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Trilogy 3pm, 30 March 2025 Elm House, Mt Glorious Celebrate the start of Ensemble Trivium's new season with a concert full of lyricism, elegance, and passion in their return to the cozy setting of Elm House. The program opens with Dvořák’s Terzetto, a warm and lyrical piece alive with playful, folk-inspired themes, adapted from its original... Continue Reading →
Mara Gaudenzi as Angelina/Cinderella and Petr Nekoranec as the Prince, Don Ramiro, photographed by Jade Ellis Opera Queensland’s La Cenerentola burst into bloom on the QPAC Concert Hall stage as part of the second Brisbane Bel Canto festival. Directed and designed by Laura Hansford, with Assistant Director Eugene Lynch, this semi-staged version of the Cinderella tale... Continue Reading →
Alex O'Connell as Henry, Jasmine Prasser as Mae, and George Oates as Lloyd, photographed by Karina Abassii Sweetness and cruelty, domesticity and animalism collide in Mud, a play about poverty and power presented by Salad Days Collective at PIP Theatre in Milton. Mae spends her days working to support herself and Lloyd, her not-brother and... Continue Reading →
MUD 14 - 22 March 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton Content warnings: Strong coarse language, sexual assault Mae lives on a farm in feverish poverty with her not-brother Llyod. Mae knows she deserves a better life. Mae knows she can have one. And in an effort to excavate herself from this dreary existence, Mae is going... Continue Reading →
Umberto Clerici conducts Queensland Symphony Orchestra in The Rite of Spring, with Circa, photographed by Sam Muller Queensland Symphony Orchestra's 2025 Season Opening Gala, The Rite of Spring, was an exhilarating start to the year. The concert was conducted by Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici, with the eponymous piece by Stravinsky presented in an exciting collaboration... Continue Reading →
Camerata & Brendan Joyce: Schumann Thursday, 13 March 2025, 7:30pm Concert Hall, QPAC Share in the joy, passion, and love of music with Camerata’s opening 2025 concert, featuring Camerata’s very own Artistic Director and leader Brendan Joyce on solo violin for Schumann’s Violin Concerto (arranged from the Cello Concerto). In this concert, Camerata will also... Continue Reading →
Ode to Women: A Peace Play, photographed by Naz Mulla The Curators Theatre returns in 2025 with Ode to Women: A Peace Play, a bedazzled and broad-reaching ensemble piece that ruminates on the cost of war for those beyond the fighting. Ode to Women is the first in the Post Dramatic Troy Disorder trilogy that... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Artshoot Media Jess Hitchcock & Penny Quartet 4 March 2025 QLD Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank Experience a feast of creativity as Melbourne-based Indigenous singer-songwriter Jess Hitchcock joins forces with the award-winning Penny Quartet for a five-city national tour, presented in association with the Adelaide Festival and Perth Festival. Musica Viva Australia is thrilled... Continue Reading →
Absolute Trash 28 February 2025 Arcana Theatre, Moorooka In Brisbane for one night only, Absolute Trash is an iconic and ironic celebration of all things garbage! See incredible circus, a bin chicken with big dreams, and performers more flexible than the government's idea of sensible climate policy. Guiding you through this up-cycled fever dream is... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Cinnamon Smith In A Moment 13 - 22 February 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton When an unassuming accountant and an eccentric homeless man cross paths on a park bench, neither expects the encounter to leave a lasting impact. But in a moment, everything changes. This thought-provoking new play by Tim Jackman and Tammy Tresillian... Continue Reading →
Ode to Women: A Peace Play 21 February - 15 March 2025 'The Barney', 28 St Barnabas Place, Red Hill We are in "the Bright Inside”. Flowers bloom next to war. Laughter happens, no matter what is happening in the world. Hope flickers in the corner of Pandora’s box. The play is located both now... Continue Reading →
The Rite of Spring 20-22 February 2025 QPAC Concert Hall An audacious and innovative staging of The Rite of Spring will challenge perceptions of live performance when Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) opens its 2025 Season. QSO will join forces with the internationally acclaimed contemporary circus company, Circa, to present a bold and stunning interpretation of... Continue Reading →
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