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Brisbane Festival and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will stage the world premiere season of BANANALAND, a musical comedy by two of Australia’s most talented contemporary composers and featuring a stellar cast and creative team.

Metaverse of Magic, a major new theatrical production combining spectacular magic, breathtaking illusions, stunning stagecraft and cutting-edge technology will tour across Australia from November 2023, appearing in Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s (QPAC’s) Concert Hall from 4 January 2024.

The Grammy Award-winning trio will now perform six shows on their anticipated antipodean visit, beginning at Auckland’s Spark Arena on Saturday 18 November, Brisbane Entertainment Centre on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November and Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 November.

World renowned Australian ballroom dance company Burn the Floor has for the very first time collaborated with the hugely talented First Nations star Mitch Tambo to create a brand-new dance production that will tour the east coast of Australia from 21 July to 13 August playing Melbourne, Maryborough, Toowoomba, Brisbane, Port Macquarie, Newcastle, Canberra, Wyong, Sydney, Penrith and Chatswood.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is hosting CDP Theatre Producers’ nostalgic and exuberant Are We There Yet? for the first time ever from Wednesday 28 June to Sunday 2 July 2023 in the Playhouse.

Global Creatures presents Get Technical! - Behind the Curtain of Moulin Rouge! The Musical,  hosted by Simon Burke AO and featuring special guest host, academy award-winner Catherine Martin.  Check out video footage from the event here!

Following the success of her previous, sold-out one-woman shows, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, THE SHOW GOES ON and SONGS FOR NOBODIES (a hit in both Australia and London), Bernadette Robinson is returning to Australian stages with the World Premiere of her post-pandemic solo tour-de-force, DIVAS.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre has announced the world premiere season of Tae Tae in the Land of Yaaas! as part of the Brisbane Festival in the Cremorne Theatre from 25 August 2023.

Get ready, Nadelaide. Mark Nadler is coming.

Brisbane Festival, in association with Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), has announced it will stage the world premiere season of Bananaland, a brand-new musical comedy by two of Australia’s most talented contemporary composers. 

Presented by Curtain World, the up-and-coming Brisbane production house, Zagazig is a unique offering to the Brisbane theatre scene. Uniting a team of emerging and professional artists, this ambitious piece of theatre presents the often-inaccessible opportunity for young and emerging artists to work at a professional and large scale.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre presents the return of one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras, Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF), on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 October 2023 as part of a national tour.

Prospero Arts and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) have announced the line-up of cast for The Wizard of Oz – In Concert’s exclusive Brisbane season in QPAC’s Concert Hall from 30 June to 2 July 2023. 

The hilarious play, Grand Horizons by Bess Wohl, is now playing at Brisbane's Newest Performing Arts Theatre, PIP Theatre! This must-see production boasts an all-star cast of iconic Brisbane screen and stage actors.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and internationally renowned contemporary circus company, Circa have announced the world premiere of a brand-new production Duck Pond, pirouetting and waddling into the Playhouse from 5 to 8 July 2023. 

MESShead is a new dark comedy, set in New York City, that explores the world of an emotionally stunted woman, Katherine, on a mission to be the most special person in every room. Just how much damage can you do to others by living in your head.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has announced the joyful and jubilant season of DIVAS from 20 to 23 July 2023 in the Playhouse. 

The 50th Anniversary production of legendary Rock ‘N’ Roll musical The Rocky Horror Show, currently touring Australia, has confirmed it will take up residence at The Star on Queensland’s Gold Coast from 3 September as part of its national tour.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has announced that the legendary Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis will return to QPAC's Concert Hall on 4 and 5 September 2023.  

Get ready to soak up the vibrant energy of the Sunshine Coast Chamber Music Festival as it returns for its third year. Over the King's Birthday long weekend from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th June, the festival will delight music enthusiasts with a range of bespoke events held in stunning natural locations and intimate venues across the Sunshine Coast.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre has announced the stunning artist line-up for its annual Songs of Hope concert set to light up the Concert Hall for one night only on 6 June 2023.   

A celebration of sisterhood, individuality and redemption finds the light at Brisbane Powerhouse this winter as The Little Red Company's sparkling Sister Act homage returns for five performances from 26 - 29 July.

“There's no place like home!” And soon, Prospero Arts' latest  production, The Wizard of Oz – In Concert  will call the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Concert Hall home for an exclusive Brisbane season from 30 June to 2 July 2023. 

Redcliffe Musical Theatre will partner for the first time with the new and upcoming Ghostlight Theatre Co. to present Louis Nowra's 'Cosi'.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has announced the compelling performance The Bigger Picture on Wednesday 31 May 2023 in the Concert Hall as part of Reconciliation Week.