The Bille Brown Theatre is a 351-seat theatre at 78 Montague Road, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The theatre is a corner-stage with raked seating on three sides. It is the main venue for Queensland Theatre.
It was named in 2002, in honour of the late Queensland actor, playwright and director Bille Brown, in recognition of his contribution to the Arts, when the Queensland Theatre Company moved to Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC). [1]
It reopened in October 2018 after a $5.5 million renovation which converted it from the former 228-seat Bille Brown Studio. [2]
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William Gerald BrownAM professionally known as Bille Brown was an Australian stage, film and television actor, director and acclaimed playwright.
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Queensland Theatre, formerly the Queensland Theatre Company and Royal Queensland Theatre Company, is a professional theatre company based in Brisbane, Australia. It regularly performs in its own Bille Brown Theatre and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's Playhouse.
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