West's Cinema, 91 Hindley Street

The city's first permanent picture theatre opened here 5/12/1908 in the 1890s Cyclorama building which was briefly the Olympia ice skating rink. It was revamped as a cinema by chain owner, TJ West, who kept the former name for a year. Vaudeville artists appeared live on stage including local born 'Mo' (Roy Rene) who starred in the film classic 'Strike Me Lucky'. Following the cinema's rebuilding it was re-opened Christmas 1939 as West's Theatre showing 'Pygmalion'.

Later, live radio for 5DN was broadcast from here. Surviving from the original theatre, but sealed off, is the orchestra pit, dressing rooms and green room with murals decorating some walls. Now home for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO), lunch time concerts are held here. Along Rosina Street to Currie Street, stop to look at the tall fly tower of the former West's adorned by artwork commissioned for the Adelaide Festival in 2000 featuring 15,000 model cars donated by members of the public.

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