Cremorne Theatre

Cremorne Theatre

Cremorne Gardens Cremorne Cinema
Cremorne Theatre in April 2016
Address	Stanley Street, South Brisbane Brisbane, Brisbane Australia
Coordinates	27°28′28″S 153°01′13″E / 27.474464°S 153.020233°E / -27.474464; 153.020233
Owner	John Neil MacCallum
Type	Vaudeville, Burlesque, Drama
Capacity	1911 - 1,800 1919-1933 - 3,000, 1934-1952 1,300; New theatre, current: 300.
Current use	Theatre
Production	When Time Stops May, 2016
Construction
Opened	1911
Closed	1954
Rebuilt	1985
Years active	1902-1909, 1911-1929, 1930-1934, 1940-1952
Architect	Unknown, but under direction of Edward Branscombe
Website
(Official Website)

The Cremorne Theatre was a theatre in South Brisbane (now part of South Bank), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia that operated, with interruptions, from 1911 to 1954. Although nothing remains of it today, the general location retains its cultural significance from the first half of the twentieth century as a theatre precinct, thanks to the nearby construction of Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in 1985. Its name lives on in the new Cremorne Theatre, one of the venues within QPAC.

The Cremorne Theatre was located on the river side of Stanley Street, South Brisbane, between Peel and Melbourne Streets, just to the north of where the Victoria Bridge crossed the Brisbane River from the city (27°28′21″S 153°01′08″E / 27.4726°S 153.0188°E / -27.4726; 153.0188Coordinates: 27°28′21″S 153°01′08″E / 27.4726°S 153.0188°E / -27.4726; 153.0188). The street alignments were changed with the South Bank development in the 1980s, with Stanley Street removed for much of its length from Vulture Street up to today's Stanley Place. The old Theatre site is under the current Queensland Art Gallery, not far from the 1985 QPAC theatre complex. QPAC's site on Melbourne Street adjoins the Cultural Centre Tunnel which turns under what would have been that street's intersection with Stanley Street and then follows the old street alignment past the Cremorne Theatre site.