Temora Tinseltown - Town Hall Theatre

Temora Tinseltown

Beth Firman was one of the first volunteers at the Temora Town Hall Theatre when it opened its doors in 2009. She’s since been joined by over 60 volunteers - from teenagers to retirees - who keep the theatre running.

As they laugh and discuss the latest movie with patrons exiting the theatre, it’s clear Beth and her team love their time at the cinema. “I’ve made friendships with people I never would have met under normal circumstances,” Beth says. “We all have a wonderful time together.” The community theatre manages to blend state-of-the-art facilities with country hospitality, showing a new movie each week and offering daily screenings (excepting Mondays) during school holidays. “We have a great relationship with Fox and Disney,” Beth says. “They give us first release movies, so we get them at the same time as the big cinemas.” The theatre volunteers are passionate about every detail of the cinema, making popcorn freshly from scratch for every screening and providing a catering service for the numerous community functions that they host. “We have fundraisers, operas and ballets, which we do all the cooking for,” she says. “We recently ran a fundraiser for a little boy who had cancer - we had a big turn-out for that one.” Beth and her team have much to celebrate, recently winning a national Cars promotion competition. “It was so much fun,” Beth says. “We decorated the whole theatre in a Cars theme and even had a sports car that looked like Lightening McQueen! We had a fellow dressed up as a driver and were all there dressed in our Cars T-shirts.” “We used the $5000 to build up resources. The Council are wonderful but we try to look after ourselves as much as possible.”