Theatre Royal, Hobart
The Theatre Royal exterior in 2015 | |
| Address | 29 Campbell Street, Hobart 7000 Hobart, Tasmania Australia |
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| Coordinates | 42°52′47″S 147°19′52″E / 42.8796°S 147.3311°E |
| Owner | Theatre Royal Management Board |
| Designation | Listed building |
| Capacity | 698 |
| Production | Ballet, opera, drama, repertory |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1837 |
| Rebuilt | 1837, 1850s, 1890s, 1986 |
| Years active | 1834–1984 1986 – present |
| Architect | John Lee Archer |
| Website | |
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| Place ID | 2,191 |
| Status | Permanently Registered |
Theatre Royal is an historic performing arts venue in central Hobart, Tasmania. It is the oldest continually operating theatre in Australia; Noël Coward once called it "a dream of a theatre" and Laurence Olivier launched a national appeal for its reconstruction in the 1940s.