Sun theatre and coffee palace, yarraville melbourne. Feb 9, 2020 the store was built where the present store stands between the princes highway and cleeland street, opposite the dandenong market. Originally opened in 1938, sun theatre in yarraville has recently been refurbished and now has four boutique cinemas with a total of 1050 seats. Tucked into a corner of the glorious sun cinema in yarraville, we love the sun bookshop. We are conscious of our role in the community and agree with the directive. Yarraville sun theatre coowner plans to open second site.
For one thing, it is such a beautiful art deco building, one of the best in melbourne. Only a few train stops to the city or surrounding suburbs, yarraville is a great central location to make your base from where you start your adventures. Cosmopolitan motion pictures in his selfpublished book greek cinema across australia, peter yiannoudes details how and why. Find session times and book tickets for sun theatre yarraville, vic. We had our own hteatre i love the sun theatre amc salina. It was built for and operated by the yeomans family who operated several melbourne suburban cinemas, including the westgarth theatre in the district of northcote. Sun theatre art deco yarraville art deco buildings. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Yarraville village, including ballarat, anderson and other streets, the historic artodeco sun theatre, other residential streets, and the railway station. The sun theatre application allows you to see latest sessions times, book tickets and information about the historic sun theatre, which is located in yarraville, melbourne, victoria, australia.
Sun theatre parking car parks, street parking, private. Yarraville village hosts the beautiful art deco cinema sun theatre and a plethora of boutiques, bookstores and cafes, and theres a miniprecinct on the west side of anderson street. He made a fulllength documentary about his recordbreaking roundtheworld flight, which will be screened around australia. The prime minister has advised that cinemas along with other public venues will close from midday monday, march 23. About us no trip to yarraville would be complete without a visit to the sun bookshop tucked into the gorgeous art deco sun theatre building, the shop is packed with wellchosen fiction, biography, history, travel, science and crime and a great collection of beautiful art, photography and craft books. Find parking costs, opening hours and a parking map of all sun theatre car parks, street parking, parking meters and private garages. Great range of films and numerous screens to see i attended sun theatre with a few friends as part of a school function. The sun theatre located in yarraville is a gem of melbournes west. Characters, a new book by stephen banham, investigates the stories behind melbournes street signs. The setting sun film festival is proudly original, diverse, inclusive and international. Sun theatre yarraville 2020 what to know before you go. According to star weekly, yarravilles sun theatre coowner michael smith has confirmed plans to open a cinema complex on the former forges site rip on albert street, footscray.
Sun theatre 8 ballarat street, yarraville, victoria 30 rated 4. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. Nestled at the top end of ballarat street in yarraville, an inner western suburb of melbourne, the sun is literally a beacon for the area. However, the new greek theatre was eventually shut down by the health department. Find unique places to stay with local hosts in 191 countries. High quality sun theatre inspired art prints by independent artists and designers from around the world. Sun theatre yarraville 8 ballarat street, yarraville vic 30 03 9362 0999 18 movies playing at this theater today, december 15. Sun theatre in yarraville is an experience that takes you back to the great days of movie houses when they were local experiences, like the double feature on saturday. For now, we hope you enjoy the great selection of films in our smaller, online festival. The festival is an annual highlight of councils festival city program which is bursting with extraordinary events yearround. The sun theatre is probably yarravilles best known feature, and although it is a principle of my walk to focus on things that are little known rather than landmarks, i cant pass by the sun. Sun theatre williamston sun history of sun theatre. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. History of sun theatre where it all began built by the montgomery family in 1947, the sun theatre became a landmark to the small town of williamston michigan, but in passing years would start to become rundown and unused.
The top 10 things to do in yarraville with kids family. When first built the dandenong store included the iconic rocket and glass panels along the highway side wall, featuring pictures of old dandenong for more images like this visit us at s. Jun 11, 20 the beautiful sun theatre yarraville, victoria. Amazing history and memorabilia in its sports museum as well as its specific cricket museum and possesses an interesting sporting library. The sun theatre in yarraville, has been operating since 1938 and is now home to six luxury boutique cinemas.
The sun bookshop bookstore yarraville, victoria 18. We look forward to presenting our full 2020 festival later in the year. Hotels near sun theatre yarraville, yarraville on tripadvisor. In the late 1960s, the sun was transformed into a greek theatre to satisfy the growing greek population of yarraville. An exhibition that commemorates 100 years of education in film and media reflected in current and past student work. The suns popularity began to dwindle during the 1950s and 60s, largely due to the introduction of television in australia. In the west of yarraville, near the footscray cemetery, there were several large factories. High quality sun theatre inspired wall art by independent artists and designers from around the world. In yarraville, the sun rises in the west were talking about the sun theatre of course, the art deco landmark that is emblematic of the suburbs modern resurgence. The man who brought yarraville s sun theatre back to life has just returned from a life affirming solo circumnavigation of the globe in his tiny, twoseat amphibian flying boat. Yarraville sun theatre coowner michael smith inside the art deco cinema complex. Josh robenstone we will have eight screens at yarraville and. Parking is not always easy but lots of good food places to eat.
Footscray is getting a new cinema from the people behind. Yarravilles heritage sites include the sun cinema 1938, the csr sugar refinery 1870s and the railway crossing gates 1890 in anderson street. Glorious sixscreen, boutique art deco cinema in yarraville. The sun originally opened in 1938 and was a single screen 1050 seat cinema. The sun originally opened in 1938 and was a single screen 1050 seat cinema the most luxurious in the area. While not the closest to where i live, it is not so far out of the way that i feel put out to go there. Printed on 100% cotton watercolour textured paper, art prints would be at home in any gallery. Yeomans sold the theatre to cosmopolitan motion pictures who reinvented the sun as a greeklanguage cinema, appealing to the european diasporas who populated melbournes western suburbs. Michael smith is the owner of the sun theatre in yarraville, melbourne, which he bought in 1995 and restored, and a keen flyer.
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