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Lyric Theatre (former)

Location

199-201 Sydney Road, Brunswick VIC 3056 - Property No 38911

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The Lyric Theatre is of historical and architectural significance. It is the one of the oldest surviving purpose-built cinemas in Melbourne, predating Northcote (1912) Programmatically, its significance is in the incorporation of a ballroom, shops and billiard room into the cinema complex. It has played an important role in the social history of Brunswick, being associated with significant events and organisations, including the Unemployed Workers Movement during the 1930s depression. Despite the alterations to the ground floor, the first floor remains a reasonably intact example of an Edwardian commercial facade.

Group

Recreation and Entertainment

Category

Theatre