New South Wales - Sydney - Theatres
Central
Belvoir Street Theatre
The Belvoir Street Theatre has two stages that host innovative and challenging political and social drama.
Capitol Theatre
In 1995 The Capitol Theatre reopend to widespread acclaim for its magnificent restoration and facilities, continuing more than 100 years of entertainment tradition on the site.
The restoration and extensions into a lyric theatre, included new galleries and back stage facilities.
Darlinghurst Theatre
The venue is very comfortable with air-conditioning, plush seats, a large foyer with licensed bar and balcony area - offering one of the most relaxed and enjoyable Sydney theatre experiences. Every seat is a good one in this intimate 111-seat theatre, and the large stage size allows for great variation of production styles.
Drama Theatre (Opera House)
The performing companies that use the Drama Theatre are Sydney Theatre Company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Sydney Festival, Sydney Opera House and Bell Shakespeare.
Enmore Theatre
A live venue that hosts bands, plays and stand up comedy.
Ensemble Theatre
The Ensemble Theatre is idyllically located on Careening Cove and offers superb harbour views. The auditorium is one of Sydney’s most intimate with 216 seats arranged in three blocks of seating around the stage.
Arrive early and enjoy a drink and a snack in the foyer bar before the show or stay for a night cap after the performance.
Hordern Pavilion
Set in the exciting Moore Park Precinct, the Hordern's historic facade hides a multi-purpose venue packed with potential.
Playhouse Theatre
It is best suited to single-set productions and small musical and dramatic productions. It is also an excellent venue for chamber music, film screenings and spoken word presentations.
The maximum seating capacity is 398 in 17 rows.
Seymour Centre
3 levels - Everest Theatre on ground level, Downstairs Theatre on the lower ground level and York Theatre on the upper level.
Sydney Entertainment Centre
Primarily recognised as a venue to host concerts, family shows and sporting events, the Sydney Entertainment Centre also specialises in staging corporate events - in particular conferences, seminars, product launches and elaborate banquets.
The Lyric Theatre
The Lyric boasts an enormous stage and orchestra pit, and is acclaimed as the best commercial theatre in Australia for musicals, theatre, opera and ballet.
The Showroom (Star City Casino)
The spectacular Showroom caters for up to 950 people seated at tables over five levels.
The State Theatre
As well as a proud working venue, the State Theatre is also a state of the art meeting and function facility. The basement levels of the theatre have been tastefully restored and transformed into a magnificent suite of rooms allowing for the widest range of corporate and social usage.
The Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera house contains a Concert Hall, an Opera Theatre, the Drama Theatre and Playhouse,The Studio,Utzon Room and Exhibition Hall, and Forecourt area.
The Theatre Royal
Located in the heart of the Sydney CBD and with a capacity of 1,183 patrons, it has played host to a range of theatrical entertainment including high quality musicals, dramas and comedies.
The Wharf
The Wharf has two theatres in which performances are held - Wharf 1 and Wharf 2.
Wharf 1 seats between 309 and 324 persons and is located at the northern end near The Wharf Restaurant.
The Wharf 2 theatre, which seats 200 persons, is located midway along The Wharf.
Wharf 2 is home to a wide variety of productions throughout the year including Wharf 2Loud and The Wharf Revue.
Tom Mann Theatre
292 seat theatre opposite Prince Alfred Park, near Devonshire St Exit of Central Railway.
North
Glen Street Theatre
The theatre regularly presents productions from many of Australia ’s major performing arts companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Company B Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, Griffin Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company, Melbourne ’s Playbox Theatre, Perth Theatre Company, The State Theatre Company of South Australia and other significant independent production companies including Circus Oz, Pork Chop Productions, Performing Lines and Hit Productions.
South
Sutherland Entertainment Centre
The centre is a unique multi-purpose venue ideal for hosting a wide variety of events such as conferences, presentations, dinners, product launches, community and professional theatre and concerts. It is able to accommodate up to 900 guests for concerts, 500 guests for dinner events and has over 550 square metres of exhibition space, making it the ideal venue.
East
Bondi Pavilion
Bondi Pavilion Community Cultural Centre comprises a theatre, gallery, rehearsal, meeting and function rooms, art workshop, pottery and studios.
West
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
A performance venue and teaching centre of excellence with many thousands of talented musicians and performers making use of the Joan and it's teaching facility – the Penrith Conservatorium of Music.
Riverside Theatres
A Bicentennial Project, Riverside Theatres opened in 1988 offering three venues under the one roof. The Rafferty’s Theatre, the most intimate space seats around 100 people and suits small corporate events, seminars, stand up comedy acts, small scale productions, or even an exhibition. The Lennox Theatre is a flexible space seating approximately 220 people. The largest theatre, the Riverside Theatre, can house up to 761 patrons with comfortable, plush seating in a conventional proscenium arch stage with orchestra pit and fly tower.
The Hills Centre
An innovative system of removable seats and moveable walls allows the main theatre auditorium to be transformed to service conventions of all sizes, product launches, seminars, exhibitions, cabarets and cocktail parties.