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The cast of La Cenerentola, photographed by David Kelly Opera Queensland’s bloomed again on the QPAC Concert Hall stage as part of the Brisbane Bel Canto festival, now in its third year. Directed and designed by Laura Hansford, with Assistant Director Eugene Lynch, this semi-staged Cinderella story was sans fairy godmothers and glass slippers, but love... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Daniel Boud Framed as an MTV documentary capturing the final days of rehearsals before the 1992-3 Dangerous tour, MJ The Musical is stacked with iconic music and choreography, awe-inspiring design, and phenomenal performances. Image credit: Daniel Boud MJ The Musical is directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, with book by two-time Pulitzer Prize... Continue Reading →
Revolution Remixed 29 May 2026 QPAC Concert Hall Think classical music is all polite applause and predictable melodies? Think again. Camerata - Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra shakes things up with Revolution Remixed, a program packed with bold ideas and big emotion. At the centre is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 Eroica, a work that completely... Continue Reading →
(L to R) Hugh Parker, Merlynn Tong, and Reagan Mannix, photographed by Daniel Boud Dead Puppet Society's The Riddle of Washpool Gully, an all-ages Australian fable about isolation, imagination, and what makes a monster, returned to QPAC as part of a national tour. A boy and his mother move to Washpool, in the middle of... Continue Reading →
Photographed by Stephen Henry Under a sparkling chandelier in the QPAC Concert Hall, Southern Cross Soloists' Wonder braided together compositions by Clara Schumann, her husband Robert Schumann, and Johannes Brahms. The concert also included readings from a dramatised version of the trio's letters, an interpretation of their complex relationship through dance, and the premiere of... Continue Reading →
Loren Hunter as Charity Valentine (centre), photographed by Brit Mobbs Prospero Arts closed the year with a semi-staged production of Cy Coleman’s sentimental sixties musical Sweet Charity in the QPAC Concert Hall. Sweet Charity follows plucky dance hall hostess Charity Hope Valentine through a series of misadventures in life and love across New York City.... Continue Reading →
Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra with Kate Miller-Heidke (centre) and Barbara Lowing (far right), photographed by Alex Jamieson Presented as part of Brisbane Festival, Camerata: Your Eternal Memories was a rollercoaster concert, bringing the chamber orchestra together with national treasures Kate Miller-Heidke and Barbara Lowing to share memories and music with warmth and playful humour.... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Tracey Leigh Images Joshua Hinton’s A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen (or How to Make the Perfect One-Pot Chicken Curry) was a delicious family history. Alongside his brother Dominic, Hinton told a story about lineage, cultural connection, and searching for a sense of belonging while he cooked his grandmother Mehmeh’s chicken curry live... Continue Reading →
Elena Perroni and Valerio Borgioni as Mimì and Rodolfo, photographed by Steph Do Rozario Opera Queensland presented a stunning, fully staged production of Puccini’s beloved opera La bohème in QPAC’s Lyric Theatre as part of Brisbane Festival 2025. La bohème was first performed at Turin’s Teatro Regio in 1896, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893... Continue Reading →
Rebecca Bower and John Leary in The Platypus, photographed by Mark Gambino Francis Greenslade’s The Platypus is a metatheatrical two-hander that puts a genre-hopping spin on the kitchen sink drama. Jessica and Richard’s marriage is crumbling. Richard is healing from a vasectomy, and resents Jess for suggesting it. Jess feels unwanted, and seeks excitement in... Continue Reading →
On the Other Side, photographed by Jade Ellis Inspired by the three-part classical ballet work Jewels, which was created for the New York City Ballet by its co-founder George Balanchine in 1967, Gems is a trilogy of contemporary dance works by French dancer, choreographer, and founder of the L.A. Dance project Benjamin Millepied. In an... Continue Reading →
Camerata: Your Eternal Memories Saturday 13 September 2025, 7pm Concert Hall, QPAC Music is the soundtrack to our lives, featuring in life’s most significant moments. Music triggers memories – but what if we turn that around? What memories spark what sort of music? Camerata explores the relationship between memory and music in this nostalgic, moving,... Continue Reading →
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