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Image supplied Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA) 8 - 11 September 2022 Elizabeth Picture Theatre, Brisbane City The Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA) returns to Brisbane in 2022 with a line-up of new Korean films across drama, crime, fantasy, mystery, and romantic comedy. All films presented at the Festival will screen with English subtitles. KOFFIA... Continue Reading →
Image credit: Geoff Lawrence, Creative Futures Photography Destiny Doomed 29 September - 8 October 2022 Musgrave Park, South Brisbane Observatory Theatre will present Destiny Doomed, a musical retelling of Ireland’s infamous legend ‘Deirdre of the Sorrows’ by Brisbane writer and composer Anina-Marie Van Wyk, under the stars in the heart of South Brisbane. Featuring an... Continue Reading →
Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, photographed by Richard Whitfield The Rover 19 August - 4 September 2022 Roma Street Parkland Amphitheatre, Brisbane Two sisters throw themselves into the chaotic streets of Naples during Carnival. One in search of her forbidden true love, the other in search of a good time! As their paths cross with a band... Continue Reading →
The cast of Cruel Intentions: The 90's Musical, photographed by Nicole Cleary. Content note: Cruel Intentions: The 90’s Musical includes strobe lighting, haze, smoke, coarse language, and adult themes. Patrons must be 16 years or older to attend, and patrons under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. A jukebox... Continue Reading →
Shubshri Kandiah as Ella in Cinderella. Photographed by Jeff Busby. Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella 5 August – 3 September Lyric Theatre, QPAC, South Bank One of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s most popular titles, Cinderella was written for television, debuting in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance. More than... Continue Reading →
The SpongeBob Musical 5 - 27 August 2022 Beenleigh Showgrounds, James Street, Beenleigh Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?! Phoenix Ensemble is bringing SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends to the Tin Shed stage in Beenleigh, starring in a quirky Broadway musical for the whole family. Based on the hit Nickelodeon animated series, and... Continue Reading →
Orange Blue 19 July - 6 August 2022 Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Fortitude Valley Sydney-based artist and Archibald Prize finalist Mirra Whale examines the way humans personify, interpret and curate the world around us in her second solo exhibition at Mitchell Fine Art. Whale explores everyday subjects and presents them from another angle, exploring the... Continue Reading →
Gary Farmer-Trickett and Sandra Harman, photographed by Christopher Sharman Photography Content note: Ruby Moon includes sexual references, adult themes, and simulated violence. Ad Astra present Matt Cameron's Australian gothic suburban thriller Ruby Moon, directed by Susan O'Toole-Cridland and starring Sandra Harman and Gary Farmer-Trickett as distraught parents Ray and Sylvie Moon. Written in 2003 and... Continue Reading →
Beth Allen and Ashleigh Horsfield, photographed by Christopher Sharman Photography Content note: and now we wait includes mature themes, including references to death and violence. Villanova Players presented Stephanie Clark's dark drama and now we wait at the Ron Hurley Theatre as part of their Villanova Start-Ups initiative, which is designed to help young people... Continue Reading →
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 →
