New Tivoli Theatre, Sydney
former theatre and music hall in Castlereagh Street, Sydney, Australia
The New Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, previously known as the Adelphi Theatre and the Grand Opera House, was a theatre and music hall at 329, Castlereagh Street, Sydney, Australia, which was long at the heart of the Tivoli circuit.
It operated between 1911 and 1966 and from 1932 was often called the Tivoli Theatre.
History
Adelphi Theatre
The Adelphi Theatre was built in 1911 on half of the site of Sydney's former Paddy's Markets, in the block formed by Campbell, Castlereagh, Hay, and Pitt streets, on land leased from the City of Sydney. It was one of four theatres built in the Haymarket area that year, the other three being picture theatres: the Lyric and New Colonial on George Street for J. D. Williams, and the Orpheum, which stood on the other half of the former Paddy's Markets. Designed by the architects Eaton & Bates, the Adelphi was built of reinforced concrete faced with white marble. The stage was 60 by 60 feet (18 m × 18 m), with a doorway to Pitt Street wide enough for carriages. Its auditorium, licensed to seat 2,400 people, was the first to have its tiers and galleries built on the cantilever principle, instead of iron columns supporting the front of each tier.
The new Adelphi Theatre opened on 5 April 1911 with George Marlow's production of The Bad Girl of the Family.
In October 1915, Marlow's partner and fellow entrepreneur Benjamin Fuller closed the theatre for renovations. The auditorium was redesigned by Henry Eli White to improve sight lines, thus reducing its capacity to 2100 people.
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