Brisbane Improv Festival 18-21 February, 2021 The Ron Hurley Theatre and Seven Hills Hub Local comedy institution Big Fork Theatre has launched the inaugural Brisbane Improv Festival, featuring 4 full nights of live shows showcasing the best comedians and improvisers from Brisbane and beyond. Improvised comedy (improv) is a comedic artform where everything is made up... Continue Reading →
Review: After Hours: Singalong (Big Fork Theatre)
Big Fork Theatre present late-night laughs and the chance to bust out your karaoke favourites with After Hours: Singalong as part of Brisbane Comedy Festival - an improvised sketch show based on a set list of classic belters. The audience sang along with enthusiasm to tunes from Grease!, Wheatus, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and The Wiggles,... Continue Reading →
What’s On: After Hours: Singalong (Big Fork Theatre)
After Hours: Singalong February 28, March 6, 13 & 20 Turbine Studio, Brisbane Powerhouse Tickets: $25 / $20 (Group 4+) plus $6.90 booking fee A late-night love-child of pub choir and group karaoke, After Hours: Singalong is complete with live band, projected lyrics, and Big Fork’s award-winning improvised comedy. The audience sing along with the... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Brisbane Comedy Festival 2020
Brisbane Comedy Festival 21 February - March 22 Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane City Hall, The Tivoli, The Fortitude Music Hall, and Newstead Brewing Co Brisbane Comedy Festival is back for another year, serving up a month of ribcage-rattlers from more than 85 of the funniest national and international comedians. View the full line-up on the Brisbane Comedy... Continue Reading →
Review: School of Rock (GWB Entertainment)
Tune up your air guitar and stick it to the man – following an acclaimed debut season in Melbourne and a tour of China, the Australian production of School of Rock has opened in Brisbane and it SERIOUSLY rocks! Dewey Finn is a guitarist with delusions of grandeur, struggling to pay rent with his rock... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Brisbane Comedy Festival turns 10
2019 marks the tenth year of Brisbane Comedy Festival and a four-week program jammed with stand-up, sketch, improvisation, and cabaret will keep Brisbane giggling from Friday, February 22 to Sunday, March 24. “Brisbane Comedy Festival hits the big one-oh, and just like any pre-teen is growing up before our very eyes,” said Brisbane Powerhouse Artistic... Continue Reading →
REVIEW: The 39 Steps (Queensland Theatre)
Hugh Parker as Richard Hannay and Liz Buchanan as Annabella Shmidt Where? Cremorne Theatre, QPAC When? February 24 – March 28, 2018 Part noir murder mystery and part comedy sketch, Queensland Theatre’s season of The 39 Steps makes brilliant use of physical comedy and farce, spy movie and thriller tropes, audience interaction and melodrama to... Continue Reading →