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ABC News
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
QSO: Beethoven & Brahms
Brahms is said to have felt the pressure of continuing on with the development of music in Beethoven's shadow. So it is very apt to program the two composers in the same concert. Beethoven's infamous 4 note motif that starts the fifth symphony starts this concert and then after interval, Stephen Hough performs a mammoth work in Brahms' first piano concerto. Recorded in the QPAC Concert Hall on 14 June, 2025 by ABC Classic. Producer Lucas Burns. Sound Engineer Shelley Bishop. Program Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke Op. 12, No. 3 'Warum?' Artists Stephen Hough (piano) Queensland Symphony Orchestra Umberto Clerici (conductor) Find out more Visit the QSO here
7NEWS
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
Pretty Woman: The Musical is coming to Australia
One of Australia's favourite performers, Samantha Jade, will star as Vivian, in the upcoming Broadway and West End smash hit musical PRETTY WOMAN: The Musical, which makes its debut at QPAC Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in Brisbane in October before debuting at Theatre Royal Sydney from November. Based on the iconic film, Samantha will play the role made famous worldwide by the much-loved Julia Roberts. Samantha Jade has been a household name in Australia for many years since winning Channel 7's X Factor in 2012. She has amassed a collective 91 million streams and 2.3 million sales worldwide, released a single with Pitbull (Shake That) and released her album NINE in 2015 which hit #2 on the ARIA charts. The multi-talented Samantha has been a regular fixture on Australian television, starring as Kylie Minogue in the TV Miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, as well as an ongoing guest-starring role in Home & Away. She has also toured with One Direction and Westlife and has headlined the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras twice. In 2023, Samantha toured nationally with the Backstreet Boys and joined the cast of the second season of Celebrity Apprentice. Most recently, Samantha danced her way to the top as the runner-up of Channel 7's 2024 Dancing With The Stars and released her infectious single Peachy. The Broadway and West End smash hit musical PRETTY WOMAN: The Musical features music and lyrics by singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, alongside Jim Vallance. The musical broke box office records at the Nederlander Theatre when making its Broadway debut in 2018 and has also wowed audiences in Spain, Italy, Poland and Germany as well as an extended West End season. Once upon a time in the late '80s, Vivian met Edward and her life changed forever. Be swept up in their romance in this dazzlingly theatrical take on a love story for the ages – and get to know these iconic characters in a whole new way – in a sensational show that took London's West End by storm, guaranteed to lift your spirits and light up your heart. With a blazing rock score from GRAMMY® winners Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance (Summer of '69, Heaven), direction and choreography by Tony Award® winner Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, Hairspray) and a book by the original movie's director Garry Marshall & screenwriter J.F. Lawton, a powerhouse creative team representing the best of music, Hollywood and Broadway ensures you'll have a pretty magical time at PRETTY WOMAN: The Musical. Book your tickets for a trip to Rodeo Drive and get ready for a big night out. Big. Huge! Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) Lyric Theatre, Brisbane From 5 October 2025 From 30 November 2025
ABC News
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
QSO: Umberto's Mahler
Mahler's 6th symphony ends with 3 big hammer blows, which represent the blows of destiny. Night follows in the 7th symphony, after which comes day, and a big celebration of life. In 2024, The Queensland Symphony Orchestra's Chief Conductor, Umberto Clerici, continued the Mahler Cycle with this incredible work which is the sole piece in the program. Recorded in the QPAC Concert Hall on February 24, 2024 by ABC Classic. Producer Lucas Burns. Sound Engineer Costa Zouliou. Program Gustav Mahler: Symphony No 7 in E minor Artists Queensland Symphony Orcestra Umberto Clerici (conductor) Find out more Visit the QSO here
ABC News
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
QSO: The Tempest
Shakespeare's stories have inspired music by many composers. This concert features music from 4 composers who were all inspired by The Tempest and are interspersed with narration by John Bell. John is Australian Theatre Royalty, and has performed such monumental Shakespearean roles as Hamlet, Macbeth, Prospero, Falstaff, and King Lear. Recorded in the QPAC Concert Hall on 3 May, 2025 by ABC Classic. Producer Lucas Burns. Sound Engineer Shelley Bishop. Program Arthur Honegger: The Tempest Jean Sibelius: The Tempest (selections). Includes Henry Purcell's The Tempest overture Pyotr Tchaikovsky: The Tempest (Burya) Fantasy Overture Artists John Bell (narrator) Queensland Symphony Orchestra Umberto Clerici (conductor) Find out more Visit the QSO here
Sydney Morning Herald
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Every empty seat is a missed opportunity': QPAC's new boss brings back kids' festival Out of the Box
Rachel Healy has strong views on the role of theatre on impressionable young minds. At the age of eight she was taken by her parents to see the musical Annie at the Adelaide Festival Centre. Her mind was blown. 'I wanted to be on stage with those orphans,' she admits. Healy's first job out of the University of South Australia was assistant editor at youth arts magazine Lowdown, where one of her earliest topics was QPAC's brand new biennial children's festival, Out of the Box. Some 33 years later, Healy is now QPAC's chief executive, and one of her tasks has been bringing back Out of the Box after a seven-year hiatus. 'It probably should have come back in '23 or '24, but every organisation was rebuilding after COVID, including QPAC,' Healy says. Out of the Box is a six-day event (Tuesday to Sunday, June 17-22) showcasing seven mainstage shows for kids, plus over a dozen workshops and activities, held in QPAC's theatres, event spaces, and at the State Library and QAGOMA. Shows include adaptations of kids' books The Gruffalo and Gurril Storm Bird, while workshops cover mindfulness, dance, a Bluey Puppetry Workshop and a cooking workshop in the kitchens of QPAC's fancy restaurant, Lyrebird.
