was family operated and largely untouched until 1979 when it closed. It was saved from being turned into a shopping centre by a $2.5 million refurbishment backed by daytime TV host Mike Walsh, completed in 1987. 'Hayden' was his group of companies. In the 1990's and 2000's more screens were added.
Inside the original art deco-style statues of Princess Atalanta of Arcadia holding suns and sun rays, stained glass windows and light fittings and a baby grand are preserved. Heavy velvet stage curtains and regal red seating keep the feel. The main cinema has a 1925 Wurlitzer pipe organ (installed in 1987) which rises from under the floor, still in action when the aging organist agrees. The latest fitting is a laser projection system capable of 4K resolution at 120 frames per second.
Hayden Orpheum [Explore]
The Hayden Orpheum on Cremorne's main drag stands opposite some lively restaurants and pizza places. Currently showing The French Film Festival and Dune!
The 700-seat art deco cinema opened in 1935 as the Cremorne Orpheum Theatre, cost over £45,000. Its architect George Kenworthy designed other cinemas in similar style including the Enfield Savoy Theatre and the Majestic Theatre in Port Macquarie.
The Orpheum was family operated and largely untouched until 1979 when it closed. It was saved from being turned into a shopping centre by a $2.5 million refurbishment backed by daytime TV host Mike Walsh, completed in 1987. 'Hayden' was his group of companies. In the 1990's and 2000's more screens were added.
Inside the original art deco-style statues of Princess Atalanta of Arcadia holding suns and sun rays, stained glass windows and light fittings and a baby grand are preserved. Heavy velvet stage curtains and regal red seating keep the feel. The main cinema has a 1925 Wurlitzer pipe organ (installed in 1987) which rises from under the floor, still in action when the aging organist agrees. The latest fitting is a laser projection system capable of 4K resolution at 120 frames per second.