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Laser Beak Man is coming to QPAC this October!

Power City was once the most beautiful city in the world – clean, pure, perfect – and local hero Laser Beak Man worked hard to keep it that way. Drawing energy from the underground Magna Crystals that power the city, his beak-shot lasers turn bad things to good. But now the city isn’t what it used to be, and Laser Beak Man is thoroughly over it. That is until his estranged childhood friends Peter Batman and Evil Emily return to steal the Magna Crystals. Robbed of his super powers, ...

Giantess – written and perfomed by Cassie Workman – is coming to the Brisbane Powerhouse

Taken to a strange house, Sam’s captor tells her she is sick and can never ever leave. Now only the power of a giant can save her.   //   Created by the multi-award-winning comedian Cassie Workman, Giantess is a story of self acceptance. Interweaving music, comedy, storytelling and illustration, Cassie’s one-person-show explores the anguish of coming to terms with a gender identity that doesn’t match your body. Giantess Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane 4-6 July ...

Cabaret De Paris returns to QPAC for three shows only!

Cabaret De Paris is a stage spectacular celebrating old-fashioned showgirl glamour combined with the skill of adagio dancers, aerial pole artistry, comedy circus performers, quick change performers, illusionists and of course the famous French Cancan Dancers! (please note: the 2pm show on Saturday will be covered, while the two evening performances are topless) Australian born and trained Marissa Burgess, the longest-serving principal performer in the Moulin Rouge's 120-year history, ...

Puccini’s politically-charged thriller Tosca is coming to QPAC this June!

First performed in 1900, Nolan said Tosca’s importance was undiminished 120 years on. “Tosca is often described as the greatest opera of them all, owing in large part to Puccini’s exquisite score. Yet, as a story, Tosca still has so much insight and relevance for contemporary audiences. The questions it asks and the social, political and economic scenarios it examines keep it alive to the here and now,” Nolan said. “In a world where political tyranny and intolerance is ...

Interactive ROCKY HORROR screening with live floorshow is coming to the Schonell Theatre!

A 1975 British film starring Susan Sarandon and Tim Curry, The Rocky Horror Picture Show began its journey as a London stage musical before becoming the longest running cult film of all time. A box office failure upon initial release, 20th Century Fox re-opened Rocky Horror at midnight in April 1976 and it found its audience.   //   People began attending the screenings in costume, and shouting out lines in response to the film dialogue. From this, the concept of a ...

The Gospel According to Paul is coming to QPAC

t. One of Australia’s favourite performers, Jonathan Biggins, is Paul Keating – visionary, reformer and rabble-rouser – in a highly anticipated new comedy, The Gospel According to Paul. Full of intelligence and wit, The Gospel According to Paul is a funny, insightful and occasionally poignant portrait of Paul Keating, the man that – as he tells it – single-handedly shaped contemporary Australia.   //   Jonathan Biggins’ performance as Paul Keating is well ...

Oscar Wilde’s Slingsby’s The Young King is coming to QPAC this July!

The achingly beautiful and tender language of Oscar Wilde joins the intimate and magical world of internationally acclaimed Adelaide theatre company, Slingsby. Journey in wonder, to a land of challenging choices and rich rewards. “In his tale The Young King, Oscar Wilde employs his trademark alluringly ornate language to draw us into a story that forces us to confront our notions of beauty, leadership and compassion. First published in Oscar Wilde’s A House of Pomegranates alongside ...

Killer Queens will rock you this July at the Brisbane Powerhouse!

Five ferocious females ascend the glam rock throne. Embracing the exaggerated pomp of prog rock and heavy metal, as well as vaudevillian music hall, the KILLER QUEENS immerse audiences in the music of Mercury with an electrifying fusion of jaw-dropping vocals and camp theatrics complete with tight shorts, leather and leotards.   //   Backed by a dynamic array of rock musicians, the KILLER QUEENS embody one of greatest queer characters in contemporary culture, featuring ...

Romeo and Juliet Theatre Review

The two leads are young and exciting and the veteran actors on stage are generous with both their presence and acting skills. The play features a very clever stage set up that appears very simple at first only to surprise with a depth of application. The use of stage props is excellent throughout as well. There are interludes of song that buttress the work with a fresh approach. Dressing the cast in skinny jeans and Chuck Taylors and doing away with the trappings of time and opulence ...

Magpie is coming to Brisbane Powerhouse this month

The home conjures echoes from her distant past: the muggy summers, the smell of rotting mangoes, and the perpetual arguments between her Romani mother and father. When she discovers her old journal; an innocent tapestry of ideas, drawings, and imaginings, Mordecai is drawn back to 1961 and a long-abandoned investigation into her parents’ unhappiness.   //   Pushed along by her childhood friend Splinter, Mordecai sets out to uncover the long dormant secrets that cursed ...