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Entertainment
The Warana
Amphitheatre
The intimate Amphitheatre venue grew out
of a need for an official venue for National and
Corporate Day ceremonies at the Expo, as well as a
small-scale live performing arts venue.
Located near the Melbourne Street Entrance of the
Expo, the 300-seater Amphitheatre took it's place
under the curves of one of the smaller white
sun-sails of the Exposition, and was a wonderful
Protocol venue for the Expo, protected from the all
the elements - yet replete with tropical foliage and
some indirect sunlight through it's sun-sail shade -
with the venue's semi-circular seating offering good
seats for all.
It was also the venue for many Australian and
international 'short' performances - 30 minutes each -
which surveyed the width and breadth of the perfoming
arts - from jugglers to musicians, and clowns to theatre
- with extra funding for the program from the
popular Brisbane annual arts/cultural festival 'Warana',
and for this reason was also known as the 'Warana
Amphitheatre'.
The venue is also well remembered for it's special
early-evening hi-tech laser show presentation, which
displayed the latest technology in laser animation, and
complemented the daily 'end of show' fireworks and
lasers at the larger River Stage venue.
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