Overview
Kate Miller-Heidke is an award-winning singer-songwriter who traverses the worlds of pop, folk, opera and musical theatre. She’s performed on stages as varied as Coachella, the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, the New York Metropolitan Opera, the Eurovision Song Contest, the Sydney Opera House, TV’s The Voice, and the Roebuck Bay Hotel, Broome.
She is also a born storyteller. Her music is influenced by the narrative traditions of folk, the drama of opera, and the great singer-songwriters of pop. She weaves tales of humour and pain, intimacy and grandeur, joy and regret, childhood and ghosts. The last day of school, and the last day on earth. Where joy is zero gravity, and love is like vertigo. With characters who expand within us to live beyond the confines of their four minutes – James being bullied in the school yard. Sarah’s gone missing from the festival. Muriel is just finding out she’s amazing.
Behind them all is Kate … and Kate is telling tales. (Some of them might even be true.) Reaching out to the audience, with songs and stories borne out of the many worlds and many disciplines she has travelled. Sung in a voice like no other.
The Telling Tales Tour will be a celebration of songs old and new, of voice, storytelling, emotion, humour, and music that transports and transcends. Of discovering anew each night the transformative connection between the performer and the audience.
Join us for this special opportunity to see Kate in an intimate, exposed, and revealing performance, accompanied by her long-term collaborator Keir Nuttall on guitar.
Presented by Craft Music and One Louder
Support Act: Elana Stone
Elana's new songs venture into a wide range of themes such as finding love, motherhood against the backdrop of a worldwide pandemic, climate change, social/political polarisation, friendship, love, loss, and lockdown - all served on a crispy bed of synth pop, hazy guitar and to-die-for vocal harmonies with a side of 70’s drums and in your face, fuzz bass.
“This album has been 5 years in the making. It covers a lot of emotional ground for me. This is not a jazz album. This is not a folk album. Think Billy Joel's piano meets Kate Bush's vocals meets Ben Folds Five's harmonies but with Unknown Mortal Orchestra or Tame Impalal as the house band. It’s indie pop! It’s a follow up to my 2015 EP Kintsugi and I can’t wait for you to hear it.” Elana Stone
Coming off the back of a massive national tour with Missy Higgins’ on her 20th Anniversary Tour for The Sound of White, Elana will be taking centre stage and hitting the road in November 2024 to celebrate the release of Married To The Sound.
Accessibility
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 giving us a call on 136 246. You can also find information on access and accessibility at QPAC here.