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When Bruce Beresford was a boy, years before he first dabbled in movie making, his weekend highlight was to visit one of Parramattaâs three movie palaces.
Now only the Roxy survives among the cityâs rising skyscrapers, tired and empty, caught in a standoff between the owner who intends to turn it into a premier bar, restaurant and function centre, and community campaigners who wish to bring it back to life as a live theatre and music venue.
Filmmaker Bruce Beresford and Roxy Theatre Action Groupâs Robert Fox say the Roxy could serve as Parramattaâs new live theatre and music venue.
Regent Theatre, Mudgee, State Heritage listed
Roxy Theatre, Parramatta, built in 1930, State heritage listed
Theatre Royal Lithgow, closed for more than a decade, was recently up for sale with no takers
Yass Liberty, art deco theatre currently for sale
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The owner of the Enmore and Metro theatres wants to revive NSW s oldest theatre under a model that could extend the working lives of other dormant theatres across the state, including Parramatta s Roxy Theatre.
One week after the Minerva Theatre in Kings Cross was heritage listed, potentially saving the 1930s art deco building from redevelopment, Century Venues has stepped up its push to reopen the Victoria Theatre in Newcastle.