![]() There are also many community choirs theatres and bands including the Sandgate Theatre Inc, King Street Players, Mousetrap Theatre, Imogen Children's Chorale, Queensland Philharmonic Chorale, the Brisbane Chorale, the Queensland Festival Chorus, Exaudi Australis, the Queensland University Musical Society (QUMS), the Queensland Choir. Most cultural organisations in Brisbane run on an amateur or university basis. The Queensland Pops Orchestra make a positive contribution. These include: Queensland Theatre Company, The Queensland Orchestra, Grin and Tonic Theatre Company, Operatif!, LaBoite Theatre Company, Opera Queensland, Queensland Ballet and Australasian Dance Collective. Performing arts groups īrisbane has a small number of professional performing arts companies. Small, multi purpose conference spaces were proposed for weekend only use as cinemas, however the office tower development has failed and as of 2014, the land still remains vacant. ![]() ![]() These cinemas have since been demolished in 2012 for a 40 floor high rise office block development. After campaigning, led by Veronica Kelly from the University of Queensland English Department (UQ was a major stakeholder as the medical school inherited shares in the building as part of the Mayne estate), the original foyer was retained and remnants from the original 1929 auditorium were used in one of the downstairs multiplex cinemas renamed the "Regent Showcase" cinema. The interior of the 2,000 seat Regent Theatre in Queen Street was demolished and replaced by four multiplex cinemas. The Suncorp Theatre (originally called the SGIO Theatre), a purpose built drama theatre for the Queensland Theatre Company, was also demolished in 2007. Artists such as Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Robert Helpmann and Dame Nellie Melba performed there. It was replaced by the Hilton Hotel without a theatre. Before the Queensland Performing Arts Centre was built, major performing arts theatres included the 2,000 seat Her Majesty's Theatre in Queen Street, which was designed in 1885 by Andreas Stombuco and opened in 1888, was demolished in 1986. Festival Hall, a music and entertainment venue was demolished in 2003. With hundreds of square metres of handstand, riverfront event space, Northshore is transforming into one of Brisbane's key entertainment and event precincts.īrisbane has a long history of demolishing performing arts venues and theatres. One of the largest new entertainment precincts, Northshore Brisbane, which hosts Brisbane's largest and most immersive events and activations. Outdoor venues include the Roma Street Parkland Amphitheatre and Riverstage in the City Botanic Gardens. Newly constructed in an old community building in Spring Hill is the Centre Stage Theatre. There are also several theatres located at the universities, including the QUT Gardens Theatre & the QUT Creative Industries Precinct (both of which are at the Queensland University of Technology), and Geoffrey Rush Drama Studio & Schonell Theatre (both of which are at the University of Queensland). Other theatres located in Brisbane include the Tribal Theatre, Brisbane Arts Theatre, Twelfth Night Theatre, Roundhouse Theatre, Metro Arts Theatre, Judith Wright Arts Centre and the Brisbane Powerhouse. The Queensland Conservatorium and Queensland College of Art (both of which are part of Griffith University) were subsequently built within the South Bank Parklands, along with many other buildings, including the Suncorp Piazza. ![]() Large scale visiting musicals make up the majority of offerings at the Lyric Theatre. The Australian Ballet visits Brisbane every second year and other touring companies also visit Brisbane each year. It is also part of the Queensland Cultural Centre and contains Brisbane’s main theatres (Lyric Theatre, Concert Hall, Cremorne Theatre, and the Playhouse). The Queensland Performing Arts Centre is also located at South Bank.
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