The Perth Theatre Trust is a

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which manages and operates cultural venues in

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. It manages His Majesty's Theatre, the

State Theatre Centre of Western Australia The State Theatre Centre of Western Australia is a theatre complex located within the Perth Cultural Centre in Perth, Western Australia. The larger of three dedicated performance areas is known as the Heath Ledger Theatre in honour of Perth-born f ...

, the Subiaco Arts Centre (leased from the

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), the Albany Entertainment Centre, the Goldfields Arts Centre and the

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. The Trust leases the Perth Concert Hall from the

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but the venue is managed by WA Venue and Events. The Trust also has a Museum of Performing Arts based in the His Majesty's Theatre building.

History

The Trust was created in 1980 to manage theatre properties in the

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, Western Australia. This involved bringing the Perth Concert Hall and His Majesty's Theatre within a single administrative unit. In February 1984 the now defunct

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and National Theatre (the company; later reconstituted as the

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) were taken over by the trust. The Trust also incorporated and inherited records from preceding bodies, such as the Perth Repertory Club, which had been established in 1919. The Subiaco Arts Centre was also later included in the Trust's scope. Activities of the Trust included the re-opening of a renovated His Majesty's Theatre in 1980, and publications advertising theatre in Perth. From 2015, the Trust began to directly manage His Majesty's Theatre, the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, Perth Concert Hall, and Subiaco Arts Centre, after fifteen years of outsourcing operations to AEG Ogden. The Trust leases the Goldfields Arts Centre in

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to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. On 1 July 2018, the Trust assumed responsibility for the management and activation of the Perth Cultural Centre precinct from the

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References

External links

* {{Official website 1980 establishments in Australia Theatre of Australia