Victoria Theatre (Newcastle)

Victoria Theatre

Victoria Theatre, 2007
Address	8–10 Perkins Street Newcastle Australia
Coordinates	32°55′43″S 151°46′39″E / 32.92866°S 151.77752°E / -32.92866; 151.77752
Designation	Historic building
Type	Dual purpose theatre/cinema
Current use	Vacant
Construction
Opened	1876
Closed	1966 (as theatre)
Rebuilt	1890/91, 1921
Years active	1876–1966 as theatre 1921–1966 as theatre/cinema 1966–1997 Retail space
Architect	J. Henderson

The Victoria Theatre is a heritage-listed former theatre at 8–10 Perkins Street, Newcastle, City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It was opened in 1876 and rebuilt during 1890–1891, and is the oldest theatre still standing in New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 27 August 1999.^[1]

The Victoria is only one of several large 'stage and screen' theatres built across the city from the 1870s until the early twentieth-century that have since been closed down. Others of importance were the early Central Mission Theatre on King Street, the Civic Theatre, and the Theatre Royal both on Hunter Street.