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Disney's Frozen, the hit Broadway musical, will have its Queensland premiere at the Lyric Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) tomorrow night, 12th February 2022.

Disney magic is coming to the Queensland Museum this summer with Disney: The Magic of Animation set to open in June 2022. Every great animated movie starts with an artists’ brushstroke, and the team at Walt Disney Animation Research Library is bringing an amazing selection of artwork from their extensive catalogue in this enchanting exhibition that takes you behind the scenes of your favourite animated films.

In February, March and April the Australian String Quartet will tour Britten Paterson Beethoven around the nation. 

PLAYLAB THEATRE turns 50 this year and on this milestone they celebrate and reflect their rich history, whilst looking towards an exciting future! Founded in 1972 as the Queensland Playwrights Laboratory, then Playlab INC and now Playlab Theatre, they have spent 50 years championing new Australian works that interrogate Australian society through excellence in text-based theatre.

An American in Paris does what it expects to do, it takes you away into a world of technicolour and jazz and then returns you feeling a bit better than before. Whilst the story lacks, technically it's divine. And in this case, that's enough.

The Australian Ballet and GWB Entertainment today announced a pause in the premiere season of An American in Paris, at QPAC's Lyric Theatre, due to COVID-related illness.

Bass Fam Creative has announced that the Brisbane season of ORACLE has been postponed. The show was set to begin this Thursday at The Princess Theatre.

From the creative team behind the award-winning MATADOR and the critically acclaimed MANSION, comes their latest fusion of circus, burlesque, dance & contemporary storytelling: ORACLE. And it is one for the gods! It commences a national tour with a world premiere in Melbourne from 5th January 2022 at Playhouse theatre.

QPAC Chief Executive John Kotzas said Jono Perry was infinitely qualified to take on the important role bringing more than 23 years' experience as a leader, producer and manager in large commercial and leading not-for-profit arts organisations.

Last night I went to the opening night of Vulcana Circus's Circus in a Teacup, a show which came about as a result of a collaboration between Vulcana Circus, Brisbane Domestic Violence Service and Micah Projects. The cast features both circus members and survivors of gender-based abuse to tell their stories and share their resilience against their oppressors.

The Little Red Company's production of Christmas Actually is a joyous, toe-tapping evening of theatre that provides us with the wholesome, festive content that we need.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) today announced a free digital broadcast of its annual Spirit of Christmas concert would be made available via its website on Friday 24 December at 7pm.

From pop, rock and swing to Broadway hits, orchestra and opera, Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Concert Hall will be chockers with something for all music fans this March.

Frontier Touring and More Talent have announced the Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee will return to the shores in June 2022, bringing his critically acclaimed stage production Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age to eager audiences in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.

shake & stir's A Christmas Carol runs from the 2nd-24th of December at the Playhouse, QPAC

Over the past two decades, Circa has forged a reputation as the most artistically audacious circus on the planet. With productions ranging from large scale operas and vast choreographic spectacles through site specific adventures and intimate chamber works, the breadth of its vision is unparalleled.

Created by The Local Lesbians, Lesbian Love Stories is a joyous yet occasionally heartbreaking depiction of sapphic tales from around the world

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) today announced the line-up for Clancestry, a three-week program from 14 February to 5 March 2022 which will bring together First Nations voices, ideas and talent through performance and professional development opportunities. 

Dolly Partons's smash-hit West End musical, 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL, will be coming to Brisbane following its Sydney premiere. Find out how to get tickets.

The Musical Theatre Students of the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University's production of Grease was of a high calibre, but the weight of its outdated message was too heavy to ignore

Inspired by the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, this highly anticipated new Australian work comes to life on stage with veteran performer Hugh Parker as Sherlock Holmes, one of the most legendary characters of literature and screen.

Set in the 1960s, first performed in the 1980s, Away is an Australian classic which tells the story of three stories woven together with an embedded Shakespearean text of A Midsummer Night's Dream and ending with a passage from King Lear. Filled with pop culture references to going away, it's a show about escapism and the simplicity of escaping to the beach. It explores the human condition and themes of love, pain, trauma, loneliness of youth.

shake & stir's Fourthcoming is refreshing, joyous and innovative. If you love reality tv or if you want to experience a night of sexyness, laughter and exquisite stagecraft and writing, this is the show for you.

After smashing the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Fringe World Perth, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Melt Festival Brisbane this year, Reuben Kaye, the star of The Butch is Back, will return to Brisbane with his acclaimed late-night adults-only cabaret variety show The Kaye Hole.

Following the announcement of the 2022 season, Queensland Ballet has announced its Company line up for next year.