[1] It was designed by Conrad Gargett and Partners,[2] with input from several of the Brisbane theatre companies.
The government owned the SGIO[5] and Twelfth Night theatres in Brisbane and following the success of the Commonwealth Games and World Expo 88 in Brisbane, plans proceeded on the development of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre at South Bank.
[7] The state government of Labor Premier Anna Bligh gave approval for the demolition of the taxpayer funded theatre.
A 35th anniversary commemoration of the theatre in 2004 for the Brisbane Festival led to it being re-opened for three productions in that year.
Programmes and ephemera from productions that were performed at the theatre are held in the University of Queensland's Fryer Library.