Australia - Brisbane Theatre Newsroom

By popular demand, the hit Japanese immersive magic show currently playing in Brisbane, MAHO MAGIC BAR, has been extended to run for an additional two weeks. 

Queensland Performing Arts Centre has announced the world premiere season of Cirque Alice, an epic new show from the creators of the global smash hit The Illusionists that will transform the Concert Hall into a Wonderland.

The Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s festive celebration, Spirit of Christmas, will return to the iconic Concert Hall this holiday season. Learn more about the event here!

Following its inaugural 2021 season at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), Vulcana Circus’ empowering Circus in a Tea Cup will return from 5 to 7 December 2024.

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Australia - Brisbane Awards. Don't miss Thursday's October 31st deadline!

The Wharf Revue will be returning to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s (QPAC) Playhouse from 11 to 16 February 2025 for its last show – ever!

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Australia - Brisbane Awards. Don't miss next week's October 31st deadline!

Award-winning Phluxus2 Dance Collective will bring together an impressive list of local creatives including Nerida Matthaei (Angel Monster, Love Stories, Boy Swallows Universe), Ben Ely (Brisbane band Regurgitator) and Lisa Fa’alafi (of well-known arts collective Polytoxic) to present a genre-defying production in QPAC’s Cremorne Theatre from 28 to 29 November 2024.

A Brisbane season has been announced as part of the Australian tour of the award-winning Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's celebrated rock musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.

Experience the political intrigue of JULIUS CAESAR at The Avalon Theatre from November 7-24. Witness the power struggles and alliances as Shakespeare's classic tale unfolds in a modern 2024 setting.

There are just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Australia - Brisbane Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Global powerhouse production house Strut & Fret will bring their infamous cheeky circus-cabaret, Blanc de Blanc Encore, to Brisbane’s bespoke new theatre and bar The West End Electric. 

New seats go on sale today for the Brisbane season of the most heavenly of musicals, Sister Act. Starring Casey Donovan as Deloris Van Cartier as well as Genevieve Lemon and Rhonda Burchmore, Sister Act will open in February at QPAC for a strictly limited season.

The breakout Australian hit play The Dictionary of Lost Words, based on Pip Williams’ award-winning novel of the same name, will be performed in Brisbane for the first time when it comes to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s (QPAC) Playhouse from 26 April to 10 May 2025.

The songs of Bob Dylan will echo through Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC)'s Concert Hall when the great Cat Power performs Dylan’s fabled and transformative 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert set on Wednesday 12 March 2025.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre announced an exclusive Australian season of Ballet Preljocaj’s Swan Lake in the Lyric Theatre from 31 May to 7 June 2025 as part of the QPAC International Series and the Centre’s 40th Anniversary celebrations. 

An in-concert production of the much-loved Gilbert and Sullivan classic, The Pirates of Penzance, will storm the Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s (QPAC) Concert Hall from 5 to 8 December 2024for six shows only.

Queensland Theatre has announced new executive appointments including award-winning creative Isaac Drandic stepping into the newly created role of Head of First Nations Theatre and current Executive Director Criena Gehrke moving into the role of Chief Executive.  

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and Queensland Theatre have announced the cast for the world premiere of Round The Twist The Musical – busting into the Playhouse from 12 November 2024. 

Nominations are now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Australia - Brisbane Awards. The 2024 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Just nine months into her tenure and partway through her inaugural season as Opera Australia Artistic Director, acclaimed British director Jo Davies has left the post effective immediately. 

Five-time GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist, bass player and composer esperanza spalding will launch her highly anticipated return tour of Australia in Brisbane at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s (QPAC) Concert Hall for a very special one-night-only performance on 22 October 2024.

National arts organisation Everybody NOW! was lpresented with Performing Arts Connections Australia’s IMPACT AWARD for their extraordinary community engagement work undertaken as part of their large-scale participatory arts production, Roller Coaster.

An immersive experience precinct will arrive in South Bank this spring, offering Queenslanders a new destination for multi-sensory thrills. 

Bobby Fox will be joining the cast of Grease in the role of Vince Fontaine in the Brisbane season in January.