A key part of the leadership and investment role that QPAC plays in the performing arts industry is
providing the resourcing and facilities needed for artists and arts companies to flourish and growth
of our industry.
In addition to performance spaces, QPAC also offers much-needed rehearsal space for artists, educators, and creatives to create, develop and refine work for the stage. From an emerging independent theatre company needing space and support to work through the creative development phases of a work, through to production companies needing to rehearse large touring works on a stage of scale, QPAC fulfils many purposes for the sector. Ongoing investment in our infrastructure is required year on year for a variety of capital projects to ensure QPAC continues to offer professional fit-for-purpose facilities to allow the development and growth our industry.
The various needs that arise include technical infrastructure upgrades, investment in musical equipment, equipment and fixture updating, and redevelopment of spaces to respond to organisational needs. This requires investment that is over and above the significant support we receive from government.
Consistent investment in the physical infrastructure of QPAC is essential to ensuring we remain a nimble organisation that is responsive to the changing demands and needs of our audiences and industry. Ensuring that our facilities are of the highest standard and fit-for-purpose also allows us to deliver on the philosophical and practical priorities that we have as the home of the performing arts in Queensland.
Gallery
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Lyric Theatre seat upgrade project, 2025. Photography Intrec. 
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QPAC New Performing Arts Venue - Exterior Concept Only 
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QPAC New Performing Arts Venue - Interior Concept Only 
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QPAC New Performing Arts Venue - Exterior Concept Only 
Case Study
With the completion of our new theatre imminent, our attention turns to the next steps of this journey: an opportunity to transform the vast area underneath its auditorium into flexible creative spaces. These flexible spaces will increase our potential to invest in the creation of new work, to share more Queensland stories and collaborate with more Queensland artists and arts companies.
Our ambition to become a nationally preferred venue for producers to develop, rehearse and premiere new touring productions will also be furthered by the ability to offer state of the art rehearsal space onsite
at QPAC. Importantly, the studios will help enrich QPAC’s educational offerings by providing a flexible engagement and performance space suited to educators, students and young people. Embedded digital infrastructure will also allow us to further our reach to regional audiences and enrich our Digital Stage offerings.
Though essential, these flexible performance and creative spaces fall outside the project scope of the new theatre build. We now seek to leverage the generous contribution from the Queensland Government, by calling on philanthropic support to ensure the spaces are completed to the highest standard.
Fundraising Key Areas
Our fundraising focus spans six key areas that reflect the principles that guide QPAC as a Queensland cultural institution.
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Swan Lake – Ballet Preljocaj, 2025. Photographer David Kelly National and International Partnerships
QPAC has long collaborated and partnered with the most original, compelling and ambitious performing arts companies and artists, as well as their equivalents, from Australia and around the world to establish QPAC as a centre of arts excellence.
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Out of the Box - Wishing Wall, 2025.Photographer Peter Wallis. Young People, Education and the Arts
QPAC is seeking to build on its existing commitment to children’s programming by establishing a year-round education program catering to children of all year levels, recognising and demonstrating the importance of the arts in education and life-long learning.
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Digital Stage - Partnership launch at Arcare, 2025.Photographer Sam Mellor. Access and Outreach
QPAC's long-standing public engagement program seeks out opportunities to partner with external community organisations, establish community-based participatory experiences and identify regional outreach possibilities.
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First Gathering – Clancestry, 2023. Photographer Jo-Anne Driessens. First Nations Voices
Created, produced and managed by a team of First Nations creatives, our program supports new works in development and trains and upskills new artists and arts workers through full scale stage works, festivals, and community events.
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Love Stories, 2024. Photographer David Kelly. Queensland Artists and Stories
Through meaningful collaborations, strategic investments and partnerships, QPAC is committed to sharing Queensland stories by providing artists and creatives with the time and resources they need to turn their ideas into new works of scale.