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Hobart’s Theatre Royal sits on the oldest theatre site in Australia, having opened in 1837.

Although it has been significantly remodelled several times (1856, 1890, 1911, 1987), and damaged by fire (1984), the building still retains fragments of the original theatre. The Royal has hosted all manner of entertainments, including opera, drama and musicals, film screenings, vaudeville, minstrelsy, revue, pantomime, school, sporting and public events, and religious gatherings. Its link with variety theatre dates back to at least the 1850s and continued for more than a hundred years. It was acquired by the Tasmanian government in 1949.

Image source: Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office.

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