The sun theatre is our proudest achievement, we love our village and are committed to the future. The suns popularity began to dwindle during the 1950s and 60s, largely due to the introduction of television in australia. 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. He made a fulllength documentary about his recordbreaking roundtheworld flight, which will be screened around australia. Parking is not always easy but lots of good food places to eat. 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. Cosmopolitan motion pictures in his selfpublished book greek cinema across australia, peter yiannoudes details how and why. We look forward to presenting our full 2020 festival later in the year. The setting sun short film festival is back again for a fourth year at yarravilles iconic sun theatre, running from 27 30 april. In the late 1960s, the sun was transformed into a greek theatre to satisfy the growing greek population of yarraville. 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. Find unique places to stay with local hosts in 191 countries. Feb 9, 2020 the store was built where the present store stands between the princes highway and cleeland street, opposite the dandenong market. The sun bookshop bookstore yarraville, victoria 18.
High quality sun theatre inspired wall art by independent artists and designers from around the world. 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. 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. Originally opened in 1938, sun theatre in yarraville has recently been refurbished and now has four boutique cinemas with a total of 1050 seats. However, the new greek theatre was eventually shut down by the health department. Sun theatre williamston sun history of sun theatre. Jun 11, 20 the beautiful sun theatre yarraville, victoria.
Great range of films and numerous screens to see i attended sun theatre with a few friends as part of a school function. Sun theatre yarraville 2020 what to know before you go. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. Hotels near sun theatre yarraville, yarraville on tripadvisor. The top 10 things to do in yarraville with kids family. For now, we hope you enjoy the great selection of films in our smaller, online festival.
The sun originally opened in 1938 and was a single screen 1050 seat cinema. Sun theatre yarraville 8 ballarat street, yarraville vic 30 03 9362 0999 18 movies playing at this theater today, december 15. The setting sun film festival is proudly original, diverse, inclusive and international. We are conscious of our role in the community and agree with the directive. Sun theatre 8 ballarat street, yarraville, victoria 30 rated 4. Yarravilles heritage sites include the sun cinema 1938, the csr sugar refinery 1870s and the railway crossing gates 1890 in anderson street.
Sun theatre art deco yarraville art deco buildings. The sun originally opened in 1938 and was a single screen 1050 seat cinema the most luxurious in the area. 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. 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. The prime minister has advised that cinemas along with other public venues will close from midday monday, march 23. 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. We had our own hteatre i love the sun theatre amc salina. Michael smith is the owner of the sun theatre in yarraville, melbourne, which he bought in 1995 and restored, and a keen flyer. 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. 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. The festival is an annual highlight of councils festival city program which is bursting with extraordinary events yearround. Tucked into a corner of the glorious sun cinema in yarraville, we love the sun bookshop. 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.
High quality sun theatre inspired art prints by independent artists and designers from around the world. 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. Characters, a new book by stephen banham, investigates the stories behind melbournes street signs. 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. Amazing history and memorabilia in its sports museum as well as its specific cricket museum and possesses an interesting sporting library. Williamstown man circumnavigates the globe in a seaplane. The sun theatre in yarraville, has been operating since 1938 and is now home to six luxury boutique cinemas. The sun bookshop 10 ballarat street, yarraville, victoria 30 rated 4. Glorious sixscreen, boutique art deco cinema in yarraville. The sun theatre located in yarraville is a gem of melbournes west. Josh robenstone we will have eight screens at yarraville and. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours.
Footscray is getting a new cinema from the people behind. Find parking costs, opening hours and a parking map of all sun theatre car parks, street parking, parking meters and private garages. Yarraville village, including ballarat, anderson and other streets, the historic artodeco sun theatre, other residential streets, and the railway station. Sun theatre and coffee palace, yarraville melbourne. An exhibition that commemorates 100 years of education in film and media reflected in current and past student work. Printed on 100% cotton watercolour textured paper, art prints would be at home in any gallery. For one thing, it is such a beautiful art deco building, one of the best in melbourne. Yarraville sun theatre coowner michael smith inside the art deco cinema complex. Find session times and book tickets for sun theatre yarraville, vic. 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. Built in 1938, watching a movie in this gorgeous artdeco cinema is truly a unique experience. Sun theatre parking car parks, street parking, private.
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