State Theatre
49 Market Street,
Sydney,
NSW
2000
49 Market Street,
Sydney,
NSW
2000
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What a stunning theatre
STATE WURLITZER ORGAN,LATEST NEWS !!!
The State theatre is the owner of a Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. The organ was a super de-luxe model. As originally imported,the State Wurlitzer had two four keyboard consoles with Grand Piano attactment and giant 32'(10 meter) organ pipes. The organ has been in poor condition for decades. It finally blew up in 1992! The decision was taken then not to repair it and it was simply sent to the bottom of the pit! A campaign to have it restored is being pusued with gusto!
In June,2000 work started to restore it completly. The funds coming from the theatre itself. Work is now well in hand in restoring the pipe chambers. Parts of the restored organ are now being reinstalled at the theatre. The console being the first item to appear.
Sydney’s State theatre is basically a pot-puri of 2 famous New York theatres plus another from Chicago. The architect,John Eberson was visited personally by the head of Union Theatres,(Stuart F. Doyle) and his architect(Henry White) in 1926. Doyle wanted the latest designs of American movie palaces for his Australian circuit.Eberson had already given White plans for “atmospheric” theatres. Doyle wanted a New York Paramount type building for his second big Sydney theatre. Eberson supplied many of the working drawings,even though Eberson was not the architect of the Paramount. In 1929,the new Sydney State theatre was opened. A theatre that could hold neary 3,000 persons! Doyle got exactly what he wanted. The State theatre is a scaled down New York Paramount. The lobby was a scaled model of the New York Roxy(which included same coloured scaglioli columns) rising some 5 stories. Many of the statuary.light fittings,water fountains and signage are identical to those of the Paradise theatre,Chicago.(an Eberson theatre). In otherwords,the State theatre is a “fully imported” american movie palace.Many of the fittings were made by the same companies who made similar for american theatres.
hi my name is rebecca and i would like to know if you have the blue prints of the capitol theatre sydney that i could get a copy if you can but if you can’t thanks for trying
rebecca pike
304 hoskins st
Temora 2666 nsw
The State, Sydney, is not an Atmospheric theatre – it is a classic “hard top” Louis the Umpteenth style. It also contains a magnificent gallery of Australian art originals.