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Out of the Box Festival for Children 8 Years and Under

Locality: South Brisbane, Queensland

Phone: +61 136246

Address: Corner of Grey Street and Melbourne Streets 4101 South Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.outoftheboxfestival.com.au

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25.01.2022 Featuring brilliantly created puppets, this is Bluey as never seen before. A brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy award-winning children's television series, Bluey's Big Play The Stage Show features an original story by Brisbane’s own Bluey creator Joe Brumm and new music by Brisbane based Bluey composer, Joff Bush. Tickets are now on sale ‘for real life!’... https://atqp.ac/Bluey #BlueysBigPlay

25.01.2022 Confirming, QPAC’s theatres will now be closed until Thursday 30 April 2020. QPAC is continuing to review the Centre’s forward program in collaboration with companies and producers in light of unfolding advice and will provide updates to patrons and media as new information comes to hand.

22.01.2022 Here's a few ideas of things to do with the littlies over these holidays.

22.01.2022 Peter Combe received an OAM for service to the performing arts, particularly music for children on Australia Day. We are happy to announce he is coming to QPAC in May on his Greatest Hits Tour. Tickets on sale now atqp.ac/2O21f1s

22.01.2022 Here's some exciting news to start the week! The Wiggles are coming to QPAC on their Fun and Games Tour! This never before seen show will see Emma, Lachy, Simon and Anthony singing and dancing their way around Australia with all their Wiggly Friends; Captain Feathersword, Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus and newest Wiggly Friend; Shirley Shawn the Unicorn!... More details here: atqp.ac/37TLX6K

22.01.2022 Since it's International Day of Families, we thought you might like to know more about how young children can benefit from drawing a self-portrait. Here’s what parents and kids had to say at a recent QPAC Here I Am workshop: http://atqp.ac/hereiam

19.01.2022 Here I Am is sold out all week at Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown but come back February 3 - 16 when all the portraits will be on display in centre.

18.01.2022 Wackadoo! Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show is now on sale! And it’s REALLY for real life! See Bluey, Bingo, Mum and Dad as you’ve never seen them before Join The Heelers in their first live theatre show created just for you with puppetry, live actors and iconic Australian sets. 29 May 7 June 2020, Playhouse Grab tickets to this strictly limited season NOW: atqp.ac/Bluey

17.01.2022 Our 'Here I Am' workshops have begun at Redbank Plaza! If you're in the area, take your mini artistes over for fun-filled self portrait session guided by professional artists. Book here: https://bit.ly/3blYbdf

17.01.2022 Catch the very latest Shifting and Stirring online session for Australian Teaching and Participatory Artists working with children and the organisations that support them. The Offer of Relying on the Voice is a rare discussion and very practical, hands on offering from artist Sarah Houbolt who explains how to articulate and respect blind culture, and indeed the blind and partially sighted community. SHIFTING AND STIRRING Monday, 12 October 2020, 3pm to 5pm AEST... Learn more and register at eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/shifting-stirring-6-the-off Please note: this session will not be recorded so it is important to join live.

14.01.2022 NOW ON SALE We’re tickled pink to announce that our very littlest patrons babies 4mths to 18mths have their very own show to attend here at QPAC 18-22 February 2020 (with their carers of course ). Flower is a new 40-minute theatre-dance performance designed especially for babies by Korea’s Theatre Masil and Australia’s Sally Chance Dance, and celebrates babies as already complete human beings making choices, expressing preferences and being agents in their own world. Find out more. Strictly limited spots available so get in quick! atqp.ac/2TtBFWC

14.01.2022 We’ve got two pieces of good news to share this December 1st 1) A brand new Bluey Christmas episode is airing today! 2) It seems Bluey’s not only OUR favourite blue heeler Bluey has taken out the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award for Best Children’s Program! For real life!!! We can’t wait to bring Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show to you at the end of the month. Sign up to our waitlist to find out when extra tickets go on sale! https://atqp.ac/famwaitlist

13.01.2022 Looking for something fun to do with the kids during the school holidays? Redbank Plaza is hosting some of our team for some free hands-on fun for budding young artists from 18-22 January. Bookings are essential, so find out more here: https://bit.ly/2LC22rB

13.01.2022 Do you remember the Peanut Butter song? Now you can share it with your kids... Don't miss the Peter Combe Greatest Hits Tour. At QPAC 23 May.... Get your tickets here atqp.ac/2O21f1s See more

12.01.2022 YOU'RE INVITED! Head to Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown to see the ‘Here I Am’ Art Exhibition now on display. This is the result of the ‘Here I Am’ Self-Portrait Workshops held in January. The artwork display will run till Sunday 16 February!

11.01.2022 Remember the Here I am - Self Portrait workshops from the last Out of the Box festival? They've gone international, with a stint at the Singapore Children's Festival.

10.01.2022 If you are looking for an activity for the kids these school holidays, why not encourage them to share their wishful story. Their contributions will be used as inspiration for a series of bedtime stories, to be released online for free during Brisbane Festival this September. Check out the link for all the details.

08.01.2022 Looking for something to do over the school holidays? Out of the Box is headed to Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown to do ‘Here I Am’ Self-Portrait Workshops. Click the post below for all the details, and to book your spot.

08.01.2022 For all the little budding ballet dancers out there! Check out this fantastic program for 1 - 5 year old children with Queensland Ballet.

06.01.2022 It’s World Teachers Day and it just so happens that QPACian Brett Howe, Festival Director Out of the Box, paid a visit to the Year 1 students at Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosaville today. These gorgeous students are doing an enquiry unit on theatre and contacted us to learn more about what we do here at QPAC to prepare for and present shows. Questions like ‘Where do microphones go on stage?’ and ‘How do the curtains move up and stay up and why do you have them?’ were top of mind with these little ones. We sharing our passion for and knowledge of the arts with young people.

05.01.2022 Tiny Tumblers is Circa Contemporary Circus’s fun introduction to circus for little ones (3 and 4 year-olds) and their grown-ups. This parent and child course offers quality time teaching rope and fabric climbing, acro-balancing, mat tumbling, trampoline jumping, juggling, hula-hooping and trapeze swinging. Through storytelling, games and physical activities your child will learn about movement, listening, coordination and creativity. To celebrate Wolfgang’s debut season at QPAC, our dextrous friends at Circa have given us a 10% discount promo code for enrolling at their Training Centre. Use the promo code MATES when you book via this link: circa.org.au/training-centre/tiny-tumblers-trial-class/

03.01.2022 Here I Am self-portrait workshops are back at Sunnybank Plaza & Sunny Park this school holidays! Developed to inspire fun and creativity, the workshops are delivered with a team of professional artists from our QPAC Out of the Box Festival. Find out more here: http://atqp.ac/here