Brisbane

Brisbane Arts

Brisbane’s arts life stretches from contemporary dance and circus training to printmaking presses, pottery wheels, community choirs and screen-production stages. You can learn a new technique, join a rehearsal room, develop a script, see artists at work or book practical support for a creative project across neighbourhoods including West End, Fortitude Valley, Windsor, Hamilton, South Brisbane and beyond.

The region also makes room for many ways to participate. Established companies share the city with volunteer-led groups, inclusive ensembles, independent studios, youth programs and organisations supporting artists through workshops, residencies, commissions and production resources.

🎶 Music & Singing

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Through QSO Connect, Queensland Symphony Orchestra offers concerts, workshops, programs and curriculum resources for schools, families, educators and community members. Activities centre on listening, learning, performing and composing, giving participants ways to engage with orchestral music beyond the concert hall.

Brisbane · ☎ 07 3833 5055 — QSO Connect enquiries

Brisbane Combined Unions Choir

This self-funded community choir sings largely a cappella in soprano, alto, tenor and bass parts. New members are welcome without an audition or specialist musical skills, making it possible to join through shared singing and regular rehearsal rather than formal musical experience.

United Workers Union building, 27 Peel Street, South Brisbane

🩰 Dance & Circus

Queensland Ballet

Queensland Ballet offers adult classes and courses at the Thomas Dixon Centre, with online pre-registration encouraged. Its Academy at Kelvin Grove is the company’s official training organisation, providing a separate training setting alongside the company’s community class program.

Thomas Dixon Centre, 406 Montague Road, West End QLD 4101 · ☎ 07 3013 6666 — Queensland Ballet and community class enquiries · ☎ +61 7 3013 6665 — Queensland Ballet Academy enquiries

Ausdance QLD

Ausdance QLD supports dance companies, independent artists, community dance practitioners, educators and the wider community across Queensland. Its work focuses on dance advocacy and industry development, connecting professional practice, teaching and community participation.

Thomas Dixon Centre, 406 Montague Road, West End QLD 4101 · ☎ 0414 629 643

Australasian Dance Collective

This contemporary dance company runs a full-time pre-professional program at Judith Wright Arts Centre. Training includes contemporary and classical technique, choreographic processes, production skills and performance opportunities. Entry is by audition, so the program suits dancers seeking an intensive transition into professional practice.

Fortitude Valley, Brisbane

Circa Academy

The training arm of contemporary circus company Circa offers beginner through pre-professional programs in circus. Classes are held at Judith Wright Arts Centre and Brisbane Circus Centre; beginner aerial and youth programs have no prerequisites, while some advanced programs require previous experience.

Level 3, Judith Wright Arts Centre, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

Flipside Circus

Flipside Circus offers introductory to advanced classes in aerials, juggling and acrobatics, alongside community and social-circus programs. The not-for-profit organisation also operates Brisbane Circus Centre, giving circus learners and community participants a place to develop physical skills through structured classes and shared practice.

Brisbane Circus Centre, 221 MacArthur Avenue, Hamilton, Queensland 4007 · ☎ +61 7 3352 7233 — General enquiries

Queensland Dance Centre

Queensland Dance Centre teaches dancers from age three through adulthood at campuses in Sunnybank Hills and Macgregor. Styles include ballet, hip-hop, musical theatre, jazz and tap, with trial-lesson enquiries available for people wanting to try a class before committing to regular training.

Sunnybank Hills and Macgregor, Brisbane

🎭 Theatre & Performance

La Boite Theatre

La Boite is a theatre company and venue presenting a season of work while supporting artists through commissions, masterclasses, showings and conversations. Its youth and education resources serve teachers, students and young artists, and its venue-hire spaces support rehearsals, presentations and other creative activity.

6–8 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove QLD 4059 · ☎ 07 3007 8600

Improv Queensland

Improv Queensland runs beginner, intermediate and advanced workshops in improvised theatre, with classes exploring scene work, storytelling, character development, dramatic scenework and musical improv. Youth theatresports adds a performance-focused option for younger participants.

Brisbane

Brisbane Acting and Drama

This Coorparoo acting and theatrical-performance school offers private and group sessions from PrePrep through to tertiary level. Classes include drama, acting, industry training and theatre sports for improvisation, allowing students to work across performance skills and ensemble play.

Level 1, Suite 13, 301 Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo QLD 4151 · ☎ 0402 235 322 — Studio enquiries

Screech Arts

Screech Arts runs inclusive performance groups and workshops in Ashgrove. The local program includes adult theatre and dance, an advanced theatre and dance ensemble, youth drama and movement workshops, and an adult actors ensemble working towards public performance or film projects.

Ashgrove West Uniting Church, 491 Waterworks Road, Ashgrove · ☎ 0417 526 223 — Workshop and group enquiries

Starlet Creative Industries

Starlet delivers school puppet workshops, drama workshops and hands-on masterclasses in acting, scriptwriting, lighting, sound, costuming and props. It also offers puppet-making workshops and support with directing, writing and producing plays, bringing performance-making skills together with practical construction.

Brisbane service area · ☎ 0466 660 773 — Workshop enquiries

Brisbane Musical Theatre

This community musical-theatre organisation auditions performers for productions and runs weekly workshops for ages 5 to 18, alongside private tuition for all ages. Production auditions involve a prepared monologue, singing and dance, combining acting, vocal work and movement in one performance process.

Brisbane · ☎ 0404 891 400 — Audition bookings

Ad Astra

Ad Astra invites actors and creatives of all experience levels to register interest in artistic opportunities and auditions. Its creative roles include acting, directing, music, costume, lighting, sound, production, set design, stage management and voice, offering several ways to contribute to theatre-making.

210 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane

BEMAC

BEMAC develops original work across music, multi-arts, dance, theatre and film through BEMAC Live and related artistic programs. Its work supports diverse artists, with selected development activity including rehearsal access, showcasing, networking and producer or technical support.

Level 2, Queensland Multicultural Centre, 102 Main Street, Kangaroo Point · ☎ 07 3391 4433 — General and volunteer enquiries

🎨 Visual Arts, Craft & Making

Brisbane Institute of Art

This not-for-profit creative arts centre combines studios, workshops and galleries. Classes and short courses cover painting, printmaking, sculpture, jewellery, ceramics, drawing, fabric printing and youth art. Studios are available to professional artists and the broader community when they are not scheduled for other activity.

41 Grafton Street, Windsor QLD 4030 · ☎ 07 3857 5377

Metro Arts

Metro Arts supports artists from development through presentation and touring across contemporary visual and performance arts. Its facilities include galleries, artist studios, theatre spaces and a Norman Park workshop facility where visual artists can create, build and experiment.

97 Boundary Street, West End QLD 4101 · ☎ 07 3002 7100

Institute of Modern Art

The Institute of Modern Art commissions and presents exhibitions with artists and curators, alongside education programs. Visitors and groups can engage through tailored exhibition tours, artist videos, workshops, digital learning resources and sessions focused on contemporary art, curation and exhibition display.

Ground Floor, Judith Wright Arts Centre, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane QLD 4006 · ☎ +61 7 3252 5750

Artisan

Artisan offers private and corporate workshops led by craftspeople working across jewellery making, ceramics, woodworking, printmaking and textiles. Groups of five to 12 people can arrange sessions that turn craft skills into a shared making activity for colleagues, friends or community groups.

South Brisbane · ☎ 07 3215 0800 — Workshop enquiries

Impress Printmakers Studio and Gallery

Impress is a not-for-profit, volunteer-supported open-access community printmaking studio and gallery. Members and booked users can work with etching, lithographic and screenprinting equipment, while workshops introduce botanical contact printing, monotype, papermaking and collagraph.

Brisbane

Grey Hand Press

Grey Hand Press is a fine-art printmaking studio offering contract printing, publishing, workshops, private instruction, consultation, tools and materials. Its practice includes lithography, book arts, relief printing and intaglio, with workshops and visiting-instructor masterclasses held at its Northgate studio.

Northgate, Brisbane

Corvine Art

Corvine Art provides fine-art printmaking, editioning for artists, introductory and advanced workshops, and advice on print projects. The studio has two presses for small editions and large-scale or unusual-format work. Enquiries and appointments are invited for projects, instruction and consultation.

17 Tombondan Crescent, Brisbane · ☎ 0481 524 797 — Enquiries and appointments

The Ceramic Studio

The Ceramic Studio offers beginner-friendly pottery and ceramic painting for children and adults. Activities include wheel throwing, handbuilding, ceramic painting and open studio sessions, providing different ways to work with clay whether you are learning a first technique or continuing a personal project.

Shop 4 & 6, 8 Station Road, Indooroopilly · ☎ 0405 351 052 — Studio enquiries

Clayschool

Clayschool runs weekly pottery classes for complete beginners through to experienced potters and clay artists. Teaching covers wheel techniques, handbuilding, mould making, surface effects, specialist techniques and clay theory, with term-based courses and specialist workshops for more focused study.

Brisbane

The Bacon Factory

This letterpress studio and creative co-space is run by a co-operative of Brisbane practitioners working in custom letterpress printing, graphic design, photography, printmaking and art and design education. It offers workshops, open studio access, visiting artists, custom workshops and studio hire.

55 Kenyon Street, Eagle Farm, Brisbane · ☎ +61 412 692 684 — Creative co-working, workshop and studio enquiries

✍️ Writing, Screen & Creative Spaces

Queensland Writers Centre

Queensland Writers Centre runs courses, workshops, seminars and live-streamed or hybrid events. Workshops include writing exercises and tutor feedback, and unless otherwise stated, programs are suitable for participants aged 16 and over. It is a place to develop writing through structured practice and discussion.

Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Stanley Place, South Brisbane QLD 4101 · ☎ 07 3842 9922

Screen Queensland Studios, Brisbane

The Hemmant facility is a purpose-built screen-production site available for feature films, television, short films, commercials, music videos, events and photo shoots. Sound stages, warehouses, production offices and green rooms support physical production, with the studio team handling hire enquiries.

Screen Queensland Studios, Brisbane, 45 Gosport Street, Hemmant QLD 4174 · ☎ 07 3248 0533 — Studios and physical production enquiries

Studio1

Studio1 is a micro arts precinct and workspace supporting independent dance, physical theatre and multidisciplinary artists. Its year-round Workroom Program includes residencies, workshops, exchanges, performances and sharings, while the space can also support visual art, music, film, installation and live performance.

Brisbane

Across Brisbane, creative participation can mean joining an un-auditioned choir, shaping a print on an open-access press, taking an adult dance class, developing a script, learning circus skills or contributing to a production behind the scenes. Audiences can also support the work by visiting exhibitions, seeing performance and engaging with artist-led education programs.

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