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Image credit: Morgan Roberts Big Yikes! 13 - 23 March 2024 Underground Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm Big Dreams. Bigger Doubts. Big Yikes! Playlab Theatre’s latest mainstage production, Big Yikes!, premieres this March at the BrisbanePowerhouse. Written by emerging Meanjin playwright Madeleine Border, this is a coming-of-age story that explores the uncertainty of school leaving... Continue Reading →
Stills from A Gaza Weekend (left) and Bye Bye Tiberias (right), which will feature in the 2024 Palestinian Film Festival Australia Palestinian Film Festival 8 - 10 March 2024 Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo The Palestinian Film Festival Australia has announced its highly anticipated 2024 program of twelve films, featuring a mix of Australian premieres, award-winning features... Continue Reading →
Camerata & Alex Raineri - Beethoven 17 February 2024 QPAC Concert Hall Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra is a two-time Helpmann Award nominated ensemble performing without a conductor. Camerata’s Artistic Associates and guest artists take ownership of their music-making to form a refreshing and acclaimed voice that empowers artists, inspires audiences, and enriches communities through... Continue Reading →
The Wolves 15 February - 9 March 2024 Ad Astra, 57 Misterton Street, Fortitude Valley A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigate big questions and wage tiny battles with all the vigour of a pack of adolescent warriors. Written by Sarah DeLappe and directed for... Continue Reading →
Bianca Butler Reynolds and Ben Snaith as Eliza Doolittle and Professor Henry Higgins, photographed by Kris Anderson (Images by Anderson) Minola Theatre presents George Bernard Shaw’s classic tale of class and culture, Pygmalion, as their first production of 2024, directed by Kat Dekker. First performed in 1913, the play takes its title from the Greek... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Kris Anderson / Images by Anderson Pygmalion 2-3 & 9-10 February 2024 Ron Hurley Theatre, Seven Hills Hub, 28 Tallowwood Street, Seven Hills Minola Theatre proudly presents Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw’s classic comedy of class, language and gender politics. When egocentric phonetics professor Henry Higgins meets Cockney flower-seller Eliza Doolittle, he isn’t expecting... Continue Reading →
Art of Courage 3 - 17 February 2024 PIP Theatre, Milton Art of Courage is a not-for-profit immersive theatre performance that unveils a tale of hope, resilience, and the spirit of the Ukrainian people, promising a captivating journey through the soul of Ukraine and a profound exploration of history, tradition, and the enduring power of... Continue Reading →
Observatory Theatre Creative Producer Lachlan Driscoll launches the 2024 season, photographed by Lucy Rayner-Toy. Observatory Theatre has launched their 2024 season, unveiling a year of new works by Brisbane-based playwrights and with a strong focus on creative development. The season will open with a staged reading and post-show discussion of The Cane, a "hauntingly beautiful... Continue Reading →
The cast of Rent, photographed by Wendell Teodoro Rent 27 January – 11 February Playhouse Theatre, QPAC The multi-Tony Award winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson, Rent, will embark on an Australian tour in 2024, opening in Brisbane and moving on to Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth and Canberra. Step into the vibrant streets of New York... Continue Reading →
Umberto Clerici conducts the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, photographed by Darren Thomas Queensland Symphony Orchestra closed the 2023 season with their tenth and final Maestro concert, featuring a program of musical works under half an hour each, from Classical heavyweights Rossini, Mozart, Schubert, and Prokofiev. Conducted by QSO Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici, Micro Masterpieces began with... Continue Reading →
Otto Trausk conducts the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, photographed by Stephen Stewart Queensland Symphony Orchestra curated a program of “life affirming music” for their ninth Maestro concert of 2023, Heartland Classics, including works by renowned composers from Central Europe: Kodály, Mendelssohn, and Dvořák. Heartland Classics was conducted by Dutch conductor and Music Director of Vancouver Symphony... Continue Reading →
Guest soloist, pianist Jayson Gillham, and guest conductor Joseph Swensen with Queensland Symphony Orchestra, photographed by Joel Tronoff As the name suggests, Queensland Symphony Orchestra presented two concerts featuring works by Ludwig Van Beethoven and Sir Edward Elgar in July. Guest conductor Joseph Swensen led the orchestra with dynamism and large, forceful gestures, and acclaimed... Continue Reading →
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