The Empire Theatre’s Armitage Centre will host the country’s leading travelling film festival on Saturday 23 February, for the screening of Flickerfest.
Featuring The Best of Australian Shorts selection, Flickerfest includes films curated from the Flickerfest Australian and International programmes in competition at Bondi Beach in January, handpicked from 2700 entries.
Celebrating 28 years, Flicke...
The newly announced cast of the Empire Theatres 2019 major production, Kinky Boots are hard at work on a sparkling story that proves that sometimes the best way to fit in, is to stand out.
Kinky Boots is an exhilarating new musical with a score by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, knockout dancing and an inspiring story following Charlie Price, an aspiring young businessman.
When Charlie suddenly inherits...
The Empire Theatres main auditorium is undergoing a refurbishment to improve the patron experience and increase the standard of our existing amenities.
As part of this refurbishment, the seating has been removed from the main auditorium over the weekend and work is ongoing on significant Box Office alterations.
While this work is undertaken, the main auditorium will not be operating, however our...
The Empire Theatres 2019 major production, Kinky Boots will prove that sometimes the best way to fit in, is to stand out.
Headlining the Empire Theatres 2019 Season, which was launched on Friday 23 November, Kinky Boots is an exhilarating new musical with a score by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, knockout
dancing and a spectacularly inspiring story.
Based on a true story, Kinky Boots follows aspiring y...
The Empire Theatre is excited to announce the Creative Team for the upcoming 2019 major production, Kinky Boots.
Meet the talented creative team, who are responsible for bringing Kinky Boots to life.
Leading the team as Director is Alison Vallette who was responsible for the direction of the highly successful 2017 Empire Theatres production Wicked along with recent credits including
Mary Poppins (...
2018 EMPIRE THEATRES YOUTH BURSARY RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED
The Empire Theatre has continued its commitment to supporting and nurturing the region’s young performers with the presentation of the 2018 Empire Theatres Youth Bursaries.
Some of the region’s most talented young artists were acknowledged in the presentation today, with around $20,000 awarded to 25 students who come from areas including Toowoomba, Cabarlah, Ravensbourne, Highfields and Meringanda...
Did you attend the Thrive on Arts Festival during the school holidays and add to the story of Paradise the Parrot? Below is her completed story...
Paradise the Parrot flew into the Empire looking for a dinosaur who could sing and dance with it’s Mum who is magic. 3 nice parrots flew over Kloud 9 and stole hats to hold gems for the evil Queen to make a crown of flowers to destroy butterflies and ...
Join the sisterhood and see what millions of women worldwide have been laughing about!
Menopause The Musical- Women on Fire! will be performed on the Empire Theatre mainstage on Friday 19 October, 2018.
This 80-minute production is set in a department store and follows four women, who seemingly have nothing in common except that they are looking at buying a black bra on sale, as they come to find...
Wrapping up the 2018 Daytime Series with a flourish is the incredible Livvyy & Pete, a celebration of the songbooks of Australian icons, Olivia Newton John and Peter Allen at the Empire Theatre on Thursday November 8 at 11am.
Presented by Beauaraba Living, Livvy & Pete stars Helpmann Award winner Michael Griffiths and acclaimed cabaret darling Amelia Ryan as they revisit all the sing-a...
The acclaimed Queensland Pops Orchestra return to the Empire Theatre on Sunday October 28 for a 3pm matinee performance.
Presented by Beauaraba Living, Amigos Para Siempre is the second performance by the Queensland Pops Orchestra in the 2018 season.
Patrick Pickett and the mighty Queensland Pops Orchestra revisit the artistry of the winning sound of Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo with singers G...
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Empire Theatres General Manager Kerry Saul said he was thrilled that the Empire Theatre was taking on Kinky Boots as the next major production in 2019.
“Coming off the back of several years of highly successful major productions, including The Pirates of Penzance, Wicked, Legally Blonde the Musical, Disney’s Mary Poppins and The Phantom of the Opera, we are certain Kinky Boots...
A highly relatable award winning comedic drama will take to the Empire Theatre stage on Wednesday 26 September for one night only.
Hotel Sorrento, a play that inspired the film of the same name, follows the story of three sisters who grew up in the seaside town of Sorrento, reunited after 10 years apart.
A semi-autobiographical book written by the middle sister triggers familial tensions an...
Empire Theatre favourites, The Grigoryan Brothers, return to the Church Theatre on Friday 5 October for a performance based on their latest release, Songs Without Words.
Widely regarded as Australia’s finest guitar duo, The Grigoryan Brothers, Slava and Leonard, are known for taking classical guitar into genres such as jazz, folk and contemporary music,
Songs Without Words sees a return to their c...
The 2018 Junior IMPACT Ensemble are hard at work putting the finishing touches on this year’s production, 10 George Street.
To be performed this Saturday 15 September, 10 George Street is a brand-new work that was written and performed by the ensemble members under the direction of Youth Arts Facilitator Ari Palani, Creative Collaborator Kate Murphy and Creative Assistant Nicki Heusler.
“This yea...
The Empire Theatre will come alive with activity this Spring with the first ever Thrive on Arts festival from September 21-30.
Coinciding with the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, Thrive on Arts is an event for all ages, taking in family and children’s performance and workshops, music, drama, comedy and cabaret.
Families can enjoy a number of free events throughout the festival, including Story T...
It’s a cross between The Office and a cage fight. Two performers on stage: one older, one younger.
Gold Coast dance company The Farm present Cockfight on August 17 in the Empire Theatre’s Armitage Centre , a powerful and dangerous physical performance, woven around the lives of two men from different generations, trapped in an office.
Existing side by side, sharing space, resources, time and ...
Sopranos must die; It’s the rule of Opera. But when actor, soprano and cabaret artist Isabel Hertaeg takes to the Armitage Centre stage on Sunday, September 23 for cabaret performance Death by Soprano, she will die once for each letter of the alphabet!
A satirical A-Z of operatic death scenes, Death by Soprano is a cabaret romp through operatic occupational hazards.
Join Hertaeg and her 26 re-en...
Marriage, Mischief & Mayhem in Opera Queensland's Ruddigore
One of opera’s weirdest and most wonderful shows will be on stage on August 25 with Opera Queensland’s production of Ruddigore, or the Witch’s Curse!
Ruddigore, or the Witch’s Curse is the second Gilbert and Sullivan production of the 2018 Empire Theatres season following the highly successful major production The Pirates of
Penzance in March and has an all-star cast including Bryan Probets, C...
The Empire Theatre is inviting young people between the ages of 12 and 25 to apply for bursaries to attend professional development short courses at leading Australian performing arts institutions.
The bursaries aim to assist the region’s young creative talents who demonstrate current involvement and achievement in a performing arts discipline.
Past recipients of a Youth Bursary have attended v...
