Theatre going, to see movies or amateur and professional theatre performances, has been a vibrant part of life in the Illawarra, a place where people connect as participants and audiences. The photographic exhibition, Theatre in the Illawarra, celebrates National Trust’s 2024 Heritage Festival and includes images from the library’s collection of the ornate buildings, drive-ins and audiences, as well as serious and comic productions at local theatres.
You can see the Theatre in the Illawarra exhibition on display
from April 2024 at Wollongong Library.
To access jigsaw puzzles based on the images go to: Online puzzles
To view images and their captions, go to the slideshow below
or click on individual images within the gallery.
To see more images from the Wollongong City Libraries’ Illawarra Images collection
or to order high resolution copies of images, go to:
P35716 The Lost Crown Workshop Theatre 1990 
P27394 The Cats of Ponsonby Acadian Children’s Theatre 1987 
P29186 Southline drive-in screen 1963 
P01494 Buses at Crown Theatre 1936 
P07637 Southline drive in café 1957 
P09020 Audience Whiteway Theatre, Port Kembla 1950 
P27364 Arcadians Theatre Group 1983 
P28945 Regent Theatre projectionist 1963 
P33445 Man Bites Dog Swamp Art Theatre Company 
P35731 Macbeth Workshop Theatre 1993 
P02316 Amusua Theatre, Port Kembla 1920 
P35564 The Glugs of Gosh Bread and Theatre Company 1982 
P35577 The King and I Guild Theatre Company 1993 
P35600 Young People’s Theatre 1993 
P35609 The Taming of the Shrew Illawarra Theatre Company 1980 
P02317 Empire Theatre, Port Kembla 1920 
P35629 Man of dolls Little Theatre Group 1984 
P35647 Convict Girls Theatre South 1988 
P35675 Selling Grandma Death Defying Theatre Company 1992 
P35715 Summer of the seventeenth doll Workshop Theatre 1980s 
P02811 Kings Theatre, Thirroul 1956 
P35728 Little Red Riding Hood Workshop Theatre 1992 
P35734 Dangerous Liaisons Workshop Theatre 1996 
P35743 Conqueror Cole Macedonian Theatre Company 1989 
P03203 Crown theatre entrance 1935 
P35952 Endgames Stanwell Park Amateur Theatre 1990 
P35967 Hold onto your privates Bulli Family Hotel 1985 
P35976 Stage Door Theatre Restaurant Coniston 1990 
P35977 Shut uppa your face Coniston Theatre Restaurant 
P03684 Empire Theatre, Helensburgh 1955 
P38042 A Christmas Carol Bridge Theatre 1992 
P38077 Lipstick dreams Theatre South 1996 
P38090 Emma Theatre South 1998 
P38096 Accidental death of an anarchist Theatre South 1997 
P04360 Southline Drive-in 1963 
P05214 Savoy Theatre Wollongong 1960 
P38174 The Business of Murder Roo Theatre Company 1993 
P43709 Civic Theatre 1930 
P05218 Civic Theatre interior Wollongong 1950 
P07510 Civic Theatre Wollongong 1964 
P43710 Cinderella Arcadians 1979 
P43711 Aunty Jack in Bloody Concert Wollongong Town Hall 1974 
P43712 Annie Get Your Gun Arcadians 1976 
P09020 Audience, Whiteway Theatre, Port Kembla 1950 
P10837 Unanderra Theatre 1958 
P43713 The Wiz Wollongong Conservatorium Theatre Company 1980 
P43714 Camelot Arcadians 1971 
P43715 The Mikado Arcadians 1980 
P11512 Regent Theatre exterior, Wollongong 1994 
P14363 Whiteway Theatre, Port Kembla 1937 
P43716 Bye Bye Birdie Arcadians 1970 
P43717 Wollongong Actor’s Studio members storing props 1969 
P17838 Regent Theatre staircase, Wollongong 2004 
P17839 Regent Theatre interior, Wollongong 2004 
P43718 A Streetcar named Desire Wollongong Actor’s Studio 1969 
P43719 A Streetcar named Desire Wollongong Actor’s Studio 1969 
P18216 Anita’s Theatre interior, Thirroul 2007 
P19358 Projectionist, Whiteway Theatre, Port Kembla 1941 
P43720 A Streetcar named Desire Wollongong Actor’s Studio 1969 
P45057 Annie Get Your Gun Wollongong Leagues Club 1967 
P19958 Pictoria Picture Show, Thirroul 1915 
P20424 Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul 2011 
P26537 Bruce Gordon Theatre, IPAC 2002 
P26538 Control panel, IPAC 2002 
P45058 Operetta Wollongong Public School students 1967