Pilbeam Theatre and Arts in Rockhampton
Pilbeam Theatre and Arts in Rockhampton. Cityville Apartments & Motel is the central Rockhampton base for visitors building a Rocky-and-Capricorn-Coast trip — 21-23 Bolsover Street, central CBD, two minutes' walk from the Fitzroy River and Quay Street's heritage dining strip, with self-contained apartments, motel rooms and townhouses suited to families, FIFO workers, corporate stays and weekenders alike.
The Pilbeam Theatre is Rockhampton's performing arts venue — the 960-seat theatre that hosts the touring productions, the local performances, the concerts, and the cultural events that a regional city of 80,000 supports with the audience numbers and the civic investment that the venue's maintenance and programming require. The theatre's programme includes the touring shows that the national circuits bring to regional venues — the musicals, the comedy acts, the theatrical productions whose quality reflects the national touring standard rather than the amateur level that regional arts venues are sometimes assumed to provide. Check the programme before your visit — the performance that coincides with your dates provides the evening entertainment that the dining-and-accommodation routine benefits from as the scheduled event that structures the evening differently from the default pattern.
The Rockhampton Art Gallery provides the visual arts — the permanent collection and the rotating exhibitions whose curation reflects the community's artistic interests and the gallery's connections to the broader Australian art community. The gallery is free, open during standard hours, and provides the indoor cultural activity that the wet-day schedule and the heat-restricted afternoon both accommodate. The public art throughout the city — the bull statues as the most visible examples, but extending to the murals, the sculpture installations, and the heritage interpretation that the civic investment in public art has produced — provides the walking-tour content that the heritage buildings complement and that the arts-interested visitor discovers progressively across the stay's duration.
Where to stay in Rockhampton
Cityville Apartments & Motel sits in the heart of Rockhampton CBD on the Fitzroy River. The property combines compact motel-style studio apartments for solo travellers and FIFO workers, larger 1 bedroom apartments and 2 bedroom apartments for couples and small families, and riverfront apartments for premium stays. Free undercover parking, on-site pool and BBQ, reception staffed during business hours with after-hours key-box pickup arranged by phone, and walking distance to Quay Street's restaurants and the Fitzroy foreshore.
For trip-type guidance see the family rooms guide, the FIFO accommodation guide, and the long-stay accommodation page; or browse all rooms on the accommodation comparison page.
Related reading
- Things to do in Rockhampton
- Rockhampton dining guide
- accommodation
- Rockhampton events calendar
- three-day Rockhampton and coast itinerary
- Capricorn Caves visitor guide
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