We did it! We are past the first hurdle!

There was a simply stunning result at the Full City of Armadale Council Meeting on the 17/12/18 about the Roleystone Theatre building.

ALL the recommendations from the Community Services meeting on the 4th December were passed unanimously by the Council, with an additional part about the use of the Roleystone Hall as our temporary home.

It’s been a crazy few months since the campaign began but tonight was so worth all the time and effort.

Funding is the next step but Councillor Mark Geary spoke of many avenues to explore, as part of his fabulous speech, to assist the Council find the funds as required. In addition we will need to work closely with the Council about our temporary home while consulting on the re-instated Roleystone Theatre building. We welcome members to join the committee, or be part of a working group, to assist as we move into the future.

What an amazing amount of work and commitment from our City of Armadale Councillors and Council Officers. Our ward Councillors in particular, Caroline Weilinga and Grant Nixon, have worked tirelessly on this and we can not thank them enough. Grant Nixon made a wonderful statement about the amazing Roleystone community and our place in it.

As a theatre group we are incredibly thankful for the community support and the Save the Roleystone Theatre campaign group.

This is a major victory for our local community, our theatre community and everyone down through the years who we were representing with our fight to not lose what they had built through blood, sweat and tears.

The Roleystone Theatre and Theatre Group live to fight another day.

Bring on the 100 year centenary of the building (1922-2022)!

Below - The recommendations that went through Council on 17/12/18 (these are from the minutes of the Community Services Committee meeting on 4th December 2018). These recommendations were passed unanimously (14/0) at the 17th December at the full Council meeting:

RECOMMEND C37/12/18 That Council:

1. Commit to the reopening of the Roleystone Theatre for occupation and use;
2. Proceed with finalising a design that reflects the current scale, noting:

a)  The main hall is to be repaired; and
b)  Flytower to be restored or replaced; and
c)  Other areas of the building to be rebuilt to similar sizes at current standards;
3. Consider and seek funding sources in preparation for consideration as part of the 2019/20 budget;
4. Consider user arrangements that support the Roleystone Theatre Group as a primary tenant but considers opportunities for others.
5. Commission a heritage assessment and impact statement.

Moved Cr M Geary
MOTION CARRIED - (7/0)