Newtown Precinct

Get into the Newtown Entertainment Precinct and get under Sydney's skin:

• $8.9 million in tickets sold each year
• 260,000 people enjoying shows every year
• 5,000 strong audience each week
• 4,153 seats
• 3,500 performers every year
• 1,600 shows each year
• 12 stages
• 8 venues
• 1 Precinct – Newtown

Newtown is a vibrant inner-city suburb of Sydney boasting over 600 stores, 70 restaurants, 40 cafes, pubs and entertainment venues along King Street and Enmore Road.

The Precinct has the highest concentration of independent theatres and live performance spaces in Sydney: Enmore Theatre, New Theatre, Newtown Theatre, PACT Youth Theatre, Seymour Theatre Centre and Sidetrack Theatre, as well as the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, and live music venues such as the Vanguard and @newtown RSL.

The suburb has long had the reputation for being a centre for new and emerging independent artists. The diversity of entertainment - from drag to drama, performance art to street buskers - attracts a great cross-section of patrons to the Newtown precinct, who also visit for the atmosphere, dining out, shopping and fashion.

Complementing the theatres is a host of performance spaces in hotels and cafes together with outdoor festivals and events and street entertainment.

For theatre and restaurant listings go to www.newtownprecinct.com.au

You can pick up a copy of the Newtown shopping guide from many local businesses in Newtown.

Projects in the Precinct

Underbelly

For further information regarding Underbelly 2008 go to www.underbelly.com.au.