Twelfth Night Theatre, Entertainment venue in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Australia.
Twelfth Night Theatre is a performing arts venue in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, with two separate performance spaces: a main hall and a smaller basement room. Each space can host its own production, allowing the building to run different shows at the same time.
The company was founded in 1936 by Rhoda Felgate as an amateur theatre group, originally based on Wickham Street before relocating to its current home in Bowen Hills in 1971. That move gave it a permanent base from which it grew into a professional operation.
The theatre takes its name from Shakespeare's play "Twelfth Night," a nod to its classical roots even as its programme has long moved beyond that tradition. Audiences today can see both local Australian writing and international work performed in an up-close setting.
The programme changes regularly, so checking ahead before visiting is a good idea to avoid missing a show you would enjoy. Both performance spaces are reached through the same main entrance in the building.
The theatre is considered the only privately owned theatre in Australia, having passed through a period of state government control before returning to private hands. That ownership history sets it apart from almost every other theatre in the country.
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