Peninsula support for arts precinct

Almost a third of the Friends of the Performing Arts Precinct Incorporated members are Peninsula residents, according to membership secretary Ms Sheelagh Noonan.

Ms Noonan said that the chairman, strategist and several committee members were also from the Peninsula.

Friends of the Performing Arts Precinct Inc is calling for a world-class performing arts precinct on the Gosford waterfront.

Membership of the association currently exceeds 300.

FOPAP seek to have a waterfront precinct containing a 1000-seat concert hall with a raked floor and a stage large enough for a 90-piece orchestra and choir, major educational facilities, including the Central Coast Conservatorium, a music library and a performing arts primary school.

The group also want the precinct to contain experimental theatre/community workshop spaces, with electronic facilities such as film and sound recording studios, rehearsal spaces for ensembles, bands, choirs, dance or drama groups, support facilities, including restaurant, ticketing, Green Room, and back-of-house infrastructure, outdoor theatre and music spaces, suitable also for festivals and installation art, landscaping, cafes and public promenades

Press release, August 19 Sheelagh Noonan, Friends of the Performing Arts Precinct Inc