His Majesty's Theatre

View from the stage of His Majesty’s auditorium in the 1960s. The theatre at this time was owned and operated by the Edgley family, one of Australia’s great theatrical dynasties. It was during the 1950s through to the early 1970s that all the great JC Williamson’s touring musicals came to town, including Funny Girl, My Fair Lady, Sweet Charity, Fiddler on the Roof, Mame, Man of La Mancha, and Hair. The auditorium had been painted out in neutral pastels, with none of the original Edwardian decorative detail highlighted. It was not until the theatre’s full restoration that the original glory of the interior returned to life.