Emerald Hill Theatre

{{Short description|Defunct Australian theatre}}

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The Emerald Hill Theatre was a theatre company and venue in Melbourne, Australia, which operated from 1962 to 1966. The 140-seat Emerald Hill Theatre was at 250 Dorcas St, South Melbourne, in a former church converted by architect Robin Boyd.{{Cite web|title=History of the Emerald Hill Theatre Company|url=https://heritage.portphillip.vic.gov.au/People_places/Significant_places_in_Port_Phillip/History_of_the_Emerald_Hill_Theatre_Company#:~:text=Emerald%20Hill%20Theatre%20was%20an,in%20the%201970s%20and%201980s.&text=It%20was%20located%20at%20250,and%20tiered%20seating%20for%20150.|access-date=2020-11-07|website=heritage.portphillip.vic.gov.au}}

It was established by director Wal Cherry and actor, writer/director George Whaley. Cherry described it being inspired by three characteristics appearing in Australian arts at the time: "dissatisfaction with the pose of the Artist as Garret Dweller, impractical and effete; a desire to break through the elite circle which surrounds the arts into a more popular culture; [and] a definite need to bring the arts closer together in order to put pressure on the community".

{{Citation|title=The bulletin.|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-684723809|issue=Vol 83 No 4273 (6 Jan 1962)|year=1880|location=Sydney, N.S.W|publisher=John Haynes and J.F. Archibald|issn=0007-4039|id=nla.obj-684723809|access-date=7 November 2020|section=Breaking through|via=Trove}}