Hole In The Wall

The original Hole in The Wall was indeed in Newcastle Street, in the 60's. Near the corner of Beaufort Street, sharing a back laneway with the Orange Lodge. Wily old Frank later aquired acess to the laneway, [because the Lodge Secretary forgot one year to chain off the lane for one whole day/year].

I think it was an old hardware shop, with store rooms behind. The stage was the store room behind the front shop & set in the hole, with the wall being the proscenium.

I think from memory the name came about from general conversation between cohorts Coralie Condon [Franks Financial Partner], Joan Sydney, Bill Ward & Maury Ogden, while they were knocking out the hole in the wall. 

Frank Baden Powell started it orginaly, with a season of the ' Old Time Music Hole', that was that popular it bedcame the flagship of the Frank Baden powell Enterprises. Changing it's name to just the 'Old Time Music Hall'. He then branched out with Coralie Condon & opened one in Fremantle & a number of 'Dirty Dicks' & a 'Diamond Lills Wild West Saloon in Beaufort Street at the old Civic Theatre.

The Hole in the wall theatre branched off & moved to around 22 Southport Street, as mentioned by Jeff & Don. I think when Frank eventualy  fell off the perch, it was flogged off, when his eastate was wound up. I think the orginal idea was to afford work for perfromers in Perth & went on from there.