From courtrooms to saloons, outback towns to corridors of power. . . Queensland Theatre presents a captivating 2025 season programme.
Queensland Theatre will stage eight mainstage productions, including three at Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s Playhouse. It’s a programme of world premieres, award-winning works, big-name artists, Queensland stars, and unmissable storytelling.
Things kick off with Jane Austen’s ‘Pride & Prejudice’, followed by a rollicking musical revival of ‘Calamity Jane’, David Williamson’s spiky, sassy ‘Rhinestone Rex And Miss Monica’, the heartfelt ensemble piece ‘Dear Son’, the critically acclaimed ‘Julia’, a ripped-from-the-headlines retelling in ‘Back To Bill’, a fearless new work in ‘Malacañang Made Us’, and Aaron Sorkin’s ‘A Few Good Men’.
The company will also launch its ambitious Creative In Cairns initiative, delivering programmes in 73 regional Queensland districts. It will also stage its first mainstage performance of 2025 in Toowoomba.
“Queensland sits at the epicentre of our 2025 season, from the stories we tell, to the artists on the stage, to the creative forces working behind the scenes and critically, to the people in our audiences who trust us to inspire, excite and delight them,” Queensland Theatre CEO Criena Gehrke says.
'Back To Bilo' – Image © Stephanie Coombes
“We are so proud to present a season that includes two world premieres – ‘Dear Son’ and ‘Malacañang Made Us’ – alongside bold new work, reimagined classics, blockbusters and globally resonant events adapted for the stage.
“Whether you are a Queensland Theatre veteran or inspired to join us for the first time, we know you’ll fall in love with the 2025 season.”
“With a wealth of stories, programmes and productions for audiences and communities across the state, Queensland Theatre is offering an expansive and inclusive season of work in 2025,” Minister For The Arts Leeanne Enoch says. “Queensland Government investment in Queensland Theatre’s First Nations Development Program over the next two years will also work to create new First Nations-led theatre work and exciting career pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and arts workers.”
The Creative In Cairns initiative will celebrate stories from the state’s stunning northern reaches, which will connect people to Country, and be told by a community whose knowledge and traditions span millennia.
Queensland Theatre’s 2025 programme begins with ‘Pride & Prejudice’ in February.
