For the chain's operations outside Australia, see Chuck E. Cheese's.
Charlie Cheese's (formerly known as Charlie Cheese's Pizza Playhouse) is the Australian version of the Chuck E. Cheese's family entertainment center chain.
History[]
Charlie Cheese's Pizza Playhouse (1981-1984-1986)[]
In March 1981, Pizza Time Theatre, Inc. decided to open its first family entertainment center in Australia. Initially intending to use the same "Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre" branding as its locations in the US, the name was changed to "Charlie Cheese's Pizza Playhouse" for within Australian borders - "chuck" is an Australian slang word used to describe vomiting.
Their 1st location opened within Grundy's, an amusement complex in Surfer's Paradise, Queensland. It was later moved to another part of the city, but the location shut down in 1982 to relocate to Carindale, Queensland their last location, assumed to be a relocation.