Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Her Majesty's Theatre Pitt Street

Largest and best-equipped theatre in Sydney when it opened in 1887, Her Majesty's was rebuilt after a fire destroyed the theatre in 1902. Closed as a theatre in the 1930s, the building survived until the redevelopment of the site for Centrepoint in the 1970s.

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Milestone
Constructed
1884 - 1887
Constructed
1902 - 1903
Destroyed
Fire
23 Mar 1902
Closed
10 Jun 1933
Position
1883
1883
1902
Property
Superseded by
Type

Her Majesty's Theatre

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There have been three Her Majesty's Theatres in Sydney, spanning nearly a century of the city's theatrical history.