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''T'' SHIRT SAVE OUR ROLEYSTONE THEATRE

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2018

Overview

Yellow, round neck, short sleeve, ''t'' shirt. It has a white iron on motif on the front,circular with a black circumference, and black text [SAVE OUR / ROLEYSTONE / THEATRE / EST.1933].The theatre logo of two buildings with a tree behind are situated in the centre of the circle, coloured beige. There is a content label sewn into the left side seam, and cardboard tags attached to the collar.

Historical information

The Roleystone Hall was built along the Brookton Highway in 1922,with the progress association raising funds with, Ugly Men and Popular Girls contests among others. Since 1933 the hall has been the home of the Roleystone Theatre, a very active and well regarded community armature theatrical group
In 2018 following a structural review of the building it was discovered the building had a number of issues, including loose asbestos making it unsafe to use, especially when there was a strong easterly wind. The local community feared that the City of Armadale who owned the building would demolish the structure rather than spend the money to make the building safe for use. The 'Save Roleystone Theatre' campaign was started and sold badges and shirts to raise money to help with the campaign. Thousands of signatures were also collected supporting the saving of the building.
In December 2018 the City of Armadale committed itself to the reopening of the Roleystone Theatre building and started work on making it safe once again as well as modernizing many of its amenities. The building is due for reopening in 2022.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2018.87

Item type

Costumes

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Cotton

Width

830 mm

Height or length

770 mm

Inscriptions and markings

makers tag [COTTON ON GARMENTS / CREW TEE / XL/GG / FULL COLLECTION ONLINE]

Keywords

Roleystone Theatre

Roleystone Theatre Group

Brookton Highway, Karragullen

Year

2018

Statement of significance

The Roleystone Hall was built in 1922 and in 1933 became the home of the community armature theatre group the Roleystone Theatre. Since then the building and the Roleystone Theatre group have played an important role in the local social and art scene. The organisation has also been the starting group for a number of people who have moved on and had successful careers in the theatre industry around the world.

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Well provenanced

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