Built on the seafront similar to Sydney Opera House. It is a dramatic building on the outside, quite interesting architecture. Inside it is a large venue (1650 seats) with great acoustics and its outstanding design is the glass wall behind the stage where you look through to the ocean.

Came here to attend work conference. Lovely state of the art design. The acoustics of the main hall is lovely especially when music is being played live. Also like this another hall which is adjacent to the main building.

25/3/24 Monday Evening Bach Concert We three middle aged guys from London were in GC for a week and were a bit starved of culture. Nothing was happening in GC culture wise in general so when this popped up my friend grabbed the opportunity. He has already been to this venue, I had not. Approaching it from the public bus (from the centre) it was certainly impressive. It is designed almost as a squat lighthouse and finished in 1996 after three years building. Up close it is amazing and inside is lots of wood with walls and corners adorned with animals scurrying around; quite Gaudiesque! The Bach International Festival event actually had no Bach in it at all but a series of similar era pieces with instrumental soloists and a sopranist (male countertenor but higher!) accompanied by a string and harpsichord sextet. In the bar area drinks were available, we did not partake. The audience was surprisingly mixed ages (ten year olds up) and casual. The concert itself was amazing and the acoustics were splendid, nice and crisp with no distracting echoing. Bass came across well too. The interval of twenty minutes was within the 1hr 50min program, drinks available obviously. The toilets were clean and modern too, although only one set on the ground floor. I do not know how long the ladies' queue was at the interval! The building was designed by a man so probably they were long.