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Star Theatre
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The Star Theatre when it housed the St. Vincent de Paul Society
General information
Architectural style Art Deco, Streamline Moderne
Location 217B Invermay Road, Invermay, Tasmania, Australia
Coordinates 41°25′06″S 147°08′03″E / 41.4182°S 147.1342°E / -41.4182; 147.1342
Opened 5 October 1937
Owner Andrew Quaile, Ben Davis and Paul Lee-Archer
Other information
Seating capacity 250

The Star Theatre is a historic Streamline Modern/Art Deco theatre in the inner Launceston suburb of Invermay, Tasmania. When it opened in 1937, the theatre provided seating for 852 persons. The cinema was purchased in 1971 by the St. Vincent de Paul Society as a charity store after the theatre originally closed in 1969.

Andrew Quaile, Ben Davis and Paul Lee-Archer purchased the property in 2015, restoring it to an independent cinema, café and bar. The cinema re-opened on 6 April 2018.

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