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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 →
Content warnings: Discussions of abortion and emotional abuse, coarse language, sexual references Inscape Assembly premiered a brilliant new full-length musical, Checked Out, at the Merthyr Uniting Church in New Farm for a limited season. Directed by Haley Meekan, with assistant direction by Mak Harris, Checked Out followed the overworked and underpaid employees of Greenmart Grocers... Continue Reading →
Sergio Tiempo and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, photographed by Sarah Marshall For their aptly named Magnificent Piano Maestro concert, Queensland Symphony Orchestra welcomed back former Artist in Residence, Venezuelan-Argentine pianist Sergio Tiempo, to perform Grieg’s piano concerto. Tiempo played the brand new, one-of-a-kind Steinway & Sons Grand piano that QSO have been fundraising for since... Continue Reading →
Melbourne-based comedian Nick Robertson brought his stand-up show Leave to Enter to his hometown of Brisbane for one night only, performed in the Good Chat Comedy Club on Petrie Terrace. Making his solo stand-up debut, Leave to Enter was driven by the story of Robertson being refused entry to the United Kingdom; a paperwork issue... Continue Reading →
Southern Cross Soloists perform with guest artist John Jorgenson (front, centre) and SXS Didgeridoo Artist in Residence Chris Williams (front, far right), photographed by Darren Thomas Southern Cross Soloists closed the year with a vibrant concert that promised audiences a journey to The New World – the name that European colonists applied to the Americas... Continue Reading →
John Grey as Ebenezer Scrooge & Dominic Tennison as the ghost of Jacob Marley Brisbane Arts Theatre present a hearty new retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, adapted and directed by Tallulah M.E. Grey, with John Grey, who also plays the lead role. We were guided to our seats by an usher holding a... Continue Reading →
Julia Johnson as Irene Ruddock in A Lady of Letters, photographed by Naz Mulla Hummingbird Theatre Company presented two of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads monologues at the Latvian Hall, Woolloongabba, for a limited season, starring Julia Johnson and Amanda McErlean and directed and designed by Rhys Becks. The Talking Heads are a series of dramatic... Continue Reading →
Tiana Varcoe as Pia Shim and Connor Scoble as The Devil, photographed by Emma Stratton Content warnings: coarse/offensive language, horror, mature and controversial themes, morbid humor, references and depictions of sexual assault, religious themes, themes of trauma, violence, haze/smoke effects, and loud noises. Polymorphic Productions presents Clive Barker’s marathon play The History of the Devil... Continue Reading →
The cast of The Amateurs at Ad Astra, photographed by Christopher Sharman Life, death, art, and the search for purpose twist together in Jordan Harrison's compelling tragic comedy The Amateurs, directed by Susan O’Toole Cridland and superbly performed at Ad Astra. Written by American playwright Jordan Harrison, The Amateurs premiered off-Broadway in 2018 and made... Continue Reading →
Melbourne-based performance company Head First Acrobats have brought their flagship show GODZ to the Spiegeltent at Wynnum Fringe, presenting a cheeky and high-energy adults-only acrobatics show grounded in Greek mythology. GODZ showcases the superhuman talents of four incredible acrobats as the god Apollo (Head First Acrobats company director and lead performer Thomas Gorham), Cupid, God... Continue Reading →
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