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Australasian Dance Collective artists perform Cass Mortimer Eipper’s Limbic. Photographed by David Kelly. After the season was postponed earlier in the year due to flood damage at QPAC, Australasian Dance Collective opened their second iteration of THREE at the Brisbane Powerhouse, a triple bill of new works from three different choreographers, all created in collaboration... Continue Reading →
Kirby Burgess as Kathryn, with Drew Weston as Sebastian, photographed by Nicole Cleary. Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical 29 July - 7 August 2022 Fortitude Music Hall, Fortitude Valley Based on the acclaimed cult 1999 film, re-released in cinemas in 2019 and with a new TV series in development, this hit ‘90s musical sets a... Continue Reading →
Ruby Moon 21 July - 13 August 2022 Ad Astra Theatre, 57 Misterton St, Fortitude Valley Directed by Susan O'Toole-Cridland and starring Gary Farmer-Trickett and Sandra Harman, Ruby Moon is a contemporary play that explores the grim mythology of the missing child in Australian folklore. Written by Matt Cameron in 2003, it combines elements of... Continue Reading →
Image supplied La Traviata 14 - 23 July 2022 QPAC Lyric Theatre, South Bank This new production of La Traviata, reimagined by director Sarah Giles, features an ensemble of some of Australia’s most exciting singers, including Lorina Gore as the famed heroine Violetta, Kang Wang as Alfredo, and José Carbó as Germont, backed by the... Continue Reading →
Cast of The Ugly One David Gaffney (top), Ellie Waddingham, David O’Donoghoe, and Jai Selva. Image supplied. AllEntertainment presented German playwright Marius von Mayenburg's social satire The Ugly One, translated by Maja Zade, at Brisbane’s newest theatre venue. Fast-paced and funny, the one-act play was delivered with earnest absurdity by the cast of four, directed... Continue Reading →
Will Carseldine and Patrick Jhanur for An Ideal Husband. Image supplied. An Ideal Husband 18 July – 6 August 2022 Roundhouse Theatre, Kelvin Grove Political scandal and ‘90s pop culture are set to combine in Lewis Treston's modern adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband. Set in the hallowed halls of Canberra’s House of Representatives... Continue Reading →
Image supplied Our Blood Runs in the Street 13 - 16 July 2022 New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, West End In 2019, the NSW Parliament reopened the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Gay and Transgender hate crimes between 1970 and 2010 to delve into the state's history of violence and persecution against LGBTQIA+ Australians. Shane Anthony's production... Continue Reading →
Johannes Fritzsch conducts Queensland Symphony Orchestra for Studio Sessions 3. Photographed by Peter Wallis. Queensland Symphony Orchestra's Studio Sessions provide a more intimate concert experience, where individual instruments and artists can shine, and Studio Sessions 3 included works by Beethoven, Mozart, and Australian composer and violist Brett Dean. Johannes Fritzsch conducts Queensland Symphony Orchestra for... Continue Reading →
Daniel Müller-Schott performs Elgar's cello concerto with Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Photographed by Peter Wallis. Elgar and Mahler, Queensland Symphony Orchestra's first Maestro concert under the baton of recently appointed Chief Conductor Designate Umberto Clerici, was a rich and contemplative concert full of sweeping emotion and ideas. Joining QSO for Sir Edward Elgar's Concerto in E... Continue Reading →
Hannah Davies and Michael Ware as Mrs and Mr Sowerberry with Jeremiah Rees as Oliver. Photographed by Sharyn Hall. Content note: Oliver! contains mature and adult themes, depictions of physical violence, strobe and haze smoke effects, and loud noises. Savoyards has returned to the Iona Performing Arts Centre stage with their production of Lionel Bart’s... Continue Reading →
Image supplied Important Aboriginal Art #1 21 June - 16 July 2022 Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Fortitude Valley A collection of exceptional paintings by some of Australia’s foremost Aboriginal artists feature in this exhibition. Image supplied The first in a series of exhibitions in this theme, this collection of artworks features predominantly Central Australian artists... Continue Reading →
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 6 - 9 July 2022 Emerge Church, 1 Coorparoo Rd, Warner Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee features an eclectic group of six mid-pubescents who vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime, while candidly... Continue Reading →
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