Chapel Theatre

Nov

2024

Our History: The Town Hall

Local NewsChapel Theatre, Christmas In The Highlands, Glen Innes Arts Council, Glen Innes Town Hall, Our Local History, Red Cross

Our magnificent Town Hall is certainly the centrepiece for ‘Christmas in the Highlands’ on Friday November 29, and for the 23rd year it is the venue for the Red Cross Community Christmas Tree displays. The Hall has hosted performances by Dame Nellie Melba, Noella Cornish, school frolics, drill nights for the Volunteer Defence Corp, grand balls, weddings, troop home coming celebrations, Baby Shows, film nights, Macca, The Wiggles…. It provided the stage for Mrs Mackenzie’s early Musical Society shows and later the Glen Innes Arts Council, until 1984 when they produced My Fair Lady as the grand opening show in…

Nov

2024

By Marlene Lewis

Review: A Contemporary Encounter with “Fairytales”

Local NewsAlex Raineri, Chapel Theatre, Glen Innes Arts Council, Music In The Regions

On the late afternoon of November 9, 2024, the Chapel Theatre in Glen Innes was graced with a unique and immersive experience, courtesy of internationally celebrated piano soloist, Alex Raineri. The Glen Innes concert concluded Alex’s tour of Northeastern New South Wales with a performance that was anything but conventional. Organised by Music in the Regions in conjunction with the Glen Innes Arts Council, this was the town’s first concert under this initiative, and it set a striking precedent for future events. Raineri’s program, aptly titled Fairytales, was a curated journey through contemporary classical piano works by five eminent Australian…