Tasma Theatre

Richard_D on December 8, 2022 at 7:02 am

The building still stood when I lived in Coffs, having closed around June 1968. ‘Waltons’ department/furniture store, was operating out of the building when I moved to Coffs, so I must have been there around 1969 onwards.

I did go inside and the stalls had the seats removed and was the main display floor for the store goods.

My dad asked the manager if I could look upstairs and I was taken up to the circle.

I did look through the projection room door at the back of the circle, but I don’t recall any equipment being inside.

I was about 8 or 9 years old, so apologies, the memories are a bit vague!

I do remember the theatre being demolished and a new rather ugly brick ‘Waltons’ store was built on the site, which itself disappeared when the mall was built.

johngleeson on April 10, 2015 at 1:00 pm

When the mall was built streets were changed. Castle Street no longer connects with High Street (renamed Harbour Drive) so the crossing where the Tasma was no longer exists.