Queensland Ballet celebrates the 10-year anniversary of Li Cunxin AO's Artistic Directorship in 2022, with a new season that includes favourites, blockbusters and new works. Giselle is the supernatural tale of a young peasant girl with a passion of dancing who is courted by Albrecht, a duke pretending to be a peasant. After Giselle finds out that Albrecht is already engaged and dies of a broken heart, she is turned into a Wilis, a vengeful spirit that preys on young men, and has to choose between...

Rock The House is a music fan’s dream gig – hit after hit after hit. Australian music legends John Paul Young, Ross Wilson, Russell Morris, Glenn Shorrock, Brian Cadd and Ella Hooper perform all their hit songs backed by an awesome line up of Australia’s finest musicians. Together these artists have had a combined total of over 80 Top 40 hits, including classics such as “Eagle Rock”, “The Real Thing”, “Weir”, “A Little Ray of Sunshine”, “Reminiscing” and “Love Is In The Air”.

Timeless – A Brisbane State High School Centenary Celebration Brisbane State High School and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre have partnered to create a spectacular theatre performance – Timeless – to celebrate the school’s centenary. Timeless will be performed live from Wednesday 1 June to Saturday 4 June at Playhouse, QPAC. Showcasing the creativity and talents of 350 State High students, alumni and staff, this is a must-see show. Through Dance, Music, Drama and Audio-Visual Design, the audience will be transported back in time to discover...

Queensland Ballet celebrates the 10-year anniversary of Li Cunxin AO‘s Artistic Directorship in 2022, with a new season that includes favourites, blockbusters and new works. Li's Choice is a trio of works hand-selected by Artistic Director Li Cunxin AO, which includes Natalie Weir's We Who Are Left, a highly physical and deeply emotive work about humanity and war, Greg Horsman's Glass Concerto, set to Philip Glass's neo-classical music, and Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Elite Syncopations, an playful and upbeat dance concert with gaudy costumes and comic flair.

Love, intensity, heartache Violetta is the ultimate party girl, a courtesan who can charm her way into the life of anyone she chooses. Then she meets Alfredo and the rules of the game change. They fall madly in love but the society around them has other ideas. La Traviata has held audiences in wonder since its premiere, offering a glimpse into a world of opulence, wild parties, and forbidden love, all to the sublime music of Giuseppe Verdi. Opera Queensland’s La Traviata features an ensemble of some of Australia’s...

Queensland Ballet celebrates the 10-year anniversary of Li Cunxin AO‘s Artistic Directorship in 2022, with a new season that includes favourites, blockbusters and new works. One of Sir Kenneth MacMillan's most iconic works, Manon tells the story of a young peasant girl in 18th century France, who as to choose between marrying Monsieur GM, who can lift her out of poverty, or Des Grieux, whom she loves, as she flees to New Orleans.

Ensemble Trivium is a dynamic collective of Brisbane’s leading musicians, performing chamber music featuring the flute. Since 2015, Ensemble Trivium has been dazzling audiences with their fresh, vibrant programming and inspired combinations of instruments. Based in Brisbane, Ensemble Trivium performs a range of traditional and contemporary chamber repertoire, including commissions of new works and unearthing hidden gems. Various combinations of the group include flute, violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, voice, piano and percussion. They will be performing a concert at 33 Vulture Street on 6 October....

Through five unfolding chapters – Atmosphere, Shared, Burn, Invisible and Change – the work of contemporary artists in ‘Air’ will inspire visitors to consider the global environmental and social challenges we face, including sustainability, equity and connectivity. Mona Hatoum’s neon-lit sculpture Hot Spot aptly describes our ecological crisis and Carlos Amorales’s swarm of black butterfly and moth silhouettes Black Cloud is a stark reminder of the fragility of life. New commissions in ‘Air’ include Jemima Wyman’s Plume 20, a vast, cloud of air created from a collage of images depicting protest...

A study of misunderstanding that seeks to unify through limited perceptions. Get ready for an immersive dance-theatre work that asks the audience to select a side, show their true colours and get ready to dance-off as if their lives depend on it. There is no right or wrong, only dance. Deeply seductive with a satirical edge, Hold Me Closer Tony Danza confronts our modern life through the subversion of its pop sensibilities. In a world driven by information overload, it asks how we can still...

Shakespeare's macabre tale of Macbeth is coming to QPAC. The Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Opera Queensland Chorus will be led by Umberto Clerici, playing Verdi's famous opera score. With José Carbó as Macbeth and Anna Louise-Cole as Lady Macbeth, watch the timeless tale be brought to life once more and get your tickets on QPAC's website.

Catch sight of captivating art pieces and musicians at QAGOMA's new event Air Up Late. Featuring artists like Tomás Saraceno and musicians like Alice Skye, Clea, Camp Cope, Melaleuca, & Special Features, visitors will be able to experience both incredible exhibitions and live music. Audiences will also be able to create their own floating artworks in the Suspended Particles workshop. Tickets and more information are available on QAGOMA's website.

Celebrating famous composer Francis Poulenc, Irena Lysiuk and Alex Raineri will be delivering two intimate performances as part of the Opera Queensland Studio Series, as well as sharing secrets and insights into the music that has defined their careers. Soprano Irena Lysiuk will perform an intimate recital celebrating Poulenc, punctuated by her musing of the significance of his compositions across her dazzling career to date. Francis Poulenc was a French composer famed for his Gloria, his piano works, and for his part in the composer...

  A new production of famous children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle will be taking place at QPAC's Playhouse Theatre. Directed by Jonathan Rockerfeller, the show will feature over 75 magical puppets and three other stories by Carle, including Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?,  Ten Little Rubber Ducks and The Very Busy Spider. A fantastic first theatre performance for children.

Taking the temperature of the state of women and mental health is the premise of SHE, a new work at Metro Arts - the last couple of years have been rough and we want to talk about it. The good, the bad, and the really quite bad. SHE (See us, Hear us, Engage with us) examines women's mental well-being in a post-me-too, post-pandemic world by indelabilityarts and The Good Room, and created by curating hundreds of real-life stories of women's experiences over the past few years....

There’s queens, there’s All Stars, and then… there are Legends! Featuring the legendary legends of All Stars 7 and undoubtedly the most in-demand Drag Royalty in the world: Trinity The Tuck, Monét X Change, and reigning queen of all queens - Jinkx Monsoon. After selling out the first show they've released a second and final show, on sale now at The Princess Theatre.

A celebration of love, laughter and friendship, musical Mamma Mia! returns to Brisbane featuring 22 of ABBA’s greatest hits. Book tickets on the QPAC website.

The Party is the much-anticipated new headline production by creative geniuses and Brisbane Festival regulars Strut & Fret. This outrageous risqué spectacular makes its Queensland debut at South Bank Piazza from 1 to 23 September 2023 as part of Brisbane Festival’s exciting Piazza program. Strut & Fret, the creative force behind powerhouse circus cabaret shows BLANC DE BLANCENCORE and LIMBO, describe THE PARTY as an evening of utmost sophistication featuring unbelievably talented international performers–but with absolutely no rules! With a lavish stage set for an...