Cairns Performing Arts Centre

Cairns Performing Arts Centre Home of arts, theatre, comedy, dance & music in the heart of Cairns.💜
CPAC is a Cairns Regional Council's venue.

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Important question for a Tuesday: 🤔Which 80s movie are you actually living in?💃 Dirty Dancing: secretly graceful, just n...
01/06/2026

Important question for a Tuesday: 🤔
Which 80s movie are you actually living in?

💃 Dirty Dancing: secretly graceful, just needs the right partner
🧣 Footloose: you’ve been known to bust a move at the supermarket
🎤 Grease: you know every word to every song and you’re not sorry
🚀 Flashdance: unstoppable energy, questionable wardrobe choices

Drop yours in the comments 👇

And if you’ve already booked your tickets to Dirty Fame Flash Candles Club at CPAC Theatre on 5 September- tell us which character you’re going as 🔥

🎫 Tickets still available at https://www.cairnsperformingartscentre.com.au/dirty-fame-flash-candles-club

The dry season has arrived, and CPAC and Munro Martin Parklands are about to make the most of it.From deadpan Kiwi comed...
31/05/2026

The dry season has arrived, and CPAC and Munro Martin Parklands are about to make the most of it.

From deadpan Kiwi comedy to Sinatra crooners, the King of Pop reimagined, a British Invasion singalong, the Hard Quiz himself and indie folk under tropical skies - June and early July are stacked.

Swipe through to see what's on 👉
Book at cairnsperformingartscentre.com.au

27/05/2026

You don’t need to love theatre to love Macbeth.

You just need to have ever wanted something badly enough that the wanting got dangerous.

Bell Shakespeare’s production is a thriller about power, ambition, and the moment a person decides the rules no longer apply to them. Peter Evans directs Anthony Taufa and Matilda Ridgway in what the Sydney Morning Herald called “utterly compelling” and the Australian Financial Review described as “dynamite.”

If you’ve never been to CPAC, or it’s been a while - this is the one.

CPAC Theatre. Tue 6 Oct, 7.30pm. One performance only.

Book now → http://cairnsperformingartscentre.com.au/macbeth

25/05/2026

Ray O'Leary (Taskmaster NZ, Have You Been Paying Attention?) has a new show. Filled with the words you know and love but organised into sentences you have never heard before. ★★★★ Chortle ★★★★ The Skinny ★★★★★ Starbust Magazine

Ray brings his signature deadpan delivery and meticulously crafted jokes to Cairns for one night only. Don’t miss out.

CPAC Studio, Saturday 6 June, 8pm

Book now 👉 https://www.cairnsperformingartscentre.com.au/ray-oleary

Last year, they filled the CPAC Theatre with Romeo and Juliet.This year, they’re back - and the stakes are higher. Bell ...
25/05/2026

Last year, they filled the CPAC Theatre with Romeo and Juliet.
This year, they’re back - and the stakes are higher.

Bell Shakespeare’s Macbeth comes to Cairns for one night only. Tuesday 6 October. Anthony Taufa takes the title role in Shakespeare’s most gripping study of ambition, power, and the catastrophic cost of wanting more.

“Utterly compelling.” - Sydney Morning Herald

Director Peter Evans. Designed by Anna Tregloan. One performance only at CPAC Theatre.
Tue 6 Oct | 7.30pm
Book now 🗡️ cairnsperformingartscentre.com.au/macbeth

Three choreographers. Two powerful works. One unforgettable night.Horizon brings together Sani Townson (Saibai), Deborah...
24/05/2026

Three choreographers. Two powerful works. One unforgettable night.

Horizon brings together Sani Townson (Saibai), Deborah Brown (Wakaid Clan and Meriam), and Moss Te Ururangi Patterson (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) in a cross-cultural double bill exploring what home means from the Torres Strait to Aotearoa.

This is the next generation of First Nations dance theatre.

Bangarra Dance Theatre | Horizon
Fri 14 Aug | CPAC
Book Now 🎟 https://www.cairnsperformingartscentre.com.au/Horizon

The stalls are nearly sold. 🔥 We've just released the balcony - your last chance to witness stories carried from Saibai ...
20/05/2026

The stalls are nearly sold. 🔥 We've just released the balcony - your last chance to witness stories carried from Saibai Island to the stage, from the Torres Strait to Aotearoa, from generation to generation.

Horizon is what happens when First Nations choreographers from opposite sides of the Pacific recognise each other and say: your story and mine are part of the same story.

Sani Townson honours his grandfather's songs under Torres Strait stars. Deborah Brown and Moss Te Ururangi Patterson keep the light of their Elders burning for the next generation.

Friday 14 August. One night. The five-star collaboration that sold out at the Sydney Opera House.
This is it. Book now or miss out.

📅 Fri 14 August · 7:30pm · CPAC
🎟 Balcony seats booking now cairnsperformingartscentre.com.au/Horizon

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A place where you too can indulge your inner 80s movie star."If that sentence doesn't make you want to book a tic...
18/05/2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A place where you too can indulge your inner 80s movie star."
If that sentence doesn't make you want to book a ticket immediately, we don't know what will.

Dirty Fame Flash Candles Club is coming to CPAC Theatre, and it's the kind of show people are already talking about before they've even seen it.

Cult movie references. Dance routines. Songs you know every word to. Women who've been through it all and came out fabulous on the other side.

This is the girls' night Cairns didn't know it needed. 💜

📅 Sat 5 September | CPAC Theatre
🔗 Book at https://www.cairnsperformingartscentre.com.au/dirty-fame-flash-candles-club

18/05/2026

Anisa Nandaula (Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Gen) dives headfirst into the chaos of her life - nearly getting into a fight, feuding with her next-door neighbour, and surviving her old workplace drama. Then, after a decade away, she returns to Africa and brings back a suitcase full of hilarious, unforgettable stories. No filters, no small talk- just big laughs.

Now she's bringing it all to the CPAC Studio stage. One night only. One of Australia's most talked-about emerging comedians.

Book now at 👉 https://www.cairnsperformingartscentre.com.au/anisa-nandaula

"Who here hasn't been rejected?"That's the question Adam Kelly asks in ARCO Snr, before making you laugh harder than you...
17/05/2026

"Who here hasn't been rejected?"That's the question Adam Kelly asks in ARCO Snr, before making you laugh harder than you expected, cry more than you planned, and leave wondering why you've never seen a show quite like this.

It's a solo performance about difference, connection, and a fish named Finbar who's learning to swim. Sounds weird. It is. It's also brilliant.

Two shows, one day:
ARCO Jnr (2pm) Families 👉 https://www.cairnsperformingartscentre.com.au/arco-jnr
ARCO Snr (7pm) Adults who need a good cry-laugh 👉 https://www.cairnsperformingartscentre.com.au/arco-snr

Sunday 30 August | CPAC

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