Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium events
Brisbane City Council's Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium features entertaining and informative shows for adults and children. All general audience and children's shows include two parts - the main feature and a tour of Brisbane's night sky by the Planetarium's astronomers. Bookings are recommended. The Planetarium is closed on Mondays and public holidays. View the opening hours.
Show schedule
On this page, you will find a display of all shows, in calendar order. To see all Planetarium shows for a specific date or date range, or to see a specific show, filter your search. Alternatively, you can choose a show from the list below.
General audience shows
Capturing the Cosmos | Cosmic Collisions | Dark Universe | Edge of Darkness | Experience the Aurora | Moons: Worlds of Mystery | Passport to the Universe | Saturday Night 'Live' | Tales of a Time Traveler | We Are Aliens!
Children's shows
Perfect Little Planet | The Little Star That Could
Sat 25 May 2019, 11:30am
Children will love this show as they learn about our solar system through the eyes of a family of aliens on vacation from another solar system. Recommended for...
Sat 25 May 2019, 12:30pm
Narrated by Robert Redford. Dazzling and destructive cosmic collisions release energy that drives the growth and evolution of the universe shaping our place...
Sat 25 May 2019, 2:00pm
From volcanoes and geysers to ice-covered oceans and methane rain, moons have some spectacular features. Learn what these celestial bodies reveal about the...
Sat 25 May 2019, 3:00pm
Narrated by David Tennant. Explore ancient civilizations. Witness the birth of the universe. Journey to the edge of a black hole. Follow the lives of stars, the...
Sat 25 May 2019, 6:00pm
Brisbane Planetarium's astronomers take the audience on an exciting 'live' fulldome spaceflight. Chart a course through the solar system, past the most distant...
Sat 25 May 2019, 7:30pm
Narrated by Hayley Atwell, our new show features amazing scenes of places imaged for the first time, gathered by key space missions. Fly through the great...
Sun 26 May 2019, 11:30am
The story of an ‘average’ star who travels the universe in search of planets. Along the way, he makes many discoveries about stars, planets, galaxies and...
Sun 26 May 2019, 12:30pm
Narrated by Rupert Grint. The human race is connected better than ever before but could we one day be part of a galactic community sharing our knowledge and...
Sun 26 May 2019, 2:00pm
Narrated by Tom Hanks. This is a thrilling journey through the Solar System, out of the Milky Way Galaxy and to the edge of the observable universe. Recommended...