Bondi Pavilion residency spaces
30 November 2021
The iconic and newly refurbished Bondi Pavilion, situated at world famous Bondi Beach, is a two- storey accessible building that operates as a community, arts and cultural venue. It houses a variety of different sized meeting and events rooms, a gallery, theatre, pottery studio, music studios and recording room, a community radio space, a new digital history space - Bondi Story Room, and outdoor courtyards. All spaces are wheelchair accessible and there are accessible bathrooms in the building.
The spaces offered for the residency include:
Bondi Pavilion Theatre
Situated on the first floor with lift access, the theatre is a 223, tiered seating space with 72 m2 stage area - playing area to mid stage curtain 5.9m x 8m with 2m x 8m backstage area. It has a medium lighting rig, audio and AV facilities including screen, projector, 2 x permanently installed cameras at the back of the theatre and live vision mixing and webcasting capabilities. Technical assistance would be required to operate this equipment. An audio frequency induction hearing loop (AFIL) is available.
Seagull Room
Situated on the top floor of the Bondi Pavilion with lift access. It is a 196m2 multipurpose space with wooden floors and the original arched windows looking over the northern courtyard. The room has a general use PA, a drop-down projector and screen. Control of the room lighting, general audio system and projector is via touch screen and wall switches. Wi-fi based assisted listening system is available.
Ocean Room
Is situated on the top floor of the Pavilion, with lift access. The room is 5.15m x 2.6m, carpeted with a front door and additional side door that opens to the upstairs balcony facing the ocean. There is no technical equipment available in this room.
Yalagang Room
Is situated on the ground floor of the Pavilion, it is a 97m2 sprung floor space with windows looking out over the Pavilion rear courtyard. Note: There are some structural columns in the centre of the space, however the space is still fully functional and usable for most projects. There is a general PA, drop down projector and screen. Control of the room lighting, general audio system and projector is via touch screen and wall switches. Wi-fi based assisted listening system is available.
High Tide Room
Situated on the ground floor, this 200 m2 multipurpose room with wooden sprung floors and windows running along the entire room, looks out to the southern courtyard. The room has a general use PA, a drop-down projector and screen. Control of the room lighting, general audio system and projector is via touch screen and wall switches. Wi-fi based assisted listening system is available.
Music Studios
There are two music studios, approx. 50m2, situated on the ground floor of the Bondi Pavilion. A collection of studio microphones, mic stands, backline, DI’s, amps, small 16 channel mixer, programmable graphic equaliser and powered speakers for foldback monitoring are available in the studios.
Find Plan for Music Studio 1 here.
Find Plan for Music Studio 2 here.
Music Control Room
The music recording studio is situated between rehearsal studios 1 and 2 providing recording facilities for both Music Studio 1 and 2. The control room has a digital audio workspace, including computer, software and control surface. A podcast kit and digital keyboard are also available.
Find Plan for Music Control Room here.
Pottery Studio
Situated at the northern end of the outdoor courtyards, the 45m2 studio is equipped with stationary and portable pottery wheels and kiln. There are work benches and storage shelves. Assistance would be required if firing were part of the studio use.
Outdoor Courtyards
The landscaped Guya (Southern) and Garu (Northern) courtyards are situated at the back of the Pavilion building and can be used separately or as an entire outdoor area. The cafes, Pottery Studio, Hightide Room, community radio and Flexible Cultural Space all surround the courtyards. There are no built-in technical facilities in these areas.
