La Boite Theatre
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| Industry | Contemporary theatre |
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| Founded | 1925 |
| Founder | Jeremiah Joseph Stable & Barbara Sisley |
| Headquarters | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Todd MacDonald, Artistic Director & CEO |
| Website | http://www.laboite.com.au/ |
La Boite Theatre Company is a major Australian theatre company based in Brisbane, Queensland. La Boite is the second largest theatre company in Queensland. Established in 1925, it occupies an important place in Queensland's cultural history. It is known for its bold, contemporary approach towards theatrical texts, and its development of new Australian work. Its declared mission is to "produce and present exhilarating theatre that is alive to the present, extends and inspires artists, and invigorates the hearts and minds of audiences".
La Boite's mainstage production series is augmented by presentations of independent theatre work. In 2010, there were eleven productions, as well as various creative development and education programs.
La Boite is based at Brisbane's Roundhouse Theatre, Australia's only purpose-built theatre-in-the-round. Located in the Kelvin Grove, Queensland. It seats 400, or 340 in thrust staging. The company moved into this new venue in February 2004, leaving its former smaller theatre-in-the-round building, the La Boite Theatre Building, in Hale Street, Milton, where it had been since 1972.
Previous Artistic Directors include David Berthold (2008-2014) Sean Mee (2000–2008) and Sue Rider (1993–2000).
Apart from its main season of productions, La Boite runs a number of creative development and participation programs.
Begun in 2010, under the new direction of artist director David Berthold. La Boite Indie is a curated season of four independent productions, each of three weeks. The space is offered rent-free to independent theatre companies and artists, and La Boite contributes financial, technical, marketing and artistic assistance. It has become a new platform for independent work in Brisbane.
This program creates opportunities for people to take part in theatre making. The company offers 32 weeks of acting master classes for adults, school holiday workshops for young people aged 6–18, professional development workshops for teachers, curriculum-based workshops for school students, internships for tertiary students and recent graduates, and corporate learning workshops for those in business.
This is a year-long program for almost 200 high school and tertiary students. Ambassadors attend all productions for free, meet with creative teams, enjoy free workshops through year, learn about La Boite programs, and take a leadership role in introducing the work of La Boite to their peers, schools, and families.
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