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The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) International Series 2016 was announced today confirming an Australian exclusive season from France's Ballet Preljocaj performing only in Brisbane at the Lyric Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) from 2 to 11 September 2016.

With a multifaceted career that spans music, screen, fitness and fashion, Barry Conrad possesses a talent that is undeniable.

Brisbane Writers Festival is excited to be partnering with the State Library of Queensland to bring 2015 Booker Prize author Marlon James to Brisbane for one night only this May. 

Artbank and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) have once again come together to support an exciting commission, providing the opportunity for early to mid-career Queensland based artists/artist collectives to realise the creation of a new, large scale work on paper for commission, public display and acquisition.

Concerto for Harmony and Presto, a lively new work commissioned by Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with Brisbane and Melbourne based theatre company debase, will debut to the delight of families these Easter holidays from 29 March to 2 April 2016.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) Chief Executive John Kotzas and Playgroup Queensland Chief Executive Officer Ian Coombe today announced a new strategic partnership.

?American Grammy Award nominated Bluegrass quintet, Punch Brothers will perform in Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Concert Hall on Tuesday 9 August 2016, in their first ever visit to the Sunshine State. 

Hot on the heels of a sold-out season in Adelaide, a second week of VELVET shows in Brisbane are on sale now.

After four decades of performing with icons like Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Chaka Khan, and Nine Inch Nails, Lisa Fischer is finally offering her own humble, heartfelt song, accompanied by her inventive new band Grand Baton.

Broadway and television star Megan Hilty will make her debut Australian tour this June, performing at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Concert Hall, for one night only on Thursday 9 June 2016.

If you love getting down to classic Soul, Motown and Disco artists like the Jackson 5, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and more, don't miss the opportunity to see their greatest works performed live by the Queensland Performing Art Centre (QPAC) Choir on 17 May 2016.

Multi-platinum singer/songwriter/producer Ben Folds returns to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) Concert Hall on Thursday 18 August 2016 as part of his Australian tour, performing with celebrated New York City-based chamber ensemble yMusic.

A chance meeting in Gambia between Australian guitarist Steve Berry and two of Gambia's finest musicians gave rise to the musical collaboration known as Jaaleekaay - meaning crossing point in the Wolof language of West Africa. Jaaleekaay will perform tonight 5 March at 7:30 p.m. at Sandgate Town Hall as part of Music By The Sea.

Today, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) announced the exciting line up for its 2016 Out of the Box festival for children 8 years and under. This longstanding biennial event is a highlight on Brisbane's cultural calendar for both schools and families alike.

Ten years after the very first of many sold out Australian tours, and continually in demand in Europe, Asia, South Africa and the U.S., Dainty Group celebrate the welcome return of Australia's favourite Neapolitan pop crooner, Patrizio Buanne. 

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.

A chance meeting in Gambia between Australian guitarist Steve Berry and two of Gambia's finest musicians gave rise to the musical collaboration known as Jaaleekaay - meaning crossing point in the Wolof language of West Africa. Jaaleekaay will perform on 5 March at 7:30 p.m. at Sandgate Town Hall as part of Music By The Sea.

The Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) FREE Green Jam will sound a little different in 2016 kicking off from Friday 4 March 2016.

Brisbane audiences will be swept away when the ultimate story of transformation opens The Australian Ballet's 2016 season in February. Alexei Ratmansky's CINDERELLA comes to QPAC's Lyric Theatre for the very first time from tonight 19-24 February 2016, following sell-out seasons in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide as well as acclaimed performances in Shanghai in 2015.

Brisbane string fans will be pleased to note internationally acclaimed British violinist Jack Liebeck will return to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) as guest performer in the first concert of the Southern Cross Soloists' 2016 season, Forbidden Love, on Sunday 20 March 2016.

The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) presents the touring exhibition, Theatres of War: Wartime Entertainment and the Australian Experience, in the Tony Gould Gallery from 9 February to 4 June 2016.

Concerto for Harmony and Presto, a lively new work commissioned by Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with Brisbane and Melbourne based theatre company debase, will debut to the delight of families these Easter holidays from 29 March to 2 April 2016.

With a multifaceted career that spans music, screen, fitness and fashion, Barry Conrad possesses a talent that is undeniable.

Katie Noonan and the Brodsky Quartet will collaborate for the first time ever in With Love and Fury. The unstoppable collision of colossal talent will provide audiences with a spine-tingling experience as they re-imagine the words of Australian poet Judith Wright. The album is being recorded in London and will be released early in the year. The seven-city tour will commence in Brisbane at QPAC with the World Premiere on Thursday April 28, 2016.

Brisbane's own Kate Miller-Heidke brings her brand new, uniquely Australian opera, The Rabbits, a co-production between Opera Australia and Barking Gecko Theatre Company to the Playhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) for a strictly limited season from 17 to 20 March 2016.