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This production is also available as part of a Queensland Ballet 2025 Season Package. For more information, visit Queensland Ballet’s website.

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Your holiday favourite returns for one final season

Celebrate Queensland Ballet’s final season of Ben Stevenson’s The Nutcracker!

Perfect entertainment for the whole family, Queensland Ballet’s festive favourite returns for one last year to enchant audiences with its sparkling winter wonderland. Choreographed by Ben Stevenson OBE and featuring the original Tchaikovsky score played live by Queensland Symphony Orchestra, this cherished Queensland Ballet tradition is in its thirteenth and final season.

It’s Christmas Eve and under tinsel and twinkling fairy lights, young Clara and Fritz are gifted new toys. But a visit from the mysterious Dr Drosselmeyer puts plans in a spin. When the clock strikes 12, nothing is as it seems! Clara and the Nutcracker Prince journey across a Lemonade Sea to the Kingdom of Sweets for a midnight rendezvous featuring all the character favourites, including the Sugar Plum Fairy, Mother Ginger and more.

This hugely popular ballet has been captivating audiences across the globe for more than 120 years. Queensland Ballet’s production was created by Ben Stevenson OBE in 1976 and premiered for Brisbane audiences in 2013. Don’t miss Queensland Ballet’s most cherished annual tradition with the whole family one last time.

World Class.

ArtsHub
… guaranteed box office bonanza.

Dance Australia
… a Christmas tradition that will open your mind – and your heart.

Courier Mail
It is a wonderful introduction to the art form for both young and old … A joyous Christmas season for all!

Dance Australia
The wintry wonderland of Queensland Ballet's The Nutcracker is a perfect antidote to Brisbane’s already sweltering summer.

Limelight
Even those of us who’ve seen the production every year can find something different to enjoy in the changing casts annually and within the season.

Limelight

The performance on 7 December 2025 is performed to recorded music. Recording by Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Voices of Birralee, conducted by Nigel Gaynor.

This performance uses strobe lighting and theatrical haze and smoke effects.

Purchase a ticket at QPAC in 2025 and go in the draw to win a Hyundai TUCSON Hybrid, thanks to Hyundai – proud Principal Partner of QPAC.

To enter the competition, submit an entry form via the QPAC 40 Giveaway competition page. Terms and conditions apply.

The Lyric Theatre Visual and Sensory Guide [PDF, 5MB] provides information on what you can expect while visiting QPAC.

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