http://www.qpac.com.au
The Queensland Performing Arts Centre is home to some of the most fascinating and cutting edge pieces of theater in the world today, with shows and performances spanning a broad range from traditional theatre to rock and roll and dance pieces.
The QPAC started as the Cremore Theatre in 1911, founded by John Nell McCallum, the father of legendary Australian actor John McCallum. Beginning as an open air theatre on the corner of Melbourne Street and Stanley Quay. By the late 1960s, it had become more of an unofficial cultural centre: a concert hall, a traditional theatre, a museum for the fine arts, and a gallery. In 1974, with the loss of Her Majesty’s Theatre, Queensland finally officiated the Cremore as the Cultural Centre of Queensland.
Since then, the stage has been home to every major act of the last several decades. The list of musical performers includes the likes of Elvis Costello, Brian Wilson, The Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and Cyndi Lauper, while the list of major musicals appearing on the stage include Cats, Les Miserables, CHICAGO, The Phantom of the Opera and A Chorus Line, to list only a few.
Today, the QPAC plays host to legendary and up-and-coming acts and shows from around the world with a special focus on Australia’s finest performing artists, such as the Australian Ballet, the Brandenburg Orchestra and Opera Queensland, who have made QPAC their permanent home.
It’s fair to say that a trip to Queensland is not only incomplete, but inconsequential without a trip to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
