HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE
ADDRESS
193 QUEEN STREET
LOT NUMBER
LOT 2 on SP134044
HOLE SIZE (m2)
4000
YEAR OF DEMOLITION
1983
Her Majesty’s Theatre passed away
on the 23rd of October 1983 surrounded
by its family of Brisbane protesters. Born in
1888 to the Italian architect Andrea Stombuco,
Her Majesty’s Theatre was considered to be the largest theatre in Brisbane. Famous for the Italian Renaissance façades, Her Majesty’s Theatre welcomed famous performers such as contralto singer Dame Clara Butt, pianist Ignacy Paderewski,and Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh performed at the theatre. Singer Jon English even saw a ghost when playing ‘Judas’ in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’. Scott Richards and Monica Nolan remember watching ‘Evita’ in 1982. Jacques Janek and Gregory Adams watched ‘Rocky Horror’. Sean O’Brien, Cindy Lee, and Lynda Hansen took ballet lessons there. Her Majesty’s Theatre suffered a slow death as disagreement over the preservation of the façade gave Brisbanites hope over its partial survival. However, this too did not survive.
Her Majesty’s Theatre was survived by a hole for 2 years before being replaced by a shopping mall.
YEAR OF REPLACEMENT
1985
YEARS AS A HOLE
2 YEARS
REPLACED (Y/N/PARTIAL)
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YES
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NO
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PARTIAL
AERIAL VIEWS SHOWING CHANGES TO HOLE
MEDIA AND RESOURCES
1983
HOLE
