Regent Cinemas

About

Cinema 1 is our historic main cinema which seats 700+ and caters for mainstream and 3D films, Live events such as bands, functions, conferencing. We also have Satellite facilities which allow broadcast of special around the world events.

The theatre was originally built in 1938. The design was one which was used nationally. The cinema comprised of 1 screen and seated 2100 people. During the war years there were a number of American troops who were stationed in Ballarat, and in early 1939 the Theatre incurred a major fire which burnt the theatre to the ground. Rightly or wrongly, the blame for the fire was levelled at the American troops.

However with the aid of the troops the Theatre was fully restored to its glory, and continued to be operated by Hoyts Cinemas until around 1964 when they decided to close all their regional operations.

The Theatre remained closed until the Anderson family headed by the late Jack Anderson purchased the building in 1974.

For the next 2 years the Anderson family painstakingly restored all the features of the Theatre to its original glory, reopening with �Gone with the Wind� on November 11th 1976.