Yass art deco cinema screens first film in 51 years amid ambitious restoration - ABC Stateline
Inside the race to restore Yass’s unique 1939 art deco theatre.
ABC Drive interview 23 October 2025
If you're a lover of Australian cinema and old picture theatre., then Yass might be the place to be this Saturday evening because the silver screen at the old Liberty Theatre is shining once more.
Curtain Rises on stage one of restoration of Yass’s Liberty Theatre - About Regional
They could make a movie about it… a small group of passionate Yass locals work to save their town’s 1939 art deco style theatre from demolition. Read the real life story.
Yass volunteers passionate about restoring their town's Liberty
Friends volunteers are now working hard to reopen her still original doors as an entertainment and education hub, a place where locals can see some classic films.
Back to the pictures for Yass at the Liberty Theatre
The Friends of the Liberty Theatre and Cultural Centre Inc. will benefit from $250,000 in funding for the installation of state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment to enable the showing of movies thanks to the NSW Government’s Creative Capital program.
Group hoping to rewind Yass Liberty Theatre to its glory days - About Regional
Despite the dimness, dust and modifications, with just a sprinkle of fairy dust the imagination sees how the Yass Liberty Theatre once was and what it could be.
Paul Brennan speaks to 2CC
Heritage cinema architect Paul Brennan speaks to 2CC about the Liberty Theatre and why it is so rare.