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Queensland Ballet The Nutcracker

5 - 13 Dec 2025
Lyric Theatre, QPAC
2 hours
(including interval, subject to change without notice)
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The Nutcracker 2025

Queensland Ballet The Nutcracker

5 - 13 Dec 2025
Lyric Theatre, QPAC

Your holiday favourite returns for one final season

Celebrate Queensland Ballet’s final season of Ben Stevenson’s The Nutcracker!

Perfect entertainment for the whole family, Queensland Ballet’s festive favourite returns for one last year to enchant audiences with its sparkling winter wonderland. Choreographed by Ben Stevenson OBE and featuring the original Tchaikovsky score played live by Queensland Symphony Orchestra, this cherished Queensland Ballet tradition is in its thirteenth and final season.

It’s Christmas Eve and under tinsel and twinkling fairy lights, young Clara and Fritz are gifted new toys. But a visit from the mysterious Dr Drosselmeyer puts plans in a spin. When the clock strikes 12, nothing is as it seems! Clara and the Nutcracker Prince journey across a Lemonade Sea to the Kingdom of Sweets for a midnight rendezvous featuring all the character favourites, including the Sugar Plum Fairy, Mother Ginger and more.

This hugely popular ballet has been captivating audiences across the globe for more than 120 years. Queensland Ballet’s production was created by Ben Stevenson OBE in 1976 and premiered for Brisbane audiences in 2013. Don’t miss Queensland Ballet’s most cherished annual tradition with the whole family one last time.

Important Information

Recorded Music

The performance on 7 December 2025 is performed to recorded music. Recording by Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Voices of Birralee, conducted by Nigel Gaynor.

Warning

This performance uses strobe lighting and theatrical haze and smoke effects.

Accessibility at QPAC

For wheelchair users, Companion Card holders or those requiring assistance, dedicated seating options are available, and bookings can be made through our Call Centre by calling 136 246. You can also find information on access and accessibility at QPAC here.

Presented by Queensland Ballet

Special Events

Post Performance Q&A

  • Sat 6 Dec 2025, 1:30 PM

30 Minute Q&A after performance featuring cast and creatives. This Q&A is Auslan Interpreted.

Accessibility

To book the below accessibility enhanced performances please call QTIX Group Sales: (07) 3840 7466 or email groups@qtix.com.au.

Relaxed

  • Fri 12 Dec 2025, 1:30 PM

Relaxed Performances are for anyone who would benefit from a more relaxed environment – this can include but is not limited to people with autism, sensory sensitivities, learning disabilities, dementia as well as those living with anxiety or who have experienced trauma.

Explore our Visual Story, Access and Audio guides to familiarise yourself with our venue before your show and find out more about Accessibility at QPAC here.

Audio Described

  • Sat 13 Dec 2025, 1:30 PM

Trained Audio Describers provide a commentary with concise descriptions of actions, expressions and gestures to compliment the theatre experience for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Description is relayed via a discreet headset using radio frequency.

Creatives

  • Choreographer Ben Stevenson OBE
  • Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Music Arranger and Conductor Nigel Gaynor
  • Costume Designer Desmond Heeley
  • Associate Costume Designer Noelene Hill
  • Set Designer Thomas Boyd
  • Lighting Designer David Walters
  • Music performed by Queensland Symphony Orchestra

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