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Image: Pride & Prejudice. Photographer: Sam Scoufos 

From courtrooms to saloons, outback towns to the corridors of power, Queensland Theatre stages eight mainstage productions in 2025 – including three at QPAC’s Playhouse – and infuses its program with world premieres, award-winning works, big-name artists, Queensland stars and unmissable storytelling.

The first production of ‘Coriolanus’ on Australian stages since 1996, a new production of ‘Henry 5’ directed by Marion Potts, and an extensive national tour of ‘Romeo & Juliet’ -

Debora Krizak takes us behind the scenes of the art of pantomime, as she prepares to take the stage as the wicked Queen Grismalda in Snow White.

Lately I’ve barely had the chance to look into the mirror, let alone cast a spell, as anyone in musical theatre land knows that Sydney has plenty of new shows coming up in 2025. I’ve been dividing my time between audition prep*, teaching, my care support work, gigs and the newest addition to my CV – officiating funerals!

Image: Courtney Monsma, Sheridan Adams and Ensemble in WICKED. Photographer: Jeff Busby.

Coral Drouyn talks to Courtney and Emily Monsma on the eve of Wicked returning to Brisbane at QPAC this weekend.

There’s an Emerald City lurking in the distance in Wicked, which must surely be on everyone’s Favourite Musicals Of All Time list. However, there’s a Golden City just down the road from Brisbane’s cultural centre. It’s called - wait for it - The Gold Coast.