Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

The Courier-Mail 20 March 1983 ARTS COMPLEX 'It will be one of the greatest in the world' By SYLVIA DA COSTA-ROQUE ll ha1 lo be Hen lo be believed. Until ii h11, there 11 no way 1nyb<,dy could ever believe Brl1ban1 and QuHn1l1nd would have auch a theatre complex. A complex which 111 director, Tony Gould, proudly 11y1 wlll be one of th1 gr11t11t In the world. Tony wu 1pe1klng of the Performing Arla Complex nearing complellon ecrou the riv– er and Juat ecrou,the road from the 1pank• Ing MW QuNnlland Art Gallery. Th• ma11 of cr11m m11onry h11 been growing and growing Into I atructure of auch maulve end regal proportion, that It I h11 already become a landmark. It la ao clou to completion that the ap– plauM of flrat night audlanc11 can almoat be heard. I Completion date 11 tha end of the year. Flt• ting ·ou1 and 11ttllng In wlll take anothar 12 montha. The Cultural Centre Tru1t Director, Sir Da– vid Muir, Tony Gould and architect Robin Glb1on who 11 In the proceu of aculptlng a new Brl1b1ne, 1111 WNk took The Sunday IS TOPS . ~··' - . .., ,., ' Mall on • tour of the building. ~ . 1 • The sc3ffolding is s1ill what Robin Gibson calla,_ NE of·" .., -~ - thla - bltwNn the Lyric TIININ (left) end the Concert Hell. Acc111 there, and the sa~d, buck, "trumpeters galleries." • to ..... ~ ,-· . 111111 llvlle C1f1 bi clearlr-on the nghL Picture: JOH,NBRAMLEY. . cts and tools which mean He is obviously expect-I ' • ~ / there is still quite a bit lo ing many regal and vice,rc- do inside and the roof has gal occasions to occur juil gone on. there. And there arc the things And there is a third the• the complex is all about~ atrc, the experimental the– the two thca1re5, the Lyne atrc which is ideal In size and the Concert Hall side for Brisbane's lilllo the, by side and separated by I atre. multi•t_iercd foyer that in The hard, "concretey" true Gibson sty_lc, has nat- look of the place is M10n 10 ural _hght ~unng 1n fr_om be softened by a covering sk_yhghts 1n the soaring of timber panels. . ceiling. . . Then there arc the hugo The staic of the Lyn~ IS glaucd-in foyers, with or football-ncld me, w11h steps nowing up through wings that seem lo go for the different level,, on ei• ev~r. the'. side of th~~lllPI"' al• lowing easy acijal ~~If, ~· ~ ~ . The tcrra.cc wUI ij ~ – ercd In .synthef_iq ~ff "I . No dancer will ever be the ar\1511 call!_~ ,~tho, able 10 complain about ar• There wtl! even~ :)iarbe– abcsquing straight off the cue area included fo,ilr llage into the wall. .comfor_t. . ~/f ·•, There b &eating for>2000 Ro~in Gibsoii1~ ,t . pcople·inthestallsandtwo to point OllJ _fh,r .~ • ; circles, with a screen that from the.\t11rways ~. , can come acrou behind the eddy a_nd_flow_t_hro~gliout first row of seats in each the b~1ldmg_giving 11 such circle, bringing the aheairc ~ nu1d fcchni. !here arc down in size for more inti• hf1s for the handicapped. mate ~rformanccs. The 2000 scat concert hall seems to soar all the way up to 1hc sky, with a well-angled floor which will be timber for acoustic purposes, and bo1h walls fined with balconies or There will be toilets and bar, situated on practically every level. f A bistro for patrons ,,..antina 10 cat out either before or after the theatre will be on the ground level in front of lhc two theatres. The foyer area cncom– rasscs bo1h theatres and the backstage area "'hich also feed s both theatres is almost as big as the front of house. It is impressive, enormous, fu,IIOllonal and quite magninc:alt. "It is a wonderful assembly of spaces for so many reo– plc," Robin Gibson said. He is so righl.