Cinemas & Theaters in Launceston

Cinemas & Theaters in Launceston

Residents of Launceston love their movies and the city has many halls for them to pursue their passion. Village Cinemas, one of the largest cinema chains in Australia, has a hall in Launceston at Brisbane Street. Village Cinemas ensures that the best and the latest movies come to the people of Launceston. Village Cinemas Launceston has four screens and offers car park facilities as well.

Launceston has a film society established by the enthusiastic film lovers of the city. Launceston Film Society is run by volunteers and they have movie screenings thrice in a week on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at Village Cinema. The members of the Society can nominate the names of the movies that they want to view on the next screening day.

For those in Launceston who prefer a good play to a movie there are many theatres. The Princess Theatre is one of the most famous of the theatres in Launceston. Prince Theatre was built on August 28, 1911. The Theatre served as a cinema till 1970- the same year it was bought by Launceston City Council. The Princess Theatre's association with public entertainment proved to be an illustrious and an enduring one. Presently, the Princess theatre can accommodate over 1000 people. Some of its famous performances were Circus Oz, The Rocky Horror Show, the Australian Ballet, the Sydney Dance Company, The Corrs, The Delltones, and The Seekers. The Princess Theatre is under the management of Theatre North, which is bound by a lease agreement with the Launceston City Council. Almost everyone who has had a chance to visit the Princess Theatre has remarked on the grandeur and magnificence of the theatre.

Over the years the theatre lovers of Launceston have managed to rope in top performers from across the world to perform in the city.

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