This year's festival is proudly supported by Out of the Box Principal Partner C&K Childcare & Kindergarten.
Performances
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Wolfgang in the Stars
18 - 22 Jun 2025 | Concert Hall
Age Recommendation: 3 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Circa’s world premiere, Wolfgang in the Stars, is a music-fuelled circus space romp of galactic proportions. -
Where Is The Green Sheep? Illustrations copyright © Judy Horacek 2004 Where is the Green Sheep?
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Playhouse
Age Recommendation: 1 - 6 Yrs old
Duration: 45 minutes
Monkey Baa Theatre Company’s world premiere, is an immersive visual theatre experience based on the beloved children’s book by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek. -
Gurril Storm Bird Gurril Storm Bird
18 - 21 Jun 2025 | Cremorne Theatre
Age Recommendation: 5 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Gather around the campfire in the forest to hear the story of Gurril, the young boy who came face to face with the rainbow serpent at QPAC's Cremorne Theatre in June 2025! -
Club Origami By Jacqui Manning & Daniel Boud Club Origami
18 - 22 Jun 2025 | Tony Gould Gallery
Age Recommendation: 1 - 5 Yrs old
Duration: 50 minutes
Dance, fashion and live music meet the magic of origami to sweep us up on a spirited and inspiring adventure in a land made purely of paper and play. -
The Lost Lending Library Image by Mihaela Bodlovic The Lost Lending Library
18 - 22 Jun 2025 | Playhouse Band Room
Age Recommendation: 5 Yrs old +
Duration: 50 minutes
At 314 floors high and with 72 spiral side departments, enter the largest collection of books in the world and discover a magical world. -
Wonderbox Wonderbox
18 - 21 Jun 2025 | Playhouse Studio 1
Age Recommendation: 6 Yrs old +
Duration: 60 minutes
With immersive projections, delightful surprises, and kooky-carnival characters, every child’s curiosity is celebrated. -
The Gruffalo The Gruffalo
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Lyric Theatre
Age Recommendation: 3 Yrs old +
Duration: 55 minutes
After sell-out seasons across the world, including London’s West End and Broadway, The Gruffalo returns to QPAC for songs, laughs and scary fun. -
Wolfgang in the Stars
18 - 22 Jun 2025 | Concert Hall
Age Recommendation: 3 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Circa’s world premiere, Wolfgang in the Stars, is a music-fuelled circus space romp of galactic proportions. -
Where Is The Green Sheep? Illustrations copyright © Judy Horacek 2004 Where is the Green Sheep?
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Playhouse
Age Recommendation: 1 - 6 Yrs old
Duration: 45 minutes
Monkey Baa Theatre Company’s world premiere, is an immersive visual theatre experience based on the beloved children’s book by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek. -
Gurril Storm Bird Gurril Storm Bird
18 - 21 Jun 2025 | Cremorne Theatre
Age Recommendation: 5 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Gather around the campfire in the forest to hear the story of Gurril, the young boy who came face to face with the rainbow serpent at QPAC's Cremorne Theatre in June 2025! -
Club Origami By Jacqui Manning & Daniel Boud Club Origami
18 - 22 Jun 2025 | Tony Gould Gallery
Age Recommendation: 1 - 5 Yrs old
Duration: 50 minutes
Dance, fashion and live music meet the magic of origami to sweep us up on a spirited and inspiring adventure in a land made purely of paper and play. -
The Lost Lending Library Image by Mihaela Bodlovic The Lost Lending Library
18 - 22 Jun 2025 | Playhouse Band Room
Age Recommendation: 5 Yrs old +
Duration: 50 minutes
At 314 floors high and with 72 spiral side departments, enter the largest collection of books in the world and discover a magical world. -
Wonderbox Wonderbox
18 - 21 Jun 2025 | Playhouse Studio 1
Age Recommendation: 6 Yrs old +
Duration: 60 minutes
With immersive projections, delightful surprises, and kooky-carnival characters, every child’s curiosity is celebrated. -
The Gruffalo The Gruffalo
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Lyric Theatre
Age Recommendation: 3 Yrs old +
Duration: 55 minutes
After sell-out seasons across the world, including London’s West End and Broadway, The Gruffalo returns to QPAC for songs, laughs and scary fun. -
Wolfgang in the Stars
18 - 22 Jun 2025 | Concert Hall
Age Recommendation: 3 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Circa’s world premiere, Wolfgang in the Stars, is a music-fuelled circus space romp of galactic proportions. -
Where Is The Green Sheep? Illustrations copyright © Judy Horacek 2004 Where is the Green Sheep?
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Playhouse
Age Recommendation: 1 - 6 Yrs old
Duration: 45 minutes
Monkey Baa Theatre Company’s world premiere, is an immersive visual theatre experience based on the beloved children’s book by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek. -
Gurril Storm Bird Gurril Storm Bird
18 - 21 Jun 2025 | Cremorne Theatre
Age Recommendation: 5 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Gather around the campfire in the forest to hear the story of Gurril, the young boy who came face to face with the rainbow serpent at QPAC's Cremorne Theatre in June 2025! -
Club Origami By Jacqui Manning & Daniel Boud Club Origami
18 - 22 Jun 2025 | Tony Gould Gallery
Age Recommendation: 1 - 5 Yrs old
Duration: 50 minutes
Dance, fashion and live music meet the magic of origami to sweep us up on a spirited and inspiring adventure in a land made purely of paper and play. -
The Lost Lending Library Image by Mihaela Bodlovic The Lost Lending Library
18 - 22 Jun 2025 | Playhouse Band Room
Age Recommendation: 5 Yrs old +
Duration: 50 minutes
At 314 floors high and with 72 spiral side departments, enter the largest collection of books in the world and discover a magical world.
Workshops
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Sing on Country Music Workshop Tai Bobongie Sing on Country Music Workshops
19 - 22 Jun 2025 | Concert Hall Balcony Foyer
Age Recommendation: 6 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Learn about our beautiful, diverse country through song and traditional language with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Songwoman, Jessie Lloyd. -
Little Chefs Cooking Workshops Little Chefs Cooking Workshops
17 - 21 Jun 2025 | Lyrebird Restaurant
Age Recommendation: 5 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Calling all Little Chefs! Get ready for a delicious adventure where your child can learn the joy of cooking while creating fun, healthy recipes. -
Mindful Me Health & Wellbeing Workshop Mindful Me Health & Wellbeing Workshops
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Concert Hall Balcony Foyer
Age Recommendation: 4 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Through guided meditation exercises, children will learn how to quiet their minds, improve focus and enhance emotional awareness. -
Green Sheep: You and Me Workshop Green Sheep: You and Me Workshop
17 - 21 Jun 2025 | Playhouse Rear Stage
Age Recommendation: 1 - 6 Yrs old
Duration: 45 minutes
Following Where is the Green Sheep?, share a playful, hands-on experience with your child. -
For Mothers For Mothers
17 - 21 Jun 2025 | Lyric Lounge
Age Recommendation: For mums of babies who are 0 to 3 years old.
Duration: 120 minutes
A creative and cultural project for mothers designed to reinvigorate and reimagine parenting for the modern mama. -
Moments of Wonder Moments of Wonder
21 - 22 Jun 2025 | Bodhi Tree Terrace, GOMA
Age Recommendation: 3 Yrs old +
This drop-in workshop invites you to consider a moment of wonder in your life, before creating a picture with coloured pencils and watercolour paint at GOMA. -
Bluey Puppetry Workshop Bluey Puppetry Workshops
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Playhouse Balcony Foyer
Age Recommendation: 4 Yrs old +
Duration: 60 minutes
Join us for a fun-filled, hands-on puppetry workshop inspired by everyone’s favourite blue heeler. -
Sing on Country Music Workshop Tai Bobongie Sing on Country Music Workshops
19 - 22 Jun 2025 | Concert Hall Balcony Foyer
Age Recommendation: 6 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Learn about our beautiful, diverse country through song and traditional language with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Songwoman, Jessie Lloyd. -
Little Chefs Cooking Workshops Little Chefs Cooking Workshops
17 - 21 Jun 2025 | Lyrebird Restaurant
Age Recommendation: 5 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Calling all Little Chefs! Get ready for a delicious adventure where your child can learn the joy of cooking while creating fun, healthy recipes. -
Mindful Me Health & Wellbeing Workshop Mindful Me Health & Wellbeing Workshops
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Concert Hall Balcony Foyer
Age Recommendation: 4 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Through guided meditation exercises, children will learn how to quiet their minds, improve focus and enhance emotional awareness. -
Green Sheep: You and Me Workshop Green Sheep: You and Me Workshop
17 - 21 Jun 2025 | Playhouse Rear Stage
Age Recommendation: 1 - 6 Yrs old
Duration: 45 minutes
Following Where is the Green Sheep?, share a playful, hands-on experience with your child. -
For Mothers For Mothers
17 - 21 Jun 2025 | Lyric Lounge
Age Recommendation: For mums of babies who are 0 to 3 years old.
Duration: 120 minutes
A creative and cultural project for mothers designed to reinvigorate and reimagine parenting for the modern mama. -
Moments of Wonder Moments of Wonder
21 - 22 Jun 2025 | Bodhi Tree Terrace, GOMA
Age Recommendation: 3 Yrs old +
This drop-in workshop invites you to consider a moment of wonder in your life, before creating a picture with coloured pencils and watercolour paint at GOMA. -
Bluey Puppetry Workshop Bluey Puppetry Workshops
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Playhouse Balcony Foyer
Age Recommendation: 4 Yrs old +
Duration: 60 minutes
Join us for a fun-filled, hands-on puppetry workshop inspired by everyone’s favourite blue heeler. -
Sing on Country Music Workshop Tai Bobongie Sing on Country Music Workshops
19 - 22 Jun 2025 | Concert Hall Balcony Foyer
Age Recommendation: 6 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Learn about our beautiful, diverse country through song and traditional language with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Songwoman, Jessie Lloyd. -
Little Chefs Cooking Workshops Little Chefs Cooking Workshops
17 - 21 Jun 2025 | Lyrebird Restaurant
Age Recommendation: 5 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Calling all Little Chefs! Get ready for a delicious adventure where your child can learn the joy of cooking while creating fun, healthy recipes. -
Mindful Me Health & Wellbeing Workshop Mindful Me Health & Wellbeing Workshops
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Concert Hall Balcony Foyer
Age Recommendation: 4 Yrs old +
Duration: 45 minutes
Through guided meditation exercises, children will learn how to quiet their minds, improve focus and enhance emotional awareness. -
Green Sheep: You and Me Workshop Green Sheep: You and Me Workshop
17 - 21 Jun 2025 | Playhouse Rear Stage
Age Recommendation: 1 - 6 Yrs old
Duration: 45 minutes
Following Where is the Green Sheep?, share a playful, hands-on experience with your child. -
For Mothers For Mothers
17 - 21 Jun 2025 | Lyric Lounge
Age Recommendation: For mums of babies who are 0 to 3 years old.
Duration: 120 minutes
A creative and cultural project for mothers designed to reinvigorate and reimagine parenting for the modern mama.
Schools Only Workshops
Where is the Green Sheep? Classroom Workshop
Mid to end of May | In-School
Age Recommendation: 5 - 6 Yrs old
Register your school’s interest in this hands-on workshop. Students will explore the story of Where is the Green Sheep?, bringing the colourful characters to life through fun, drama-based activities.
Spirits of the Wild Workshops
19 - 20 Jun 2025 | INVENTory, Level 4, Queensland Museum Kurilpa, Brisbane
Age Recommendation: 4 Yrs old +
Our littlest Queenslanders are invited to learn, move and play with us as we share stories of animals from our land and their connections to First Nations cultures.
Activities
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Tree of Hope
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Concert Hall Foyer
Age Recommendation: All ages
What are you hopeful for? Craft your own Tree of Hope as part of the large scale site installation this Out of the Box 2025 festival season. -
Terika, an artist from Jarjum Life Museum Jarjum Life Museum
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | QPAC Tunnel
Age Recommendation: All ages
Welcome to Jarjum Life Museum – a museum made by children – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Jarjum. -
Let’s Dance!
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Melbourne Street Green
Age Recommendation: All ages
Join in the fun for an upbeat celebration of music and movement that brings all ages together in one giant dance party. -
State Library Scavenger Hunt State Library Scavenger Hunt
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | State Library of Queensland
Age Recommendation: All ages
Are you a keen explorer? Are you a master of puzzles? Then get excited and jump into our scavenger hunt at the State Library of Queensland. -
Art Box for Kids: Mandy Quadrio Art Box for Kids: Mandy Quadrio
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Gallery 1.4, GOMA
Age Recommendation: 3 Yrs old +
People have been using Tasmanian bull kelp as a material for thousands of years. Create your own unique paper carrier to hold your special treasures at GOMA. -
Tree of Hope
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Concert Hall Foyer
Age Recommendation: All ages
What are you hopeful for? Craft your own Tree of Hope as part of the large scale site installation this Out of the Box 2025 festival season. -
Terika, an artist from Jarjum Life Museum Jarjum Life Museum
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | QPAC Tunnel
Age Recommendation: All ages
Welcome to Jarjum Life Museum – a museum made by children – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Jarjum. -
Let’s Dance!
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Melbourne Street Green
Age Recommendation: All ages
Join in the fun for an upbeat celebration of music and movement that brings all ages together in one giant dance party. -
State Library Scavenger Hunt State Library Scavenger Hunt
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | State Library of Queensland
Age Recommendation: All ages
Are you a keen explorer? Are you a master of puzzles? Then get excited and jump into our scavenger hunt at the State Library of Queensland. -
Art Box for Kids: Mandy Quadrio Art Box for Kids: Mandy Quadrio
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Gallery 1.4, GOMA
Age Recommendation: 3 Yrs old +
People have been using Tasmanian bull kelp as a material for thousands of years. Create your own unique paper carrier to hold your special treasures at GOMA. -
Tree of Hope
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Concert Hall Foyer
Age Recommendation: All ages
What are you hopeful for? Craft your own Tree of Hope as part of the large scale site installation this Out of the Box 2025 festival season. -
Terika, an artist from Jarjum Life Museum Jarjum Life Museum
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | QPAC Tunnel
Age Recommendation: All ages
Welcome to Jarjum Life Museum – a museum made by children – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Jarjum. -
Let’s Dance!
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Melbourne Street Green
Age Recommendation: All ages
Join in the fun for an upbeat celebration of music and movement that brings all ages together in one giant dance party. -
State Library Scavenger Hunt State Library Scavenger Hunt
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | State Library of Queensland
Age Recommendation: All ages
Are you a keen explorer? Are you a master of puzzles? Then get excited and jump into our scavenger hunt at the State Library of Queensland. -
Art Box for Kids: Mandy Quadrio Art Box for Kids: Mandy Quadrio
17 - 22 Jun 2025 | Gallery 1.4, GOMA
Age Recommendation: 3 Yrs old +
People have been using Tasmanian bull kelp as a material for thousands of years. Create your own unique paper carrier to hold your special treasures at GOMA.
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