Newtown High School of the Performing Arts

Excellence, Creativity & Equity

Telephone02 9519 1544

Emailnewtown-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Hiring our facilities

You may apply to use our school's facilities for appropriate purposes provided your hiring the facility does not interfer with our teaching and learning programs.

We assess each application on a case-by-case basis.

If you are interested in hiring our facilities, please email newtown-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au  

The Studio Theatre is an unraked rectangular blackbox, wrapped entirely by a 1.3m wide mezzanine, 3.6 meters from the stage floor.

Stage dimensions

Width: 16.7m*
Downstage edge to back wall: 7.3m
Downstage edge to tabs: 5.8m
Hight of overhead bars: 5.6m

*this measurement includes the under-mezzanine areas on both sides of stage, which aren’t practical as performing areas; the practical acting area of the Studio Theatre is approx. 11x5m.

Auditorium

242 seats