The Karnak Playhouse has hosted many hundreds of Australia and the World’s best Performing Artists. Work has been created here, that has gone on to tour all the seven continents. Performers have given their all in our exquisite rainforest Theatre. Here is a small list of just a few of the incredible Performers and works of Art that have graced our Stage in years gone by.

Luminary Performers | Writers | Musicians | Composers

Jane Rutter  |  Jacqui Carroll  |  Marjorie Maydwell  |  Peter Cousens  |  Taryn Fiebig  |  Anthony Schaffer  |  Kathryn Dunn  |  Emma Jackson  |  Sam Lewis  |  Howard Turner  |  Buzz Whiting  |  Russell Wicks  |  Rory Williams  |  Julia de Plater  |  Richard Gill  |  Theresa Borg  |  Bradley Daley  |  Francesco Fabris  |  Lindsey Gaffney  |  Antoinette Halloran  |  Teresa La Rocca  |  Rowan Thatcher  |  Jonathan Truscott  |  Jason Wasley  |  David Woloszko  |  John Bell  |  Patrick Miller  |  Gavan Swift  |  Stephen Curtis  | Adam Cook  |  David Helfgott  |  Greg Pikler  |  Julian Leather  |  Sarah Walker

Select Visionary Performances

The Marriage of Figaro  |  Crocker’s  |  Woman Before A Glass  |  An Australian in Paris  |  Watercolours of the Reef and Rainforest  |  Love is in the Air  |  Hedwig and the Angry Inch  |  Tribe Of Jubal  |  Shakespeare In Love  |  The Return of the Great Wilma Reading  |  Lorna Luft  |  The Kransky Sisters  |  From Caruso to Bocelli  |  Gershwin Songbook  |  Wilma Reading  |  The Impossible Dream  |  Kaleidoscope  |  Rare Fruit  |  The Queensland Youth Orchestra’s Big Band  |  9th Over the Fence  |  Comedy Film Festival |  You Raise Me Up!  |  My Friend the Chocolate Cake  |  Broadway Babes  |  Romancing The Cane