In relation to the Minister’s statements regarding the main theatre and the smaller 200 seat studio at the State Theatre Centre being 91 percent commercially booked out for this year, I ask: (a) what

AnsweredQoN 5137Legislative Assembly
Asked
7 April 2011
Portfolio
Culture and the Arts

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In relation to the Minister’s statements regarding the main theatre and the smaller 200 seat studio at the State Theatre Centre being 91 percent commercially booked out for this year, I ask:
(a) what amount of the venue capacity has been booked out for this year to date;
(b) who or which bodies booked the venues;
(c) for what type of production, event or function were the venues booked;
(d) what has been the financial return to the State of each booking;
(e) what amount of the venue capacity has been booked out for the remainder of the year;
(f) who or which bodies have booked the venues for the remainder of the year;
(g) for what type of production, event or function have the venues been booked for the remainder of the year; and
(h) what has been, or will be, the financial return to the State of each booking for the remainder of the year?

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Answered
17 May 2011
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
40 days
(a) The venue is booked at 95% capacity for the year to date.
(b) The organisations that have booked are:
· Black Swan Theatre Centre
· Institute of Architects
· Wood and Grieves
· Chamber of Commerce
· Healthways
· DramaWest
· Midnite Youth Theatre
· Westpac
· X-Media-Lab
· Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
· Perth Theatre Company
· ThinIce
(c) The events were:
· Theatre
· Function
· Conference
· Film
· Music
· Fashion Event
(d) A financial return is not calculated for each booking. The venue hire charges for users of the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia (STCWA) were based on the charges for The Playhouse Theatre with allowances for the additional technology available in the venue and for the additional seating capacity in Heath Ledger Theatre. For 2010/11 the Government has provided recurrent funding of $909,000 to meet the net operating costs of the STCWA. This figure is based on estimated expenditure of $2.13m and revenue of $1.22m. The estimated venue hire rental for the financial year 2010/11 is $340,000.
(e) The venue is booked at 85.7% capacity for the remainder of the year.
(f-h) A range of organisations have made bookings and enquiries but it would be inappropriate to release information at this time without the agreement of the relevant Companies.
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