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Oriana Theatre 177 High Street, Fremantle, WA

Photo Roy Mudge - Projection booth 1969

Located on High Street at the corner of Queen Street, on the site of the old Rose and Crown Hotel (and later also the Fremantle Grammar School). Hoyts built a new theatre which they considered calling the Crown Theatre, but it opened as Hoyts Fremantle Theatre. Hoyts Fremantle Theatre opened on 4th August 1938 with Jed Prouty in “Love on a Budget” and the Weal Disney animated feature “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. It was remodelled in 1949.

Name changed to Oriana Theatre in 1960 when taken over by City Theatres. The theatre closed on 4th December 1971, and was demolished in February 1972. There is an article in the West Australian newspaper (17the December 1972) about three people hurt during the demolition of the theatre. The site is now shops and a restaurant - notes by David Coppock

Contributed by Greg Lynch -