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Images by Vlad Da Cunha / Vlad Photo Amor 10 - 18 May 2024 Black Box Theatre, The Old Ambulance Station, Nambour D.I.V.E. Theatre Collective, the award-winning Sunshine Coast-based contemporary theatre company, proudly announces its newest production, Amor, a devised physical theatre spectacle that delves into the intricate nuances of love's enigmatic essence. Directed by... Continue Reading →
John Waters and Danel MacPherson for The Woman In Black (c) James Reiser The Woman in Black 30 April - 11 May Playhouse Theatre, QPAC, South Bank Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story The Woman in Black comes dramatically alive in Stephen Mallatratt’s stage adaptation, promising to be a terrifying live theatre experience and a brilliantly... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Kris Anderson / Images by Anderson A collaboration between three local theatre companies, 35MM: A Musical Exhibition showcases an extraordinarily talented cast of Brisbane performers in Ryan Scott Oliver’s unconventional song cycle. Image credit: Kris Anderson / Images by Anderson 35MM: A Musical Exhibition is a sung-through musical anthology of sixteen songs, each... Continue Reading →
Jessica Pratt as Lucia, photographed by Murray Summerville Presented as part of Opera Queensland’s inaugural Brisbane Bel Canto festival, Lucia di Lammermoor is a pared-back production that serves to showcase the astonishing virtuosity of starring soprano Jessica Pratt. Lucia di Lammermoor is a three-act tragic opera by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was... Continue Reading →
The Norman Mailer Anecdote 3 - 18 May 2024 Diane Cilento Studio, Queensland Theatre, South Brisbane Queensland Theatre’s inaugural DOOR 3 program kicks off with a blistering legal drama that exposes the Australian public's insatiable appetite for high-profile assault cases. Helen is poised to finally make equity partner at her law firm — that is, until her... Continue Reading →
The Cutting Cove Currawongs. Photographed by Pia Johnson. Having premiered last month in Melbourne, the home of AFL, 37 now brings its monumental energy and atmosphere to Queensland audiences in the Bille Brown Theatre. Written by Nathan Maynard and directed by Queensland Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director (First Nations) Isaac Drandic – who also collaborated on... Continue Reading →
Hyung Suk Bae in Recital 4 May 2024 Judith Wright Arts Centre, Fortitude Valley Hyung Suk Bae, Acting Principal Cello of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, is a graduate of Julliard and has performed on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Sydney Opera House. Take a journey and see the evolution of solo cello... Continue Reading →
Esmé Quartet 13 May 2024 QLD Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank Musica Viva Australia presents the Australian debut of one of the world’s finest young string ensembles, the award-winning Germany-based Esmé Quartet, in a seven-city national tour. The quartet will perform a program of works by Webern, Mendelssohn, Debussy, and Frerer. Named after the medieval French word... Continue Reading →
(L to R) Liam Hartley, Fiona Kennedy, and Jett Robson in Loot. Ad Astra presents Joe Orton's fast-paced and razor-sharp dark farce Loot, directed by Jennifer Flowers with assistant direction and production management by Liam Wallis. Compulsive truth-teller Hal McLeavey (Jett Robson) and his lover Dennis (Liam Hartley), an undertaker, have robbed a bank and... Continue Reading →
My Vagina Tried to Kill Me! 27 April 2024 Big Fork Theatre, Fortitude Valley Comedian Annisa B is set to take audiences on a rib-tickling ride through the often-overlooked world of women's health with her comedy show, My Vagina Tried to Kill Me!, which promises to be both enlightening and entertaining as it sheds light... Continue Reading →
35MM: A Musical Exhibition 19 April - 3 May 2024 PIP Theatre, Milton A picture is worth 1,000 words — what about a song? 35MM: A Musical Exhibition is a unique multimedia musical, written and composed by Ryan Scott Oliver, that pairs each lyrical narrative with a photograph by Matthew Murphy, crafting a tapestry of... Continue Reading →
Dark Vanilla Jungle & Tonight with Donny Stixx 11 - 26 April 2024 Holy Trinity Church Hall, 141 Brookes St, Fortitude Valley The X Collective presents a double bill of Philip Ridley plays to open 2024 - bold, evocative, and unapologetically honest, these plays invite you to confront the depths of the human experience in... Continue Reading →
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