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The present Empire Theatre consists of two layers of development, with the bulk of the fabric and design dating to 1933, but incorporating substantial sections of an earlier theatre which was erected on the site in 1911. Essentially, the Empire Theatre is a large, 1933, purpose-designed, Art Deco picture theatre. [2] First Empire Theatre (1911 ...
50–52 Neil Street, Toowoomba City: Toowoomba Police Station Complex [28] 54 Neil Street, Toowoomba City: Wesley Uniting Church [29] 56 & 56A Neil Street, Toowoomba City: Empire Theatre [30] 15 Newmarket Street, Newtown: Ascot House [31] 8 Panda Street, Harristown: Smithfield House [32] Pechey Street, South Toowoomba: Toowoomba Hospital [33]
The architectural styling of the new Empire Theatre was art deco, in keeping with the trend of the 1930s. After years of neglect, the Empire Theatre was extensively renovated in the late 1990s, but retains much of its art deco architecture and decorations, [40] especially the proscenium arch. Able to seat approximately 1,500 people, the Empire ...
Empire Theatre, Adelaide, former theatre and cinema in Grote Street, Adelaide, 1909–1948; Empire Theatre, Sydney, former musical theatre and cinema in New South Wales; Empire Theatre, Toowoomba, heritage-listed theatre in Queensland; New Empire Cinema (Bowral), formerly known as the Empire Theatre
Tawa, Toowoomba; Toowoomba City Hall; Toowoomba Court House; Toowoomba Foundry; Toowoomba Maltings; Toowoomba Permanent Building Society; Toowoomba Police Station Complex; Toowoomba Post Office; Toowoomba Prison; Toowoomba railway station; Toowoomba Technical College; Toowoomba Trades Hall; Tor, Toowoomba; Tyson Manor
The Toowoomba Police Station is a complex on a large block situated between Neil and Hume Streets, Toowoomba. To the north of the complex is the Toowoomba Post Office and the Toowoomba Court House. The Wesley Uniting Church and, beyond this, the Empire Theatre are on sites to the south of the building. [1]
The term "box office" was being used from at least 1741, deriving from the office from which tickets for theatre boxes were sold (although the use of "box" for a private section from which to watch the play was in use in 1609); this is the derivation favoured by the Oxford English Dictionary.
Toowoomba City is an urban locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is the central suburb of Toowoomba, containing its central business district and informally known as the Toowoomba CBD. In the 2021 census, Toowoomba City had a population of 2,321 people. [1]