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The Riddoch Art Gallery website states that:

The building of the Riddoch Art Gallery was built in 1906 and was officially opened by the honourable George Riddoch in 1907. In 1962 a projection room was installed and in 1939 it was known as the Ozone Theater, it was then changed to the Kings Theatre in 1952. This theatre continued until 1981 when the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre was completed.

The building is now undergoing massive redevelopment. This afternoon it was open so the public can see the progress being made.


This is how it looked as a theatre, back in the day.

To accomodate the Art Gallery a false ceiling was installed, with the upper section and gallery then disused.

The ceiling was removed to allow the installation of a load bearing floor to create a second level.

This is the steel frame for the new ceiling/floor.

The former gallery will be converted into a lecture theatre.

Gallery storage space under the old stage area.

The community gallery will be under the old upstairs gallery, gallery one will occupy the main body of the former theatre and gallery two is on the former stage.

Gallery three will be upstairs above gallery one, and will extend (somehow) into the space above gallery two.
The plans that you can see to the left of the gallery are for a totally new construction that will be the proper entry to both levels of the gallery and contain all its amenties.

For those of you still watching: one minute of YouTube video featuring a very insistent guest star.