Ambassadors Theatre (Perth)

Coordinates: 31°57′17.503″S 115°51′35.611″E / 31.95486194°S 115.85989194°E

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Ambassadors Theatre

General information
Status	Demolished
Address	164–168 Hay Street
Town or city	Perth, Western Australia
Country	Australia
Coordinates	31°57′17.503″S 115°51′35.611″E / 31.95486194°S 115.85989194°E / -31.95486194; 115.85989194
Construction started	1928
Completed	1929
Renovated	1937
Demolished	1972

Ambassadors Theatre was a theatre and cinema in Hay Street, Perth, between 1929 and 1972.

Constructed beginning in 1928,^[1] following a visit to the United States by the head of Union Theatres.^[2] It was completed and opened in 1929.^[3]^[4]

In its initial years, the theatre had stage, music and cinema as part of the format of events.^[5]^[6]

Much of the ornamentation incorporated in the 1929 design was changed during renovations in the late 1930s.^[7]

It closed and was demolished in 1972.^[8]

Notes

^ "PERTH'S NEW THEATRE". The Daily News. Vol. XLVII, no. 16, 439. Western Australia. 6 January 1928. p. 10 (HOME (FINAL) EDITION). Retrieved 17 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "THE AMBASSADORS". The Daily News. Vol. XLVII, no. 16, 469. Western Australia. 10 February 1928. p. 5 (HOME (FINAL) EDITION). Retrieved 17 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ A souvenir of the gala premiere of Australia's greatest theatre the Ambassadors, 1900, retrieved 17 October 2016
^ Illustrations Ltd; HRRC (1953), Interior of the Ambassadors Theatre, 629 Hay Street, retrieved 17 October 2016
^ "AMBASSADORS THEATRE". The Daily News. Vol. XLVIII, no. 17, 022. Western Australia. 22 November 1929. p. 16 (HOME FINAL EDITION). Retrieved 17 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Union Theatres Ltd (1928), The Ambassadors news : a weekly paper devoted to the motion picture and allied entertainment, a personal link between you and Australia's greatest theatre, Union Theatres, retrieved 17 October 2016
^ "Metro Theatre". Western Mail. Vol. 60, no. 2, 760. Western Australia. 19 January 1939. p. 29. Retrieved 17 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Offen, Richard (2016), Perth Then and Now, Pymble, A Collins & Brown (uk), ISBN 978-1-910904-90-9 pages 94-95

v t e Cinematic and theatrical buildings in Western Australia
Cinemas	Ambassadors (demolished) Cygnet Cinema Grand Theatre (demolished) Luna Leederville Oriana Cinema (demolished) Piccadilly Cinema (closed) Plaza Theatre (closed) Savoy Cinema (closed) Sun Picture Gardens Windsor Cinema
Drive in cinemas	Galaxy Drive In
Commercial theatres	Astor Theatre Crown Theatre Perth Capitol Theatre (demolished) His Majesty's Theatre The Playhouse Theatre (demolished) Regal Theatre St Georges Hall (demolished) State Theatre Centre Spare Parts Puppet Theatre Subiaco Theatre Centre
Community theatres	Darlington Hall Garrick Theatre
Other venues	Burswood Dome Fly by Night Club Fremantle Town Hall Perth Arena Perth Concert Hall Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre Perth Entertainment Centre (demolished) Perth Superdrome Perth Town Hall Quarry Amphitheatre

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