Detailed designs for Canberra’s new lyric theatre \u2014 which will host major musicals, ballets and operas \u2014 have been released.<\/p>\n
The design includes seating for up to 2,000 people and a modern orchestra pit that can adjust for different performance sizes.<\/p>\n
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Canberra’s new lyric theatre will include seating for up to 2,000 people, with accessible seating on every level. (Supplied: ACT government)<\/p>\n
The building, which is inspired by Canberra’s natural landmarks, also features accessible seating on every level, equitable building access and more bathrooms than required, including all-gender facilities.<\/p>\n
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the lyric theatre will deliver the “scale and sophistication” needed to attract major productions.<\/p>\n
“This will be a significant venue for Canberra \u2014 providing a theatre that enables world-class performances to be held in our city,” Mr Barr said.<\/p>\n
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ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr says the theatre’s design was guided by extensive community consultation. (Supplied: ACT government)<\/p>\n
“The design reflects our landscape and celebrates First Nations’ culture with its use of natural forms and textures,” Mr Barr said.<\/p>\n
“Importantly, the detailed design also responds to the needs of the people who will watch performances, the performers who will take the stage, and the staff who will work in the venue, which has been guided by extensive community consultation throughout the planning and design process.”<\/p>\n
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Chief Minister Andrew Bar says the new theatre will enable Canberra to hold world-class performances. (Supplied: ACT government)<\/p>\n
The detailed designs have been released as part of the main Works Approval application for the project, which has been lodged with the National Capital Authority.<\/p>\n
The theatre is set to be built in the area north-west of the current Canberra Theatre Centre bordering Northbourne Avenue and Vernon Circle.<\/p>\n
The site is in the existing Theatre Lane car park which will close from next month to allow early works to begin, with main construction expected to start early next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detailed designs for Canberra’s new lyric theatre \u2014 which will host major musicals, ballets and operas \u2014 have…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":257330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4746,45777,648,4740,4745,9886,1033,49695,454,728,12649,75571,135327,635,50,117715,29180,21179,1921],"class_list":{"0":"post-257329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-act","9":"tag-approval","10":"tag-arts","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-canberra","13":"tag-construction","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-detailed","16":"tag-government","17":"tag-local-news","18":"tag-local-stories","19":"tag-lyric","20":"tag-national-capital-authority","21":"tag-new","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-precinct","24":"tag-revealed","25":"tag-theatre","26":"tag-works"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115273323568402581","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}