What Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre does

Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre (BREC) is a not-for-profit performing arts venue operating as Bunbury Regional Theatre Inc in Bunbury, Western Australia. Its physical footprint consists of Stage One Theatre (796 seats), Cube Theatre (242 seats), a Sky Bar, meeting rooms, and flexible event spaces. The venue presents a multi-genre program that includes its own BREC Presents season of curated and co-produced works, the BREC International Film Festival and Lotterywest Films program, the BREC Education Program for pre-primary to Year 12 students, the Kickstart My Arts youth engagement program, and the BREC Artist Residency in partnership with Performing Lines at Donnelly River Village.

BREC's commercial operations span ticketed performances, venue hire for conferences and celebrations, on-site bars and café, gift voucher and concession programs, an in-house production team providing AV hire, and a volunteer and donor ecosystem including a Film Donor Circle. Distribution is direct: a Box Office on-site and by phone, online ticketing, and direct venue hire engagement through an Events team. Education, accessibility, and corporate hire sit alongside general public programming as three distinct customer verticals, supported by an explicit BREC Access sliding-scale pricing structure and the EnChroma Colour Accessibility Program (first in Australia).

The business is governed by a Board of Management under a five-year funding and management agreement with the City of Bunbury, with additional recurrent funding from Lotterywest, the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries, Country Arts WA, and the Australian Government Regional Arts Fund. Strategic partnerships — Scope Business Imaging (Education Partner), Act Belong Commit (principal festival partner), Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, South West Opera Company, Performing Lines, and Harvey Recreation and Cultural Centre — anchor both programming and funding diversification across South West and Great Southern WA.

Name

Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre

Legal name

Bunbury Regional Theatre Inc

Website

https://bunburyentertainment.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BREC is a not-for-profit performing arts centre in Bunbury, Western Australia, operating two theatres and event spaces. It presents touring and original productions, film festivals, education programs, and venue hire to regional audiences, schools, and corporate clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Venue

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Performing Arts Companies (7111), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830)

akta.pro primary industry

Theater & Performing Arts Venue Operations (Playhouses, Opera Houses) (MPAGALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Multipurpose Event Center Operations (Civic Centers, Community Event Complexes) (MPAGALAE), Event Operations & Venue Services (Box Office, FOH/BOH, Concessions) (MPAIAFAL)

Keywords

• Live entertainment venue
• Performing arts centre
• Venue hire services
• Arts education programs
• Film festival events

Headquarters

HQ city

Bunbury

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue from selling tickets to live performances, films, concerts, and events across Stage One Theatre and Cube Theatre.
2. Venue Hire: Flexible venue hire for conferences, trade exhibitions, Christmas parties, meetings, celebrations, funerals, and performance spaces for external organizers.
3. Bar and Café Facilities: On-site bars and café serving food and beverages to event patrons, with proceeds supporting venue operations.
4. Sponsorships and Partnerships: Funding and support from corporate partners including Education Partner Scope Business Imaging and principal festival partner Act Belong Commit.
5. Government Grants and Donations: COVID Relief funding from Lotterywest, five-year funding agreement with City of Bunbury, and support from Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, Country Arts WA, and Regional Arts Fund.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

BREC operates two performing arts venues — Stage One Theatre (796 seats) and Cube Theatre (242 seats) — in Bunbury, Western Australia, hosting live theatre, music, comedy, dance, film festivals, and community events. Beyond ticketed performances, BREC sells venue hire for conferences, trade exhibitions, Christmas parties, meetings, celebrations, and funerals, supported by an in-house production team offering audio-visual and technical services. The centre also runs educational and community programs (BREC Education Program, Creative Learning, Kickstart My Arts, Artist Residency) and accessibility initiatives including Australia's first EnChroma Colour Accessibility Program and the BREC Access sliding-scale pricing program.

Product overview

Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre (BREC) is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Bunbury, Western Australia, operated by Bunbury Regional Theatre Inc. Its core offering consists of two theatres — Stage One Theatre (796 seats) and Cube Theatre (242 seats) — plus a Sky Bar, meeting rooms, and flexible event spaces available for hire. BREC's ticketed programming includes its own curated BREC Presents season of shows, the BREC International Film Festival, and Lotterywest Films. The venue also runs extensive community and education programs including BREC Education Program (for pre-primary to Year 12), BREC Creative Learning Program, Kickstart My Arts (year-long youth arts engagement), and BREC Artist Residency (in partnership with Performing Lines). Accessibility initiatives include BREC Access (sliding-scale pricing), the EnChroma Colour Accessibility Program (first in Australia), companion card recognition, hard-of-hearing units, and full wheelchair access. Supporting services include an in-house production team, box office with gift vouchers and lay-by, and volunteer, donation, and film donor programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stage One Theatre Venue Hire 796-seat primary theatre available for live performances, concerts, plays, large-scale productions, conferences, and corporate events with in-house production support.
• Cube Theatre Venue Hire 242-seat flexible theatre space available for hire for intimate performances, conferences, screenings, and community events.
• BREC Presents Program Curated season of hand-picked, high-quality innovative original works produced and presented by BREC's programming team.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 2,500 young people annually experience transformative power of live performance through Education Program
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Scope Business ImagingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership as BREC's Education Partner, providing vital financial support to deliver comprehensive annual Education Program for students from pre-primary to Year 12. Partnership also supports professional learning workshops for local teachers leveraging expertise of touring artists.
• Yirra Yaakin Theatre CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremier Indigenous theatre company presenting The 7 Stages of Grieving on national tour, brought to Bunbury audiences with local Noongar/Yamatji performer Shontane Farmer. Part of BREC's commitment to Aboriginal theatre and truth-telling.
• Harvey Recreation and Cultural CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Harvey Recreation and Cultural Centre to present 'All In' - a boundary-breaking dance experience bringing professional artists and local dance communities together on stage, adapted for South West communities.
• Act Belong CommitflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerPrincipal partner for BREC Summer Film Festival. Health promotion initiative supporting mental health through arts and cultural engagement in Western Australia.
• Performing LinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with leading national creative producers to deliver BREC Artist Residency at Donnelly River Village, providing supportive creative environment for artists from South West and Great Southern regions to test ideas and explore collaborations under mentor guidance.
• South West Opera Company (SWOC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership to co-produce major musical theatre productions including The Phantom of the Opera, combining artistic, production and technical skills of both organizations.
• pvi collectiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPerforming arts collective partnered with BREC to present 'deviator' - a large-scale game combining street interventions with live performance, with one-week lab in Bunbury.
• The Good RoomminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQueensland performance collective touring 'I Want to Know What Love Is' to BREC, using anonymous love story submissions from the community.
• Ochre Contemporary Dance CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional residency at BREC for development of new work 'Kwongkan (Sand)' combining Australian Indigenous and Indian classical dance, with community workshops.
• Dance Makers CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWestern Sydney based Dance Makers Collective partnered with BREC and Harvey Recreation and Cultural Centre for 'All In' national tour, adapted for each location with local artists.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Geelong Performing Arts Centre: Regional Victorian performing arts centre operating multiple theatre venues (Costa Hall, Playhouse) with conference hire, touring productions and education programs. Comparable multi-stream nonprofit regional PAC model to BREC.
• Albany Entertainment Centre: Regional WA performing arts venue on the south coast operated by the City of Albany. Closely matches BREC's role serving a non-metropolitan WA catchment, with comparable touring production and community programming model.
• Frankston Arts Centre: Suburban/regional Melbourne-area performing arts venue owned and operated by local council with similar multipurpose theatre hire and community programming orientation as BREC.
• Melbourne Recital Centre: Melbourne-based presenting venue focused on curated live performance with venue hire, education program and accessibility initiatives. Closely comparable mission and programming philosophy to BREC, scaled to the Melbourne market.
• Mandurah Performing Arts Centre: Regional Western Australian performing arts venue operated as a council-managed multipurpose facility. Most directly comparable to BREC given shared geography (WA), similar seat capacities and program mix across theatre/conferences/community hire.

Broad incumbents

• Sydney Opera House: Iconic Australian multi-venue performing arts centre offering comparable programming categories (theatre, music, film, dance, conferences). Functions as the apex comparator for the business model BREC operates within — multipurpose venue with mixed ticketed, hire, education and government revenue.
• His Majesty's Theatre Perth: Heritage Perth theatre presenting musicals, drama and comedy, comparable in theatre-programming sense to BREC but in the larger metropolitan market. Represents the regional touring pipeline that BREC benefits from.
• Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC): Australia's largest performing arts centre, a state-level institution offering similar program categories (theatre, music, comedy, family) but at a much larger scale. Comparable operating model (not-for-profit, government-supported, in-house production) but a tier above BREC.
• Perth Concert Hall: State capital metropolitan concert venue in the same WA market as BREC. Acts as a higher-tier peer — overlapping programming and touring artist pool — but with larger capacity, metropolitan audience, and broader national touring portfolio.
• Adelaide Festival Centre: South Australia's flagship performing arts complex, a state-government-supported multi-venue centre running ticketed shows, festivals and venue hire. Comparable operating model at higher scale, useful reference for capex and revenue benchmarks.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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