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Shakespeare’s The Tempest 3 May 2025 QPAC Concert Hall, South Bank It’s one thing to hear music inspired by Shakespeare, but it’s another thing to hear it performed alongside narration from a living theatre legend. Helpmann Award-winner John Bell has directed, acted, and written about Shakespeare more times than you can count. In this concert, he’ll... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Sam Scoufos The Last Princess of Lebanon 23 - 24 May 2025 Queensland Multicultural Centre, Kangaroo Point Uncovering the buried truth of a real-life lost princess, The Last Princess of Lebanon is a new theatre work that unravels family secrets, migration, and identity in a journey that takes audiences from the palaces of... Continue Reading →
Affordable Art Fair 8 - 11 May 2025 Exhibition Building, Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills Pick out the perfect piece when the global art phenomenon Affordable Art Fair returns to Brisbane with a four-day celebration of art at Brisbane Showgrounds. About 50 independent Australian galleries will participate in the second annual Brisbane Fair – held over Mother’s... Continue Reading →
Patricia Piccinini's Skywhalepapa, 2020 Horizon Friday 2 to Sunday 11 May Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Country, Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast’s leading contemporary arts festival, Horizon, returns in 2025 with a brand-new date, a bright new identity and a bold program of captivating events. The 10-day festival will include more than 50 entertaining and evocative events... Continue Reading →
Hands Across the Land Saturday April 26 O'Reilly's Canungra Valley Vineyards Tickets: $70 per person, with a cash bar This isn’t just a dinner—it’s a lifeline. Scenic Rim farmers are rallying for their mates in the Outback, announcing a night where the paddock meets the plate with purpose, proving that in the toughest of times,... Continue Reading →
Photographed by Daniel Boud Peter and the Starcatcher is full of all the wonder, magic, and comedy that might be expected of a new chapter in the Peter Pan story, but with modern humour sprinkled throughout for those who have had to grow up. Commissioned and originally produced by Disney Theatrical Group, Peter and the... Continue Reading →
Wondered 5 - 6 April 2025 Ron Hurley Theatre, Seven Hills Hub, 28 Tallowwood St, Seven Hills After a decade of mystery and madness, Mira Ball Productions’ award-winning theatrical sensation, Wondered, is making its return for a strictly limited season. Celebrating ten years since its first performance, this production promises to be darker, bolder, and... Continue Reading →
Trilogy 3pm, 30 March 2025 Elm House, Mt Glorious Celebrate the start of Ensemble Trivium's new season with a concert full of lyricism, elegance, and passion in their return to the cozy setting of Elm House. The program opens with Dvořák’s Terzetto, a warm and lyrical piece alive with playful, folk-inspired themes, adapted from its original... Continue Reading →
Mara Gaudenzi as Angelina/Cinderella and Petr Nekoranec as the Prince, Don Ramiro, photographed by Jade Ellis Opera Queensland’s La Cenerentola burst into bloom on the QPAC Concert Hall stage as part of the second Brisbane Bel Canto festival. Directed and designed by Laura Hansford, with Assistant Director Eugene Lynch, this semi-staged version of the Cinderella tale... Continue Reading →
Alex O'Connell as Henry, Jasmine Prasser as Mae, and George Oates as Lloyd, photographed by Karina Abassii Sweetness and cruelty, domesticity and animalism collide in Mud, a play about poverty and power presented by Salad Days Collective at PIP Theatre in Milton. Mae spends her days working to support herself and Lloyd, her not-brother and... Continue Reading →
MUD 14 - 22 March 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton Content warnings: Strong coarse language, sexual assault Mae lives on a farm in feverish poverty with her not-brother Llyod. Mae knows she deserves a better life. Mae knows she can have one. And in an effort to excavate herself from this dreary existence, Mae is going... Continue Reading →
Umberto Clerici conducts Queensland Symphony Orchestra in The Rite of Spring, with Circa, photographed by Sam Muller Queensland Symphony Orchestra's 2025 Season Opening Gala, The Rite of Spring, was an exhilarating start to the year. The concert was conducted by Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici, with the eponymous piece by Stravinsky presented in an exciting collaboration... Continue Reading →
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