tivolitheatre

The Tivoli Theatre's construction began in Albert Street, Brisbane in 1914, on the site of the former Turkish baths.[1] It was designed by architect Henry E. White in an art nouveau style and could house 1800 people on three levels. It was chilled by an air plant that could pump ice-cold are through the venue. It had ruby red carpets. It also featured a garden rooftop theatre holding 1200 with open sides for ventilation and steel shutters that could keep out the rain.[2][3] Its facade overlooking Albert Square had Oriental influences.[1] It opened on 15 May 1915[4] and featured a production of The Tivoli Follies in the auditorium and a vaudeville production in the rooftop theatre. These were staged by Hugh D. McIntosh, a showman, and promoter who was influential in the Rickard Tivoli circuit of Australia. It had a rival in vaudeville theatre the Empire Theatre also located in Albert Street which drew bigger crowds.[5] Smoking was permitted in the rooftop theatre. During Brisbane's hot summer months, the rooftop garden was meant to be more desirable. As the building had two entrances, it was possible for two production companies to co-exist on site with separate audiences as well.[1] Films were later shown in both venues after the advent of talking films. Union Theatres Ltd. renovated the Tivoli Theatre in 1927 using Sydney architects, Kaberry and Chard. This was to provide for more seating as the venue changed from a live theatre venue to that more suited to a film-going audience. Two galleries were removed to make way for a single dress circle.[1] With the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s, it was critical that the theatre could accommodate enough people to recover costs from cinema audiences as live theatre attendance dropped. More renovations to the foyer and the auditorium took place in 1935. The Tivoli was purchased by the Brisbane City Council in 1963 and closed in 1965. The intended King George Square development led to a number of buildings being demolished, including Centennial Hall and the Hibernian Building.[6] Programs from the theatre are held in the Fryer Library of the University of Queensland. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Theatre,_Brisbane

On the 1907 25" OSI map at GeoHive. Google Streetview. The Corn Exchange facade at the extreme right is still there.

Opened as the Tivoli in 1901, finally closed in 1930 per arthurlloyd.

Originally built in 1843 for Daniel O'Connell's Repeal Association per archiseek

Several entries under different names in the DIA in this general search for Burgh Quay.

Niall McAuley Thanks Niall - added a grand brace of tags from your links.

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Fascinating! A flapper in our collection! Fantastic quasymody :) There's another blog there for sure. Interesting, that newspaper report saying she was Chinese, must have been them just assuming that was the case and getting it wrong. Wish we had a film like the Anna Chang one. I wonder where the Anna Chang one came from anyway. So exciting that I have been distracted for the past hour doing my own searches :)

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] and check this out !! nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48023353

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Hmmm, I get the sense that was their promo tactic. Unless of course she really was well known, and the records about her just haven't been digitised...Although I can't help but feel if she really was such a raging success, wouldn't the Australian newspapers have given her more of a mention?

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] I think it must be her, after all, how many Japanese flappers did they have on that one ship at that particular time? I love the risque element to it all, what a fascinating discovery :)

Cool. Added to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_in_Australia#Arts_and_literature Thanks for posting these!