Australia - Brisbane Theatre Newsroom Page 37

Jimmy Giggle, Hoot and Hootabelle are setting off on a giggle-icious live stage adventure with their friends the Bananas in Pyjamas and Hoopla Doopla's Zap, Mimi and Jango this summer!

The next generation of artists from the Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts (ACPA) hits the Cremorne Theatre stage at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with their brand new production, Blak Electric from 5 to 8 November 2014.

Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini AM and leading Australian theatre producer John Frost AM today announced the principal cast for their new production of Cole Porter's smash-hit musical comedy Anything Goes, which will tour Australia in 2015.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) was recognised in two Helpmann Award wins at a ceremony in Sydney last night - the presentation by Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) and the co-production with Expressions Dance Company (EDC), When Time Stops, choreographed by Natalie Weir.

A unique Australian opera performance inspired by the courage and resilience of those who lived through the devastating floods of 2011 will take to the stage across Queensland this September/October.

The powerful new Australian concert drama Rolling Thunder Vietnam will world premiere in Brisbane tonight, 14 August 2014 prior to a national tour.

Luckiest Productions presents Britney Spears: The Cabaret Written by Dean Bryant Musical Direction by Mathew Frank Brisbane Powerhouse today 13 August - Sunday 17 August.

The award winning team at shake & stir theatre co recreate one of the most haunting love stories in all of literature, Wuthering Heights, from 1 to 18 October 2014, in the Cremorne Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).

Son of a coal-mining dad and a secretary mum, this is the story of an Aussie country kid and what lead him to tread the boards in some of Australia's biggest musicals. Following an extended and sold-out season at Sydney's Hayes Theatre, leading man David Harris, tours the east coast with performances in Melbourne, Brisbane and Newcastle.

After touring for 42 years, the incomparable Joan Armatrading will perform her last major world tour and first solo concerts on a worldwide scale, including one night only at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) on Sunday 14 December 2014.

The 2014 Out of the Box festival, held at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and across the Cultural Precinct between 25 June and 2 July, has been heralded a resounding success.

The Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Museum in conjunction with Disney Theatrical Productions will host a free exhibition from today Tuesday 5 August in celebration of the Brisbane season of The Lion King previewing from 21 September 2014.

The exclusive season of the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is almost here, running from 28 August to 7 September 2014.

This August you are invited to enter the captivating world of Le Noir! A truly unique and electrifying theatrical experience, Le Noir features 20 of the greatest circus performers on the planet, all of whom are award winning athletes and many stars of previous Cirque Du Soleil shows.

Join Brisbane's own Southern Cross Soloists for the last concert in their 2014 series, the entertaining and cheeky Travels of a Trickster, in Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Concert Hall on Sunday 26 October.

After a successful 2013 concert at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), Brisbane Sings is back and promises to be even bigger and better as more than six local Brisbane choirs unite on the Concert Hall stage on Sunday 10 August.

Luckiest Productions presents Britney Spears: The Cabaret Written by Dean Bryant Musical Direction by Mathew Frank Brisbane Powerhouse Wednesday 13 August - Sunday 17 August.

Vocal chords are being prepped and the sound of music is resonating throughout the country as participating male choirs prepare for an extraordinary national triennial festival, taking place this month in Brisbane.

The second of two stunning concerts in the Kawai Piano Series at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) proves that anything two can do, four can do better, as a pair of revered pianists reunites to delight audiences in Four Hands.

Vocal chords are being prepped and the sound of music is resonating throughout the country as participating male choirs prepare for an extraordinary national triennial festival, taking place this month in Brisbane.

The Queensland Performing Arts Centre's annual Out of the Box children's festival ends today.

Brisbane welcomes 200 leading Teaching Artists from around the world to participate in the second International Teaching Artist Conference (ITAC2) from tomorrow (1 July 2014) until Thursday 3 July. This conference follows the inaugural event held in Oslo, Norway in 2012. The term Teaching Artist refers to someone who is an expert or practicing visual or performing artist whose complementary skills enable them to assist communities to learn through a particular art form.

Son of a coal-mining dad and a secretary mum, this is the story of an Aussie country kid and what lead him to tread the boards in some of Australia's biggest musicals. Following an extended and sold-out season at Sydney's Hayes Theatre, leading man David Harris, tours the east coast with performances in Melbourne, Brisbane and Newcastle.

An army of under-eights is set to take over the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) as it comes alive for its annual Out of the Box children's festival with14 ticketed events, 140 performances, 30 free events and more than 1000 free activities from 25 June to 2 July 2014.

This August you are invited to enter the captivating world of Le Noir! A truly unique and electrifying theatrical experience, Le Noir features 20 of the greatest circus performers on the planet, all of whom are award winning athletes and many stars of previous Cirque Du Soleil shows.