What's Happening
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Conference Success
at Creative Industries Precinct
 The Australian Congress of New Urbanism was held at the Creative Industries Precinct at Kelvin Grove from 3 – 9 February 08.
The Congress used a number of the spaces within the Precinct including the block for the trade show, the glasshouse for the secretariat room, and the parade ground for the catering and networking area for the 400 delegates.
The conference highlighted how easily each of these separate spaces link together to create a flow for the various conference events.
For more information on holding your next event at the Creative Industries Precinct, contact Liz Thomas on 07 3138 5496 or email events@qut.edu.au .
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Pit Works
Gardens Theatre gets a new Orchestra Pit
 Gardens Theatre has been undergoing major reconstruction since December as part of the upgrade of its orchestra pit. Once work is completed in March/April, the Theatre will be able to provide more flexible staging and seating options for hirers.
The new pit creates the possibility of increasing seating capacity by up to 80 in certain configurations. It will also allow a variety of staging configurations that were previously impossible, including steps and a more intimate performance setting.
The pit will comfortably hold up to a 35 piece orchestra, making Gardens Theatre ideal for musicals. Mt Gravatt High School will be testing the capacity of the pit in July for their Back to the 80s Musical event.
For more information on Gardens Theatre, contact Jan on 07 3138 4463 or email events@qut.edu.au .
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QUT venues featured in new movie
Fool's Gold, the new romantic comedy adventure starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson opened last week. In January 2007, the entire crew were at QUT Gardens Point campus for 3 weeks, where parts of the movie were filmed.
In the photo above, Kate and Matthew are outside the historic "U" block in a brief scene.
A longer scene was filmed at Old Government House, which was transformed into a Maritime Museum, complete with signage and fake palm trees
After the movie was filmed, Old Government House closed for restoration and will reopen as an exciting new venue in just over a year.
If you go and see Fool's Gold, look out for our venues!
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Venue of the Season
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Jan Irvine has joined the QUT Precincts team as Events Coordinator, replacing Elaine MacRae whilst she is on maternity leave.
Jan, who will be based at the Brisbane City Gardens Point campus until August, has recently returned to Brisbane from Sydney where she worked in various arts management roles over the past 20 years. Most recently, Jan spent 10 years at Arts NSW, prior to which she managed Bangarra Dance Theatre, Q Theatre and Meryl Tankard Company, as well as
working at Sydney Festival and the British Council.
Jan can be contacted on 07 3138 4463 or by email events@qut.edu.au
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the glasshouse
 2008 is the year of the glasshouse. Back again after a year as office space for ABC Online, the glasshouse is already proving itself to be one of the most flexible spaces available for hire at the QUT Creative Industries Precinct at Kelvin Grove.
Now equipped with video conferencing technology, the glasshouse is a multifunctional space designed to fit groups up to 300. So far this year, it has been booked and used for conferences, lunches, film screenings, opening nights, board meetings and training seminars.
Situated in the heart of the QUT Creative Industries Precinct at Kelvin Grove, the glasshouse comes standard with data projection capabilities and a sound system. For more information on the glasshouse at Kelvin Grove, contact Liz Thomas at events@qut.edu.au or on (07) 3138 5496.
Special Features
 Flexible space that can be divided into two sections or used as one large space- Video conferencing facilities
- Equipped with fixed data projector, 2m x 1.5m retractable screen, input for computer to projector
- Integrated sound system for computer input, DVD, VHS, CD Player
- Kitchen equipped with bar fridge, glass washer, microwave oven
- Adjacent to attractive terraced areas
Capacity
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30 |
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75 |
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300 |
For more pictures, please visit the glasshouse page on our website.
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