Gaiety Theatre, Zeehan, Heritage theatre in Zeehan, Australia

The Gaiety Theatre and Grand Hotel is a brick building completed in 1898, pairing a theatre seating over 1,000 patrons with a hotel under one roof. Its stage measures 15 by 12 metres. The brick was made in Zeehan by resident John Connor, and the whole cost £7,075.

The theatre was built in 1898 on the site of a destroyed hotel and became an important place for public gatherings in the growing mining town. It reflects how Zeehan developed during a period of major economic activity.

The Gaiety's name and its pairing of theatre and hotel come from the music-hall tradition; touring companies of J.C. Williamson Ltd played here, and in May 1907 The Story of the Kelly Gang, the world's first feature-length film, screened during its initial run. Since 2011 a 17-minute reconstruction of the lost 1924 film Jewelled Nights, shot near Zeehan, has screened daily.

The theatre is inspected with a ticket to the West Coast Pioneers Museum Complex, so entry is tied to that museum rather than sold separately. Allow time to walk the main street of Zeehan, where the building stands among other mining-era structures.

Since 2011 the Gaiety has screened a 17-minute reconstruction of Jewelled Nights, a lost Louise Lovely and Wilton Welch film shot near Zeehan, assembled from original footage, outtakes, production stills from Savage River and animation. It shows daily alongside The Story of the Kelly Gang, the 1907 feature that had its initial run here.