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Gladstone City Theatre
The Gladstone City Theatre is a modern Performing Arts Complex, forms the focal point of the city's cultural activities with facilities to perfectly showcase any major presentation or convention. Situated in the heart of Gladstone's business centre, the complex enjoys close proximity to first class accommodation centres, shops and restaurants.
The auditorium seats 700 patrons, is spacious, and boasts state of the art sound and lighting equipment with excellent acoustics and sight lines. The foyer, Garden Room and Basement Playhouse can also be utilised for banquets, informal receptions, lectures, seminars and recitals.
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum
The Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum is a public institution established and funded by the Gladstone City Council. It is dedicated to promoting the visual arts and crafts for and by the communities of the Port Curtis region and Central Queensland in addition to acting as a focal point for the preservation and display of the region's history and cultural heritage.
The Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum houses, maintains and presents the city's permanent collection of Australian art, and local history. Exhibitions in all display spaces are changed every four to six weeks and are accompanied by a programme of educational and social activities.
The attractive eclectic styled building on the corner of Goondoon and Bramston Streets was built as an employment project in 1934. Now heritage listed, the free classical styled building was designed by Rockhampton architect, Ray Chipps to serve as the Gladstone Town Hall and community centre. For over forty years events such as debutante balls, flower shows, boxing matches, concerts. plays, eisteddfods, films, and weddings were held in the hall.
Over
the years, the Entertainment Centre and other such venues have been
built and in 1985, the refurbished Town Hall was opened as the Gladstone
Regional Art Gallery & Museum.
