I found The Canberra Theatre part of our tour more interesting than The Playhouse, mainly because The Canberra Theatre is older and thus grubbier and messier and full of character.
Which kind of made up for the fact there were no clean and bright fire stairwells to get up to the top of it, just metal ladder after metal ladder (after metal ladder):
With lots of interesting bits and pieces to look at along the way
up into the roof. (Which gave me flashbacks to the attic of the Doge's Palace in Venice)
It's a very very long way away from the stage.
We got a full explanation of how things work up there before climbing back down another set of ladders
to the stage, where we could look up and see exactly where we'd been:
Next stop was the sound and lighting area at the back of the theatre: 
with walls covered in chalk art created over the years by Technicians passing the time:
Then it was back down the skinny stairs to the Link for sandwiches and drinks to finish the evening off.
Thanks for joining me on a virtual backstage tour of the theatres. I hope you found it as fascinating as I did!
Being amazed at what goes into putting a performance together:
(And that was just in The Playhouse!)
Then they got tricky and added a second colour
See that door the lights are shining on? It leads to The Playhouse orchestra pit. Which we got to see the underneath of:
Apparently the only time The Playhouse orhestra pit has been used was when it first opened.
and The Canberra Theatre: