In 1950, the Workers' Educational Association was offered lease of the hall and the State government agreed to increase the organisation's subsidy by £A770pa.

[1] After delays which forced the postponement of the first major function, a play by Sydney University Dramatic Society opened on 15 July.

He moved his company from Killara with the intention of presenting three plays in rotation six nights a week, but despite his actors accepting lower fees than they could earn in radio, in three years his losses proved unsupportable.

His programme of topical revues proved popular and brought to public attention actors and writers who would go on to success on television.

Names associated with this era include Bud Tingwell, Margo Lee, Gordon Chater, Max Oldaker.