QPAC

We pay our respects to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ancestors of this land, their spirits and their legacy. The foundations laid by these ancestors gives strength, inspiration and courage to current and future generations, both First Nations and non-First Nations peoples, towards creating a better Queensland.

Out of the Box is a biennial festival for children eight years and under, held at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).

More than a million people have attended an Out of the Box event throughout its lifetime with over 1,600 performances, 2,500 workshops and 9,500 free events delivered. We are proud to have played a leading role in Australia in developing children’s performing arts programming, commissioning over 100 new works during the festival’s history and connecting arts and education.

Out of the Box includes cultural activity crafted to celebrate and support learning, play, curiosity and discovery for children and their families as they learn and grow together. Out of the Box acknowledges and celebrates the value and importance of the arts in education and life-learning.

Out of the Box takes pride in its history as a national leader in programming for young children, nurturing children's creativity and imagination.

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Connecting children with their artistic and literary potential

Two of Australia’s leading artists – writer Libby Hathorn and composer Elena Kats-Chernin – along with a team of expert performance makers, took Libby’s book Outside, and explored its transformation into an opera for children in a shared space between the artists, creatives, children, and their adults.

Before, During, After is a space to share stories and new ideas – where you can meet and interact with leading professional artists, to share the love of arts, literature and performance. The program aims to include children in the creative process through sharing and questioning, examining what it means to be an artist and how artists arrive at their original ideas – connecting children with their artistic and creative lives.