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Brisbane gospel fans will have the chance to see five time Grammy Award winning, Gospel Hall of Famers, The Blind Boys of Alabama when they perform, as part of Bluesfest national touring, at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Concert Hall, Thursday 31 March 2016.

Marking Mary Black's retirement from touring, Ireland's premier female singer says goodbye to her fans on this side of the pond for the first time in four years with The Last Call Australia tour.

The multi award winning shake & stir theatre co will celebrate their 10th Anniversary year with a stellar line up at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in 2016.

On Monday 8 February 2016 the arts community and leaders from various industry sectors will gather at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) Playhouse to honour the life and career of the acclaimed and much loved Australian actress, CAROL BURNS who passed away after a brief illness, just before Christmas.

Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University promises yet another captivating year of performance, featuring the talents of award-winning Australian director Bruce Beresford and a host of exceptional emerging and established musicians.

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 19-24 February 2016, following sell-out seasons in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide as well as acclaimed performances in Shanghai in 2015.

Back by popular demand following his 2013 tour, which saw sold-out performances across Australia, Don McLean will return to Queensland Performing Art Centre's (QPAC's) Concert Hall on Monday 21 March 2016, for a one-night-only performance of his celebrated works.

After completing their two year world tour in 2013, Craig and Charlie took 2014 off to focus entirely on writing a new album.  They recorded their now highly acclaimed 10th studio album, 'Let's Hear It For The Dogs', and followed the release in April with a mammoth UK run of over 70 performances appearing at the Glastonbury, T In The Park,  Belladrum, Cropedy, Wychwood, Cambridge Folk and V Festivals.

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The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) welcomes Academy Award and Grammy Award winning artist Melissa Etheridge to the Concert Hall stage on Saturday 26 March 2016.

?Due to extraordinary demand, new tickets will be released today Monday 14th December for the Brisbane season of the world's favourite musical, The Sound of Music. The lavish London Palladium production will commence in Brisbane at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC on 11th March 2016.

BroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in Brisbane.

Artistic director Shane Howard will bring together some of the finest Australian and Irish artists and musicians including Paul Kelly (AUS), Declan O'Rourke (IRE), Pauline Scanlon (IRE), Sean Tyrrell (IRE), John Spillane (IRE), Leah Flanagan (AUS), Steve Cooney (IRE), Aine Tyrrell (AUS/IRE) and Lynnelle Moran (AUS) to present the newly created Exile: Songs & Tales of Irish Australia. This vibrant tapestry of stories, imagery and music celebrating the rich Irish influence in this country will play one night only in Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Concert Hall on Monday 29 February 2016, as part of a national tour.

Queensland's champion of contemporary arts, Metro Arts, will bolster its reputation for pushing boundaries in 2016 with an innovative and ambitious program of contemporary micro festivals, exhibitions and performance.

Launched on 1 December 2015, a new online experience by Google, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and some of the foremost performing arts centres around the globe allows people to immerse themselves in the magic of live performance. The partnership supports the growing trend of Australians using the internet to access arts content.

Due to such overwhelming demand shake & stir theatre co's season of Roald Dahl's family favourite George's Marvellous Medicine in the Cremorne Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has been extended for an extra week, now running from 6 to 23 January 2016.

Producers Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and the Really Useful Group today announced the 18 children who have been cast in the world's favourite musical, The Sound of Music. There will be three different casts alternating in the roles of the six youngest von Trapp children during the Brisbane season.

Southern Cross Soloists Creative Director Tania Frazer said audiences can anticipate a diverse and rich program in the Soloists' three-event season presented in QPAC's Concert Hall.

Your family is set this summer at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) SummerSet*. With all the adrenaline of Cirque Adrenaline, the carnival of Carnival of the Animals, the excitement of Deadly 60 or the awe and wonder of George's Marvellous Medicine and The Tiger Who Came to Tea, summer at QPAC never looked so good! Now add to that the opportunity to go behind the scenes or enjoy a tasty and refreshing summer menu and your QPAC experience really has summer set.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday 30 October, for the Brisbane season of the worldwide smash hit musical WE WILL ROCK YOU.  The Australian tour will begin at Sydney's Lyric Theatre on 30 April 2016 and then travel to the Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane from 10 July.

Tickets are now on sale for the ever popular Spirit of Christmas concerts at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 December 2015.

Last call! ??This is your last chance to nominate for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2014 and September 2015. Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31.

Lovers of circus, animals and music roll up as the acclaimed Carnival of the Animals returns to Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC's) Playhouse from 9 January 2016.

The award-winning shake & stir theatre co bring Roald Dahl's family favourite George's Marvellous Medicine to life this summer in the Cremorne Theatre Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) from 6 to 17 January 2016.

The tea-guzzling Tiger will pounce into Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) for the first time ever in the truly magical Olivier Award nominated production of The Tiger Who Came To Tea from 14 January 2016.