Pizza Showtime was a family restaurant and entertainment centre operating in Perth, Western Australia from 1980 to 1984.[1] Similar to the American Chuck E. Cheese chain it was a sit down pizza restaurant complemented by arcade games, and animatronic characters.
The restaurant was located in the now demolished Grand Theatre building,[2] located at 148 Murray Street – a site now occupied by Grand Theatre Lane, showcasing a small cafe, and multiple storefronts.[3] It featured space-invaders-style game consoles built into the customer tables operated with tokens,[4] and had an animatronic stage show.
The animatronic stage show featured,
Creative input to the design of Pizza Showtime was supplied by Paul Gregory and John Franke. Gregory was appointed the manager of the Pizza Theatre Division of Allied and Leisure industries in October 1980.