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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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