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Alan Cumming is coming to QPAC this January!

Alan’s diverse career has seen him perform in concert halls across the globe, including the Sydney Opera House, the London Palladium, the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall. On the screen and on stage he’s played God, the Devil, Hitler, the Pope, a teleporting superhero, Hamlet, all the parts in Macbeth, Dionysus, a Smurf (twice), the MC in Cabaret (thrice), a James Bond baddie – and political spinmeister Eli Gold on seven seasons of TV’s The Good Wife, for which he received multiple ...

Pat Malone’s Magic Garden is coming to the Brisbane Powerhouse next month!

Pat Malone’s Magic Garden is a fun-fuelled exploration of creativity for families. Fusing Physical Theatre, Circus and Dance with a good old fashioned ‘Aussie yarn’ this is a colourful and iconic piece about the nature of reality and the power of imagination. Follow Pat Malone, a Mythical Creature Researcher, on a very unique journey, as he shares his research into Autonomous Imaginary Species, or A.I.S. These are creatures that begin in the imagination, and then become real, ...

Garden Party is coming to La Boite this Summer!

Join the bees on their magical adventure and be amazed by their super strength, glow-in-the-dark escapades, acrobatic skills, groovy dance moves, and giant new friends. From the team that brought you A Bee Story, this brand new show explores new themes around sustainability (pollination!), teamwork, and community spirit. The show was co-created by performer Robbie Curtis (Circa, Cirque du Soleil, Circus Oz, Australian Ballet), and performer Lizzie McRae (A Bee Story, Living Sculptures: How ...

Christmas Actually is coming to the Fortitude Music Hall this December!

Naomi Price and friends will return to stuff your stocking with the music of Love Actually live on stage, wrapped up with a sprig of holly and bucketloads of comedy and charm.   //   Relive the magic musical moments from your favourite festive film including hit songs by Mariah Care, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles and more. Brought to life by a band of Australia’s top musicians and superstar vocalists Naomi Price, Irene Lysiuk, Luke Kennedy and Tom Oliver. Bursting with ...

Larissa McGowan’s Cher is coming to the Brisbane Powerhouse!

Choreographer, dancer and fan, Larissa McGowan uses Cher’s iconic figure as a totem for exploring the reinvention of the universal aging female artist.   //   Cher is an inspired mash-up of gender, power and popular culture; a self-discovery of epic proportions; a headfirst dive into the artist’s path to immortality. “After a nuclear holocaust, all that will be left are cockroaches and Cher.” Jimmy James Cher 16 - 19 November 2022 Brisbane Powerhouse w...

The Mousetrap Theatre Review

Originally written by Agatha Christie as a present to Queen Mary, it was first broadcast on the wireless in 1947. At that time it was called Three Blind Mice. It eventually had its London Westend debut in 1952   //   The play is filled with your standard stage characters, the nasty upper-crust lady, the ditsy blonde, the arty type and the gumshoe to name a few. It’s to the written word’s worth that those well-known prototypes can still be fun to spend the night ...

First Casualty is coming to the Bille Brown Theatre this month!

From this tiny fortification overlooking a beautiful valley in the forbidding mountains of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, Captain Trent Kelly and his men have a lot to deal with. When they aren't mentoring a platoon from the Afghan National Army, they're patrolling for Taliban insurgents, negotiating with a powerful local warlord, or simply making it through another day a long way from home.   //   Written by a serving soldier and veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, First ...

The Great Gatsby: An Immersive Theatrical Production is coming to Brisbane!

The team at Viral Ventures (Beyond Cinema, Wonderland Bar, The Wizard’s Den) have brought their latest offering to Brisbane and audiences are loving it! Inspired by the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Immersive Theatrical Production blurs the boundaries of conventional theatre and allows audiences to explore and immerse themselves in another world. Led by an exciting ensemble cast, this production includes live music, burlesque, exquisite singing, tap dancing, moving ...

Death In A Statesman is coming to the Judith Wright Centre this November!

You had better get your story straight and your alibi sorted for the November premiere of Death In A Statesman. After the success of the award-winning The Longest Minute, debase creatives Bridget Boyle and Robert Kronk along with regular debase collaborator Allen Laverty - are turning their hand to the noir genre – with a regional Queensland twist. Combining a suspicious death, strained family relationships, generational change, and a reckoning of what being Australian actually means ...

Mary Poppins is coming to QPAC this month!

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s supercalifragilistic new production of MARY POPPINS flies into the Lyric Theatre at QPAC this October for a strictly limited season. Adapted from the beloved stories by PL Travers and the original film; the world’s favourite Nanny comes to life on stage in a spectacular and unforgettable production. At its heart MARY POPPINS is a story about family and the infinite possibilities that lie within us all. It’s time to rediscover the undeni...