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Savoy Theatre


2004 Photo from the Ken Roe collection.
18-24 Katoomba Street
Katoomba NSW

Closed
Record #391  
 Opened: 1936
 Closed: Yes (date unknown)
 Current Use: Restaurant
 Demolished:
Capacity: 992 seats
Architect(s): Crick & Furse
Architectural Style(s): Art Deco
National Register:
Current Organ: none
 Also Known As: Kings Theatre, Palais de Dance, Trocodero Theatre

Information for this tour was contributed by Ken Roe.

Originally opened as the Kings Theatre for live shows in the pre-1920s, it had become a Palais de Dance by 1925 and was used for both dancing and roller skating by 1930. It closed in 1930 and became a shop and warehouse.

In 1936, architects Crick & Furse re-modelled the building into an art deco style cinema and it opened as the Savoy. The former billiard hall in the basement became a boys club, but in 1943 it was converted into a 500 seat theatre named the Trocodero Theatre. The Savoy closed in the early 1960s, re-opened again and then finally closed in the late 1960's/early 1970s. A fire extensively damaged the auditorium in June 1982. Today a restaurant occupies the front entrance foyer and the balcony foyer areas.

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February 2004 photos from the Ken Roe collection.


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