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- The theatre was designed by the eminent Sydney based, New Zealand born theatre architect Henry White, the designer of some 120 theatres in Australia and New Zealand.
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The theatre was designed by Henry Eli White with assistance from John Eberson and built between 1926 and 1929. It hosts film screenings, live theatre and musical performances, and since 1974 it has been the home of the annual Sydney Film Festival. It is also known as State Building and Wurlitzer Organ.
In 1974, the State Theatre became the home of the prestigious Sydney Film Festival and has continued to play host to this event for two weeks in June, each subsequent year.
The Sydney Film Festival is an annual competitive film festival held in Sydney, Australia, usually over 12 days in June. A number of awards are given, the top one being the Sydney Film Prize. As of 2023, the festival's director is Nashen Moodley. [1]
The historic State Theatre is Sydney Film Festival's largest venue and our home since 1974. The beautiful building hosts our prestigious Opening Night Gala and screenings throughout the Festival, as well as dozens of Australian Premiere screenings every year.
The State Theatre opened in 1929. Built by Union Theatres, as a picture palace’ or “Palace of Dreams,” the theatre has, over the years, staged musicals, live shows and concerts. Since 1974 it has been the home of the Sydney Film Festival.
Sydney's opulent State Theatre was built in 1929, at the height of the popularity of cinema going in Australia. It was one of the last theatres built in Sydney before the Great Depression of the 1930s, and before the prevalence of the more restrained Art Deco style in cinema design.
May 14, 2020 · Over the last few years, Sydneysiders have watched George Street transform. Indeed, with the seemingly endless construction of the light rail, the CBD looked less like a functioning metropolis and more like the post-credits scene of a Hollywood disaster movie.
