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Leah Shelton, photographed by Joel Devereux Content warning: Batshit refers to mental illness and institutionalised medical treatment. It also contains occasional coarse language, sexual references, haze/smoke effects, loud sounds, bright lighting flashes and strobe lighting effects. Leah Shelton's third solo show, Batshit, made its world premiere at Metro Arts as part of Brisbane Festival 2022,... Continue Reading →
Alexandra Flood performs The Human Voice, photographed by Jade Ferguson Content note: The Human Voice & The Call contains coarse language, discussion of drug use and domestic violence, and allusions to suicide. Presented by Opera Queensland and Brisbane Festival in association with Queensland Symphony Orchestra, The Human Voice & The Call is a compelling double... Continue Reading →
Julian Spooner in Mistero Buffo. Image credit Luke Forsyth Rhum + Clay’s production of Dario Fo’s controversial solo work, Mistero Buffo, played a sold-out season at Metro Arts for Brisbane Festival 2022, featuring a masterful physical theatre performance by Julian Spooner. With the title loosely translating to The Comic Mysteries, Fo’s provocative piece is a... Continue Reading →
Photo credit Roy Vandervegt Guttered was an original and entertaining piece of site-specific contemporary dance theatre, performed in a Chermside bowling alley as part of Brisbane Festival 2022. Based in Adelaide, Restless Dance Theatre define themselves as Australia’s leading creator of dance theatre by dancers with and without disability. Guttered explored love and life through... Continue Reading →
Fiona Kennedy as Bessie and Elise Lamb as Lee, photographed by Christopher Sharman Ad Astra’s production of Marvin’s Room balanced domestic drama with laugh-out-loud humour as it explored aging, illness, obligation, and care in its many forms. Directed by Roslyn Johnson, Ad Astra’s production of Scott McPherson’s award-winning 1990 play captured the stifling domesticity of... Continue Reading →
Image supplied by Allentertainment Constellations 11 - 26 November 2022 Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium Cosmic Skydome, Toowong Director Harrison Allen brings Constellations by Nick Payne to life at the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium Cosmic Skydome, starring newlyweds Will & Katie Toft. Featuring an immersive 8K resolution projection dome above the audiences, Constellations explores how even... Continue Reading →
David Massingham. Image credit: Mark Gambino David Massingham’s Little Sketch Book of Horrors 27 - 30 October 2022 Big Fork Theatre, Fortitude Valley Tickets from $20 Following a successful run at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, David Massingham brings his solo sketch comedy spookshow to Fringe Brisbane in time for Halloween. Little Sketch Book... Continue Reading →
Angus Thorburn, Leah Fitzgerald-Quinn, Rebekah Schmidt, Dudley Powell & Rob Pensalfini. Image supplied by Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble. Shakespeare Pick and (re)Mix! 14 & 21 October 2022 EC Venue Hub – Warehouse Space and Blackbox Studio 17 McLachlan Street, Fortitude Valley Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet walk into a bar… Following a successful season at Anywhere... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Creative Street The Producers 21 - 30 October 2022 Twelfth Night Theatre, Bowen Hills The Producers is recommended for audiences aged 16+ Independent theatre company Queensland Musical Theatre are presenting Mel Brooks' laugh-out-loud musical The Producers, the show that set the record for most Tony Award wins. A down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his... Continue Reading →
The Call & The Human Voice 20 - 24 September 2022 Concert Hall, QPAC, South Bank Opera Queensland presents a female-led double bill as part of Brisbane Festival 2022, in association with FLUXUS, starring Ali McGregor and Alexandra Flood in two one-act productions grappling with loneliness, emotional disconnect, and how one phone call can change everything.... Continue Reading →
Louise Brehmer, Shakira Clanton, Phoebe Grainer, Chenoa Deemal and Anna McMahon. Photographed by Farley Ward. Content note: Tiddas includes coarse language, sexual references, themes of pregnancy / infertility, grief and loss, marriage breakdown, depictions of abuse (alcohol/emotional) and discussions with or containing offensive/derogatory language. La Boite close their 2022 season with the joyful, jacaranda-hued play... Continue Reading →
Silvan Rus, Julian Wong, Ming Yang Lim, Jonathan Chan, and Egan Sun-Bin, photographed by Stephen Henry. Content note: Slow Boat includes low level coarse language, depictions of suicide, depictions of war, racial slurs, references to violence, haze/smoke effects, and loud sounds. Anna Yen’s Slow Boat has made its world premiere at the Brisbane Powerhouse, directed... Continue Reading →
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