screenings, to presentations and conferences direct to the audience. It's where contemporary artistic forces such as Bell Shakespeare, Sydney Festival and Sydney Opera House Presents put on their greatest acts. And a place where distance dissolves, where the spectators live and breathe every creative moment alongside the stars of the show. Unheeded by onlookers but adding to the venue's flexibility is a fit-out that includes motorised battens for light rigs and scenery changes, enabling the most sensational productions to be realised. Obvious to all, however, are the Playhouse's impeccable acoustics. STUDIO is an intimate, flexible venue with a seating capacity range from 220 to 350. Offering the world's most sophisticated lighting and sound system capability, Studio brings daring and technological excellence to any performance. It is guaranteed to impress and astound audiences
A journey along the Avon to reach Stonehenge was part of a ritual passage from life to death, to celebrate past ancestors and the recently deceased.] Whatever religious, mystical or spiritual elements were central to Stonehenge, its design includes a celestial observatory function, which might have allowed prediction of eclipse, solstice, equinox and other celestial events important to a contemporary religion. As motorised traffic increased, the setting of the monument began to be affected by the proximity of the two roads on either side the A344 to Shrewton on the north side, and the A303 to Winterbourne Stoke to the south. Plans to upgrade the A303 and close the A344