Capri Theatrette
721 Hay Street,
Perth,
WA
6000
721 Hay Street,
Perth,
WA
6000
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Previous Names: Mayfair Theatrette
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The Mayfair Theatrette opened on 11th March 1947. The Mayfair Theatrette closed for renovations on 25th May 1968 with “Daleks Invasion Earth 2150AD”.
It reopened as the 380-seat Capri Theatrette on 10th June 1968 with Rod Steiger in “No Way to Treat a Lady”. Around 1965 a second screen was created in the former coffee lounge. The Capri Theatrette closed in September 1987. The site became occupied by JB HI-FI(first location in Perth(and Western Australia) which closed on 7th May 2019.
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Recent comments (view all 7 comments)
The Capri Theatee was also a coffee shop.
This theatrette was underneath the Pavilion Theatre building. The building has been heritage listed(date unknown?).
I think the entrance might have where the camera store(Camera House)–(front part) is in the chemist shop?
The Mayfair Theatrette opened on 11/3/1947
The Capri Theatrette was twinned(in 1985 or 1986?), by converting the former coffee lounge.
The JB HI-FI store closed on 7/5/2019 and moved to a new location in Murray Street(Forrest Chase) above the Woolworths suoermarket that was once the site of the Grand Theatre(opening on 8/5/2019).
Also closed(as the Mayfair Theatrette) on 10th June 1968 with “The Trap”.