Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

Named in affection and known with affection, The Joan is Penrith’s major cultural hub. Built in 1990, The Joan is a creative nerve centre for the region, a much-loved venue for audiences of all ages and cultures, and a home to a vibrant nexus of education and the performing arts.

In recent years The Joan has become a home to the relocated Q Theatre Company, which burst onto the scene in 1963 with a lunch-time theatre program, which became the longest running program of its kind in the world. In 1983 the company opened a new theatre in an old railway institute building in Penrith, where it continued to develop, adapt and survive over the years, premiering new works, and providing a place for emerging actors, such as Toni Collette, to make their mark.

Since 1990, the Joan has welcomed musicians and performers of the highest international standard and has developed a deserved reputation as a performance venue and teaching centre of excellence with many thousands of talented musicians and performers making use of the Joan and its teaching facility – the Penrith Conservatorium of Music.

THE JOAN FACEBOOK HOUSE RULES

We respect everyone’s right to express their thoughts and opinions, and encourage constructive dialogue among members of this group. But we do ask you to remember that if your contributions don’t comply with Facebook’s Terms or our House Rules then they (and you) may be removed.

Whilst we moderate this site we do hope to create a community with you that is built on respect, and over time develop a culture of self-moderation.

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1. Keep your posts nice. Don’t be obscene, offensive, defamatory, threatening, harassing, overtly sexual, discriminatory or hateful to another person or organisation - including us, our partners, our employees and other people or organisations.

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We welcome your feedback, both positive and negative, and will endeavour to respond to your comments when you’d expect us to.

While we support lively, open discussion, we reserve the right to delete comments at our discretion.