Live like a local – explore like a tourist
Image supplied by Allentertainment Constellations 11 - 26 November 2022 Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium Cosmic Skydome, Toowong Director Harrison Allen brings Constellations by Nick Payne to life at the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium Cosmic Skydome, starring newlyweds Will & Katie Toft. Featuring an immersive 8K resolution projection dome above the audiences, Constellations explores how even... Continue Reading →
David Massingham. Image credit: Mark Gambino David Massingham’s Little Sketch Book of Horrors 27 - 30 October 2022 Big Fork Theatre, Fortitude Valley Tickets from $20 Following a successful run at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, David Massingham brings his solo sketch comedy spookshow to Fringe Brisbane in time for Halloween. Little Sketch Book... Continue Reading →
Angus Thorburn, Leah Fitzgerald-Quinn, Rebekah Schmidt, Dudley Powell & Rob Pensalfini. Image supplied by Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble. Shakespeare Pick and (re)Mix! 14 & 21 October 2022 EC Venue Hub – Warehouse Space and Blackbox Studio 17 McLachlan Street, Fortitude Valley Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet walk into a bar… Following a successful season at Anywhere... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Creative Street The Producers 21 - 30 October 2022 Twelfth Night Theatre, Bowen Hills The Producers is recommended for audiences aged 16+ Independent theatre company Queensland Musical Theatre are presenting Mel Brooks' laugh-out-loud musical The Producers, the show that set the record for most Tony Award wins. A down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his... Continue Reading →
The Call & The Human Voice 20 - 24 September 2022 Concert Hall, QPAC, South Bank Opera Queensland presents a female-led double bill as part of Brisbane Festival 2022, in association with FLUXUS, starring Ali McGregor and Alexandra Flood in two one-act productions grappling with loneliness, emotional disconnect, and how one phone call can change everything.... Continue Reading →
Louise Brehmer, Shakira Clanton, Phoebe Grainer, Chenoa Deemal and Anna McMahon. Photographed by Farley Ward. Content note: Tiddas includes coarse language, sexual references, themes of pregnancy / infertility, grief and loss, marriage breakdown, depictions of abuse (alcohol/emotional) and discussions with or containing offensive/derogatory language. La Boite close their 2022 season with the joyful, jacaranda-hued play... Continue Reading →
Silvan Rus, Julian Wong, Ming Yang Lim, Jonathan Chan, and Egan Sun-Bin, photographed by Stephen Henry. Content note: Slow Boat includes low level coarse language, depictions of suicide, depictions of war, racial slurs, references to violence, haze/smoke effects, and loud sounds. Anna Yen’s Slow Boat has made its world premiere at the Brisbane Powerhouse, directed... Continue Reading →
Twelve Angry Men 9 - 24 September 2022 KSP Theatre, Burpengary Ghostlight Theatre Co. presents their latest production, Twelve Angry Men, directed by Susan O'Toole Cridland. A contemporary take on the iconic play by Reginald Rose. Twelve jurors must decide the fate of a teenager accused of murdering his father. Eleven are convinced of his... Continue Reading →
Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers 2022 1 – 30 September 2022 In 2022 the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers will celebrate its 73rd year, extending over the full month of September as a joyous program of petals, flavours, sounds and sights. The event is headlined by over 190,000 spectacular blooms, with the best viewing places being Laurel... Continue Reading →
Dudley Powell as Willmore and Matt Gaffney as Don Antonio. Image credit: Benjamin Prindable Photography. Content note: The Rover includes mature themes, including sexual assault and simulated violence. Mischief, masks, and mistaken identities abound in Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble's production of Aphra Behn’s The Rover (or, The Banish’d Cavaliers), directed by Rebecca Murphy. Playing out at... Continue Reading →
Jane Binstead as Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, photographed by Christopher Sharman Content note: Letters to Lindy contains coarse language and mature themes, including references to death and violence. In 1980, nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain died when she was taken from the family tent by a dingo while camping at Uluru; her disappearance, and the phrase “a dingo stole... Continue Reading →
Leah Shelton, photographed by Joel Devereux Batshit 21 - 24 September 2022 New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, West End Presented by Metro Arts and Brisbane Festival, Leah Shelton's third solo work explores the history of women who have been locked up, medicated, pathologized and silenced by a simple label - ‘crazy’. Directed by Olivier award-winning... Continue Reading →
Backstreet Brisbane 