Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Part of the Queensland Cultural Centre , the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, also known as '''''QPAC''''', is located at South Bank , Queensland , Australia , , near the Brisbane Central Business District (CBD). The Queensland Performing Arts Centre was opened by the Duke Of Kent in 1985 .

The Queensland Performing Arts Centre is a very large complex consisting of four theatre, or auditorium, venues for live performances. These theatre venues are:

The ''Lyric Theatre'' is a large-sized theatre. It is Brisbane's main venue for Operas , Ballets , Musicals and the like. It has received critical acclaim for its design, and hosts many international performances. The premiere production at the Lyric Theatre was "'' La Belle Hélène ''".

The ''Concert Hall'' is a large-sized auditorium with a concerts; The Seekers and The Hollies ; Opera Singer s Thomas Edmonds and Mary Martin ; and Comedians The Goodies and Pam Ayres ; and The Pipes And Drums Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards , .

The ''Cremorne Theatre'' is a small-sized theatre venue, especially catering for one-man plays and revues. Dennis Olsen has appeared in one-man shows such as '' A Song To Sing 0 '' in 1991 (which was about George Grossmith of Gilbert And Sullivan D'Oyly Carte fame), as has also appeared in a special Gilbert And Sullivan / Noel Coward one-man show called ''Dennis Olsen in Concert'' in 1996 . Dennis Olsen also appeared at the Cremorne Theatre in the Noel Coward production, "''Marvellous Party!''", with Amanda Muggleton .

The ''Playhouse'' (originally called "Optus Playhouse") is now Brisbane's major theatre for plays. Geoffrey Rush starred as Figaro in the play "'' The Marriage Of Figaro ''" (the play on which Mozart 's opera was based) for the Optus Playhouse's opening production in September , 1998 .

EXTERNAL LINKS

QPAC official website

About QPAC - QPAC official website

QPAC panorama photos

QPAC photos and sound

QPAC information

QPAC Museum - Australian Museums and Galleries Online

Lyric Theatre at QPAC - performances at the theatre (incomplete listing)

Cremorne Theatre at QPAC - performances at the theatre (incomplete listing)

Playhouse at QPAC - performances at the theatre (incomplete listing)

Cultural Centre Busway Station map - includes showing position of QPAC - pdf file

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