Glen Street Theatre | |
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Former names | Forest Community Centre |
General information | |
Town or city | Belrose, New South Wales |
Coordinates | 33°44′25″S 151°12′37″E / 33.74023°S 151.21031°E |
Opened | 6 July 1985 |
Renovated | 2013–15 |
Client | Warringah Shire Council |
Owner | Northern Beaches Council |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | Sawdy and Black |
Main contractor | Amacon Pty. Ltd. |
Renovating team | |
Renovating firm | Mark Hurcum Design Practice |
Other information | |
Seating capacity | 400 |
Website | |
http://www.glenstreet.com.au/ |
Glen Street Theatre is a 400-seat proscenium arch auditorium located in the Forest Community Centre, at the corner of Glen Street and Blackbutts Road in Belrose in the northern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was opened as Stage 2 of the Forest Community Centre on 6 July 1985 by Warringah Shire President Darren Jones, and is owned by the Northern Beaches Council.
The theatre regularly presents productions from many of Australia's performing arts companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre, 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 independent production companies, including Circus Oz, Pork Chop Productions, Performing Lines and Hit Productions. Actors appearing on stage included: Jonathan Biggins, Max Cullen, Drew Forsythe, John Gaden, Belinda Giblin, Max Gillies, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Genevieve Lemon, Pia Miranda, Jeremy Sims, Barry Otto and Jacki Weaver.