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Brisbane Academy of Musical Theatre students recently performed MISFITS SCHOOL OF ARTS, a new musical by Dennett Hudson & Tim O'Connor.

It's not everyday that you get to go to the opening night of a debut Queensland production at QPAC, featuring a creative team and cast made of Queenslanders. So that in itself, was a quite a wonderful feeling. With an original story by Joe Brumm, set by Rockhampton born designer, Jonathon Oxlade and new music by Joff Bush, this brand-new play of the worldwide tv hit sensation of the same name is all that I imagine a child's definition of heaven would look like. There's multiple dance parties, a very thorough game of hide and seek, there's glowing balloons and there's been bubbles.

The much-anticipated Bluey's Big Play The Stage Show will open for its official world premiere season tonight in Bluey's hometown of Brisbane.

For many of us, Love Actually plays a fundamental role in our Christmas Celebrations. Whether it's listening to its iconic playlist as you make Christmas lunch or watching it every third or second day until Christmas.

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Next up on my Brisbane local artists segment are multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary artists, Kristian Santic and James Elliott, who've recently combined forces to create The Time Travel Cafe. Kristian is an interdisciplinary performance artist and director specialising in the forms of Theatre, Dance, and Circus with a strong curiosity for experimental and hybrid work. His collaborative nature and holistic training style yields collage-like performances that are heavily influenced by the utilization of diverse modes of expressions: live projection, community interaction/sustainability, large-scale spectacle, installation, and cinematography. Kristian's experience extends across production, creative consultancy, choreography, dramaturgy, film, and workshop facilitation. Kristian is a strong believer that the role of art is to heal and serve the community and it's collective consciousness.

The internationally acclaimed theatrical masterpiece Alice in Wonderland is coming to QPAC for four performances only January 20 and 21 (2pm and 6pm).  Don't be late for these very important dates, or you will miss your chance to tumble down the rabbit hole and join Alice on her captivating and magical adventures!

The worldwide stage hit CHESS THE MUSICAL, featuring the iconic music of ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson, lyrics by Tim Rice & Björn Ulvaeus and book by Tim Rice, will debut at QPAC's Concert Hall, for its first professional presentation, in two exclusive performances on June 10th, 2021.

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Bluey fans are going to be as excited as Bandit with a takeaway spring roll to hear that new seats will go on sale for the official world premiere opening season of Bluey's Big Play The Stage Show at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) from today Friday 11 December 2020.

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Australia's most talked about mini-golf sensation, Pixar Putt, is returning to Brisbane from 31st December for a strictly limited season.  Tickets officially go on sale Friday 11 December 12:00pm (Local time), via pixarputt.com.au. Visa cardholders can exclusively unlock Pre-Sale tickets from Thursday 10 December, 12:00pm (Local Time).

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Circa Contemporary Circus, one of the world's leading performance companies, has joined forces with multi-award winning and globally renowned animation studio Aardman to create a new circus-theatre production for audiences of all ages, Shaun the Sheep's Circus Show.

Shrek, Fiona and Donkey are coming to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in the first major musical to open to a 100% capacity audience in Australia, without a special exemption required, since the onset of COVID-19. 

Queensland Performing Arts Centre has announced its annual Spirit of Christmas concerts will proceed in 2020 despite the challenges of COVID-19. 

Come From Away will be opening at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre on 28 March 2021 for a limited season. This will be the first musical to open in Queensland since the shutdown brought on by the global pandemic. 

The majestic and much-loved production Magic Beach returns to Brisbane after a sell-out season at Brisbane Powerhouse in November. It will play a strictly limited season at QUT Gardens Theatre from 14 January 2021.

The worldwide smash hit, Tony and Olivier award-winning musical COME FROM AWAY, will open at QPAC's Lyric Theatre from 28 March 2021 for a strictly limited season. It will be the first major musical to open in Queensland since the COVID-enforced shutdown.

Last night I had the absolute pleasure of attending the Brisbane Premiere of 2.20AM by award-winning playwright Rebecca Lister at Ad Astra.

CDP has announced a return season for the popular ROOM ON THE BROOM at QUT Gardens Theatre in January 2021.

New tickets will be released and new shows for 2021 announced as Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) theatres return to 100 percent audience capacity. Last week the Queensland Government announced easing restrictions for live performance and theatre venues.  

It's NUMBER TEN and if you've been holding off, this is the year to perform anywhere you want!

This weekend I had the absolute pleasure of going to see 4MBS and Brisbane Shakespeare Festival's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in the amphitheatre at Roma Street Parklands. Looking around the crowd before the show started, it was so lovely to see so many families and small children residing in the seating banks, eagerly waiting for the magic and the mayhem to unfold onstage. I cannot express how much I love it when I see parents supporting their children's education in the arts.

There has been an update to the government-mandated COVID-19 restrictions in Queensland, Australia, which will go into effect at 4pm on 17 November 2020.