A Christmas Carol returns to QPAC this Festive Season

This December, Shake & Stir Theatre Co’s award-winning stage spectacle – Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – returns to lift your spirits in the Playhouse – QPAC from 12 – 24 December 2025.

Directed by Michael Futcher and starring a cohort of some of Queensland’s most loved performers including Eugene Gilfedder as Scrooge with Bryan Probets, Lucas Stibbard, Judy Hainsworth, Mia Milnes, Will Carseldine, Tabea Sitte and Nick James, A Christmas Carol is a magical and grand production brimful of magic, humour, love, and lashings of festive joy – perfect for the whole family.

It’s Christmas Eve and Ebenezer Scrooge is counting down the seconds until the silliness of the season passes. Deeply entrenched in his own misery, Scrooge receives a visit from four ghosts who whisk him away on a journey through Christmases past, present and future.

While revisiting fragments of his life, Scrooge is faced with a number of decisions – the consequences of which will affect his future in profound and unimaginable ways. Redemption is his for the taking – but is miserable old Scrooge capable of change or is it too late?

Complete with live music, lavish video design, lush costumes, yule-tide carolling, and of course, snow, A Christmas Carol, co-presented by QPAC, is quite simply “the most uplifting theatrical experience you’ll have this year.” – The Courier-Mail.

Experience the magic, share in the tradition, and prepare to celebrate the festive season in a truly special way.

Director: Michael Futcher | Featuring: Eugene Gilfedder, Bryan Probets, Lucas Stibbard, Judy Hainsworth, Mia Milnes, Will Carseldine, Tabea Sitte, Nick James | Adaptor: Nelle Lee | Designer: Josh McIntosh | Composer: Salliana Campbell | Lighting Designer: Jason Glenwright | Video Designer: Craig Wilkinson | Sound Designer: Guy Webster | Creative Producer Ross Balbuziente