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| Address | 25 Martin Place 108King Street |
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| Location | New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°52′05″S151°12′32″E / 33.868°S 151.2088°E /-33.868; 151.2088 |
| Owner | Dexus,NSW Government |
| Operator | Trafalgar Entertainment |
| Type | Performing Arts Venue |
| Capacity | 1,200 |
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| Opened | 1875 |
| Renovated | 2021 |
| Demolished | 1971 |
| Rebuilt | 1976 |
| Years active | 1875-1971, 1976-2016, 2021- |
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Theatre Royal Sydney (TRS) is a theatre inSydney, Australia. Earlier theatres also called the Theatre Royal, on the same site, date back to 1833. The current building, designed by modernist architectHarry Seidler, was built in 1976 and has offered a broad range of entertainment since the 1990s. After being closed in 2016, the theatre reopened in December 2021 under parent companyTrafalgar Entertainment.
Construction byBarnett Levey of the first Theatre Royal commenced in 1827 and was opened on 5 October 1833. It closed in March 1838 and a few days laterJoseph Wyatt'sRoyal Victoria Theatre, a much larger building, was opened, with an entrance onPitt Street. Levey's Theatre Royal burned to the ground in 1840 with the "Vic" (Royal Victoria), which abutted the rear, having a narrow escape. However, the "Vic" was itself totally destroyed by fire on 22 July 1880.[1]
ThePrince of Wales Theatre was built in 1855 and destroyed by fire in 1860, rebuilt and burned down again in 1872. It was rebuilt bySamuel Lazar and, as the "Theatre Royal", opened in 1875 betweenKing andRowe streets onCastlereagh Street, on the other side of which would in 1890 be built the famousAustralia Hotel. The theatre was leased byJ. C. Williamson's from 1882 to 1978. On 17 June 1892 the auditorium was largely destroyed by fire.[2] This was the third theatre fire on the site.
It reopened on 7 January 1893 with a much improved electric lighting system.[3] Its interior was substantially remodelled in 1921 by architectHenry Eli White.[4]
In 1971–72 the theatre, along with the Hotel Australia, and much of the block on which it was situated, was demolished to construct theMLC Centre. Publicagitation and action by construction unions once it was closed to save it resulted in the developerLendlease incorporating a replacement 1,180-seat theatre into the design.[citation needed]
Designed byHarry Seidler in a plain modernist style, along with the rest of the complex,[citation needed] the current Theatre Royal opened in 1976,[5] with entry fromKing Street, betweenPitt Street and Castlereagh Street.[citation needed]
Theatre Royal Sydney (TRS)[5] has hosted a mix of entertainment, with notable productions such asThe King and I,The Rocky Horror Picture Show,War Horse,Cats (1985-1987),Les Misérables (1987-1988), andPhantom of the Opera (1993-1996).[citation needed]
The theatre closed in March 2016 amid development of the MLC Centre and calls for a new larger lyric theatre to be built.[6][7][8][9]
In March 2019, theNSW Government announced it had taken on a 55-year lease of the theatre from the MLC Centre developers, with the intention to reopen the venue with a private operator.[10] The theatre was acquired byTrafalgar Entertainment, the company of British theatre impresariosSir Howard Panter andDame Rosemary Squire, and reopened in 2021.[5][11]
In November 2021, Theatre Royal Sydney opened with its first production,Jagged Little Pill the Musical.[citation needed]
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