FACT FILE

Building a pop-up venue on the beach is a monumental undertaking as these mind-boggling facts and figures prove.

● Two Pharaohs tower 7.6m over the stage. They’re carved out of polystyrene. It took two props makers 240 hours to make the statues.

● The staircase on stage is 17m long

● 10 principal artists, 10 dancers, 50 musicians and 55 Community Chorus singers are involved in the production.

● It takes 11 days to turn the beach into a pop-up performance venue. Two manitous (large forklifts) work all day, every day bringing set pieces and infrastructure across the sand.

● Two camels travelled all the way from NSW to be part of the show

● The venue includes 130m of white picket fencing, 400m of temporary fencing and 1000 sqm of ground protection

● 35 tonnes of ballast support the stage scaffold

● 1km of festoon lighting illuminates the site

● 3800 audience members will see each night’s show

● 150 shots will explode into the night during the fireworks display.