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was a cinema and theatre located on the corner of Wentworth Avenue and Liverpool Street in Sydney that showed films and
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Hamann, Conrad. The Mystic Stonewright: Walter Burley Griffin . Meanjin, Vol. 36, No. 3, Oct 1977: 354-362.
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The Paris Company (formally the Paris Theatre Performance Group Limited) formed in March 1978 by
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In 1935, the theatre was renovated and renamed the Tatler Theatre. On 5 August 1943
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Sydney's first gay Mardi Gras : what brought it on and how it changed us
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In 1952 Hoyts purchased the theatre and it was renamed the Park Theatre.
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was built in 1915 for Hoyt’s Theatres Ltd and opened on 7 January 1916.
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205-207 Liverpool Street, Sydney on the corner of Wentworth Avenue
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The theatre was renovated in 1954 and renamed the Paris Theatre.
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and plays. The theatre changed names several times, trading as
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From 21–27 May 1978, 900 people attended Sydney's first gay
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Australian Picture Palace, Tatler Theatre, Park Theatre
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on the corner of Wentworth Avenue, the architect was
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Some performances at the theatre include the film “
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Sydney
Australia
Coordinates
33°52′37″S 151°12′43″E / 33.8769681°S 151.2119533°E / -33.8769681; 151.2119533
Walter Burley Griffin
Burcham Clamp
vaudeville
cabaret
Sydney Gay Mardi Gras
Liverpool Street, Sydney
Walter Burley Griffin
reinforced concrete
stucco
Walter Burley Griffin
Warner Brothers
They Died with their Boots On
Errol Flynn
film festival
Word is Out
Ron Austin
CAMP
Mardi Gras
Rose Tattoo
Cold Chisel
Louis Nowra
Boys Own MacBeth
INXS
Jim Sharman
Rex Cramphorn

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