The Dictionary of Lost Words is coming to QPAC in 2025!
In 2023, acclaimed Australian playwright Verity Laughton adapted the book into a stage production which played to sell-out audiences and five-star reviews in Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne. State Theatre Company South Australia (STCSA) and Sydney Theatre Company (STC) are bringing the show back for a national tour including its Queensland debut presented with QPAC.
Published in 2020, Australian author Williams’ debut novel was a runaway success. It quickly became a bestseller in ...
Find your zen when La Boite stages the hilarious “Yoga Play”!
A stellar cast – including Brisbane stars Andrea Moor and Thomas Larkin – bring the razor-sharp comedy to life at La Boite’s iconic Roundhouse Theatre, alongside Sydney darlings Jemwel Danao, Nat Jobe and Camila Ponte-Alvarez.
Moor is Joan, a savvy businesswoman hired to revitalise a cult-ish yoga apparel company in the wake of a scandal involving its former CEO.
Yet, underneath the seemingly serene surface lies a cesspool of misconduct, plummeting sales, cultural appropriation, ...
A Very Naughty Christmas is coming to La Boite Theatre this November!
Settle in with a cocktail as the North Pole’s naughtiest performers show you what Santa really gets up to each holiday season.
With a live band playing everything from pop music and original songs, to Christmas carols as you’ve never heard them before, you’ll be begging to sit on Santa’s lap!
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Hilarious, witty, and incredibly sexy, it’s everything your uncle at Christmas dinner wishes he could be. Now in its eighth year running, A Very Naughty Christ...
The Pirates of Penzance – In Concert is coming to QPAC this December!
This brand new, semi-staged, concert version of the crowd-pleasing musical is produced by Brisbane company Prospero Arts and directed by the renowned Stuart Maunder – and the cast will blow you away!
Stepping into the pantaloons of the Pirate King is none other than acclaimed stage and screen actor Ben Mingay (Packed to the Rafters, Sweeney Todd) in the role he was surely born to play.
Australian acting legend John Wood (Blue Heelers, The Great Divide) has been confirmed in the role ...
Wicked the Musical Theatre Review
Setting the timelines of Wicked before and after the events in the film was a masterstroke and opens up the storylines substantially. We discover that Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West played by Sheridan Adams didn’t start out so wicked and that Glinda the Good (Courtney Monsma) wasn’t always so good. Even the Great Oz is given more stick as being the fraud he is.
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This Australian production of Wicked is immense. Eugene Lee’s set design is spectacular and ...
Sydney Dance Company returns to Brisbane with a monumental double bill, Twofold!
Twofold is a monumental double bill featuring the return of Rafael Bonachela’s beloved IMPERMENANCE alongside new work, LOVE LOCK by renowned choreographer, Melanie Lane who brought the critically acclaimed WOOF to the stage in 2019.
IMPERMENANCE
A visceral and thrilling exploration of the juxtaposition of beauty and devastation, Rafael Bonachela’s critically-acclaimed IMPERMENANCE features an evocative score by Grammy Award-winning Bryce Dessner, performed live on stage by the ...
Lighting the Dark is coming to the Brisbane Festival this September!
Chris, the embodiment of love itself, emanates compassion, transcending limitations and inviting us all into his radiant embrace. Yet, amidst his rich internal landscape of dreams and boundless imagination, the world often fails to see beyond the cover of the book — a book that if we dared to open, would reveal radical inspiration, creative brilliance, hope and love.
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Inspired by Chris’ real-life heroes Banksy, David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, Lighting the Dark ...
Bobby Fox ready for some summer lovin’ in Brisbane with Grease the Musical!
Bobby will be joining the beloved Patti Newton as Miss Lynch and singing superstar Marcia Hines as Teen Angel and in the hit musical, which is playing for a limited four-week season in Brisbane with no extension possible.
Bobby Fox is an Irish born Australian actor who originated the role of Franki Valli in the Australian production of Jersey Boys, which he performed over 850 times. He is a four-time World Irish Dance Champion and toured with dance productions Riverdance, Dancing on ...
Volcano is coming to the Brisbane Festival!
The multi-award-winning Volcano invites audiences into a voyeuristic journey played out across four performances full of surprise and intrigue.
A serialised live performance miniseries spanning four 45-minute episodes, Volcano crosses the boundaries of experimental theatre, contemporary dance and psychological sci-fi thriller.
Existing in a liminal space, a living room in disrepair, a room without a door, two characters recreate the greatest hits of old lives: a night at a rave, a ...
Private View is coming to the Brisbane Festival this September!
Private View invites audiences to become voyeurs; to observe people in their domestic spaces and discover their romantic dreams and hidden desires.
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Haunting melodies from Carla Lippis are deeply intertwined within the work and serve as the heartbeat of each scene, underscoring the dancers’ stories and intensifying their emotional resonance.
Private View breaks down societal myths and misinformation and sets the viewer on a path to twist their ...
