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David Megarrity performs as Tyrone in Bear with Me. Image supplied by David Megarrity. David Megarrity is an award-winning playwright, performer, and one half of ukulele and double bass duo Tyrone & Lesley. With collaborator Samuel Vincent, David will perform a 10th anniversary season of Tyrone and Lesley's show Bear With Me at Metro Arts... Continue Reading →
Northshore Christmas Boat Parade 18 December 2022 Northshore, Hamilton Seafarers and spectators alike are invited to experience Brisbane’s newest Christmas tradition, the inaugural Northshore Christmas Boat Parade, on Sunday 18 December. The Brisbane River will light up with a glittering cavalcade of illuminated boats, parading the length of Northshore Brisbane to a soundtrack of Christmas classics and merry... Continue Reading →
Rebecca Murphy and Rob Pensalfini as Lady and Lord Macbeth. Image by Benjamin Prindable Photography. Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble performed Macbeth for the first time in the company’s 21-year history, presented in the intimate performance space at the Fringe Brisbane Hub in South Brisbane. Directed by Angela Witcher, an ensemble of twelve actors tackled Shakespeare’s shortest... Continue Reading →
Content warning: White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, contains coarse language and references to violence and suicide. In October, The X Collective presented the intriguing avant-garde theatrical experiment White Rabbit, Red Rabbit at Fate Container Studios in West End. Written by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, its key point of interest is not in the script, but in... Continue Reading →
Bear with Me 7 - 10 December 2022 New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, West End Brisbane ukulele duo Tyrone and Lesley present their playful music and theatre show Bear with Me, which is specifically made for children and their bears. This is the 10th anniversary season of the show, written by David Megarrity, which has... Continue Reading →
GODZ 16 November - 4 December 2022 Wynnum Fringe Festival, George Clayton Park Please note that GODZ is for audiences aged 18+ Following an award-winning season at Melbourne Fringe, Head First Acrobats is bringing their sexy, stunt-filled production GODZ to Brisbane for Wynnum Fringe Festival. Head First Acrobats company director Thomas Gorham said the bare... Continue Reading →
Gregory J Wilken & Felix Jarvis as Ned Weeks & Felix Turner in Ad Astra's production of The Normal Heart. Image supplied. Content warnings: The Normal Heart contains coloured, flashing lights and blackouts, loud music, loud voices, coarse language, adult themes, and strong themes of homophobia, illness, death, and grief. Ad Astra close their 2022... Continue Reading →
Coleman Grehan performs output at the Fringe Brisbane Hub. Imagery supplied. Incorporating spoken word, movement, and electronic music, Coleman Grehan's solo show output was a raw and sincere contemplation of art, creativity, and mortality, performed as part of the inaugural Fringe Brisbane programme. An award-winning theatre director and sound designer returning to theatre-making after burnout,... Continue Reading →
Islander 18 - 27 November 2022 PIP Theatre, Savoir Faire, 20 Park Rd, Milton THE MIST UNFURLS. AN ISLAND DIVIDES. A FUTURE IS BORN. A girl stares out to sea and dreams of a new life beyond her lonely island. Myth and reality collide when the tide washes a mysterious stranger onto her beach. Recently... Continue Reading →
Brisbane Improv Festival 12 - 19 November 2022 Big Fork Theatre, Level 2, 252 St Paul's Terrace, Fortitude Valley The second Brisbane Improv Festival will be presented by Big Fork Theatre this November, with 8 days and 7 nights of live shows and workshops hosted in their purpose-built improv and comedy theatre in Fortitude Valley,... Continue Reading →
Rebecca Murphy and Rob Pensalifini as the Macbeths. Image credit: Whitfield Photo Macbeth 11 - 27 November 2022 Fringe Brisbane Hub, 23 Manning Street, South Brisbane For the first time in the company's 21-year history, Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble will perform William Shakespeare's dark psychological thriller Macbeth. Directed by Angela Witcher, an ensemble of twelve actors... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Stewart Tyrell Content warnings: BUNKER contains coarse language, heightened psychological states, haze / smoke effects, loud music, and strobe lighting effects. Recommended for audiences aged 15+. What would you do if you received an alert that your world was ending? Who would you call? Where would you go, and what would you take... Continue Reading →
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