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Image supplied by Southern Cross Soloists Wonder 12 October 2025 QPAC Concert Hall, South Bank Step into a world where friendship, love, and artistry intertwine. More than a classical concert, Wonder explores the poignant story of the entwined lives of Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms through music, movement and the words of their letters. From Clara’s Romances to Robert’s haunting Ghost... Continue Reading →
Tell Me Something 29 October – 1 November Metro Arts, West End What happens when you just don’t want to tell the truth? Hamish loves Matthew but doesn't want to tell him. Emilie loves Bella but doesn't want to tell herself. Hamish and Bella have known each other since they were kids. They tell each... Continue Reading →
Plantapolooza at Brisbane Markets, 2023. Photographed by Claudia Baxter Plantapalooza 6am - 12pm, Saturday 11 October 2025 Brisbane Markets, 385 Sherwood Rd, Rocklea Plantapalooza will transform Brisbane Markets into a dream of lush greenery, blooming flowers and garden accessories, inviting local green thumbs to unite in a celebration of spring and all things plants. Located out... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Tracey Leigh Images Joshua Hinton’s A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen (or How to Make the Perfect One-Pot Chicken Curry) was a delicious family history. Alongside his brother Dominic, Hinton told a story about lineage, cultural connection, and searching for a sense of belonging while he cooked his grandmother Mehmeh’s chicken curry live... Continue Reading →
Photographed by Daniel Boud A spectacular contemporary dance work about the cycle of life and the journey from birth to death, The Chronicles was presented as part of Brisbane Festival by the Melbourne-based Stephanie Lake Company, following its world premiere at Sydney Festival in January. Photographed by Laurent Liotardo From the first uncurling fingers of... Continue Reading →
Contours exhibition, photographed by Claudia Baxter Contours 23 September – 18 October 2025 Mitchell Fine Art, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane Mitchell Fine Art in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley presents a group exhibition of paintings illuminating the deep layers of ancestral connection between First Nations artists and their traditional homelands. Contours is an exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal artworks... Continue Reading →
Bad Nature for Brisbane Festival at The Powerhouse Theatre, photographed by David Kelly A jaw-dropping collaboration between Brisbane’s Australasian Dance Collective and The Netherlands’ Club Guy & Roni, Studio Boris Acket, and HIIIT, Bad Nature was a transportive new work about the relationship between humanity and the rest of the natural world. Photographed by David... Continue Reading →
Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken, photographed by Cameron Jamieson Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken toured Australia’s major cities throughout August, celebrating 80 years of Musica Viva Australia and 50 years of the Budapest-founded, Colorado-based Takács Quartet. The concert included a brand-new work by Cathy Milliken for narrator and string quartet, inspired by the poetry of... Continue Reading →
Elena Perroni and Valerio Borgioni as Mimì and Rodolfo, photographed by Steph Do Rozario Opera Queensland presented a stunning, fully staged production of Puccini’s beloved opera La bohème in QPAC’s Lyric Theatre as part of Brisbane Festival 2025. La bohème was first performed at Turin’s Teatro Regio in 1896, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Claudia Baxter King George Square Showdown 4pm, 27 September 2025 King George Square, Brisbane City Grab your leg warmers and slip into your sequins for Brisbane’s ultimate dance battle! Join Common People Dance Project as they cut some moves on the city’s biggest dancefloor for a free, all-in, feel-good dance showdown in front... Continue Reading →
Rebecca Bower and John Leary in The Platypus, photographed by Mark Gambino Francis Greenslade’s The Platypus is a metatheatrical two-hander that puts a genre-hopping spin on the kitchen sink drama. Jessica and Richard’s marriage is crumbling. Richard is healing from a vasectomy, and resents Jess for suggesting it. Jess feels unwanted, and seeks excitement in... Continue Reading →
On the Other Side, photographed by Jade Ellis Inspired by the three-part classical ballet work Jewels, which was created for the New York City Ballet by its co-founder George Balanchine in 1967, Gems is a trilogy of contemporary dance works by French dancer, choreographer, and founder of the L.A. Dance project Benjamin Millepied. In an... Continue Reading →
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