Newcastle Civic Theatre, Theatre in Newcastle, Australia.

Newcastle Civic Theatre is a two-storey rendered brick building on Hunter Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, designed by theatre architect Henry Eli White and opened in 1929. Its facade mixes Georgian Revival forms with Italian Renaissance elements, notably rows of semi-circular-headed windows, while the interior is Spanish Baroque, with a marble staircase, terrazzo balcony, chandeliers, a grand ornamental ceiling dome and recessed arches over the Royal boxes holding statues.

Designed by theatre architect Henry Eli White, the Civic opened in 1929, inaugurated by NSW Premier Thomas Bavin, and was built with the adjacent City Hall for £300,000. Leased to Greater Union until 1940 and then Hoyts until 1973, it served mainly as a cinema. From 1974 the council phased out film screenings, completed by 1976, and a A$10.4 million renovation followed between 1992 and 1993.

The theatre's name comes from its civic ownership: the City of Newcastle council built it and opened it in 1929. Its interior, modelled on Spanish Baroque and Moroccan styles, has been the setting for musicals, plays, concerts and dance for decades, and the building is listed jointly with City Hall on the state heritage register.

The theatre sits in central Newcastle and is easy to reach on foot from nearby transport stops and the city centre. It is worth checking in advance whether a show is scheduled, as the building is not always open to the public outside of performances.

The auditorium walls were painted to imitate stone castle walls, and the domed ceiling is indirectly lit with a blue sky surround flanking the stage. The building is one of few surviving late-1920s atmospheric theatres in Australia.