General News
12 June, 2025
Funding boost for historic Malanda theatre facade
FUNDING for works to refurbish Malanda’s historic Majestic Theatre façade has risen from $80,000 to almost $141,000 following a review of the extent of its damage by the works supplier.
Tablelands Regional Council upped the amount to meet the re-assessed costs by reallocating unspent capital works project funds.
The works were expected to begin this month and take approximately four weeks.
Long-time theatre manager Bernie Rainer said it was disappointing that the façade needed so much work, given it was upgraded only about 15 years ago.
He said since COVID, the theatre frontage had been neglected, with peeling paint and looking in “poor condition”. Had there been regular upkeep it would not have deteriorated to the state it was now in.
“They reckon it’s now rotten throughout and timbers need replacing,” he said.
As a heritage-listed building, the façade will remain in the same style and will be freshened up with new paint.
