Image credit Embellysh CIRCFest22 Meanjin 21 April - 1 May 2022 Various locations Tickets are now on sale for CIRCFest22 Meanjin, a new Brisbane-based festival dedicated to showcasing the best of Australian contemporary circus and physical theatre. Through a unique partnership with international circus centre TOHU in Montreal, CIRCFest22 Meanjin intends to further establish Brisbane’s... Continue Reading →
What’s On: The Sopranos (Opera Queensland)
Image supplied The Sopranos 29 March - 2 April 2022 QPAC Concert Hall, South Bank Opera Queensland’s first mainstage production of 2022, the world premiere of The Sopranos, celebrates opera's bold and rebellious women and examines the representation and contribution of women throughout the history of the art form. In this rich and exciting terrain, women... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Alliance Française French Film Festival
Alliance Française French Film Festival 16 March – 13 April Palace Barracks cinema, Brisbane City The world’s largest French film festival outside of France returns to Australia, presenting the crème-de-la-crème of contemporary French cinema and celebrating the next generation of filmmakers creating a new blueprint for French cinema. The programme for the 33rd Alliance Française French Film... Continue Reading →
Review: seven methods of killing kylie jenner (La Boite, Darlinghurst Theatre Company & Green Door Theatre Company)
Moreblessing Maturure and Iolanthe as Cleo and Kara, photographed by Teniola Komolafe La Boite have opened their 2022 season with a raucous, rapid-fire contemporary play that plunges audiences into an online realm of tweets, trolls, and tensions. Written by British playwright Jasmine Lee-Jones, seven methods of killing kylie jenner premiered in London in 2019 and... Continue Reading →
Interview: David Megarrity, and an odd evening with Tyrone and Lesley
David Megarrity I sat down with award-winning playwright and performer David Megarrity, one half of ukulele and double bass duo Tyrone and Lesley, to talk about the creative process, Tyrone and Lesley’s upcoming show at Metro Arts, and making light music for dark times. Can you tell me about this new Tyrone and Lesley show,... Continue Reading →
Observatory Theatre’s 2022 Season
Observatory Theatre has launched their 2022 season of larger-than-life stories, promising vibrant productions by casts of diverse backgrounds. This year will also see the launch of a new playwright program, Telescope, with its finished product playing in next year’s season. Observatory Theatre is an independent Australian theatre production house based in Brisbane, creating work with... Continue Reading →
Review: Soaring Heights (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
Johannes Fritzsch conducts the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Photographed by Peter Wallis. Just one week after opening and celebrating their 75th year with the striking QSO Favourites concert on February 12, Queensland Symphony Orchestra returned to the Concert Hall to present Soaring Heights, their first Maestro concert for 2022. Bringing one hundred musicians to the stage,... Continue Reading →
Interview: Stephanie Collins, Actor (Into The Woods)
Image supplied Stephanie Collins will perform as The Baker's Wife in Redcliffe Musical Theatre's upcoming production of Into The Woods. Stephanie has previously performed in numerous shows including Miss Saigon, Legally Blonde, Phantom of the Opera, and Cinderella. She has also played Sandy in Grease, Cosette in Les Miserables' and her life’s dream, Belle in Beauty... Continue Reading →
What’s On: String: an odd evening with Tyrone and Lesley
Image supplied String: an odd evening with Tyrone and Lesley 12 March 2022 New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts, West End Unwinding as a cross between a concert and slide night, Tyrone and Lesley will make your heartstrings ring as they string together 20 years of hits and premiere songs from their new recording String. Tyrone and... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Into the Woods (Redcliffe Musical Theatre)
Image credit: Ben McShea of BEAK Photographics Into the Woods 17 February - 5 March 2022 Theatre 102, Redcliffe Performing at their own Theatre 102, Redcliffe Musical Theatre's reimagining of Stephen Sondheim’s classic comes with a slight twist on the traditional fairytale concept. Into The Woods follows the story of a Baker and his wife... Continue Reading →
What’s On: A Girl’s Guide to World War (Musical Theatre Australia)
Image supplied A Girl's Guide to World War 3 - 20 February 2022 Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm Written by Queensland couple Katy Forde and Aleathea Monsour, the new Australian musical A Girl’s Guide to World War celebrates the wartime exploits of Brisbane’s first lady doctor, Dr Lilian Cooper. After sell-out shows in 2018 and 2019,... Continue Reading →
Review: QSO Favourites (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Johannes Fritzsch. Photographed by Peter Wallis. Queensland Symphony Orchestra opened their 2022 season and began the celebration of their 75th birthday this year with QSO Favourites on February 12 - a warm, varied, and conversational concert featuring a series of shorter pieces requested by fans and musicians of the orchestra.... Continue Reading →