Town Hall Theatre
Highlights
- Explore the historic 1899 Town Hall Theatre, now a vibrant venue for premier touring productions in Devonport.
- Experience top-notch staging, lighting, and sound in a 407-seat theatre designed for community engagement.
- Enjoy a diverse arts program at the paranaple arts centre, showcasing professional performances from across Australia.
- Access convenient facilities including a bar, carpark, and wheelchair access for a comfortable visit.
The Town Hall Theatre is located within the paranaple arts centre, centrally located in the heart of Devonport. The Theatre is the original 1899 Town Hall, converted now into a traditional proscenium arch, 407 seat theatre with raked seating.
The stage has full fly-tower operations and the venue boasts equipment levels comparable to many larger commercial venues, including staging, lighting and sound.
The Town Hall Theatre seeks to serve the Devonport community with the best touring productions available. Opportunities with arts organisations and producers are readily sought.
The Town Hall Theatre is also available for hire to local, schools, dance groups, community groups and performance companies.
The paranaple arts centre’s Presenter Season is an entertaining and challenging program of professional performing arts from around Australia. Bringing productions to Devonport audiences which would otherwise not have the opportunity to experience.
The paranaple arts centre’s box office provides a range of ticketing services to clients. A full ticketing service can be supplied by or a partial ticketing service where a block set of tickets are printed for client to distribute for external events.
The paranaple arts centre is wheelchair accessible including lift access.
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Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
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