“This show has it all!” The List, Edinburgh, 2016. “How is that even possible?” Daniel – age 7 Fresh from sell-out seasons around Australia and heralding 5-star reviews across the board, Children are Stinky are thrilled to be stinking out the joint at Brisbane Powerhouse 12 – 15 April 2018. Set as a retro ‘90’s […]

DATE Friday 23 February – Sunday 25 March 2018
TIME Various
VENUE Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane City Hall, SunPAC
INFO 07 3358 8600 / brisbanecomedyfestival.com

DATE: THU 30 NOV 2018 One hundred incredible speakers and artists from countries of the Commonwealth of Nations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO, the first Sri Lankan to climb Mount Everest Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala, founding chair of Our Watch and former leader of the Australian Democrats Natasha Stott Despoja […]

DATE: WED 22 NOV 2017 BRISBANE POWERHOUSE AND BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCE THE BRIDGE, A NEW $300K FOUR-YEAR ARTIST SUPPORT PROGRAM Brisbane Powerhouse, the city’s thriving centre for living arts, and Brisbane City Council have announced The Bridge, a $300k four-year program that will provide local performers and producers with targeted project support in order […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Understudy Productions and Brisbane Powerhouse present New Show “A Very Naughty Christmas” If raunchy reindeer, carnal carols, and a big long North Pole are on your wish list this year, Christmas is coming early! Don’t worry though — Santa never will. Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, these reindeer have something they’d […]

“This work will tickle your funny bone while prodding your deepest prejudices about the ‘typical’ Aussie male.”

In a quest to discover what we are all really thinking James Street welcomes New York Times Opinion Editor, modern day philosopher and former Google data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz for the fourth installment of RESORT. In his first ever Australian appearance on Sunday 29 October, Seth will draw on trillions of gigabytes of search data […]

Brisbane’s debaucherously delightful summer party is back, as Wonderland Festival rolls into Brisbane Powerhouse for 11 salacious nights of revelry from 23 November. An unrivalled end-of-year carnival of all things wacky and wonderful, this year’s Wonderland Festival serves up a seductive feast of more than 25 events. Now in its fourth year, Brisbane Powerhouse Artistic […]

From Matt Ward Entertainment Date: Friday 29 September 2017 Re: In The Heights Queensland Premiere   After careful consideration and community consultation, Matt Ward Entertainment wishes to advise of the decision to cancel the upcoming production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights at Brisbane Powerhouse.    We respectfully acknowledge concerns from the community regarding casting of the work and […]

SEPTEMBER 2017 Wax Lyrical Productions present “The Last Five Years” Brisbane Powerhouse plays host to this critically acclaimed musical this October Brisbane Powerhouse is playing host to the acclaimed 2001 musical, “The Last Five Years,”, written by Jason Robert Brown, Tony Award winning American composer and creator of Ariana Grande’s song “Gave it Away”. Produced […]

24 AUGUST 2017 TEG, Australasia’s leading ticketing, live entertainment and data analytics company, has today announced that Queensland’s home for contemporary culture, Brisbane Powerhouse, will join the Ticketek network from 1 September. Brisbane Powerhouse is located in a magnificent power station of the 1920s reborn as an arts centre on the Brisbane River. With over […]

In a Brisbane first, Margi Brown Ash will share her extraordinary talent with Brisbane audiences by performing two of her shows back to back – the acclaimed He Dreamed a Train and her award-winning Eve.