The Empire Theatre is searching for talented cast members for their upcoming 2018 major production, Essgee’s Pirates of Penzance.   Audition information packs are now available on the Empire Theatres website for actors, singers, backstage singers and dancers with auditions to be held in late October and early November.   Empire Theatres General Manager, Kerry Saul said EssGees unique brand of Gilbert and Sullivan gives Pirates of Penzance a modern sound, while retaining the original arias, and ...

Visit the Empire Theatre for unique theatrical experience this Friday and Saturday when Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s adaptation of Shaun Tan’s acclaimed picture book, The Arrival arrives on stage in The Armitage Centre.  This warm and magical experience for all ages is built on the animation of the images from Tan’s book, interwoven with Spare Part’s exceptional acting and exquisite puppetry bringing this fantastical world of floating ships, mysterious lights, alien symbols and weird animals ...