Client: Foundation Theatres
Project Timeframe: 2023 – late 2024
Service Provided: Project Management
Key Features:
- Refurbishment of the theatre’s rear stage to create a performance and event space.
- Refurbishment of existing back of house areas including corridors, storerooms, dressing rooms and other rooms associated with successful operation of the facility.
RCP has been engaged by Foundation Theatres to provide project management services for the repurposing the rear stage area within the existing Sydney Lyric Theatre. The new performance space will be a new stand alone, self-contained venue in addition to existing auditorium which accommodates up to 2000 patrons.
The new venue will have three operational modes:
- Theatre – tiered, floor and balcony seating.
- Concert – general admission standing and fixed seating in the balcony.
- Cocktail – from intimate occasions to patrons utilising all areas with balcony seating.