Her Majesty's Theatre

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Her Majesty’s Theatre 17 Lydiard Street South, Ballarat, VIC

The stage and interior still in use today was originally created by William Pitt (designer of Melbourne’s Princess Theatre and the auditorium of Hobart’s Theatre Royal) in 1898. Since that time domes have been removed and restored, murals applied and obscured; balconies, projector boxes and dressing rooms shuffled around to fulfil whatever purpose the good people of Ballarat required.

Perhaps it’s this versatile and flexible spirit that has ensured the legacy of ‘Her Maj’ as one of the longest continuously operating theatres on the Australian mainland.

Contributed by Greg Lynch -