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Type: Application Assessed on Merit
Application Number: DA/625/2013
Lodgement Date: 9/08/2013
Location: AON HOUSE, 63-69 Pirie Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000
Description: Upgrade external plaza, new canopy and structure, shopfront modifications, signage and remove tree.

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MPH ARCHITECTS

rhino wrote:Used to be upstairs next to a club called The Paprika Club, from memory. I remember it was on Hindley St, but I can't remember exactly where along the street. It was on the southern side, so quite possibly next to what is now (and has been since the 80s) the Crazy Horse.

Sixty2 wrote:The nightclub was The Venue

monotonehell wrote:

Ben wrote:...Visiting my grandma who worked in Miller Andersons Dept Store on Hindley...

I used to like visiting your grandma too.

How good was Timezone Meridian though? Amazing place. Never seen an arcade with that much themeing before or since. Not even the arcade in Disneyland is that good.

The 'new' Tivoli Theatre opened 6 September 1913, and in its 100 years of operation has hosted many a guest, including the likes of Lauren Bacall, WC Fields, Whoopi Goldberg, Spike Milligan, Rowan Atkinson, Dame Judi Dench, Ronnie Corbett and Angela Lansbury.

Most of whom have left their marking on the theatre's autograph wall.

It is claimed that one still walks the corridors of the building; the resident ghost, who is said to be an engineer who fell to his death from a ladder on the opening night of the theatre.

It is a favourite of Australian theatre and television legend Barry Humphries, who fondly remembers getting his first break into the world of theatre on its stage.

In 1962 the theatre received a £300,000 remodelling and was relaunched as Her Majesty's Theatre.

In the late 1970s the building was advertised for sale, and for the first time in its history there was serious concern that the building may be demolished and the site reused, due to its prime location in the city.

The Dunstan Government quickly stepped in and purchased the theatre, relaunching it 10 March 1979 as 'The Opera Theatre'.

Not to mark its 100th year without controversy, plans for two gala concerts to celebrate its 100th year and launch fundraising for renovations have been postponed until detailed plans have been completed.

Renovations are expected to take up to five years, will provide an additional 400-500 audience seats, and cost up to $50 million. The Centennial Gala Concerts are expected to go ahead at a date yet to be fixed in 2014.