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Sam Hall, Riannon McLean, and Lily Potger (front) in Natalie Weir's When Time Stops, photographed by David Kelly Australasian Dance Collective celebrated their 40th anniversary with a triple bill of contemporary dance works that honoured the company's heritage and looked to its future, showcasing the versatility and strength of the company’s artists in an outstanding... Continue Reading →
Pearls 3pm, 1 June 2025 QPAC Concert Hall, South Bank Experience music that transcends time and embraces the soul when Southern Cross Soloists return to QPAC's Concert Hall this June with Pearls — a luminous program with guest soloists, pianist and composer Joe Chindamo OAM, soprano Nina Korbe (pictured above), alongside Southern Cross Soloists. Featuring... Continue Reading →
Camerata & Paul Grabowsky: The Art Of Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 7pm Concert Hall, QPAC This fresh and joyful concert brings QPAC’s Art of the Possible artist, the inimitable ARIA award-winning pianist Paul Grabowsky AO, together with Camerata - Queensland's Chamber Orchestra, who always perform without a conductor. The concert program celebrates tradition and reimagines... Continue Reading →
Photographed by Daniel Boud Peter and the Starcatcher is full of all the wonder, magic, and comedy that might be expected of a new chapter in the Peter Pan story, but with modern humour sprinkled throughout for those who have had to grow up. Commissioned and originally produced by Disney Theatrical Group, Peter and the... Continue Reading →
Mara Gaudenzi as Angelina/Cinderella and Petr Nekoranec as the Prince, Don Ramiro, photographed by Jade Ellis Opera Queensland’s La Cenerentola burst into bloom on the QPAC Concert Hall stage as part of the second Brisbane Bel Canto festival. Directed and designed by Laura Hansford, with Assistant Director Eugene Lynch, this semi-staged version of the Cinderella tale... Continue Reading →
Umberto Clerici conducts Queensland Symphony Orchestra in The Rite of Spring, with Circa, photographed by Sam Muller Queensland Symphony Orchestra's 2025 Season Opening Gala, The Rite of Spring, was an exhilarating start to the year. The concert was conducted by Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici, with the eponymous piece by Stravinsky presented in an exciting collaboration... Continue Reading →
The Rite of Spring 20-22 February 2025 QPAC Concert Hall An audacious and innovative staging of The Rite of Spring will challenge perceptions of live performance when Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) opens its 2025 Season. QSO will join forces with the internationally acclaimed contemporary circus company, Circa, to present a bold and stunning interpretation of... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Sam Scoufos Pride & Prejudice 22 February - 9 March 2025 Playhouse Theatre, QPAC Pride & Prejudice, the mother of all romantic comedies, sashays onto the stage in a landmark debut for Queensland Theatre’s 2025 Season across two huge venues. The dazzling adaptation of the sumptuous Jane Austen classic is fiercely funny, fiercely... Continue Reading →
Casey Donovan and Genevieve Lemon in Sister Act the Musical, photographed by Benny Capp Sister Act the Musical From 8 February 2025 Lyric Theatre, QPAC, South Bank The most heavenly of musicals, Sister Act will debut in Brisbane led by Casey Donovan as Deloris Van Cartier, the role made famous by Whoopi Goldberg in the hit... Continue Reading →
William Barton performing with Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Katharina Wincor. Photographed by Darren Thomas. Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s Dreams & Stories concert brought together an interesting range of pieces and composers, from guest soloist William Barton to John Williams, Sculthorpe, Mendelssohn, and Stravinsky. Part of the orchestra’s Music on Sundays series, Dreams & Stories was... Continue Reading →
Image by Jade Ellis Photography, Arabella Walker and Sean Dowling Design The Next 14 Seconds 28 - 29 November 2024 Cremorne Theatre, QPAC, South Bank Quicker than an intake of breath our universe hurled itself into existence. Hot. Dense. A single point moving at unimaginable speeds, stretching, and expanding towards being, towards discovering, understanding, knowing,... Continue Reading →
Cinematic 22 - 23 November 2024 QPAC Concert Hall, South Bank Enjoy film scores from A to Zimmer, as you soar with the epic space odyssey of Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar and feel the bloom of a tender romance with Carl Davis’s soul-stirring accompaniment to Pride and Prejudice. With iconic themes from Forrest Gump, Batman, Downtown Abbey and many more, and with... Continue Reading →
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