The original structure was built in 1853 and is considered to be one of the few intact parts of a convict depot demonstrating the way of life in the convict era of Western Australia – its current use as a theatre was preceded by use as commissariat store and quarters and later as an infant health centre.

[2] The former Commissariat Store and Quarters was among those buildings designed and constructed as part of the Guildford Convict Depot by Lieutenant Edmund Frederick Du Cane.

[5]: 145  Du Cane describes both buildings in one of his reports:[5]: 147 A commissariat store has been erected 55' x 25'; to it are attached a quarter consisting of two rooms and a kitchen, and an office.

It is surrounded by a fence enclosing a yard about 130' x 145' in which also has been erected a wooden stable; this has been built with one side open as being best suited to the climate, and the work required of the horses; there is accommodation for 7 horses, a loose box for a sick horse, a harness room, a room for the groom, and a shed capable of containing 4 carts and 30 tons of hay.When Lieutenant Du Cane was transferred to Fremantle in 1855, his former house was handed over to the director of the Commissariat Store in Guildford, Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Travers.

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Garrick Theatre, entry number 10702 in the Australian Heritage Database published by the Commonwealth of Australia 1978 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2009.