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The Kaye Hole is coming to QPAC this summer!

Don’t miss the hottest ticket in town this summer where the queerest, dirtiest, and wildest circus, comedy, burlesque, drag, and cabaret acts let loose, dripping in sweat and backed by a live band. Hosted by internationally renowned cabaret icon Reuben Kaye “the evil love child of Liza Minnelli and Jim Carrey” (British Theatre Guide), you’ll be guided through a diverse line up of thrilling entertainment including the bewitching burlesque star Jacqueline Furey, Australia’s ...

Dolly Parton’s smash hit musical is coming to Brisbane!

Two of Australia’s favourite musical theatre stars have already been announced to play lead roles, with the rest of the cast to be announced shortly. Caroline O’Connor will play busy-body Roz Keith, the administration assistant who is fiercely - and unrequitedly - in love with her boss Franklin Hart Jnr. Most recently seen in Melbourne Theatre Company’s Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Caroline has played lead roles on Broadway, in the West End, France and across Australia, including Chicago, ...

360 ALLSTARS is coming to QPAC!

Add to this a stunning live soundtrack, coupled with spectacular video projections and an incredible lighting design, 360 ALLSTARS is as aurally exciting as it is visually astounding.   //   Got a B-Baller, BMXer, breakdancer, muso, acrobat or beatboxer at home? You need to grab a ticket. The perfect Christmas pressie or January school holidays treat. A magnificent, colourful and astonishing expression of a generation that has reinvented the circus, 360 ALLSTARS is a ...

Defying Gravity is bringing the greatest broadway songs of all time to QPAC!

The three award-winning vocal powerhouses will join forces, the first time they have ever appeared together on stage, working their way through a songbook of beloved musical theatre songs alongside a 10-piece band and with outstanding vocalist Luke Kennedy (The Voice Australia, The Ten Tenors, Jesus Christ Superstar) as special guest. Australian musical theatre legend and internationally acclaimed star of Broadway and London’s West End, Caroline O’Connor is no stranger to QPAC, ...

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is coming to QPAC next month!

It’s Christmas Eve and Ebenezer Scrooge is counting down the seconds until the silliness of the season passes. Deeply entrenched in his own misery, Scrooge receives a visit from four ghosts who whisk him away on a journey through Christmases past, present and future. Here, he revisits fragments of his life and is faced with a number of choices. Redemption is his for the taking – but is Old Scrooge capable of changing his ways before it’s too late?   //   Complete ...

Sherlock Holmes is coming to QPAC!

Inspired by the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, this highly anticipated new Australian work comes to life on stage with veteran performer Hugh Parker as Sherlock Holmes, one of the most legendary characters of literature and screen. Journey back to 221B Baker Street with Holmes, Watson, Adler and Moriarty, as this fast-paced dramatic thriller explodes onto the Playhouse stage, with extraordinary staging and projections.   //   Overview: 1890’s London - renowned ...

An American in Paris is coming to Brisbane this January!

Hailed as a tour de force for its inventive choreography, the four-time Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical tells the entrancing story of a young American soldier and a beautiful French girl, set against the iconic backdrop of the most romantic city in the world. Inspired by the Academy Award®-winning MGM film, acclaimed director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon brings the enchantment and magic of Paris alive on stage with popular songs by George and Ira Gershwin, including “I ...

Circa’s Humans 2.0 is coming to QPAC

Ten bodies appear in a flash of light. They move in harmony for a fleeting moment and then descend into a sinuous trance. Towers grow and decay, bodies leap and are caught, as physical limits are pushed to their extreme. Can we ever find a perfect balance or is adapting to constant change the only way forward?   //   This next chapter of Circa’s internationally acclaimed Humans is a tightly woven choreography of bodies, pulsing with music by composer Ori Lichtik and ...

Australia’s queen of comedy Celeste Barber is coming to Brisbane!

Australia's Queen of Comedy is bored of being stuck at home, and you best believe she's ready to hit the road again. Her brand-new tour Fine, Thanks is headed to QPAC. Let's be honest, Celeste has had nothing but time to write, refine and then re-refine Fine, Thanks. "I've been stuck inside staring at a wall for the best part of two years, so trust me when I say I'm ready to pack a suitcase, reacquaint myself with what the inside of a plane looks like and get back on stage," Celeste ...

Grease is coming to QPAC this November!

Featuring the play from the original Broadway musical, and all your favourite songs including ”You’re the One That I Want”, ”Grease Is the Word”, ”Summer Nights”, ”Hopelessly Devoted to You”, and ”Greased Lightnin”, this is your opportunity to experience the Queensland Conservatorium musical theatre students as they bring their energy and passion to this electrifying musical classic.   //   Grease is a beloved hit that has transcended generation ...