Capitol Theatre

William Street and The Esplanade,
Perth, WA 6000

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Capitol Theatre William Street and The Esplanade, Perth, WA - 1935

Capitol Theatre William Street and The Esplanade, Perth, WA - 1935 - Note the TALKIES neon sign on-top of the building dominating William Street.

Photo - State Library of WA

Entrepreneur and later Lord Mayor, Thomas Wardle bought the theatre in 1966 and Bob Dylan performed in it on his first visit to Perth in that year. Wardle sold it in 1968 and it was demolished soon after to make way for an office building. The chandelier from the theatre now hangs in Melbourne’s Princess Theatre.

Similar to the nearby Esplanade Hotel and Barracks Arch, the Capitol Theatre was demolished prior to the city or state of Western Australia having any effective heritage legislation demolition of significant historical structures was carried out with little regard to the city’s heritage..Notes by Sue Fury

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