PERTH will soon no longer be the only Australia capital city without a cinema in its CBD.
Three years after the Piccadilly Cinema closed for good, Palace Cinemas and Charter Hall announced a multiplex for Raine Square.
The 12-screen multiplex will open on Level 2 of the centre in late 2018 and will bring international film festivals to the precinct, and contemporary cinema from Great Britain, Scandinavia, Italy, Spain, and France.
A program of stage-to-screen content from the world’s foremost dance, opera and theatre companies, including Covent Garden, La Scala, Bolshoi Ballet, Opera D’Italia and National Theatre, will also feature.
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READ NOWIt will be the first multiplex since Hoyts and Greater Union closed between 2000 and 2007.
Palace Cinemas chief executive Benjamin Zeccola said bringing the thrill of a cinema-going experience back to the CBD was exciting.
“Our vision for Palace Raine Square is to create a vibrant film, arts and hospitality hub, which will unite cinema lovers of all ages and cultural backgrounds,” he said.