Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: QPAC Organ Concerts
Date: 8th May 1987
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 25th July 2000
Description: The School's Launch provided educators with the opportunity to learn about the themes and learning experiences of performances from Out of the Box 2000 program.
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 24th October 2000
Description: Inspired by Michèle Lemieux's Stormy Night, Wide Awake follows a young child who is trying to sleep during a storm. The child's mind begins to think of questions: 'Who am I? What am I?' As the s...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: Between 24th October 2000 and 28th October 2000
Description: Out of the Box returned in 2000 with a new program of performances and visual art. The program reflected the changes of childhood and encouraged children to celebrate who they are, what they know...
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Date: 4th September 1998
Description: Created by Debbie Rakusin and David Matamela, African Moves, combined traditional African dance with street jive (Pantsula), jazz, contemporary dance and tap. This blend of styles created an ener...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 5th September 1998
Description: Dance Day was part of the South Bank Kids' Village for Out of the Box 1998. Coordinated by Queensland Ballet, Dance Day was an all-day dance extravaganza where dancers from across the city showca...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 4th September 1998
Description: Play School Live! was part of the South Bank Kids' Village for Out of the Box 1998. Two play school presenters alongside some of the well-loved toys performed a variety of concerts for children.
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 4th September 1998
Description: David Poulton's Theatre of Puppets presented the première season of Pinocchio at Out of the Box 1998.
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 3rd September 1998
Description: My Big Backyard was a part of Picturebook Land. Inspired by Jeannie Baker's book, Where the Forest Meets the Sea, a group of young artists (aged between 5 and 10 years old) presented their interp...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 31st August 1998
Description: In a large interactive arena, children could explore all forms of dance with Arts Dance students from the Queensland University of Technology.
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 31st August 1998
Description: Jodie and Dazza work at the Big Blue Surf School. One day after some bad news Jodie goes surging alone, something Dazza says she should never do. After a wipeout, her life flashes before her and ...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 31st August 1998
Description: Inspired by Susan Venn's books, Roy and Matilda must solve their most baffling case yet. Characters materialise from paintings to help or hinder them and thankfully the audience can help them loo...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 31st August 1998
Description: Located across QPAC were the works of art created by children with artist Raquel Redmond, Nick Ashby and Tony Rice. These artists were part of a three-month long Artist-in-Residence program which...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: Between 31st August 1998 and 1st October 1998
Description: Kids' Village was a dedicate space for children featuring roving performers, dancers, stilt walkers, puppeteers, storytellers and craft workshops.
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 31st August 1998
Description: Maiwar - Meeting Place by the River provided a space for children to experience and learn more about Indigenous Australian cultures. Children could listen to stories told by Aboriginal elders, wa...
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Date: 2nd September 1998
Description: Folk tales from across the world are retold through music, dance, masks and puppetry.
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 31st August 1998
Description: An introduction for young children to the works of William Shakespeare.
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 4th September 1998
Description: Featuring two characters, Monkey who embraces anything new and NIT a parasite who clings to the past. Monkey! was a simple metaphor for the evolution of man. Will Monkey and NIT work together to ...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 31st August 1998
Description: A hilarious retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in the modern world and told using traditional and contemporary puppet techniques.
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 1st September 1998
Description: The Boy and the Bamboo Flute, inspired by Vietnamese folklore, tells the story of a friendship between a peasant boy and a princess. Featuring mime, music, dance, martial arts and mask work.
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: Between 3rd September 1998 and 6th September 1996
Description: Picturebook Land explored the magic of books, words and pictures. Children could interact with authors and illustrators, listen to stories, watch illustrators draw, view short performances or rea...
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Date: 31st August 1998
Description: Turtle Island was a production about the interaction between turtles and people. Introducing children to the issues of conservation and the environment through stories about these visible but ext...
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Date: 28th August 1998
Description: Adapted from Natalie Jane Prior's book, The Paw is smart, brave and looking for an adventure. The audience will travel with The Paw to Brazil and together they will help save the sabre-toothed puma.
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Date: Between 20th April 1985 and 31st May 1995
Description: Exhibition from National Gallery Canberra in the Concert Hall Main Foyer to accompany the Opening Celebrations of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Pre opening events
Date: 15th March 1985
Description: One night only gala charity performance in aid of the Lady Bjelke-Petersen Welfare Fund. A concert with popular musical pieces played by the Queensland Pops Orchestra. Thie concert was presented ...
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Date: 28th August 1998
Description: Jenny and the Tennis Nut was a theatrical retelling of Janet Shulman's popular children's book. Using music, song and acrobatics to tell a story about fathers and daughters as well as dreams and ...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 29th August 1998
Description: The Labours of Hercules was originally produced in 1980 by Antonine Duhamel. Adapted to become a visual opera for children, The Labours of Hercules, combined mythology with circus to tell the sto...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 28th August 1998
Description: Sir Quincey Judd-Sprockett wants to close the Unexpected School on Hurricane Peak. Acting Principal Heathcliff Warlock and Head Prefect Zanzibar (a cat) are trying to stop this evil plan. Togethe...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 28th August 1998
Description: Inspired by the works of Eric Carle, Twinkle Twinkle Little Fish is a celebration of the world's animals and insects. Through a combination of stories, puppetry, music and visual images this comm...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 31st August 1998
Description: For a baby in the Playpen, everything has a musical possibility. Dummies become reed instruments, inflatable toys become bagpipes and rattles become maracas. Playpen is a musical treat for young ...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 2nd September 1998
Description: A tale of a Granny who becomes a pirate, an armchair that becomes a pirate ship and the adventure they have tackling the bullying sea monster. Using puppets, song, and audience interaction this p...
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Date: 31st August 1998
Description: Curated by Beryl Davis and designed by Christopher Smith, The Art of Eric Carle, featured 50 of Carle's original works. Including works from some of his most famous stories such as The Very Hungr...
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: Between 28th August 1998 and 6th September 1998
Description: Out of the Box 1998 featured eleven commissioned works as well as fifteen productions from local, national and international talent. Accompanying the festival was a series of Festival Forums as w...
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Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Out of the Pouch was held in the Gondwana Wildlife Sanctuary at the South Bank Parklands. Visitors learnt about animals that come from pouches including koalas, wombats and wallabies.
Format: EventRelated items: Calculating...Series: Out of the Box
Date: 10th June 1996
Description: Bristol Paints recreated Noah's Ark with all of the animals and their mates.
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Date: 14th June 1996
Description: Becky can change into any creature she wishes. But when her dog, Offenbach goes missing, she knows she is the only one who can solve the mystery of the vanishing animals.
