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Alondra de la Parra conducts the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, photographed by Peter Wallis. Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Music Director Alondra de la Parra, and 2018 Artist in Residence Sergio Tiempo thrilled audiences with their incredible passion and artistry in Soloists and Spontaneity, part of QSO’s Maestro series. Dr Simon Perry of the University of Queensland gave... Continue Reading →
Nicholas Denton and Melanie Zanetti. Imagery via Kath Rose & Associates. Where? Playhouse Theatre, QPAC When? 28 July – August 18 Part regional coming-of-age story and part gothic mystery, Queensland Theatre’s Jasper Jones has hit the Playhouse Theatre. Adapted from Craig Silvey’s classic Australian novel by Kate Mulvany and directed by Queensland Theatre’s Artistic Director... Continue Reading →
Esther Hannaford as Carole King, photographed by Joan Marcus Do you feel the earth move under your feet, Brisbane? Beautiful: The Carole King Musical has arrived at QPAC and it is a joyful celebration of the life, work, and personal tenacity of the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20thcentury.... Continue Reading →
Where? Gallery of Modern Art, South Bank When? Mar 24 – Aug 5 We finally made it to Patricia Piccinini's Curious Affection exhibition at QAGOMA over the weekend and it was as strange and thought-provoking as expected. Piccinni’s creations are so lifelike I often mistook them for other gallery-goers out of the corner of... Continue Reading →
Anticipation... Queensland Symphony Orchestra delivered another thrilling movie experience on Saturday July 7 with two performances of Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. We attended the 7.30pm performance and it was glorious – QSO did a stellar job of performing John Williams’ iconic score, capably led... Continue Reading →
Photographed by Michelle Thomas, Christopher Thomas Photography Where? Iona Performing Arts Centre, Lindum. When? June 23 – July 7 Brisbane’s oldest continuously running musical theatre company, Savoyards, present the epic and uplifting musical theatre classic Les Misérables at the Iona Performing Arts Centre this June-July, directed by Robbie Parkin and with Geoffrey Secomb as Musical... Continue Reading →
Alana Sargent and Ivan CHAN in Natalie Weir's '4Seasons', photographed by Mak Where? QPAC’s Playhouse Theatre When? June 14-22 Expressions Dance Company, City Contemporary Dance Company (Hong Kong), and Queensland Performing Arts Centre present a breathtaking triple bill of new contemporary works, filled with powerful imagery and messages about our humanity and its impacts.... Continue Reading →
Where? La Boite Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove When? June 2 – 23 La Boite’s new production, The Mathematics of Longing, blends physics and mathematics principles with human metaphor to question the nature of reality, and somehow it all makes beautiful sense. Written by Suzie Miller and co-presented with The Uncertainty Principle, of which Miller... Continue Reading →
Where? QPAC’s Playhouse Theatre When? May 25 – June 3 Queensland Ballet present their much-anticipated double bill of Carlos Acosta’s contemporary Carmen and Liam Scarlett’s dark and thrilling The Firebird. The two works were expected to be disparate, but unfortunately this comparison could also be made in quality as well as thematic and balletic... Continue Reading →
A Very Theatre Company tells a messy, close-to-home tale with plenty of toilet humour. Lounge in a deckchair in the UQ Museum Courtyard to witness the imperfect crime unfolding in the heart of Brisbane’s bureaucracy – the Parks Maintenance department of the Brisbane City Council. Downtrodden Council worker Lenny has a difficult time finding... Continue Reading →
A delightful double bill hosted in the atmospheric venue of Spring Hill Reservoirs. Don a blindfold and descend into the dark of Brisbane's convict past with Republic of Song, then put your powers of deduction to the test with InsideOutside's interactive murder mystery. THE BALLAD OF ROSIE QUINN You’ve never heard a ghost story told... Continue Reading →
American writer Tillie Olsen’s short story is brought to life on stage, performed as a heartfelt monologue by Anne Pensalfini. Created in consultation with Margi Brown Ash and directed by Heidi Manché, I Stand Here Ironing explores the complexity of familial relationships, especially those between a mother and her children. Standing at her post... Continue Reading →
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