Star Theatre | |
Location: | 217B Invermay Road, Invermay, Tasmania, Australia |
Coordinates: | -41.4182°N 147.1342°W |
Owner: | Michael Smith |
Seating Capacity: | 250 |
Style: | Art Deco, Streamline Moderne |
The Star Theatre is a historic Streamline Modern/Art Deco theatre in the inner Launceston suburb of Invermay, Tasmania. When it opened in 1937, the theatre provided seating for 852 persons. The cinema was purchased in 1971[1] by the St. Vincent de Paul Society as a charity store after the theatre originally closed in 1969.[2]
Andrew Quaile, Ben Davis and Paul Lee-Archer purchased the property in 2015, restoring it to an independent cinema, café and bar. The cinema re-opened on 6 April 2018.[3] In 2022, it was purchased by Michael Smith, proprietor of the Sun Theatre in Yarraville, Victoria, Australia.[4]