La Boite Theatre Company
Australian theatre company based in Brisbane / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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La Boite Theatre, founded as the Brisbane Repertory Theatre Society, is an Australian theatre company based in Brisbane, Queensland. La Boite was established in 1925 and is Australia’s longest continuously running theatre company.
Industry | Contemporary theatre |
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Founded | 1925 |
Founder | Jeremiah Joseph Stable & Barbara Sisley |
Headquarters | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Courtney Stewart, artistic director; Roxane Eden, executive director (as of March 2023[update]) |
Website | laboite |
La Boite is based at Brisbane's Roundhouse Theatre, Australia's first purpose-built theatre-in-the-round, located in Kelvin Grove . The company moved into this 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.
The theatre's artistic directors have included Todd MacDonald (2015 - 2020) and David Berthold (2008-2014). As of March 2023[update] Courtney Stewart is artistic director.