Live like a local – explore like a tourist
Raise your heart rate and your middle finger with the Queensland community theatre premiere of Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT by Pannic Productions. Including the full track list from the 2004 album as well as a few hits from 21st Century Breakdown and Nimrod, AMERICAN IDIOT tells a familiar tale – disenchanted youth, big dreams that... 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 →
City of Gold June 29 – July 20, 2019 Bille Brown Theatre A Griffin Theatre Company co-production All Breythe ever wanted was to be an actor, but this isn’t how he imagined his first big television gig – as a young Aboriginal man, being the face of a disastrous misfire of an advertisement that will... Continue Reading →
Ghosts 19 July - 4 August The Curators Vintage Pop Up Theatre, 28 St Barnabas Place, Red Hill Tickets: $15-$37. Discounts available for pensioners, seniors, students, MEAA, under 30s, groups of 10 or more. The Curators are enabling contemporary audiences to experience this acclaimed classic by Henrik Ibsen, the first time in 30 years this play... Continue Reading →
Tosca 13 - 22 June QPAC Lyric Theatre Opera Queensland present a new production of Puccini’s politically-charged thriller Tosca, directed by the company's Artistic Director, Patrick Nolan, and starring award-winning Australian soprano Rachelle Durkin. This production will transplant the opera to 1970s Italy, where political and religious tensions are at breaking point in an era of labour strikes, political... Continue Reading →
In a hugely exciting coup, Queensland Theatre has secured the rights for the world premiere season of the stage version of Brisbane-born author Trent Dalton’s award-winning and much acclaimed debut novel, Boy Swallows Universe, to be produced with Brisbane Festival. Queensland Theatre’s Artistic Director Sam Strong will direct an adaptation by Tim McGarry, premiering as part of Queensland... Continue Reading →
Put on some bug repellent, gather around the campfire, and join in this grippingly uncomfortable one-act play by Chris Isaacs. Six friends from Perth are reunited for the ultimate camping trip – two weeks in the bush, in the middle of nowhere, next to a pristine lake. But after less than twenty-four hours things take... Continue Reading →
Be guided through the life and times of the first residents of Old Government House by the gracious Lady Diamantina Bowen herself. History comes to life on this tour as the wife of Queensland's first Governor makes a return to the grounds and interior of Queensland’s first Government House. She guided us through the rooms... Continue Reading →
Three circus artists and two musicians walk into a bar…and they put on a great show! Exploring the ups and downs of a memorable (or not, depending on how much you drank) night of drinking and debauchery, Hold My Beer was part circus show, part musical comedy, and entirely entertaining. The performance featured a medley... Continue Reading →
In the third instalment of their award-winning collaboration, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Circa delighted Brisbane audiences with their skilful, joyful performance, bringing together contemporary circus, stunning vocals, and music from the English baroque. Leading period musicians from the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, played a pasticcio (I looked it... Continue Reading →
English Baroque 7:30pm 21 May, 2019 QPAC Concert Hall Part of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s 30th Anniversary celebrations, English Baroque with Circa is a thrilling collision of contemporary circus and music from the English Baroque. Having previously collaborated to devise acclaimed shows around French and Spanish music, Brandenburg Artistic Director Paul Dyer and Circa Artistic Director Yaron... Continue Reading →
A dynamic one-woman show about reclaiming ourselves from loss. Mary Anne Butler’s play Highway of Lost Hearts follows Mot on her road trip through the Australian outback, from Katherine to Dubbo, driving the 4,500kms with only her dog and her van. The audience is privy to her inner monologue on this journey as she seeks... Continue Reading →
