West End Electric ready to light up Brisbane’s theatre scene

While the West End in London is renowned for its theatres, Brisbane’s West End has had other claims to fame. Until now.

A disused brick building on Boundary Street has been brought back to life as a 400-seat cabaret club just in time for Brisbane Festival. The West End Electric is the glamorous venue for Brisbane-based theatre company Strut and Fret, which is staging its internationally acclaimed show Limbo – The Return for the grand opening.

Strut and Fret creative director Scott Maidment said the venue’s opening consolidated West End-South Bank as Brisbane’s main theatre district.

“Now you can literally walk to eight theatres within 400 metres, from QPAC to the Bille Brown Studio to Metro Arts next door,” Maidment said.

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