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Starting from Wednesday this week, audiences in Queensland will be able to enjoy a comedic and musical take on one of Jane Austin's most iconic literary works - Pride and Prejudice - with producers Neil Gooding Productions and Woodward...

The cast for the upcoming 2026 Australian tour of the musical comedy Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) has been officially revealed. This production features a five-person ensemble responsible for portraying all characters from the story, including the Bennet family...

While the Queens have had some time away off Australian stages following multiple years of touring Australia, Australian theatrical producers Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Linda Lewick have confirmed that Six the Musical will be returning to audiences across...

A new Australian staging of Steel Magnolias has been announced for 2026, directed by Lee Lewis and featuring a cast of six. Written by Robert Harling, the production will visit Brisbane, Sydney, Wollongong, Canberra, Perth and Melbourne across April...

Following its West End run, comedy production Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is set to tour Australia in 2026. The production will open at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre on 18 June before heading to the Sydney Opera House, Wollongong, Canberra,...

A new Australian production of The 39 Steps, the Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 spy thriller, is set to tour nationally from August 2024. Combining classic espionage with rapid-fire comedy, the show features just...

It was hinted that something surprising would feature at QPAC during Brisbane Festival 2025, and today we discovered what that is going to be. Shake & Stir Theatre Co, in collaboration with Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and Brisbane...

Bangarra Dance Theatre, one of Australia’s major Indigenous performing arts companies, will bring their latest work Illume to Queensland audiences this August. Staging at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s (QPAC) Playhouse from 1 to 9 August 2025, this production...

Queensland’s Australasian Dance Collective (ADC) is set to mark its 40th anniversary with Blue, a triple bill that reflects on the company’s past, present, and future. The production will be staged at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) Playhouse...

Following a national tour featuring seasons in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney, Shake & Stir Theatre Co’s stage adaptation of Frankenstein will return to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre's (QPAC) Playhouse for a strictly limited season from 24 May to...

Long before Bluey became the world's most significant children's cultural export, in the late 80s to very early 2000s, there were four seasons of the Australian children's comedy Round the Twist. Having grown up as a child of the...

As a kid growing up during the 90s, I remember when the clock struck 5 o'clock when ABC (Channel 2) would shift from their young audience programming to their more broader youth audience TV shows - the star being...