Review: A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen (or, How to Make the Perfect One-Pot Chicken Curry) (Merrigong Theatre Company, QPAC & Brisbane Festival)

Image credit: Tracey Leigh Images Joshua Hinton’s A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen (or How to Make the Perfect One-Pot Chicken Curry) was a delicious family history. Alongside his brother Dominic, Hinton told a story about lineage, cultural connection, and searching for a sense of belonging while he cooked his grandmother Mehmeh’s chicken curry live... Continue Reading →

2 Oct 2025 0

Review: The Chronicles (Stephanie Lake Company, Brisbane Festival)

Photographed by Daniel Boud A spectacular contemporary dance work about the cycle of life and the journey from birth to death, The Chronicles was presented as part of Brisbane Festival by the Melbourne-based Stephanie Lake Company, following its world premiere at Sydney Festival in January. Photographed by Laurent Liotardo From the first uncurling fingers of... Continue Reading →

30 Sep 2025 0

What’s On: Contours group exhibition (Mitchell Fine Art)

Contours exhibition, photographed by Claudia Baxter Contours 23 September – 18 October 2025 Mitchell Fine Art, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane Mitchell Fine Art in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley presents a group exhibition of paintings illuminating the deep layers of ancestral connection between First Nations artists and their traditional homelands. Contours is an exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal artworks... Continue Reading →

29 Sep 2025 0

Review: Bad Nature (Australasian Dance Collective, Club Guy & Roni, Studio Boris Acket, HIIIT, Brisbane Festival & Brisbane Powerhouse)

Bad Nature for Brisbane Festival at The Powerhouse Theatre, photographed by David Kelly A jaw-dropping collaboration between Brisbane’s Australasian Dance Collective and The Netherlands’ Club Guy & Roni, Studio Boris Acket, and HIIIT, Bad Nature was a transportive new work about the relationship between humanity and the rest of the natural world. Photographed by David... Continue Reading →

29 Sep 2025 0

Review: Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken (Musica Viva Australia)

Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken, photographed by Cameron Jamieson Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken toured Australia’s major cities throughout August, celebrating 80 years of Musica Viva Australia and 50 years of the Budapest-founded, Colorado-based Takács Quartet. The concert included a brand-new work by Cathy Milliken for narrator and string quartet, inspired by the poetry of... Continue Reading →

27 Sep 2025 0

Review: La bohème (Opera Queensland, Brisbane Festival & QPAC)

Elena Perroni and Valerio Borgioni as Mimì and Rodolfo, photographed by Steph Do Rozario Opera Queensland presented a stunning, fully staged production of Puccini’s beloved opera La bohème in QPAC’s Lyric Theatre as part of Brisbane Festival 2025. La bohème was first performed at Turin’s Teatro Regio in 1896, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893... Continue Reading →

23 Sep 2025 0

What’s On: King George Square Showdown (Common People Dance Project & Museum of Brisbane)

Image credit: Claudia Baxter King George Square Showdown 4pm, 27 September 2025 King George Square, Brisbane City Grab your leg warmers and slip into your sequins for Brisbane’s ultimate dance battle! Join Common People Dance Project as they cut some moves on the city’s biggest dancefloor for a free, all-in, feel-good dance showdown in front... Continue Reading →

23 Sep 2025 0

Review: The Platypus (Soft Tread Enterprises, Brisbane Festival)

Rebecca Bower and John Leary in The Platypus, photographed by Mark Gambino Francis Greenslade’s The Platypus is a metatheatrical two-hander that puts a genre-hopping spin on the kitchen sink drama. Jessica and Richard’s marriage is crumbling. Richard is healing from a vasectomy, and resents Jess for suggesting it. Jess feels unwanted, and seeks excitement in... Continue Reading →

19 Sep 2025 0

Review: Gems (L.A. Dance Project, Brisbane Festival, QPAC, TEQ & BEDA)

On the Other Side, photographed by Jade Ellis Inspired by the three-part classical ballet work Jewels, which was created for the New York City Ballet by its co-founder George Balanchine in 1967, Gems is a trilogy of contemporary dance works by French dancer, choreographer, and founder of the L.A. Dance project Benjamin Millepied. In an... Continue Reading →

19 Sep 2025 0

What’s On: Margaret McIntosh exhibition, Placky Bags (Mitchell Fine Art)

Imagery supplied by Mitchell Fine Art Placky Bags 26 August – 20 September 2025 Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Fortitude Valley Melbourne artist Margaret McIntosh returns to Mitchell Fine Art with her second solo exhibition, Placky Bags, illuminating societal waste and overconsumption and highlights the intersection between urban waste and natural scavenging. Drawing a striking parallel... Continue Reading →

18 Sep 2025 0

What’s On: Shostakovich Ten (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)

Shostakovich Ten 19 & 20 September 2025 Concert Hall, QPAC Rebellion and revolution take centre stage as QSO pairs Shostakovich’s Symphony No.10 with William Kentridge’s acclaimed film Oh To Believe in Another World, a politically charged collage of puppetry, animation, and history that reimagines the Soviet era. The concert also features internationally acclaimed pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk,... Continue Reading →

17 Sep 2025 0

What’s On: The Playground in the Sky (Play on Stage)

The Playground in the Sky 22 - 25 September 2025 Ron Hurley Theatre, Seven Hills Play on Stage presents The Playground in the Sky, written by Brisbane writer Harry Fritsch. This theatre experience for kids, families, and adults provides insight into childhood resilience and imagination, inspired by the 2022 floods in South East Queensland. With... Continue Reading →

16 Sep 2025 0