Culture reflects who we are and guides us towards what we want to be.
We have 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.
As an organisation, QPAC has become essential to Queensland’s vibrant and growing arts ecosystem. By bringing the best international and national touring productions to our stages, QPAC helps entertain, educate, and inspire audiences, elevating Queensland’s cultural reputation and contributing to the economic and social benefits of the arts. Through partnerships with respected artists and arts companies that provide professional development opportunities for Queensland artists, our audiences benefit and so too does the future of our local industry.
Gallery
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Behind the Scenes at Ballet Preljocaj, 2025.Photographer David Kelly. 
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Swan Lake – Ballet Preljocaj, 2025. Photographer David Kelly. 
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Swan Lake – Ballet Preljocaj, 2025.Photographer David Kelly. 
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Swan Lake – Ballet Preljocaj, 2025.Photographer David Kelly. 
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, 2023. Photographer Wallis Media. 
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Swan Lake – Ballet Preljocaj, 2025. Redlands Screening. 
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Das Rheingold, The Ring Cycle – Opera Australia, 2023. Photographer Pete Wallis. 
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Siegfried, The Ring Cycle – Opera Australia, 2023. Photographer Pete Wallis. 
Case Study
Established in 2009, the QPAC International Series has featured many of the world’s finest arts companies including the Bolshoi Ballet, Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company, The Royal Ballet, Ballet Preljocaj, and American Ballet Theatre.
The series was conceived to engage in a creative, cultural and intellectual exchange between countries and to not only deliver world class performances on QPAC stages but to find ways to enrich and develop our local arts industry through engagement opportunities beyond the stage. Renowned for pushing the boundaries of ballet, France’s leading contemporary ballet company, Ballet Preljocaj, returned to Brisbane in 2025 for its second exclusive season for QPAC’s International Series. The season sold out with more than 14,500 people experiencing the Company’s Swan Lake live on stage in Brisbane and thousands more via broadcast screenings throughout Queensland at 17 regionally-based community events.
Whilst the International Series is considered a remarkable success for its consistently sold out seasons and the significant number of visitors the Brisbane-exclusive seasons attract, the Series’ enduring impact is in its broad public engagement program.
This year as part of the public engagement program beyond the stage, QPAC hosted four post-show events including Q&A’s and a film screening with members of the Company alongside various local experts which were attended by almost 2,000 people. Thirty-eight pre-professional dancers, ballet and dance students took part in masterclasses taught by the some of the Company’s dancers learning excerpts from Swan Lake. In addition to more than 4,000 people who took part in the 17 regional screenings of Swan Lake and a free screening hosted by QPAC on the Melbourne Street Green there were a further 2,996 online views of the Digital Stage stream.
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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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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QPAC New Performing Arts Venue - Exterior Concept Only Fit-for-purpose Infrastructure and Facilities
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.
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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.