Holiday fun for kids at QPAC
Samuel Welsh and Teale Howie in The 78-Storey Treehouse
The summer school holidays are here and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC)’s family program SummerSet, is set to launch a wonderful of shows up to 13 January 2018.
From Tall Stories (creators of The Gruffalo and The Snail and the Whale stage shows) Emily Brown and the Thing runs from 12 to 23 December 2017, with the first presentation of this work in Queensland. This page to stage sensation rolls into the Cremorne Theatre, QPAC following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and is sure to let the audiences’ imaginations run wild.
Based on the book by Cressida Cowell (author of How to Train Your Dragon) and Neal Layton, audience members aged 3 plus will be able to follow Emily Brown and her rabbit Stanley on their magical adventures to help the ‘Thing’ get to sleep.
The 78-Storey Treehouse opens as a world premiere in the Playhouse, QPAC from 13 to 23 December 2017. Based on the popular children’s book by Andy Griffiths and illustrated by Terry Denton, this is the fourth book from the series to be expertly adapted for the stage by Richard Tulloch.
Following a sold-out presentation of The 13-Storey Treehouse at QPAC in April 2017, audience members aged 6 years and over will see the treehouse’s new additions; a high security potato chip factory and an open-air movie theatre. Whilst Andy and Terry’s treehouse keeps growing, the number of days until the show’s premiere season closes is declining, so make sure to grab your tickets now!
The Funatorium: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party will immerse audiences aged 5 years and over into the world of circus and cabaret from 3 to 13 January 2018 in the Playhouse, QPAC following its sold-out premiere season at Sydney Opera House.
Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland a cast of circus performers will treat the crowd to a show full of acrobatics, circus, singing, dancing and roller skates – made just for kids.
Brainiac Live! explodes into the Concert Hall, QPAC from 9 to 13 January 2018. Based on the multi-award winning TV show the crowd will be thrilled by exploding dustbins, combusting microwaves and live daredevil stunts! Audiences aged 7 years and above will be baffled as the Brainiacs take on loads of messy, loud, all-action experiments that test the limits of science.
Children can also become an official member of the Brainiac Academy, with a ticket upgrade, and put their detective skills to the test at the Brainiac Detective Academy. Limited spaces are available for these hands-on workshops with the stars of Brainiac Live!
For more information or to book go to www.qpac.com.au/summer or call 136 246.