Bloom sings the Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt and Carole King Songbooks
23 Mar 23
The B
Celebrate the hits of vocal powerhouses Stevie Nicks, Carole King and Linda Ronstadt
Season 2023
What’s on
The Romantic Piano: with concert pianist Konstantin Shamray
25 Mar 23
The B
Crisp, articulated and consummately musical
Golden Days
6 May 23
The B
The Tenor from Oz, direct from London’s West End, sings the best songs from movies and musicals.
Puffs
11 May – 20 May 23
The Q
A fast-paced comedy that takes a whimsical look at what life looks like for the people never destined to save the world.
The Alphabet of Awesome Science
26 May – 27 May 23
The Q
A scientific race through the alphabet — where awesome words inspire awesome science!
The Twits
13 Jul – 15 Jul 23
The Q
Dahl’s gruesome twosome The Twits, live on stage in a visually-spectacular, delightfully-disgusting, revoltingly-funny production for the whole family
Legacies
2 Aug – 5 Aug 23
The Q
There were once six Scottish lads who stowed away on a ship, chasing dreams of adventure…
JUST LIVE ON STAGE!
11 Aug – 12 Aug 23
The Q
Andy Griffiths’ awesome JUST series mashed together in a theatrical rodeo
Triceratop
24 Nov – 25 Nov 23
The B
A gay dinosaur climate change love story parable about loneliness and eco disaster.
King Lear
29 Nov – 3 Dec 23
The Q
A bold, contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s epic tragedy, King Lear.
About the season
With COVID and construction continuing to create difficulties (not to mention rate rises, a federal election, war, and the death of a Monarch), 2022 has kept it interesting right to the end. I am so grateful to our patrons who have stuck with us despite the craziness, and I’m excited to welcome everyone to our 15th year at The Q.
2023 features a handpicked season of plays from around our country that showcases the best in new Australian writing, inspiring local performers, comedy, cabaret, music and more. After the last 3 years of chaos, we are presenting you with a season that will entertain, intrigue, and delight you, but it will also inspire and provoke, and perhaps even be a catalyst for change.
Our Q the Locals programme enters its second year, and we are bringing you 2 mainstage productions from local artists—Legacies, written and directed by one of our 2022 Young Ambassadors, Rachel Pengilly, and Little Women—The Musical, produced by Heartstrings Theatre Company and directed by Ylaria Rogers (Urinetown, Shrek). We’re also programming a myriad selection of performances from around our region that will tug at your soul and make you laugh until you’re rolling in the aisles.
We will continue to champion our wonderful community of regional theatre makers with musicals from Queanbeyan Players and Free-Rain Theatre Company, as well as welcoming back the incredible classical musicians from the National Capital Orchestra.
Our 2023 Season will make history come alive, bring literary classics to the stage like you’ve never seen them before, introduce kids to the stories their parents loved, and their parents to new characters and worlds.
While we can’t close the book on COVID yet, we can certainly turn the page. This is more than just a season brochure, this is an invitation to join us in opening the next chapter.
Welcome to 2023 at The Q!
Jordan Best
Artistic Director & Programming Manager
Watch the launch