Star Theatre, Invermay Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Glory days of Star Theatre returns to Launceston. Willard. Jessica. 2018-03-24. The Examiner. 2018-05-29. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20180529203852/https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5301622/glory-days-of-star-theatre-returns-to-launceston/. 29 May 2018. live.
  2. Web site: Tasmanian 20th Century Modernism : January 2012 . 25 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210737/http://modernismtas.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html . 4 March 2016 . live .
  3. Web site: Star Theatre in Invermay, AU - Cinema Treasures. cinematreasures.org. 2018-05-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20180530041937/http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/52734. 30 May 2018. live.
  4. News: New owners take on Launceston's Star Theatre. Dana. Anderson . 2022-01-02. The Examiner (Tasmania). 2022-06-19. en.