With Queensland’s COVID-19 restrictions significantly lifted and hopefully going to stay that way, now would be the ideal time to begin planning activities during the school holiday period. If you are deciding to remain in the state, in particular around South-East Queensland, and the idea of heading back into a performing arts venue… this announcement may be right up your alley.
After having to delay their trip to Brisbane from the swamp – Shrek, Fiona and Donkey are all headed to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) these school holidays for Shrek the Musical. The season is highlighted as the “first major musical to open to a 100% capacity audience in Australia […] since the onset of COVID-19”.
Shrek the Musical was due to be performed in Brisbane earlier this year as part of The Gordon Frost Organisation’s East Coast Tour, but had to be cancelled due to COVID-19. The season will commence in the QPAC Lyric Theatre from 9 January 2021, with tickets to go on-sale starting Thursday 3 December 2020. If you subscribe to their e-news or are on the Musicals Waitlist, check your inbox now to see if you received a pre-sale offer.
QPAC will be presenting this season in association with Gordon Frost Organisation, the first time in a while that the centre has been lead presenter in a musical theatre production. Given how long it has been since Shrek the Musical was performed in Sydney, a new cast is due to be announced in due course. Knowing the guy who was wearing the Shrek outfit for the announcement… I would vote for him!