It’s only bricks, concrete and steel today but you can almost feel the plush seats and hear the music from the orchestra pit of Dubbo’s tiered theatre.
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Basic construction of the $13.5 million Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre is progressing daily.
It is already taller than Dubbo’s tallest building, Oliver House, and stares the spire of St Brigid’s Catholic Church eye-to-eye.
Some of the theatre’s state-of-the-art features are starting to take place, including the flying system for scenery and places for $200,000 of dimmer-controlled lights.
A yellow line on a wall in the shape of steps hints at Dubbo’s longed-for tiered venue.
Project manager Stephen Wonderley was happy with the work’s progression.
His team has one month to complete the tiered slope of the venue, and a target date for the end of August to get it to the stage that it is “locked up”.
David Payne Constructions is using 90 per cent local labour to build the theatre, a council spokesman said.
Only skills unavailable in Dubbo were being sourced from outside the city, he said.
Busy men work on the spot that will soon be trodden by artists, and work with the help of equipment from Dubbo Boom and Scissor Lifts.
faye.wheeler@ruralpress.com