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The Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM 2018) officially opened today at Brisbane Powerhouse, an event that has brought an influx of visitors to the city and will shine a light on Australian arts and culture.

Celine Dion's July/August tour of Australia and New Zealand is shaping up to be winter's hottest, with the tour almost doubling in size since first being announced. Massive demand for tickets in the pre-sales saw additional shows quickly added in Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne. Now Brisbane has also scored itself a second concert, with a new show just announced for Tuesday 31 July at Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

In our contemporary society, there are a plethora of artistic and literary works that aim to explore aspects of the current political landscape and harness change amongst the masses. does just that. A co-production between La Boite and Playlab, actor and playwright Kathryn Marquet's The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek is set a small, isolated shack in the south-western Tasmania wilderness and follows the story of George Templeton, an environmental activist trying to prevent the mass extinction of the Tasmanian devil. Other characters include George's flatmate the ranger and chicken nugget fanatic Harris Robb, wildlife poacher Mickey O'Toole and heavily right-winged high schooler Destinee Lee.

The wishes of Queensland musical theatre fans are soon to be granted with less than two weeks until Disney's Aladdin opens at Queensland Performing Arts Centre, (QPAC) from 20 February 2018.

Sexy but sincere, raw yet utterly disciplined, Backbone is proof you can't do the impossible without a little sweat.

Acclaimed actor-turned-playwright Kathryn Marquet (Pale Blue Dot) makes her highly anticipated return to La Boite next month with a biting new dark comedy, The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek. Co-produced with new-writing incubator Playlab, The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek is a wild and hilarious new Australian play tackling climate change and the dangers of extreme environmental activism.

Producers Howard Panter, John Frost and GWB Entertainment today announced that due to overwhelming demand they will be adding three additional shows to the Brisbane season.

Written by British playwright Catherine Johnson and created by ABBA's former members Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia! continues to be one of the chief feel good musicals of our generation, spreading joy and laughter through the auditorium and getting the audience to leave their seats and become their own dancing queens.

Brisbane Times recently chatted with Georgina Walker who is playing the title role in Canberra Theatre's Alice in Wonderland. 'I'm 27 now but it's like I've never aged at all,' Walker says, of the fact that Alice as a character is in fact a child.

Dr Jonathon Welch AM will be in Brisbane today 8 December to present the School of Hard Knocks' fourth annual end of year concert - 'Merry & Bright' which will feature the Absolutely Everybody Brisbane choir. The choir is just back from their first interstate performance and excited to perform for Brisbane audiences.

Dr Jonathon Welch AM will be in Brisbane on Friday 8 December to present the School of Hard Knocks' fourth annual end of year concert - 'Merry & Bright' which will feature the Absolutely Everybody Brisbane choir. The choir is just back from their first interstate performance and excited to perform for Brisbane audiences.

As a Contributing Editor, you will have the opportunity to review the shows of your choice, conduct interviews with local and touring talent, design features of your own choosing for publishing, and work/network with your local theater press reps to bring exposure to the theatrical offerings in your area.

Local Brisbane performer Cassie George in Partnership with BRISBANE POWERHOUSE presents the hilarious cabaret 'There's Something About Mary(s)' as a part of Wonderland 2017 Festival in late November. Written by Cassie George and Michael Mandalios with Musical Direction by Luke Volker.

As a Contributing Editor, you will have the opportunity to review the shows of your choice, conduct interviews with local and touring talent, design features of your own choosing for publishing, and work/network with your local theater press reps to bring exposure to the theatrical offerings in your area.

The Broadway, West End and international sensation STOMP is back, and it's better than ever! Following a sell-out visit in 2013, STOMP returns to Australia with its unstoppable energy and 'pure stage magic'. The show will tour to Melbourne, the Gold Coast, Adelaide and Sydney from May to August next year.

Local Brisbane performer Cassie George presents her cabaret 'There's Something About Mary(s)' at Brisbane Powerhouse as a part of the Wonderland Festival in late November. Written by Cassie George and Michael Mandalios with Musical Direction by Luke Volker.

A brand new production of Nick Enright and Max Lambert's celebrated Australian musical Miracle City is coming to Brisbane for a limited season in January 2018. Set in the late 80s, at the height of televangelism, Miracle City tells the story of the Truswells, a family with a dream to build a religious theme park, and the extreme lengths the patriarch, Ricky Truswell, will go to in order to make their dream a reality.

The world's favourite musical has returned to Australia. Andrew Lloyd Webber's London Palladium production of The Wizard of Oz will have its Australian Premiere in Brisbane tonight at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC before travelling to the Capitol Theatre, Sydney from 30 December, the Festival Theatre, Adelaide from 3 April, and the Regent Theatre, Melbourne, from 15 May.

After emerging from the wilderness with their first album in five years, indie heroes Grizzly Bear will play Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Concert Hall for one night only on 14 March 2018.

Local Brisbane performer Cassie George in Partnership with BRISBANE POWERHOUSE presents the hilarious cabaret 'There's Something About Mary(s)' as a part of Wonderland 2017 Festival in late November. Written by Cassie George and Michael Mandalios with Musical Direction by Luke Volker.

Local Brisbane performer Cassie George presents her cabaret 'There's Something About Mary(s)' at Brisbane Powerhouse as a part of the Wonderland Festival in late November. Written by Cassie George and Michael Mandalios with Musical Direction by Luke Volker.

Aur lie Roque is not in Kansas anymore, as she gets set to arrive at The Arts Centre Gold Coast this November 3 and 4, performing her new cabaret, Ruby Slipper Chronicles.

Aur lie Roque is not in Kansas anymore, as she gets set to arrive at The Arts Centre Gold Coast this November 3 and 4, performing her new cabaret, Ruby Slipper Chronicles.

Global comedy phenomenon Russell Peters kicks off his DEPORTED WORLD TOUR in Australia on Monday February 5th, 2018 in Perth at The Riverside Theatre before heading to the eastern states.

From 19 - 23 February 2018 leading national and international performing arts industry will descend on Brisbane for the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM), Australia's largest internationally focused trade-market for contemporary performing arts.