Frozen fans shocked to hear that QPAC will remain closed
In devastating news for fans of the global hit musical, Frozen, the show of the year, is on ice as the Queensland Performing Arts Centre will remain closed until further notice.
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In devastating news for Frozen fans the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will remain closed until further notice due to ongoing flood impacts, cleaning and water damage. That means Frozen, the show of the year, is on ice.
Further to performances being cancelled until Sunday 6 March, a spokesman for QPAC says that “we regret to now advise that performances scheduled up to and including Thursday 10 March 2022, will no longer go ahead. This includes performances of Frozen the Musical and World Science Festival Brisbane. “
All ticketholders for these dates have been contacted by email with further information. All Frozen the Musical ticketholders will be able to be transferred into performances later in the season and will be contacted directly by QTIX to secure new dates.
World Science Festival Brisbane ticketholders have been contacted by Queensland Museum via email and will be automatically refunded for performances scheduled at QPAC.
Although the QTIX Call Centre has been relocated and is operational once again, QTIX staff are unable to take inbound calls and will be focused on refunds and contacting impacted ticketholders to process transfers. Further general updates will be communicated via QPAC’s social media channels and website. Any further impacts on performances will be communicated directly to affected ticketholders via email.
Last time we spoke to QPAC chief executive John Kotzas he was wearing gumboots and inspecting flooded car parks and basements.
Queensland Museum will also remain closed to the public up to and including Sunday 13 March 2022 as we continue the clean-up effort and assess flood impacts at the Queensland Cultural Centre.
While this work continues the museum has made the decision to cancel or postpone all programming and events up until 13 March at this stage, and will contact all impacted ticket holders to refund or to transfer tickets to a later date where necessary.
The safety of our staff, the public and our collections is our highest priority during this time as the flood impacts are continually assessed.
Queensland Museum Network CEO Dr Jim Thompson said this would affect the World Science Festival Brisbane which was due to open next week.
“Unfortunately for World Science Festival Brisbane, the impacts of flooding across Queensland Cultural Centre and across South Bank Parklands along with the personal impact to some of our incredible participants and staff, means we have cancelled all in-person events,” Dr Thompson said.
“The Festival, due to start on Wednesday has been reimagined into a virtual program of conversations, debates and events, designed to inspire and entertain.”
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