plaza theatre...

[merman13]

I was chatting with spawnily just now, and he mentioned having regular dreams of a huge unknown theatre...

Was it a coincidence then, that I had just chanced upon something quite like that only a few days ago?

While I was at the Singapore Textile Centre for a casting call last week, I had some time on my hands, and decided to explore this rather old

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[spawnily]

Ok ....
I've never been there before, but some pictures do reflect my recurring dreams, esp the seat arrangements.
The only difference was that it was still in it's full glory days in my dream, lighting, curtains, audience and all.

[merman13]

Interesting hor? Past life encounter? Or a possible future prediction? :P

Next time you have this dream, see if you can get more info or details... :P

[wokchan]

Creeeepy~ Perhaps later both of your life stories will intertwine together as like in dramas. ^o^

[merman13]

We are all interconnected in our "past", so I would not be surprised that we had visited this place before we were born, if it's indeed that old a place! :P

[soveren]

woo, just like phantom!

n such cute rounded off windows!

[merman13]

Haha yeah, kinda like a cheena version of the Phantom...

I just love the old world feel of the place! Very retro! :)

[mr_heng]

didn't know that place held such a big theatre!!

[merman13]

Exactly what I was thinking! It's like having the Esplanade Theatre hiding within Lucky Plaza or something!

[shaoann]

are they refurbishing the cinema ... or converting it into a performance space?

[merman13]

It looks and feels like a proper cinema theatre, a la the old Cathay or Capitol Cinemas of eons ago. But it could well be an actual performance stage too. Would be interesting to stage something there, but then the building location is quite a downer...

[kevinexx]

WAH .. never knew such a huge theatre exist in that building.. only knew about the tamil cinema there and a nice bowling alley which has closed sometime last year ..

[merman13]

This could be that Tamil cinema that you mentioned then. I'd been to that bowling alley a couple of year ago, and now it's torn down too. Perhaps I should post some pics I took of that as well...