| 词条 | Wharf Theatre |
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|name = Wharf Theatre |image = The Wharf Theatre at The Rocks.jpg |image_size = |caption = Pier 4/5 at Walsh Bay |pushpin_map = |pushpin_map_caption = |address = Pier 4, Hickson Road, Dawes Point NSW 2000 |city = Sydney |country = Australia |designation = |coordinates = {{coord|-33.855087|151.205757|type:landmark|display=inline}} |architect =Vivian Fraser |owner = |capacity = Wharf 1 Theatre: 330 Wharf 2 Theatre: 200 |type = |opened =November 1984 |yearsactive = |rebuilt = |closed = |othernames = |production = |currentuse = |website = https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/your-visit/the-wharf-theatres }} The Wharf Theatre is a theatre complex in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This theatre is part of the Sydney Theatre Company and located on Pier 4/5 of the former Sydney port facility in Walsh Bay at Dawes Point. HistoryIn 1829, the first jetty in the area of Pier 4/5 was constructed and called ‘Pitman’s Wharf’. In 1919, work on Pier 4/5, was completed by H.D Walsh. In 1979, the Sydney Theatre Company was searching for a home. Elizabeth Butcher, administrator at NIDA, discovered the derelict finger wharves at Walsh Bay and proposed that Pier 4/5 be restored and become STC’s place of residence. Her recommendation was accepted by the Premier’s department. When the designing architect, Vivian Fraser, began work on the redevelopment of Pier 4/5 one of the major design issues was which end of the finger wharf to put the theatre. In keeping with the brief to do as inexpensive conversion as possible, the government architects did a feasibility study which put the theatre at the Hickson Road end of The Wharf. Fraser argued, on aesthetic grounds, that the theatre should be put at the sea end. Richard Wherrett, artistic director at the time, agreed with him and it was their opinion which prevailed. In Wherrett’s words “I liked the metaphorical notion that every time you went into the place to see a play, you went on some kind of journey”. Vivian Fraser’s re-development of Pier 4/5 officially opened by Premier Neville Wran in 1984. TheatresThe Wharf Theatre contains two theatres; Wharf 1 has 339 seats and Wharf 2 has 205 seats.[1] From the street a 200-metre wooden walkway lined with framed posters of STC productions takes patrons through the history of the theatre. Large windows are open to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the waters of the harbour. At the end of the building, The Theatre Bar at the End of the Wharf, complete with east and west facing balconies, provide views of Luna Park and the North Shore skyline. Approximately the size of 1.5 rugby fields, The Wharf cost $3.7 million to restore, and took the builders 56 weeks to refurbish. The influence of water is seen in the company’s logo and the use of blue as the company’s colour. The Wharf Theatre is mentioned in the 2013 travel book National Geographic Traveler: Sydney, as a venue for one of Sydney's main theatre companies.[2] References1. ^{{cite web|title=The Wharf Theatres|url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/your-visit/the-wharf-theatres|publisher=Sydney Theatre Company|accessdate=20 February 2015}} 2. ^Evan McHugh, National Geographic Traveler: Sydney, 2nd Edition-p36 External links
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