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STAGES Episode 527: STUART GREENE - A History of Sydney Theatres
STAGES welcomes back passionate theatre historian Stuart Greene in an episode which details the life of some of the Sydney’s iconic theatre venues.
It’s difficult to contemplate that the Sydney CBD once was home to approximately 28 theatres and movie houses - sacred temples in which audiences experienced an escape of the imagination through entertainments as diverse as vaudeville, musical theatre, burlesque, opera, cinema, circus, silver screen and legitimate plays.
Disappointingly, many of these cherished venues have been demolished, making way for urban development and consequently losing…
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