BRISBANE THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 43

Join Brisbane's own Southern Cross Soloists for the last concert in their 2014 series, the entertaining and cheeky Travels of a Trickster, in Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Concert Hall on Sunday 26 October.

After a successful 2013 concert at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), Brisbane Sings is back and promises to be even bigger and better as more than six local Brisbane choirs unite on the Concert Hall stage on Sunday 10 August.

Luckiest Productions presents Britney Spears: The Cabaret Written by Dean Bryant Musical Direction by Mathew Frank Brisbane Powerhouse Wednesday 13 August - Sunday 17 August.

Vocal chords are being prepped and the sound of music is resonating throughout the country as participating male choirs prepare for an extraordinary national triennial festival, taking place this month in Brisbane.

The second of two stunning concerts in the Kawai Piano Series at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) proves that anything two can do, four can do better, as a pair of revered pianists reunites to delight audiences in Four Hands.

Vocal chords are being prepped and the sound of music is resonating throughout the country as participating male choirs prepare for an extraordinary national triennial festival, taking place this month in Brisbane.

The Queensland Performing Arts Centre's annual Out of the Box children's festival ends today.

Brisbane welcomes 200 leading Teaching Artists from around the world to participate in the second International Teaching Artist Conference (ITAC2) from tomorrow (1 July 2014) until Thursday 3 July.

Son of a coal-mining dad and a secretary mum, this is the story of an Aussie country kid and what lead him to tread the boards in some of Australia's biggest musicals.

An army of under-eights is set to take over the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) as it comes alive for its annual Out of the Box children's festival with14 ticketed events, 140 performances, 30 free events and more than 1000 free activities from 25 June to 2 July 2014.

This August you are invited to enter the captivating world of Le Noir! A truly unique and electrifying theatrical experience, Le Noir features 20 of the greatest circus performers on the planet, all of whom are award winning athletes and many stars of previous Cirque Du Soleil shows.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2014, Australia's multi-award winning company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, returns to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with their brand new work, Patyegarang, from 15 to 23 August, in the Playhouse.

The American Ballet Theatre (ABT) has confirmed that its full company of dancers will travel to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) to perform in the exclusive Brisbane season which runs from 28 August to 7 September 2014.

The latest local independent talent will present a free mini-festival of original music each week for The Seed Project - a collaboration between the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU) and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).

On the back of the successful stage musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Rachael Beck and David Hobson will return to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) Concert Hall to perform a unique blend of classical, musical theatre and popular songs in their show My Baby Just Cares For Me for one night

The next concert in the Southern Cross Soloists Sunday afternoon concert series, Virtuoso, offers a rare chance to experience international violin sensation and first Concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic, Ilya Konovalov.

The powerful new Australian concert drama Rolling Thunder Vietnam will world premiere in Brisbane on 14 August 2014 prior to a national tour.

Award winning choreographer and Expressions Dance Company's (EDC's) Artistic Director, Natalie Weir, brings the company's brand new signature work, The Red Shoes, to life from 18 to 26 July 2014 in the Playhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).

Today, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) announced a partnership to jointly establish the position of Chair in Arts Education.

The powerful new Australian concert drama Rolling Thunder Vietnam will world premiere in Brisbane on 14 August 2014 prior to a national tour.

After selling out in all capital cities across Australia in 2010 and smashing box office records, the jaw-dropping show Mother Africa, Circus of the Senses returns to Brisbane, direct from a sell out Broadway season, to the Playhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) from today, 13 to 17 May

Star of The King and I, Lisa McCune will swap her opulent gowns for exercise gear as a Queensland Ambassador for the Women in Super Mother's Day Classic on Sunday 11 May.

On Monday June 2, Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) will present Inspire: Happiness, an evening of insightful conversations about happiness and altruism at the State Library of Queensland.

The Actors Benevolent Fund (Qld) and QPAC will present a very special Fundraising Morning Tea with the star of Admission: One Shilling - English stage and screen veteran Patricia Routledge.

The award-winning musical theatre blockbuster WICKED is set to thrillify Brisbane audiences next year when it returns as part of the 10th Anniversary Australian tour.