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The Living Room Theatre marks 15 years with the collision of two of its most significant works Billie (2003) with I Love Todd Sampson (2013) in I Love Todd Sampson (2016)

?The Australian Haydn Ensemble will make its highly anticipated City Recital Hall debut on Saturday July 16, with a dazzling performance of Haydn & Mozart.

Broadway and television star Megan Hilty performs at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Concert Hall, for one night only today 9 June 2016.

Oscar winning singer song-writer Glen Hansard, The Frames, of Once and The Swell Season, comes to the Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with his band for one night only on Tuesday 18 October 2016 as part of his Didn't He Ramble Australian Tour.

?International Broadway star Shoshana Bean (green-skinned witch from Wicked) will perform in Brisbane at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts for one exclusive night only on Saturday 17 July.

World-renowned didjeridu virtuoso and composer William Barton will take to the Concert Hall stage at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) along with ABC Classic FM's Damien Beaumont in the second concert of the Southern Cross Soloists' 2016 season Visions of Earth, on Sunday 19 June 2016.

?Producers of the new Australian production of the worldwide smash hit musical WE WILL ROCK YOU have announced that due to huge demand, new seats will go on sale next Monday, 6 June, for the upcoming Brisbane season, which starts on 10 July.

A contemporary work from 'the most adventurous downtown playwright of her generation', according to The New York Times, STRAIGHT WHITE MEN written by Young Jean Lee, will have its South Australian premiere in this brand new production in collaboration with Brisbane's La Boite Theatre Company.

The fourth Airlie Beach Music Festival brings 74 acts, including international and Australian legends, to The Whitsundays for four days of spectacular entertainment from Thursday 3 until Sunday 6 November, and is the largest event to be mounted in this intimate, coastal and tropical paradise.

Samuel Beckett's Absurdist masterpiece, ENDGAME, is shake & stir theatre co's third production in their 10-year anniversary season and will be presented at the Cremorne Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) from 9 August 2016.

On Saturday 18 June Brisbane Writers Festival will present the 2016 Inspire Festival - this year at Brisbane Powerhouse.

Acclaimed stage and screen actor Ursula Yovich will star in a brand new production showcasing the Australian natural environment, premiering at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Out of the Box festival for children eight years and under from 21 to 28 June 2016.

Brisbane-based contemporary circus company Circa is delighted to announce the appointment of their new chairman, Michael Lynch. Lynch brings a wealth of experience to the position having led the Australia Council, the Sydney Opera House, the transformation of the Southbank Centre in London and the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong over the past 20 years.

The countdown is on for Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) biennial Out of the Box festival for children eight years and under opening at QPAC and across the Cultural Precinct and South Bank on Tuesday 21 June 2016.

In 2016, Bangarra brings their remarkable triple bill, OUR land people stories to the Playhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) from 12 to 20 August 2016.

Award-winning choreographer Natalie Weir and Queensland's premier contemporary dance company, Expressions Dance Company (EDC), return to the Playhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with their highly acclaimed work, When Time Stops from 20 to 28 May 2016.

The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) today unveiled The Student Movement, an initiative aimed at ensuring students* from across Australia have access to the world class performance of Ballet Preljocaj's Snow White exclusive to QPAC this September.

Room to Play Independent Theatre is proud to present Dario Fo's 'One Was Nude and One Wore Tails' in the Anywhere Festival at the Paddington Substation.

Direct from Broadway, Gazillion Bubble Show will kick off its first ever Australian tour in Brisbane at Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) iconic 2016 Out of the Box festival for children eight years and under, with performances from 23 to 27 June 2016. The show will then continue to Canberra, Sydney and Adelaide with performances up to 14 July.

Enter a world of magical serpents, pipe playing birdmen and the formidable Queen of the Night, as Prince Tamino battles the forces of evil to win the hand of her daughter Pamina.

Katie Noonan and the Brodsky Quartet will collaborate for the first time ever in With Love and Fury, opening as a world premiere at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC's) Concert Hall tomorrow Thursday 28 April 2016 at 8.00pm, ahead of a seven city national tour.

?The Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) season of VELVET opened with a bang on Thurs 21 April, in the Centre's Cremorne Theatre.

The acclaimed, national-touring production of Bronte's gothic masterpiece, Wuthering Heights, will storm back into the Cremorne Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) from 12 to 19 June 2016 - with limited tickets remaining.

Award-winning choreographer Natalie Weir and Queensland's premier contemporary dance company, Expressions Dance Company (EDC), return to the Playhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with their highly acclaimed work, When Time Stops from 20 to 28 May 2016.

Room to Play Independent Theatre is proud to present Dario Fo's 'One Was Nude and One Wore Tails' in the Anywhere Festival at the Paddington Substation.