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- 03
  
  Apr
  
  EMPIRE YOUTH ARTS KEEPS CREATIVE OUTLET
  
  The Empire Theatres has continued to provide an artistic outlet to its Youth Arts students, providing the highly popular drama classes from a virtual platform. Following the temporary closure of the Empire Theatre in line with direction from the Australian Government during the COVD-19 pandemic, Empire Youth Arts moved to an online system with facilitators finishing the final classes of Term 1 via...
  
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- 13
  
  Mar
  
  COVID-19 UPDATE
  
  OFFICIAL STATEMENT RE: COVID-19 UPDATE- MONDAY 23 MARCH, 9am The Empire Theatre ticket office in Neil Street is now closed for the foreseeable future. At this time staff will be available to answer the phones between 9am and 3pm – Monday to Friday (not on scheduled Public Holidays) Staff will continue to contact patrons to organise refunds for all cancelled shows over the coming months Refunds a...
  
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- 12
  
  Mar
  
  Curious Arts Festival POSTPONED
  
  It is with regret that due to the rapidly changing situation associated with COVID-19, Festival Management has decided to postpone Curious Arts Festival 2020, including the performance by Judith Lucy, to a date later in the year. Our priority is the health and wellbeing of our audiences, artists, volunteers and our wider community and, while we are naturally disappointed, we feel that postponing...
  
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- 09
  
  Mar
  
  Time to see Mamma Mia! is slipping through your fingers!
  
  Time to see the Empire Theatres highly successful musical Mamma Mia! is running out with just four more performances left in the season. On stage Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, this musical has been a hit with an audience of around 4500 throughout the opening weekend. There are just four performances remaining before the curtain falls on this idyllic Greek islan...
  
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- 27
  
  Feb
  
  MY MY! MAMMA MIA OPENS NEXT WEEK!
  
  Mamma Mia is the name of the game at the Empire Theatre with the blockbuster ABBA jukebox musical opening to audiences next week. On stage from March 5-15, Mamma Mia tells the hilarious heart-warming story of a young woman’s search for her birth father before her wedding, which brings three men from her mother’s past back to the Greek island they last visited 20 years ago. Director James Shaw...
  
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- 20
  
  Feb
  
  Sapphires Sparkle on Empire Theatre stage
  
  One of Australia’s most loved stories is coming to life on the Empire Theatre stage on Thursday March 19. The Sapphires is an energetic and heart-warming tale inspired by the true story of playwright Tony Brigg’s mother, set in 1968 during landmark changes to Aboriginal rights. The Sapphires tells the story of a singing group of four young Yorta Yorta women who travel to Vietnam to sing classic so...
  
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- 09
  
  Jan
  
  Vale, Prof. Peter Swannell
  
  The Empire Theatres management and staff were saddened to learn of the passing of former Chairman of the Empire Theatres Pty Ltd, Professor Peter Swannell AM on Wednesday January 8, 2020. Empire Theatres General Manager Kerry Saul said Prof. Swannell’s passing was a great loss to performing arts in the Darling Downs. “We have lost a passionate leader and supporter of the Empire Theatre and art...
  
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- 19
  
  Dec
  
  Holiday Trading Hours
  
  The Empire Theatre Ticket Office will close at 1pm on Christmas Eve, Tuesday December 24 2019, reopening at 9am on Monday January 6, 2020.
  
  Purchases are available via the website during this closure.
  
  The Empire Theatre Administration offices will close from 5pm Friday 20 December and will reopen on 9am Monday January 6.
  
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- 25
  
  Nov
  
  Mamma Mia! Cast Announced!
  
  The Empire Theatres are thrilled to announce an incredibly talented lineup of local performers who will take the stage for the 2020 major production, Mamma Mia! This blockbuster jukebox musical features hits from the incredible songs of pop powerhouse ABBA including Dancing Queen, Voulez Vous, S.O.S, Take a Chance on Me and The Winner Takes it All. Mamma Mia! tells the hilarious heart-warming stor...
  
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- 06
  
  Nov
  
  2019 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 2019 Empire Theatres Youth Bursaries. Some of the region’s most talented young artists were acknowledged in the presentation today, with more than $18,000 awarded to 28 students who come from areas including Toowoomba, Chinchilla, Dalby, Goodiwindi, Warwick, the...
  
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- 22
  
  Oct
  
  Homegrown Independents Program 2020
  
  Receiving 2020 Applications Now! Homegrown is the Empire Theatre Projects Company’s Independents program now in its 9th year. The program encourages the development and production of new and exciting works and allows them space to be seen and presented. Homegrown encourages applications from all disciplines including cross discipline work. We want to hear your idea and help you share it with the...
  
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- 03
  
  Oct
  
  MAMMA MIA! AUDITIONS OPEN
  
  Mamma Mia Auditions Auditions will be held at the Empire Church Theatre, 54 Neil Street, Toowoomba from 9- 18 November. Role call backs will be held as necessary over the period. Applicants will be emailed with their confirmed time to attend their audition. Please download and carefully read the Production and Audition Information Pack and complete the online registration form by 9am Monday 4...
  
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- 12
  
  Sep
  
  EMPIRE THEATRES CIRCUS SHOW TO BENEFIT THF
  
  Empire Theatre audiences have a unique opportunity to enjoy an incredible performance which celebrates young people and supports a worthwhile cause in the Armitage Centre on Friday September 27. Based on the stories of parents, siblings, and guests of Queensland’s only youth hospice, Hummingbird House, We Live Here by Flipside Circus is an inspiring circus show that brings to the stage, memories a...
  
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- 31
  
  Aug
  
  ROB MILLS ENTERTAINS WITH QUEENSLAND POPS ORCHESTRA
  
  The Queensland Pops Orchestra will be joined by star of stage and screen, Rob Mills, for a show celebrating the best of musical theatre on Sunday September 1. That’s Show Business highlights the timeless tunes from classic Broadway and West End musicals, performed live by an incredibly talented orchestra. Rob Mills first came to the attention of the nation in 2003 as a finalist of the first series...
  
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- 30
  
  Aug
  
  MAMMA MIA ON SALE!
  
  The highly anticipated 2020 Empire Theatres major musical, Mamma Mia will on sale from Monday September 2. This fun and entertaining theatre experience will be performed across at least seven shows from March 5-15. Mamma Mia! is a jukebox musical based around the hit music by Swedish pop group ABBA. Set on a Greek Island, Mamma Mia! is a heart-warming tale that centres around young bride-to-be...
  
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- 15
  
  Jul
  
  2019 YOUTH BURSARY APPLICATIONS EXTENDED
  
  Applications for the Empire Theatres Youth Bursary Program will be accepted until Friday August 16, after the original application period was extended by one week. The Empire Theatres Foundation are currently 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...
  
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- 26
  
  Jun
  
  Classic Australian Story Makes Magic on Stage
  
  Classic Australian picture book Possum Magic returns to the Empire Theatre stage from August 5-6 for three incredible performances. Based on the book by Mem Fox and Julie Vivas, this brand-new stage adaptation is brought to life by Monkey Baa Theatre Company’s Eva Di Cesare (Diary of a Wombat, Peasant Prince, Hitler’s Daughter) and Sandra Eldridge (The Unknown Soldier, Hitler’s Daughter). Possu...
  
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- 20
  
  Jun
  
  TAKE A JOURNEY THROUGH LOVE'S COLLISION COURSE
  
  After sell-out seasons at Brisbane Festival and Brisbane Powerhouse, a unique theatre piece, I Want to Know What Love Is will be spreading the love at the Empire Theatre. Creators and acclaimed Queensland performance collective, The Good Room make their Toowoomba debut in the Armitage Centre – Heritage Bank Auditorium on Saturday August 3, 7.30pm with a show that takes a 60-minute journey through ...
  
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- 12
  
  Jun
  
  CIRCA BRING MAGICAL SHOW TO EMPIRE THEATRE
  
  Internationally renowned contemporary circus company, Circa bring a modern-day story of circus, magic and musical madness to the Empire Theatre from July 4-5. Recently nominated for a prestigious Helpmann Award in the Best Presentation for Children and Young People category, Wolfgang’s Magical Musical Circus has been heralded as “circus with a classy, classical touch” (Three Weeks in Edinburgh, UK...
  
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- 19
  
  May
  
  TOOWOOMBA TO EXPERIENCE BOLSHOI BALLET EPIC
  
  Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has announced the Empire Theatre will be one of eight Queensland cities and towns to welcome a performance by Russia’s mighty Bolshoi Ballet direct from QPAC’s Lyric Theatre via a free simulcast. Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch said audiences throughout Queensland will have an opportunity to enjoy a live simulcast of Yuri Grigorovich’s Spartacuson Satur...
  
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