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South Brisbane , Queensland 4101


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Review: RENT: THE MUSICAL at Playhouse, QPAC


by Jake Goodall - January 30, 2024

What did our critic think of RENT: THE MUSICAL at Playhouse, QPAC?...

RENT Now On Stage at Queensland Performing Arts Centre


by Jake Goodall - January 30, 2024

The multi-Tony Award winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson, RENT, officially opens tonight in Brisbane, kickstarting its Australian tour. This unique and revolutionary musical opens at the Playhouse, QPAC tonight followed by limited seasons in Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth and Canberra, with tickets...

Feature: THE WOMAN IN BLACK at Playhouse, QPAC


by Jake Goodall - January 21, 2024

What did our critic think of The Woman in Black at Playhouse, QPAC?...

Single Tickets to Queensland Theatre's 2024 Season Go On Sale Today


by Stephi Wild - December 04, 2023

Single tickets to Queensland Theatre’s 2024 Season will go on sale from 4 December, meaning theatre lovers can secure their spot to any of the seven plays taking centre stage next year, including the world premiere of Round The Twist The Musical....

New Brisbane and Melbourne Performances of Smash-Hit Musical RENT On Sale This Week


by Blair Ingenthron - December 03, 2023

New Brisbane and Melbourne performances of the smash-hit musical RENT are now on sale. Don't miss out on this multi-Tony Award-winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson. Limited season in Brisbane from Jan 27 - Feb 11, 2024, and in Melbourne from Feb 17 - Mar 7, 2024. ...

Cast Set For Australian Tour Of RENT


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 30, 2023

Check out the star-studded cast for the upcoming Australian tour of RENT! Find out where and when you can catch this Tony Award-winning rock musical, and get your tickets now for an unforgettable experience....

RENT Will Embark on Australian Tour in 2024


by Stephi Wild - September 18, 2023

The multi-Tony Award winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson, RENT, will embark on a tour of Australia in 2024. Find out how to catch the show in a city near you!...

Bernadette Robinson Returns to Australian Stages in DIVAS


by Stephi Wild - June 06, 2023

Following the success of her previous, sold-out one-woman shows, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, THE SHOW GOES ON and SONGS FOR NOBODIES (a hit in both Australia and London), Bernadette Robinson is returning to Australian stages with the World Premiere of her post-pandemic solo tour-de-force, DIVAS....

Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP Returns To Brisbane This May


by Stephi Wild - February 07, 2023

Following a sell-out season last November, the 70th Anniversary Australian tour of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap will return to Brisbane for a short season from 26 May at the Playhouse, QPAC. The national tour of the world's longest-running play has played to capacity audiences since it opened in ...

Tickets Now On Sale For Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP at Theatre Royal Sydney and QPAC


by Stephi Wild - August 24, 2022

Tickets for the Brisbane season of the 70th Anniversary Australian production of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap are now on pre-sale, with GP sale from Friday 26 August. This iconic play will have a short season at the Playhouse, QPAC from 4 November following its premiere at Theatre Royal Sydney....

Past Shows

RENT
RENT
1/27 - 2/11/2024


Experience  Jonathan Larson ’s electrifying, multiTony® Award winning musical  RENT , when it hits Australian shores in 2024. Feel the soulstirring power of iconic songs ...

The Tap Pack
The Tap Pack
7/12 - 7/15/2023


THE TAP PACK is a high energy, tap comedy show inspired by the infamous “Rat Pack” which included the famous talents of Frank Sinatra, Dean ...

The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap
11/4 - 11/20/2022


Dont Just See It. Solve It.This thrilling West End production is THE genre-defining murder mystery from the best-selling novelist of all time case closed!As news ...

A German Life
A German Life
6/2 - 6/20/2021


A German Life is an extraordinary theatrical tour-de-force from three titans of the theatre Australias finest stage performer Robyn Nevin in an astonishing play by ...

Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
11/11 - 12/3/2017


Love blooms. Love fades. It happens to everyone. It could be happening next door. And in any marriage torn asunder, sifting through the wreckage is ...

Dracula
Dracula
8/15 - 9/2/2017


DRAC IS BACK. The Gothic horror story swoops the country in a gripping, critically-acclaimed production created by shake & stir returning to QPAC for a ...

Noises Off
Noises Off
6/3 - 6/25/2017


What’s more fun than a comically flawless story about tragically flawed people? Nothing. A clumsy brunette bombshell; an addled actress as the dotty housekeeper; an ...

1984
1984
6/14 - 6/18/2017


April, 1984. 13:00. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought, starts a diary and falls in love. But Big Brother is always watching. Published in ...

Once in Royal David's City
Once in Royal David's City
4/22 - 5/14/2017


Who are we, what are we doing here, and why is it so? Faced with the loss of a parent, do we rage against the ...

The Play That Goes Wrong
The Play That Goes Wrong
5/4 - 5/14/2017


Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off in a new hit comedy! The UK’s Olivier Award-winning theatre company Mischief Theatre is bringing its comedy masterpiece The Play ...

The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
12/9 - 12/23/2016


At midnight on Christmas Eve, little Clara begins a magical journey into a wondrous world of toys that come to life. There she meets King ...

Tartuffe
Tartuffe
11/12 - 12/4/2016


Con men don't come any more brazen than Tartuffe. He'll wheedle his way into your life and before you know it, all you had was ...

Disgraced
Disgraced
10/14 - 11/6/2016


Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Disgraced is a stirring drama with veins of jet-black humour that poses challenging questions about identity, tribalism and how deadly conflicts half ...

Bangarra Dance Theatre – OUR land people stories


In 2016, Bangarra brings you a remarkable triple bill. OUR land people stories is a new contemporary dance work showcasing the endless choreographic talents of ...

Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget
7/29 - 8/6/2016


Lest We Forget is a poignant reflection on war, featuring works from three of the best choreographers working today. Company B Just as America began ...

The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville
7/9 - 7/23/2016


2016 is the 200th anniversary of the first performance of The Barber of Seville and this delicious dose of comedy and effervescent music, up close ...

Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
6/21 - 6/28/2016


Funny, cheeky and feisty, Little Red Riding Hood is a delightful mashup of ballet and creative theatrics that families will love. This is a unique ...

Little Shop of Horrors


Before Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid, Howard Ashman and Alan Menken created the musical Little Shop of Horrors that went on ...

When Time Stops
When Time Stops
5/20 - 5/28/2016


It’s about one moment… From award-winning choreographer Natalie Weir and Queensland's premier contemporary dance company, Expressions Dance Company, comes When Time Stops - a haunting ...

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
4/23 - 5/15/2016


For the bantering, bickering Beatrice and Benedick, love is a battlefield. Once bitten and twice shy, the sharp-witted pair are locked in a verbal fencing ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
4/1 - 4/6/2016


Shakespeare's whimsical masterpiece has been given new life thanks to acclaimed choreographer Liam Scarlett. Together with Mendelssohn's wonderful incidental music, Scarlett's witty choreography will bring ...

The Rabbits
The Rabbits
3/17 - 3/20/2016


John Marsden and Shaun Tan's haunting picture book captivated a generation of children and adults, with its bold pictures and deeply moving story of progress, ...

QB's The Nutcracker
QB's The Nutcracker
12/11 - 12/23/2015


Bring the whole family to enjoy this delightful Christmas ballet. At midnight on Christmas Eve, little Clara begins a magical journey into a wondrous world ...

Ladies in Black
Ladies in Black
11/14 - 12/6/2015


Step through the doors of F.G. Goode's department store and into a marvelous musical whirl of glitz and glamour with Ladies in Black. This world ...

The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple
10/17 - 11/8/2015


Suddenly single after his wife throws him out on the street, despairing journalist Felix reluctantly accepts the hospitality of his buddy Oscar, a sportswriter and ...

You Should Be Dancing
You Should Be Dancing
10/8 - 10/10/2015


Ashgrove Dance Studio originates from the oldest ballet school in Queensland, founded in 1899, and has been under the direction of Wendy and Judy Lowe ...

FLEXN
FLEXN
9/23 - 9/26/2015


In FLEXN, Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray, one of the flex pioneers, and Peter Sellars, perhaps America’s greatest living theatre and opera director, team up with ...

The Nutcracker 2014
The Nutcracker 2014
12/12 - 12/20/2014


When midnight strikes, young Clara's enchanted Christmas gift leads her into a wondrous world...with the valiant Nutcracker at her side, Clara defeats King Rat and ...

Flourish
Flourish
8/1 - 8/9/2014


These astounding and starkly beautiful dance works reveal the many expressive possibilities of dance. Serenade, one of legendary choreographer George Balanchine's earliest works, is a ...

Coppélia
Coppélia
4/24 - 5/10/2014


A beautiful, life-like doll and two bickering young lovers create comic chaos in this captivating ballet. Jealous of her sweetheart Franz's interest in Doctor Coppélius's ...

The Nutcracker
12/5 - 12/21/2013


When good children should be tucked up in bed, little Clara is still wide awake, and creeps downstairs to play with her shiny, new Nutcracker ...

When Time Stops
9/6 - 9/14/2013


It began with where the heart is (2010) and continued with R&J (2011) and now, in partnership with QPAC, Expressions Dance Company will produce its ...

Elegance
8/2 - 8/4/2013


Poignant and uplifting, Ershter Vals pays tribute to the resilience of the human spirit. Created by US-based choreographer and Principal Dancer Ma Cong, it is ...

BLAK
7/18 - 7/27/2013


In 2013, internationally acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre presents Blak. Choreographed by Artistic Director Stephen Page and emerging choreographer and dancer Daniel Riley McKinley, Blak places ...

Project Rameau
7/11 - 7/13/2013


A mutual passion for Rameau's perfumed and powerful French Baroque dance music sparks this new production by Rafael Bonachela and Richard Tognetti. Rameau's flair for ...

Giselle
6/21 - 7/6/2013


Beautiful and haunting, Giselle is a luminous masterpiece of Romantic ballet. Her heart broken and her reason shattered, the innocent village girl Giselle succumbs to ...


Instead of the 'Thirty Years' War of 1600s Europe, this near-future incarnation of the age-old story is set against the bleak backdrop of a post-apocalyptic ...

Red
4/27 - 5/19/2013


In the 1950s, Rothko took a commission that would set him up for life. He was showered with money by Manhattan’s elite in return for ...

Cinderella
4/5 - 4/20/2013


A royal palace, a glittering gown, dancing with a handsome Prince in a candlelit ballroom... such fanciful dreams were only in Cinderella's imagination. But one ...

Peter Pan
1/23 - 1/26/2013


Let Queensland's premier youth ballet company take you on an adventure to the magical world of Neverland... Discover mermaids in a silky lagoon, witness a ...

The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty
12/1 - 12/19/2012


The evil Carabosse casts a spell on baby Princess Aurora, proclaiming that at 16 years old, she will prick her finger on a rose thorn ...

International Gala 2012
International Gala 2012
8/3 - 8/5/2012


International Gala celebrates virtuosic dance in its many forms, bringing outstanding guest dancers to Queensland Ballet’s stage. 2012 marks the 15th year of this very ...

Videos


Beethoven’s Ode to Joy
Queensland Performing Arts Centre (11/28 - 11/30)
The Lady of the Camellias
Queensland Performing Arts Centre (12/5 - 12/8)
Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap in Australia - Brisbane Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap
The Empire (7/23 - 7/24)
VIDEOS
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience - Brisbane in Australia - Brisbane Faulty Towers The Dining Experience - Brisbane
The Brisbane Golf Club (3/8 - 12/6)
PHOTOS
Cinematic
Queensland Performing Arts Centre (11/21 - 11/23)
Umberto & Natsuko
Queensland Performing Arts Centre (11/15 - 11/16)
Beauty and the Beast the Musical in Australia - Brisbane Beauty and the Beast the Musical
Lyric Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (2/17 - 5/19)
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