Live like a local – explore like a tourist
Image credit: Prudence Upton Blanc de Blanc Encore From 21 November (previews from 14 November) The West End Electric, West End Strut & Fret are thrilled to bring their cheeky circus cabaret, Blanc de Blanc Encore, to Brisbane’s bespoke new theatre and bar The West End Electric. Creative Director Scott Maidment toured the original Blanc de... Continue Reading →
Women Like Us 5 - 7 December 2024 PIP Theatre, Milton Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs are Women Like Us—two of Australia’s most relatable and hilarious comedians. With over 320 sold-out shows across the country, 5-star reviews from Adelaide Fringe Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival, this powerhouse duo brings their uproarious act to new corners... Continue Reading →
The Vintage Belles 21 - 23 November 2024 PIP Theatre, Milton Boo-doop-di-doo! The Vintage Belles bring a classic twist to contemporary songs, transporting audiences on a journey between past and present. With dazzling harmonies, stylish stage presence, and engaging banter, they reimagine modern pop hits as they might sound through a vintage radio. Audiences will... Continue Reading →
A Very Naughty Christmas 21 November - 18 December 2024 La Boite Theatre, Kelvin Grove A Very Naughty Christmas, an adults-only Christmas comedy, returns this silly season to Brisbane, Melbourne, and the Gold Coast. Created in 2017 by Australian theatre maestros Alex Woodward and Daniel Venz for fans of Magic Mike, La Clique and The... Continue Reading →
Biron Bothways as Hamlet, photographed by Creative Futures Photography DragSpeare: Drag Kings do Shakespeare was an entertaining evening of songs and soliloquies, mixing the Bard's poetry with popular music and sending up masculinity and ideas of capital-C culture. Presented as part of MELT Festival 2024, the overarching narrative was that of The Stallion Squad, a... Continue Reading →
Imagery provided by Brisbane Music Festival, from a previous performance of Piano Room Piano Room was a reprieve, a transporting mid-morning performance in a carefully curated space. Presented as part of Brisbane Music Festival, it meditated on the interconnectedness of the natural and man-made worlds through soundscapes and music, and the internal world through poetry.... Continue Reading →
Eurovision On Tour 13 November 2024 The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley Following concerts in London, Paris and Madrid, Eurovision On Tour brings the Eurovision experience to the fans in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, touring for the first time since the Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956. Australia is the only country in the world to receive... Continue Reading →
Love Lies Bleeding 31 October - 23 November 2024 Ad Astra, Misterton Street, Fortitude Valley This play concerns an artist named Alex Macklin in the last years of his life, and the effect his condition has on his son, Sean, and his second and fourth wives, Toinette and Lia, respectively. After a major second stroke,... Continue Reading →
Cast of The X Collective's Cleansed Content note: Please be advised this production contains, and this review refers to, simulations of drug use, extreme sexual & physical violence, incest, and suicide. The X Collective close their 2024 season with Sarah Kane's confronting and brutal play Cleansed. Directed by Wayne McPhee, with assistant direction and design by... Continue Reading →
Timothy Christopher Ryan, photographed by Kay Fogarty Creative Juices 31 October - 8 November 2024 (8pm - 9pm) 128 Boundary St, West End Presented by Scratch Arts and performed by award-winning artist Timothy Christopher Ryan as part of Melt Festival, Creative Juices is an interactive art workshop-comedy hybrid and an invitation for adults to embrace... Continue Reading →
Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble (QSE) is excited to announce that auditions for their 2025 Core Ensemble, Apprentice Program and Advanced Apprentice Program will be held on the afternoons of 30 November and 1 December 2024, with callbacks 6-11pm on Monday 2 December. APPLICATIONS Applications must be received by 5pm on 22 November. Applications are encouraged from... Continue Reading →
Clarise Ooi, photographed by Naz Mulla Embodi Theatre has premiered a new bilingual play at PIP Theatre, exploring the intersections of human emotion and artificial intelligence. Written and directed by Amy Chien-Yu Wang, with dramaturgy by Helen Strube, AI May is a bittersweet story of loss and love centred on the tensions between an immigrant... Continue Reading →
Backstreet Brisbane 