The latest theatre news from Australia - Brisbane — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Shake & Stir Theatre Co and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), in association with Brisbane Festival, have announced the premiere of a brand-new production of the breakout Australian pop musical The Lovers.
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Australia's leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present the Queensland premiere of their first-ever visual arts collaboration, Illume.
Queensland Performing Arts Centre will present the Australian mainstage debut of the multi-award-winning play Scenes From a Yellow Peril in QPAC's Cremorne Theatre.
Multi award-winning UK comedy great, best-selling author and in-demand festival favourite Jeff Green returns to Brisbane Comedy Festival! Performances will take place in May.
The indie rock four-piece Rocket Science (AU) has been announced as the special guest for all shows for the iconic Supergrass (UK) as they celebrate the I Should Coco | 30th Anniversary Tour of Australia in June 2025.
Joy, inclusion, gathering and stories will be the hero themes for 2025 at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) as it celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
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The world's most successful dance show, Lord of the Dance, is set to return to Australia for the first time since 2015, exploding onto stages across the country in August and September 2025.
Russell Morris has announced one last tour before he hangs up his hat and guitar.
The Hives will kick off their upcoming world tour in Australia this July.
With two Brisbane shows already sold out and demand still high, a third and final Brisbane show has been added for singer-songwriter David Gray.
Fresh off three successful worldwide comedy tours, Road to Beijing; Imaginary Living Room Olympian and Fun & Slutty – Jonathan Van Ness is bringing his brand new show Hot & Healed to Australia and New Zealand.
An all-Australian cast has been confirmed for Peppa Pig's Fun Day Out LIVE! with Zoe Crisp (Avenue Q, We Will Rock You) cast as Peppa Pig in the upcoming tour from April-May.
Voting for the fifth round of BroadwayWorld's Best Musical 2025 Bracket is now open.
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Music icon Ricky Martin has announced his much-anticipated return to Australia this November 2025 with very special guest Rita Ora.
Producer John Frost for Crossroads Live announced a Brisbane season of the ever- popular Broadway musical Annie at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC from December following seasons at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre and Melbourne’s Princess Theatre.
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Queensland Performing Arts Centre announced the return of The Tallis Scholars performing Chant, a superbly curated program inspired by Gregorian chant, in the Concert Hall on 10 October 2025.
Voting for the fourth round of BroadwayWorld's Best Musical 2025 Bracket is now open.
Brisbane's live music scene will heat up this winter as the Queensland Performing Arts Centre will present two nights of international music as part of Brisbane's Open Season.
Marcia Hines and Casey Donovan will be touring together across Australia in October 2025 with a brand new show paying tribute to a global music superstar on the Marcia Sings Summer tour.
Additional shows have been added in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane for David Gray’s Past & Present Tour of Australia this November.
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PAW Patrol™ Live! "Race to the Rescue" Brisbane Entertainment Centre (8/08-8/08) |
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The DPS Lab The Princess Theatre (8/19-8/19) |
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Faulty Towers The Dining Experience - Port Douglas Oaks Port Douglas Resort (8/27-8/28) |
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Weddings and Parties Over Coffee City Tabernacle Baptist Church (8/05-8/05) |
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A Night At The Musicals Underground Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse (10/15-10/17) |
