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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 →
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 →
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