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Queensland Performing Arts Centre Annual Report 2011 QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE ANNUAL REPORT 2011-2012 Queensland Performing Arts Centre Corner Grey and Melbourne Streets South Bank Queensland 4101 Australia PO Box 3567 South Bank Queensland 4101 Australia Telephone: +61 (7) 3840 7444 Facsimile: +61 (7) 3844 1839 www.qpac.com.au [email protected] This report can be accessed online at www.qpac.com.au Enquiries about this report can be addressed to: Executive Offi cer QPAC PO Box 3567 South Bank Queensland 4101 Australia Email: [email protected] © Queensland Performing Arts Trust 2012 ISSN: 0156-9147 2011-2012 ANNUAL REPORT Contents About the Queensland Performing Arts Centre .................................................................................................. 3 Our Purpose ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 Our Vision .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Our Strategic Focus ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Our Values ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Chair’s overview ................................................................................................................................................6 Chief Executive’s overview ................................................................................................................................. 7 2011-12 Highlights and Achievements .........................................................................................................8 Live Performance ...............................................................................................................................................8 QPAC Museum ...................................................................................................................................................8 Public Participation ...........................................................................................................................................8 Commercial Opportunities.................................................................................................................................9 Festivals ............................................................................................................................................................9 Home Companies ..............................................................................................................................................9 Entertainment ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Public Participation ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Strategic Relationships ................................................................................................................................... 16 Commercial Opportunities............................................................................................................................... 18 Corporate Governance .....................................................................................................................................20 Financial Statements ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Income Statement ...........................................................................................................................................22 Balance Sheet .................................................................................................................................................23 Cash Flow Statement .......................................................................................................................................24 Statement of Changes in Equity ......................................................................................................................25 Notes ...............................................................................................................................................................26 Certifi cate of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust .......................................................................................52 Future Direction and Challenges ................................................................................................................. 55 Appendices Appendix One – Year in review performance listing .........................................................................................56 Appendix Two – QPAC Contribution to Government objectives ........................................................................62 Appendix Three – Organisational Structure .....................................................................................................63 Appendix Four – Queensland Performing Arts Trust Board of Trustees ............................................................65 Appendix Five – Queensland Performing Arts Trust sub-committees ...............................................................69 Glossary .......................................................................................................................................................... 70 The Queensland Government is committed to providing accessible services to Queenslanders from all culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. If you have diffi culty in understanding the annual report, you can contact us on (07) 3840 7444 and we will arrange an interpreter to effectively communicate the report to you. 1 QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 16 October 2012 The Honourable Ros Bates MP Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and The Arts GPO Box 611 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Dear Minister I am pleased to present the Annual Report for the Queensland Performing Arts Trust for the year ended 30 June 2012. I certify that this Annual Report complies with the prescribed requirements of the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and the Financial and Performance and Management Standard 2009 and the detailed requirements set out in Annual Report Requirements for Queensland Government Agencies. A checklist outlining the annual reporting requirements can be accessed at www.qpac.com.au Yours sincerely HENRY SMERDON Chair 2 2011-2012 ANNUAL REPORT About the Queensland Performing Arts Centre The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) is the State’s leading home of live performance. Located on the banks of the Brisbane River, QPAC is one of four organisations that make up the state’s Cultural Centre. QPAC fosters an environment of innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and learning. QPAC is driven by a desire to entertain, a capacity to create and the genuine wish to support moving and memorable experiences. QPAC’s operations are underpinned by a belief in the essential value of performing arts as well as the broader contribution art can make to cities and societies. QPAC encourages participation in the arts and engagement in creative process as a means of promoting learning, wellbeing, civic participation and social inclusion. QPAC takes a leading role in the advancement of research and debate that articulates the value of creative industries as fundamental drivers of economic growth. Each year QPAC showcases the best in performance from Australia and around the world. Our venues host leading international and Australian actors, dancers, musicians, artists and companies. In addition, QPAC produces or co- produces some of Australia’s most innovative and successful shows. QPAC is also a performance home to some of the State’s leading performing arts companies including Queensland Theatre Company, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Opera Queensland. Host to over a million people in 2011-12, QPAC delivers integrated services designed to offer audiences an experience that extends beyond the walls of the theatre, providing information and exchange before they arrive and inviting dialogue after they have gone. Our Purpose QPAC is operated by the Queensland Performing Arts Trust (the Trust). The Trust is a Queensland Government statutory body, created and with responsibilities outlined in the Queensland Performing Arts Trust Act 1977. The Trust’s purpose, as set out in the Act, is to contribute to the cultural, social and intellectual development of all Queenslanders. In achieving this purpose, the Trust functions: a. to produce, present and manage the performing arts in the building occupied by the Trust at the Queensland Cultural Centre or any other building; b. to establish and conduct schools, lectures, courses, seminars and other forms of education in the performing arts; c. to teach, train and instruct persons and promote education and research in the performing arts; d. to provide or assist in providing premises and equipment for the purpose of the presentation of the performing arts; e. to promote and encourage the development and presentation of the performing arts; f. to promote and encourage public interest and participation in the performing arts; g. to
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