Garrick Theatre, Historic theatre and heritage site in Guildford, City of Swan, Australia.
The Garrick Theatre occupies a brick convict-era commissariat building at 16 Meadow Street in Guildford, with wooden floors and a fenced yard. The former store measures 55 by 25 feet, and the attached quarters originally held two rooms, a kitchen and an office. The theatre club has used the premises since 1932.
Lieutenant Edmund Frederick Du Cane designed and supervised the Guildford Convict Depot buildings. His reports date the Commissariat Quarters to late 1853 and the Commissariat Store to 1854; the store was later a Drill Hall for Enrolled Pensioner Guards. After the depot closed in 1878 the buildings passed to the Guildford municipality, and the Garrick Theatre Club has performed here since 1932.
Named after renowned 18th-century English actor David Garrick, the theatre has operated continuously as Western Australia's longest-running amateur theatre group, fostering local dramatic arts for over 90 years.
The theatre hosts regular performances, workshops, and community events with tickets available through online platforms like TAZtix, offering modern amenities including updated lighting, air-conditioning, and security systems.
Lieutenant Edmund Frederick Du Cane designed and supervised most of the Guildford Convict Depot buildings, and his own house stood immediately south of the Commissariat Store; of these works only the store, the Pensioner's Cottage at West Guildford and that house remain. The store was later used as a Drill Hall by Enrolled Pensioner Guards.
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