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On Trak to What? New Screens for Westgarth
NEWSREEL • recently and took the opportunity to approval of 3 new screens at the
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Subsequent to Darebin Council's
Cameron Hall was in Toorak
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CINEMA, THEATRE & • visit the Trak Cinema. The Westgarth, no objections were
auditorium was of course locked, but received within the qualifying period.
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the foyer space was accessible. He The management will now proceed
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for any news, but neither was aware of tentative completion date of
Sunbury Set To Open
any actual or proposed developments. September 2003.
The Village 5 at Sunbury is
Does anyone at CATHS know?
scheduled to open for the school
holidays from 20 September. External
activity on painting and finishing is
evident and some staff have been
employed.
New City Complex For Hoyts
A new Coles Express Supermarket
and a 12 screen Hoyts complex of
about 2,500 stadium seats are proposed
for Melbourne Central following the
departure of Daimaru. The cinema
complex is scheduled to open in late
2004. Hoyts Chief Executive Paul
Johnson told the City Weekly (edition
8 to 14/8/2002) that Melbourne Central
will become Hoyts flagship site and
will be like no other Hoyts complex.
Does this also mean that Hoyts will be
leaving Bourke St. after 90 years? The Balwyn Cinema in 1993 when it was in The Village chain.
Cinema for Gardiner
After more than 40 years the
suburb of Gardiner is to have a cinema
again, this time in the shopping strip
where the residents and shopkeepers
petitioned to have it the first time. An
Indian restaurant has built an upstairs
venue that will seat about 200 patrons.
To be called The Taj the cinema will
presumably screen the latest from
Bollywood.
Plans for New Bendigo Theatre
on Hold
Bendigo Council has deferred
construction of the Performing Arts
Centre which was planned as an Balwyn Preview.
extension to the historic Capital Cameron also visited the Balwyn
Theatre. The drum shaped auditorium Cinema. Access to the two new
would have given the city its first cinemas is by corridor from the
significant building of the new century. upstairs foyer. The new cinemas are
The Australian firm Hassells which well away from the traditional foyers,
developed the plan has an international so there is no dramatic clash of style.
reputation for auditorium design. The manager said that the additional
Criticism was directed at the lack of programming was already having a
parking and the likely encroachment on very positive impact. CATHS-V
parkland which prompted an appeal to members have the opportunity to see
VCAT. No ruling has been handed the additions on Sunday 22
down. The estimated cost was $14 m. September.
with $6m promised from the State and
Commonwealth. Capital management
remain optimistic about the eventual
Reporting by Peter Wolfenden,
outcome.
Cameron Hall and Ian Smith
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