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Pictured is dress rehearsal for West Side Story production on June 26, 2021 at Crown Theatre in Perth, Australia. Photo by Will Russell. Content warning: this production contains coarse language, adult themes, racial slur,s and sexual violence. West Side Story has opened at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre, directed by Joey McKneely and featuring a cast studded... Continue Reading →
Original Australian company, photographed by Jeff Busby Tony and Olivier award-winning musical Come From Away has opened in Brisbane, bringing the packed Lyric Theatre to its feet for a spirited standing ovation. Come From Away is an upbeat and uplifting musical that reminds us of the best bits of our humanity. Directed by Christopher Ashley and choreographed... Continue Reading →
Image supplied Another Ed Sheeran Tribute 24 April 2021 Sandgate Town Hall, Sandgate For a one-night-only performance, Another Ed Sheeran Tribute will fill the Sandgate Town Hall with a journey through the love songs of the ever-talented British ginger. First performed as part of Your Theatrics International Cabaret at the Brisbane Powerhouse in 2015, the... Continue Reading →
Original Australian company, photographed by Jeff Busby Come From Away 28 March - 2 May QPAC Lyric Theatre, South Bank Tony and Olivier award-winning musical Come From Away, will open at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre from 28 March 2021 for a strictly limited season. It will be the first major musical to open in Queensland since the COVID-enforced shutdown.... Continue Reading →
PLEASE NOTE: Due to current health concerns and restrictions related to COVID-19, the Rolling Thunder Vietnam 2020 tour of Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney has been postponed. Visit the Rolling Thunder Vietnam website for the full statement. Rolling Thunder Vietnam March 18-19, QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane March 21, The Star, Gold Coast Rolling Thunder... Continue Reading →
A rainbow of memories from this year - I saw over 60 shows in 2019, from big openings to backyard performances, through comedy, musicals, dance, theatre, music, and (for the first time) opera. It's been an incredible year in Brisbane performing arts and the calibre of shows has been high, so this list was a... Continue Reading →
Christmas is all around at La Boite with their current season of the raucous and touching cabaret-style Christmas Actually by The Little Red Company. Created by Naomi Price and Adam Brunes, the show features all of the songs from the iconic soundtrack of British romcom Love Actually as well as incorporating some of the film's... Continue Reading →
Savoyards present The Boy From Oz, directed by Miranda Selwood; a musical biography of Australian entertainer Peter Allen led by the man himself, celebrating the highs and lows of his life through a cabaret catalogue of his greatest hits. Originally produced by Ben Gannon and Robert Fox, with book by Nick Enright (and music and... Continue Reading →
David Megarrity is a Brisbane creative of many talents - theatre-maker, composer, musician, and writer, having won the Queensland Premier's Drama Award 2018-2019 for his play The Holidays which will premiere as part of Queensland Theatre's 2020 season. David is also one half of duo Tyrone and Lesley, and has written, composed for, and will... Continue Reading →
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 →
After waiting 10 years for theatrical rights to become available, Pannic Productions move into the newly refurbished QUT Gardens Theatre this week in preparation for the Queensland community theatre premiere of Green Day’s AMERICAN IDIOT. The cast very kindly made time to sit down and chat with me about working on the show, their characters,... Continue Reading →
Oklahoma! 22 June - 6 July 2019 Iona Performing Arts Centre, Wynnum Tickets: $28 - $50 Following their spectacular sell-out seasons of Les Miserables and Chicago last year, Savoyards begin their 2019 season with Rogers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! A classic American musical, Oklahoma! has won multiple international awards, including a Pulitzer, Tony's and Academy award. It has also been made into... Continue Reading →
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