WHAT'S ON IN THE GOLD COAST

Laugh Your Pants Off at Jupiters (23 January, 2015)

Jupiters Hotel & Casino will kick start the Australia Day long weekend in 2015 in cracking style with another hilarious Laugh Your Pants Off bill confirmed for Friday January 23. What better way to celebrate our Aussie joker culture than with a bumper line-up of home-grown comedy masters taking to the Jupiters Theatre stage for a night of non-stop laugher. The seventh instalment in the series will feature Judith Lucy, Peter Rowsthorn, Lawrence Mooney, Troy Kinne, Ellen Briggs, Tahir, Ronny Chieng, Steve Allison and Jennifer Burke. Tickets to Laugh Your Pants Off are $49 with dinner and show packages from $59, and are on sale now through Ticketek at ticketek.com.au, on 132 849 or from the Jupiters Box Office.
www.jupitersgoldcoast.com.au

RACV Ladies Masters (12-15 February, 2015)

The Sisters of Swing return to the Gold Coast for the Annual RACV Ladies Masters. The world's best female golfers take on the RACV Royal Pines Resort layout over four days of scintillating golf. The 2014 event saw Cheyenne Woods take out the title.
www.ladiesmasters.com

Surfers Paradise Sand Safari (13 February – 1 March, 2015)

Surfers Paradise Beach will be transformed into a golden gallery of the curious and beautiful during the Sand Safari. Bringing together the best in art and culture, the event is a delight for all ages. A new theme for creations is presented every year as talented artists push themselves to new extremes to present their interpretation.
www.surfersparadise.com

Gold Coast Film Festival Ushers in Exciting Changes for 2015 (9-19 April, 2015)

The Gold Coast's biggest public film event, The Gold Coast Film Festival, will bring film lovers a more diverse range of films, events and seminars, from a new central location in 2015. For the first time, the city's major film festival will be based at The Arts Centre for the ten-day event, running 9-19 April 2015 and will introduce a special social hub 'The GCFF Lounge' for local film lovers to mingle and meet filmmakers between screenings and seminars. In addition to the main location change, the Festival will also be offering screenings at locations across the Gold Coast, ensuring that no matter where film fans live, they can catch a film as part of the Festival. Now entering its 13th year, The Gold Coast Film Festival is broadening its appeal by showcasing emerging and established local filmmakers and bringing a wide range of international films for all audiences to the Gold Coast, under the guidance of new Festival director Kylie Pascoe.www.gcfilmfestival.com

Performing Arts

Gold Coast Theatre Alliance Inc. Brings Live Community Performances (Ongoing)
The Pajama Game: The Musical – Gold Coast Little Theatre, Southport
Five Women Wearing The Same Dress: Javeenbah Theatre, Nerang.
Christmas Cabaret & Party: Neptune Musical Productions & Kirra Dance, Coolangatta
Gold Coast City Choir: Christmas Concert - Church of the Good Shepherd, Mudgeeraba
Cinderella: A traditional Pantomime - Spotlight Theatre, Benowa
Jack and The Beanstalk: Queensland Theatre of Puppetry, Surfers Paradise Accomplice: by Rupert Holmes - Javeenbah Theatre, Nerang
Signal Driver: by Patrick White - Gold Coast Little Theatre, Southport
Galapagos Duck: Gold Coast Jazz and Blues Club - The Paradise Showroom, The Arts Centre, Gold Coast
For full show details see www.goldcoasttheatre.com